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Scene illustrating a French-language basic colors conversation

Key Phrases

Ce t-shirt existe en d'autres couleurs ?

Does this T-shirt come in other colors?

Je voudrais le bleu, s'il vous plaît.

I'd like the blue one, please.

La caisse est juste là.

The checkout is right there.

Skills You'll Learn

Asking if an item comes in different colors

Demander si un article existe en différentes couleurs

Expressing a preference and asking about size

Exprimer une préférence et demander une taille

Politely concluding a purchase

Conclure un achat poliment

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're in a clothing shop in France. You want to buy a T-shirt in a color and size you like.

Bonjour monsieur ! Je peux vous aider ?

Hello, sir! Can I help you?

Bonjour ! Ce t-shirt existe en d'autres couleurs ?

Hello! Does this T-shirt come in other colors?

Oui, en bleu, en noir et en blanc.

Yes, in blue, black and white.

Vous l'avez en vert ?

Do you have it in green?

Non, désolée, pas en vert.

No, sorry, not in green.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🤝❓

Je peux vous aider ?

zhuh puh voo ay-day

Can I help you?

🇫🇷 Staff often ask this as you browse. If you're only looking, reply Je regarde, merci "I'm just looking, thanks".

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👕

Ce t-shirt

suh tee shurt

This T-shirt

💬 Ce means "this" before a masculine word. Before a vowel it becomes cet, as in cet anorak "this anorak", and before a feminine word it becomes cette, as in cette robe "this dress".

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🎨🔄

En d'autres couleurs

on dee oh-tr koo-LUHR

In other colours

💬 Des autres shrinks to d'autres after en. You'll see it again in d'autres tailles "other sizes".

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👕🎨❓

Ce t-shirt existe en d'autres couleurs ?

suh tee shurt eg-ZEEST on dee oh-tr koo-LUHR

Does this T-shirt come in other colors?

💬 In shops, exister en means "come in". Swap the ending and you can ask Ce t-shirt existe en L ? "Does this T-shirt come in L?".

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🔵

En bleu

on bluh

In blue

💬 To say an item comes in a color, use en plus the color, as in en bleu. Swap in any color: en rouge "in red", en vert "in green".

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En noir

on nwar

In black

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⚪

En blanc

on blahn

In white

💬 The final c in blanc is silent, so it sounds like (blahn).

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✅🔵⚫⚪

Oui, en bleu, en noir et en blanc.

wee on bluh on nwar eh on blahn

Yes, in blue, black and white.

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🟢❓

Vous l'avez en vert ?

voo l ah-veh on vair

Do you have it in green?

💬 L' stands for "it" and goes in front of the verb, so it can't stand on its own. The same pattern gives Vous l'avez en M ? "Do you have it in M?".

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