Vocabulary: food and shopping
Lüğət: yemək və alış-veriş
After this lesson you can
- Can name common foods, drinks and types of shops.
- Can ask for products, prices and sizes politely in a shop or market.
- Can use container and quantity words (a bottle of, a packet of, half a kilo of).
Explanation
Shops
supermarket, bakery, butcher's, greengrocer's, chemist's/pharmacy, market.
Containers and quantities
a bottle of water, a carton of milk, a packet of biscuits, a tin of beans, a jar of honey, a loaf of bread, a kilo of tomatoes, half a kilo of cheese, a bunch of bananas.
Useful phrases
- Customer: Do you have any...? I'm looking for... Can I have..., please? I'd like... How much is this? Can I pay by card? That's all, thanks.
- Shop assistant: Can I help you? Anything else? That's 12 manats. Here's your change.
Use How much is for one thing or uncountables, How much are for plurals. Be polite: use Can I have...please? or I'd like... instead of a direct command.
Azərbaycan dilində ətraflı izah
Mağaza növləri
- supermarket, supermarket
- bakery, çörək dükanı
- butcher's, qəssab dükanı
- greengrocer's, tərəvəz-meyvə dükanı
- chemist's / pharmacy, aptek
- market, bazar
Diqqət: butcher's, chemist's sözlərində 's "dükanı" mənasını verir: I'm going to the butcher's.
Qablar və miqdar
Sayılmayan məhsulları belə sayırıq:
- a bottle of water/oil
- a carton of milk/juice
- a packet of biscuits/tea
- a tin/can of beans
- a jar of honey/jam
- a loaf of bread
- a kilo of tomatoes, half a kilo of cheese
- a bunch of bananas/flowers
Azərbaycan dilində "yarım kilo pendir" deyirik, ingilis dilində half a kilo of cheese (✗ a half kilo cheese).
Mağazada nəzakətli ifadələr
Alıcı:
- Excuse me, do you have any...? / I'm looking for...
- Can I have half a kilo of cherries, please?
- How much is this? / How much are these?
- Can I pay by card?
- That's all, thanks.
Satıcı:
- Can I help you? / Anything else?
- That's 12 manats, please.
- Here's your change.
Diqqət: How much is / are
Tək və sayılmayan üçün **is **, cəm üçün are: How much is the cheese? How much are the apples?
Nəzakət
İngilis dilində "Ver mənə bir kilo alma" birbaşa əmr kimi kobud səslənir. Can I have...please? və ya *** I'd like...*** deyin.
Examples
Can I have a loaf of bread and a carton of milk, please?
Bir çörək və bir paket süd ala bilərəm, zəhmət olmasa?
How much are the strawberries?
Çiyələk neçəyədir?
cəm, are
I'd like half a kilo of white cheese.
Yarım kilo ağ pendir istəyirəm.
Excuse me, I'm looking for olive oil.
Bağışlayın, zeytun yağı axtarıram.
- Anything else?, No, that's all, thanks.
- Başqa nəsə?, Yox, bu qədər, sağ olun.
Can I pay by card?
Kartla ödəyə bilərəm?
We need a jar of honey and two packets of tea.
Bizə bir banka bal və iki paket çay lazımdır.
Common mistakes
Give me one kilo apples.
Can I have a kilo of apples, please?
of unudulmamalıdır və əmr forması kobud səslənir.
How much is the tomatoes?
How much are the tomatoes?
Cəm isimlə 'are' işlənir.
I bought a half kilo of meat.
I bought half a kilo of meat.
Doğru söz sırası: half a kilo of.
Can I pay with card?
Can I pay by card?
Ödəniş üsulu: by card, in cash.
Vocabulary
- bakery noun
- a shop that makes and sells bread and cakesçörək dükanı, çörəkxana“There's a good bakery on our street.”
- carton noun
- a box made of thick paper for milk or juicekarton paket (süd, şirə)“A carton of orange juice, please.”
- change noun
- money you get back when you pay more than the pricepulun qalığı“Here's your change.”
- fresh adjective
- recently made or pickedtəzə“Is the fish fresh?”
- jar noun
- a glass container with a lidbanka (şüşə)“There's a jar of jam in the cupboard.”
- on sale phrase
- available to buy, often at a lower priceendirimdə; satışda“These shoes are on sale this week.”
- packet noun
- a small paper or plastic containerpaket, qutu“I bought a packet of biscuits.”
- pay by card phrase
- to use a bank card to paykartla ödəmək“Most shops let you pay by card.”
- receipt noun
- a paper that shows you have paid for somethingqəbz“Please keep your receipt.”