Restaurant reservations Part 4: Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.
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Key Phrases
Je voudrais réserver une table pour samedi soir.
I'd like to reserve a table for Saturday evening.
Pour combien de personnes ? Pour quatre, dont ma mère en fauteuil roulant.
For how many people? For four, including my mother in a wheelchair.
Avez-vous une entrée accessible, une rampe, des toilettes adaptées et assez d'espace entre les tables ?
Do you have an accessible entrance, a ramp, accessible restrooms, and enough space between the tables?
Skills You'll Learn
How to reserve a table at a restaurant.
Comment réserver une table au restaurant.
How to say how many people are in your group and mention accessibility needs.
Comment indiquer le nombre de personnes et préciser des besoins d'accessibilité.
How to ask about wheelchair access, restroom access, and table spacing.
Comment demander l'accès en fauteuil roulant, des toilettes adaptées et assez d'espace entre les tables.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in France to book a table for Saturday evening and politely ask about wheelchair accessibility, adapted restrooms, and space between the tables for your mother.
Bonjour, je voudrais réserver une table pour samedi soir.
Hello, I’d like to reserve a table for Saturday evening.
Bonsoir, avec plaisir. Pour combien de personnes ?
Good evening, of course. For how many people?
Pour quatre, dont ma mère en fauteuil roulant.
For four, including my mother in a wheelchair.
Bien sûr. Nous avons une entrée accessible et une rampe.
Of course. We have an accessible entrance and a ramp.
Est-ce qu'il y a des toilettes adaptées ?
Are there accessible restrooms?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Je voudrais
zhuh voo-dray
I would like
💬 [Je voudrais] is a polite softener: more like "I'd like" than a blunt "I want." You can reuse it with other verbs, like [Je voudrais savoir] or [Je voudrais confirmer].
See breakdown →Réserver
ray-zair-vay
To book / reserve
Une table
ewn tahbl
A table
Je voudrais réserver une table.
zhuh voo-dray ray-zair-vay ewn tahbl
I'd like to reserve a table.
💬 [Je voudrais] is a very standard polite way to ask for something in French. Swap the last part easily: [Je voudrais réserver une table], [Je voudrais une table au rez-de-chaussée].
See breakdown →Pour samedi soir
poor sam-duh-dee swahr
For Saturday evening
Avec plaisir.
ah-vek pleh-zeer
With pleasure.
🇫🇷 In service situations, [Avec plaisir.] is a warm, natural reply to a request or thanks. It sounds friendly and professional, not overly formal.
See breakdown →Pour combien
poor kohm-bee-ehn
For how many
De personnes ?
duh pair-son
People?
Pour combien de personnes ?
poor kohm-bee-ehn duh pair-son
For how many people?
💬 French often asks quantity with [combien de + noun]: [combien de personnes], [combien de places], [combien de menus]. Don't drop the [de] here.
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