Shopping and clothes Butteker a Kleeder
Go shopping: name the shops and the clothes, say whether something fits or is too small, and pay by card or in cash. You also meet the sales, discounts and the words for cheap and expensive.
By the end of this lesson you can
- Name the shops you go to and the clothes you buy.
- Say that something fits, or that it is too small.
- Pay by card or in cash and ask for a receipt.
- Talk about the sales, discounts and what is cheap or expensive.
27 words and phrases
- de Buttek
- shop Plural: d'Butteker.
- de Supermarché
- supermarket Plural: d'Supermarchéen.
- de Maart
- market Plural: d'Mäert.
- de Verkeefer
- salesman, seller Feminine: d'Verkeeferin.
- d'Verkeeferin
- saleswoman, seller Plural: d'Verkeeferinnen.
- d'Gréisst
- size Plural: d'Gréissten.
- d'Kleed
- dress Plural: d'Kleeder, which also means clothes.
- d'Hiem
- shirt Plural: d'Hiemer.
- d'Box
- trousers One pair of trousers is one Box. Plural: d'Boxen.
- d'Jupe
- skirt Plural: d'Juppen.
- de Schong
- shoe Plural: d'Schong, the same as the singular.
- d'Kreditkaart
- credit card Plural: d'Kreditkaarten.
- bezuelen
- to pay
- boer
- cash boer bezuelen means to pay in cash.
- d'Quittung
- receipt Plural: d'Quittungen.
- de Rabatt
- discount Plural: d'Rabatter.
- d'Solden
- the sales Used in the plural: an de Solden, in the sales.
- d'Kabinn
- fitting room Also a cabin or a telephone box. Plural: d'Kabinnen.
- d'Geld
- money
- passen
- to fit
- undoen
- to put on, to wear The un goes to the end of the sentence: …dinn ech … un.
- umoossen
- to try on Perfect: ech hunn … ugemooss.
- richteg
- right, correct
- d'Schlapp
- slipper
- meescht
- most (of)
- bëlleg
- cheap
- plangen
- to plan
Grammar
Does it fit?
With passen the thing is the subject and the person comes after it as mer (me) or der (you): Dës Schong passe mer net. Clothes that look good on someone go well: Déi laang Jupe geet der richteg gutt.
Your size is d'Gréisst, and in your size is a menger Gréisst, as in the shoe shop below.
- Dës Schong passe mer net, se sinn eng Nummer ze kleng. — These shoes do not fit me, they are a size too small.
- Déi laang Jupe geet der richteg gutt. — That long skirt really suits you.
- Deng brong Schong passen net bei däi Kostüm. — Your brown shoes do not go with your suit.
- Am Schongbuttek hate se keng Schlappe méi a menger Gréisst. — At the shoe shop they had no more slippers in my size.
Paying
You pay with bezuelen: mat der Kreditkaart by card, boer in cash. You already know Wat kascht dat? for the price. Ask whether a way of paying is possible with kann ech …?
Take a receipt with you: eng Quittung.
- An deene meeschte Geschäfter kann ee mat der Kreditkaart bezuelen. — In most shops you can pay by credit card.
- Ech hu meng Kreditkaart net bei mir, kann ech och boer bezuelen? — I do not have my credit card on me, can I pay in cash too?
- Ech gi bei de Comptoir bezuelen. — I am going to pay at the counter.
- Looss der eng Quittung ginn, wann s de boer bezils! — Ask for a receipt when you pay in cash!
Cheap, expensive and the sales
Bëlleg (cheap) and deier (expensive) stay as they are after ass or war: D'Iesse war gutt a bëlleg! Before a noun they take an ending, which you can read as it comes: bëllegt Geld, en deiere Bijou.
In the Sales you pay less: d'Solden, de Rabatt.
- D'Iesse war gutt a bëlleg! — The meal was good and cheap!
- Eis Vakanz ass vill méi deier ginn, wéi mer geplangt haten. — Our holiday has become much more expensive than we had planned.
- Ech kafe meng Kleeder ëmmer nëmmen an de Solden. — I only ever buy my clothes in the sales.
- Well mer esou vill kaaft hunn, krute mer Rabatt. — Because we bought so much, we got a discount.
Practice
14 exercises: multiple choice, typing, matching pairs and word order.