Specialty Shops
You go here to buy fresh baguettes, croissants, and pains au chocolat.
La boulangerie-pâtisserie
Unlike large US supermarkets, many French people visit these "little" shops daily.
Les petits commerçants / magasins
The most common way to get to the shops in a French village or city center.
à pied (walking)
In the phrase "faire les courses," is the article les masculine, feminine or plural?
plural
e-commerce
This shop specializes in dairy products like milk, butter, and yogurt.
La crèmerie
This is the specific type of milk packaging the author notes is common in France.
En boîte / A box
When the French enter a store what do they say?
Bonjour ou Bonsoir
To say you are going "to the" market in French, you combine à + le to make this word.
au
to go grocery shopping
faire les courses
This is where you would go to buy beef or chicken.
La boucherie
You can buy "huile d'olive" and "mayonnaise" at this store.
L'Épicere
The reason for needing to shop every day instead of once a week.
a small apartment or kitchen
What is the plural form of the word le magasin?
les magasins
près de chez soi
close to home
This shop sells fresh seafood, though they aren't found in every neighborhood.
La poissonnerie
Both the US and France have grocery stores and giant stores like Costco. France calls the giant stores...
L'hyper-marché
In France, people often buy this long, crusty bread fresh every single day.
Which preposition do you use to say you go "on foot": à or en?
à
seafood
fruit de mer
This shop sells a wide variety of cheeses.
La fromagerie / La crèmerie
Where the French buy fruits and vegetables.
Le marché
This is especially important when interacting with les marchands in France
la politesse / politeness
You use this to note something is proper noun
a capital letter
le voisinage
the neighborhood