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How to Say ‘Five hundred grams of flour, please.’ in French

Cinq cents grammes de farine, s'il vous plaît.

sank SAHN GRAHM duh fah-REEN seel eel voo pleh

[sank SAHN GRAHM duh fah-REEN seel eel voo pleh]

🇫🇷 In France: At the market or a deli counter, people order by weight like this, and often say un demi-kilo "half a kilo" instead of five hundred grams.

Phrase Breakdown

Cinq cents grammes

sank SAHN GRAHM

Five hundred grams

This gives the quantity. Say 'sank sahn gram'.

Example

Cinq cents grammes de beurre.

Five hundred grams of butter.

Words in this phrase

Cinq

[sank]

Five

The number that comes after four, representing five things.

Example

Cinq personnes attendent.

Five people are waiting.

cents

[SAHN]

hundred(s)

Plural of cent; takes an s when multiplied and not followed by another number.

Example

Il y a deux cents personnes.

There are two hundred people.

grammes

[GRAHM]

grams

Plural of gramme, a small unit of weight.

Example

Ajoutez cent grammes de sucre.

Add a hundred grams of sugar.

de farine,

duh fah-REEN

of flour,

Use 'de' after a quantity. Pause briefly after 'farine' at the comma.

Example

Un kilo de farine.

A kilo of flour.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

farine

[fah-REEN]

flour

Feminine noun; powder made from grain, used for baking.

Example

La farine est dans le placard.

The flour is in the cupboard.

s'il vous plaît.

seel eel voo pleh

please

The polite 'please', used when speaking to a shopkeeper.

Example

L'addition, s'il vous plaît.

The bill, please.

Words in this phrase

[seel]

Shortened form in the polite phrase 's'il vous plaît.' Literally it comes from 'if.'

Example

S' il vous plaît est une formule très polie.

'S'il vous plaît' is a very polite expression.

[eel]

Used as a subject pronoun for things or concepts.

Example

Il fait beau aujourd'hui.

It is nice today.

vous

[voo]

you

Used to refer to the person or people being addressed.

Example

Vous aimez le film?

Do you like the movie?

plaît

[pleh]

pleases

Verb form from 'plaire.' In the full expression it contributes to the meaning 'please.'

Example

Le mot plaît est très fréquent dans la formule polie.

The word 'plaît' is very common in the polite expression.

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