French phrase: Avez-vous ___?
French phrase/sentence: Avez-vous ___?
Pronunciation: ave vu
Translation: Do you have ___?
When ordering meals in a restaurant, you wouldn’t want to end up having a course which you would end up not eating later on. As such, it would help if you are familiar with the items on the menu.
If you would like to ask whether a restaurant has a particular French dish that you are craving for, you say “Avez-vous ___?” and then follow it up with the French term for meat, seafood or chicken.
For example, if you want to order steak, you say “Avez-vous du bifteck?” which translates to “Do you have steak?” in English.
The French term for lamb is de l’agneau, du poulet is chicken, du porc is pork, de la dinde is turkey – and for the watch out for des cuisses de grenouille if you don’t want to end up having frog’s legs for dinner!
Anne has studied and spoken French for over a decade and has lived in both France and Francophone Cameroon. She strives to write lessons that reflect her real experiences and represent the way people really speak.
