Unit 6: Going Shopping
Summary: At the Market
Key points
- At the market we buy bread, fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.
- The customer buys; the seller sells.
- We ask about prices with How much is…? (one thing) and How much are…? (two or more things).
- We ask politely with I’d like… please.
- In Tunisia, 1 dinar = 1000 millimes: 2.400 DT = two dinars four hundred.
Rules to remember
One thing
How much is the melon? — It’s 4 dinars.
More things
How much are the tomatoes? — They’re 1 dinar 500 a kilo.
Polite request
I’d like (= I would like) two croissants, please. — What would you like?
-teen / -ty
fifteen (15, stress at the end) / fifty (50, stress at the start); forty has no u.
How to do it
- Is it one thing or more?
- One ➡️ How much is…? / It’s…
- More ➡️ How much are…? / They’re…
- Say the price: dinars first, then millimes.
Example
I’d like a kilo of tomatoes, please. How much are they? — They’re one dinar five hundred.
Common mistakes
- *How much is the apples?* ➡️ How much are the apples?
- *How many is it?* ➡️ How much is it?
- *fourty* ➡️ forty
Key words
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