210 - 10 French Words at the Bakery

 
 

In this episode, you’ll learn 10 French words to use at the bakery. 🥖

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Bonjour à tous, hello everyone, and welcome back to the French Made Easy podcast.

This is episode 210, numéro deux cent dix.

Today, we’re learning some useful French vocabulary for when you’re at the bakery, à la boulangerie.

We’ll go through 10 words, with example sentences so you can hear how they’re used in context.

Before we start, if you’re new to the podcast, welcome!

Make sure you have your lesson cheat sheet handy so you can see the spelling of the words while you listen.

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Alright, let’s get started.

And don’t forget to repeat after me to practise your pronunciation.

  • la boulangerie (bakery) → La boulangerie est ouverte. (The bakery is open.)

  • le boulanger / la boulangère 👨‍🍳 (baker) → Le boulanger prépare le pain. (The baker prepares the bread.)

  • le pain 🍞 (bread) → Qui va chercher le pain ce matin ? (Who is going to get the bread this morning?)

  • une baguette 🥖 (baguette) → La baguette est croustillante. (The baguette is crispy.)

  • un croissant 🥐 (croissant) → Je mange un croissant le matin. (I eat a croissant in the morning.)

  • un pain au chocolat 🍫 (chocolate pastry) → Le pain au chocolat est encore chaud. (The chocolate pastry is still warm.)

  • une viennoiserie (pastry) → Il prend une viennoiserie avec son café. (He has a pastry with his coffee.)

  • une pâtisserie 🍰 (pastry/dessert) → Cette boulangerie fait de très bonnes pâtisseries.
    (This bakery makes very good pastries.)

  • un gâteau 🎂 (cake) → Elle achète un gâteau pour son anniversaire. (She buys a cake for her birthday.)

  • une tarte 🍓 (tart) → Je voudrais une tarte aux fraises, s’il vous plaît. (I would like)

🔁 Quick Recap

  • la boulangerie (bakery)

  • le boulanger / la boulangère (baker)

  • le pain (bread)

  • une baguette (baguette)

  • un croissant (croissant)

  • un pain au chocolat (chocolate pastry)

  • une viennoiserie (pastry)

  • une pâtisserie (pastry/dessert)

  • un gâteau (cake)

  • une tarte (tart)

Et voilà !

Those are your 10 French words to help you at the bakery.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the lesson. 😊

Don’t forget to head over to the French Made Easy Exercise Library to download your free exercises and practise what you’ve learned today.

All the links are in the episode notes on your podcast platform.

I’ll chat with you next week, à bientôt, bye.

Mathilde KienComment