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Shopping Faire des achats
Acheter et vendre : shop, store, market, supermarket, money, buy, sell, customer, shop assistant. La grammaire clé, c'est « want to » + un verbe — I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop. L'anglais garde le petit mot « to » entre « want » et le verbe suivant. Le coréen colle le souhait directement au verbe, donc les Coréens oublient souvent le « to » : « I want buy this » ✗ → « I want to buy this » ✓. Coin prononciation : le « sh » de shop, la diphtongue de buy et le « to » faible de « want to ».
Dialogue
I want buy or I want to buy? — I want buy ou I want to buy ?
- Emma Minsu, what do you want to buy? Minsu, que veux-tu acheter ?
- Minsu I want buy this bag. Je veux acheter ce sac. (lapsus : il faut « to » entre want et le verbe → « I want to buy »)
- Emma Say "want to": I want to buy this bag. Dis « want to » : I want to buy this bag.
- Minsu Oh, I want to buy this bag. It's nice. Ah, je veux acheter ce sac. Il est joli.
Dialogue
At the market — Au marché
- Minsu Hello. I want to buy some fruit. Bonjour. Je veux acheter des fruits.
- Assistant Yes, we sell fruit here. This market is open every day. Oui, nous vendons des fruits ici. Ce marché est ouvert tous les jours.
- Minsu Good. I want to buy some apples and some bread. Bien. Je veux acheter des pommes et du pain.
- Assistant Here you are. Thank you! Voici. Merci !
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| shop | n. | boutique | |
| store | n. | magasin (US) | |
| market | n. | marché | |
| supermarket | n. | supermarché | |
| money | n. | argent | |
| buy | v. | acheter | |
| sell | v. | vendre | |
| customer | n. | client | |
| shop assistant | n. | vendeur | |
| open | adj. | ouvert |
Grammar
Saying what you want: "want to" + verb Dire ce qu'on veut : « want to » + verbe
To say what you want to do, use "want" + "to" + a verb: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. The small word "to" always sits between "want" and the next verb — never leave it out. (For he / she / it, "want" takes -s: she wants to buy.) Korean joins the wish straight to the verb, so Korean speakers often say "I want buy" — in English you must keep the "to": I want to buy.
Pour dire ce qu'on veut faire, utilise « want » + « to » + verbe : I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. Le petit mot « to » se place toujours entre « want » et le verbe suivant — ne l'oublie jamais. (Pour he / she / it, « want » prend -s : she wants to buy.) Le coréen relie le souhait directement au verbe, donc les Coréens disent souvent « I want buy » — en anglais il faut garder le « to » : I want to buy.
- I want to buy this bag. Je veux acheter ce sac.
- Do you want to buy some fruit? Veux-tu acheter des fruits ?
- I want to go to the shop. Je veux aller à la boutique.
- She wants to sell her phone. Elle veut vendre son téléphone.
pronunciation
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