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Lesson 39 of 240

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The convenience-store counter in French

Sam stops at the small grocery on rue des Tilleuls. The clerk bags nothing until you answer, and a receipt waits at the till.

Gaspard is already in line with a baguette in his tote. Sam has his own reusable bag, so a shop bag would be extra.

By the end, you'll refuse a bag, ask for the receipt, and say you have no loyalty card.

The café stamp card comes later. This card is the shop's.

By the end of this lesson

Answer a clerk about a bag, a receipt, and a loyalty card.

  • Vous voulez un sac ?Would you like a bag?
  • Non merci, pas de sac.No bag, thanks.
  • Le ticket, s'il vous plaît.The receipt, please.
  • C'est tout ?Is that everything?
  • Vous avez la carte de fidélité ?Do you have a loyalty card?
  • Non, je n'ai pas de carte.No, I don't have a card.

Scene — the grocery till

Sam is at the supérette two doors from the café. The clerk stands at a high counter with a till. No writing shows on the shop signs.

Sam already has a reusable bag on his arm. Gaspard waits behind him with his canvas tote, a baguette sticking from it. He stays polite and a little hungry.

A wide view of the cramped corner grocer with Sam at the high counter, the clerk at the till, and Gaspard waiting behind with a baguette in a tote.

Learn — a bag and a card

Six short lines cover a bag, a receipt, and a shop loyalty card.

You'll refuse the bag, ask for the ticket, and say you have no card.

  1. The clerk holds an empty paper bag out across the high counter toward Sam.

    Vous voulez un sac ?

    Would you like a bag?

    When to use it: A clerk asks this after you pay at the till.

    Learn it as one piece at a shop counter.

    Say it: The vowel in un is nasal; the n is not said on its own.

  2. Sam lifts a reusable bag and raises an open palm to refuse the empty paper bag.

    Non merci, pas de sac.

    No bag, thanks.

    When to use it: Say this when you do not need a shop bag.

    Learn it as one piece to refuse a bag.

    Say it: The s in pas is silent.

  3. From behind the clerk, Sam leans in and points toward the till to ask for the receipt.

    Le ticket, s'il vous plaît.

    The receipt, please.

    When to use it: Ask this when you want the shop receipt.

    Learn it as one piece for the paper from the till.

  4. In profile along the counter, the clerk pauses over the groceries and turns toward Sam while Gaspard waits behind.

    C'est tout ?

    Is that everything?

    When to use it: A clerk asks this before they close the sale.

    Learn it as one piece to check if you are done.

  5. A close view of the clerk's open palm at the till facing Sam's empty hands, with no card on the counter.

    Vous avez la carte de fidélité ?

    Do you have a loyalty card?

    When to use it: A clerk asks this before they stamp a shop card.

    Learn it as one piece for a shop stamp card.

    Say it: The s in Vous links as z into avez.

  6. From above, Sam shakes a head with empty open hands at the counter while Gaspard waits to the side with a tote and a baguette.

    Non, je n'ai pas de carte.

    No, I don't have a card.

    When to use it: Say this when you have no shop loyalty card.

    Learn it as one piece for a missing shop card.

    Say it: The e in ne drops before ai.

Story — the baguette is enough

Watch Sam at the shop till. The clerk asks about a bag, then a card.

The highlighted words are the lines you just learned. Turn on Show English if you need it.

  1. The clerk looks up from the till. Gaspard waits behind Sam with his tote.
  2. ClerkBonjour.Hello.
  3. SamBonjour.Hello.
  4. ClerkVous voulez un sac ?Would you like a bag?
  5. Sam lifts his reusable bag. Gaspard's tote still shows a baguette.
  6. SamNon merci, pas de sac.No bag, thanks.
  7. ClerkC'est tout ?Is that everything?
  8. SamJuste ça.Just that.
  9. ClerkVous avez la carte de fidélité ?Do you have a loyalty card?
  10. SamNon, je n'ai pas de carte.No, I don't have a card.
  11. The clerk waits with a hand on the till.
  12. SamLe ticket, s'il vous plaît.The receipt, please.
  13. A small paper slides across the counter.
  14. SamMerci.Thank you.

Practice — sac, ticket, card

Ten quick exercises wait here. You'll listen, pick, match, fill a gap, and build a line.

They stay tiny, so the round moves fast.

0 of 10 done

  1. What did you hear?

  2. Match the pairs

    French

    Vous voulez un sac ?Drop the English here
    Non merci, pas de sac.Drop the English here
    Le ticket, s'il vous plaît.Drop the English here
    Non, je n'ai pas de carte.Drop the English here

    English

    Drag an English line onto its French, or tap one and then the other.

  3. What do you say?

    The clerk holds out a shop bag. You already have your own reusable bag.

  4. What does it mean?

    C'est tout ?

  5. Fill the gap

    The receipt, please.

    Le ____, s'il vous plaît.

  6. Pick the reply

    Clerk says:

    Bonjour.

    Hello.

    And you reply with:

  7. Build the line

    No, I don't have a card.

    , .

    Tap the words in order.

  8. Swap the word

    The clerk asks if you have the shop stamp card.

    Vous ____ la carte de fidélité ?

  9. True or false?

    You say this when the clerk hands you the receipt.

  10. Pick the reply

    Clerk says:

    C'est tout ?

    Is that everything?

    And you reply with:

Say it — answer the clerk

Now you're Sam at the shop till. When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line.

Tap ▶ first if you want to hear the line. Your recording stays on your device.

  1. ClerkVous voulez un sac ?Would you like a bag?
  2. Sam (you)Refuse the bag. You already have your own.

    Non merci, pas de sac.

    No bag, thanks.

0 of 4 said

Recap — what you can say now

FrenchEnglish
Vous voulez un sac ?Would you like a bag?
Non merci, pas de sac.No bag, thanks.
Le ticket, s'il vous plaît.The receipt, please.
C'est tout ?Is that everything?
Vous avez la carte de fidélité ?Do you have a loyalty card?
Non, je n'ai pas de carte.No, I don't have a card.
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