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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.

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🙋‍♂️➡️

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].

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Un café

uhn kah-FAY

A coffee

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🙏

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).

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🙋‍♂️➡️☕🙏

Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.

zhuh voo-DRAY uhn kah-FAY seel eel voo pleh

I would like a coffee, please.

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Bien sûr.

byan syoor

Of course.

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❓➡️

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?].

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☕❓

Quel style de café

kehl steel duh kah-FAY

Which kind of coffee

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☕❓➡️

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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