
Ordering a coffee (Advanced): The style of coffee, such as espresso, latte, cappuccino, Americano, mocha, etc.
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Key Phrases
Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.
I would like a coffee, please.
J'hésite entre un latte et un cappuccino.
I'm torn between a latte and a cappuccino.
Je vais prendre un cappuccino petit, s'il vous plaît.
I'll have a small cappuccino.
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering coffee politely in a café
Commander un café poliment dans un café
Comparing drink options and expressing hesitation
Comparer des boissons et exprimer une hésitation
Choosing a size and adding another drink for someone else
Choisir une taille et ajouter une autre boisson pour quelqu'un d'autre
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a cozy French café, ordering drinks for yourself and your brother while choosing between a latte and a cappuccino.
Bonjour, je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.
Hello, I would like a coffee, please.
Bien sûr, vous préférez quel style de café ?
Of course, what kind of coffee would you prefer?
J'hésite entre un latte et un cappuccino.
I'm torn between a latte and a cappuccino.
Le cappuccino est plus mousseux, le latte est plus doux.
The cappuccino is frothier, the latte is milder.
Alors, je vais prendre un cappuccino.
Then I'll have a cappuccino.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bonjour.
bohn-ZHOOR
Hello.
Je voudrais
zhuh voo-DRAY
I would like
💬 [Je voudrais] is a very common polite way to order or ask for something. You can swap in almost anything after it: [Je voudrais un café] or [Je voudrais un cappuccino].
See breakdown →Un café
uhn kah-FAY
A coffee
S'il vous plaît
seel eel voo pleh
Please
💬 In [s'il vous plaît], the [l] links into the next word, so it sounds like one flow: (seel voo pleh).
See breakdown →Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.
zhuh voo-DRAY uhn kah-FAY seel eel voo pleh
I would like a coffee, please.
Bien sûr.
byan syoor
Of course.
Vous préférez
voo pray-fay-RAY
Do you prefer
💬 French often uses the present tense like English uses [would] in polite questions. So [Vous préférez ?] can mean [Do you prefer?] or more politely [Would you prefer?].
See breakdown →Quel style de café
kehl steel duh kah-FAY
Which kind of coffee
Vous préférez quel style de café ?
voo pray-fay-RAY kehl steel duh kah-FAY
What kind of coffee would you prefer?
💬 In spoken French, [quel] can stay in the middle instead of moving to the front: [Vous préférez quel style de café ?]. You can reuse this pattern with other nouns, like [Vous voulez quelle taille ?]
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