|
 |
"How big is ________?" en français | ||
Tags: Translation | French | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Questions About Your Target Languages |  | |
| kaizen Groupie Canada Joined 4958 days ago 48 posts - 52 votes  Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 06 September 2014 at 2:12pm | IP Logged |
|
I just got into Montréal a couple of days ago, and although I read French fairly well, my spoken French is atrocious. However I'm trying to use it as much as I can and so I have a question for you.
I was in a restaurant yesterday and wanted to order some poutine (a québécois dish of french fries, gravy and cheese curds). They had two sizes: grande & régulière. I wanted to ask about the size of the régulière, so in English I'd say, "How big is the regular?" But I'm wondering how a native French speaker would ask the same question. I'm not looking for a literal translation, just what would they say to convey that idea? Thanks 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 2 of 5 08 September 2014 at 4:15pm | IP Logged |
|
A very informal, but simple and common way to ask could be "c'est grand comment, la régulière?". Or else you could say "c'est quelle grandeur, la régulière?", or "je peux voir les grandeurs, s'il-vous-plaît?"
5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Stassri Newbie Korea, South Joined 4099 days ago 23 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Korean* | Message 3 of 5 08 September 2014 at 4:50pm | IP Logged |
|
Is there a way to say it using the word 'combien'? Just curious.
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 4 of 5 08 September 2014 at 11:02pm | IP Logged |
|
The construction "how + adjective" is a tricky combination to translate into French. "Combien grand" does not work well, it sounds wrong to my ears. The French use other construction to express this. Read for example this thread.
3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Stassri Newbie Korea, South Joined 4099 days ago 23 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Korean* | Message 5 of 5 09 September 2014 at 1:22am | IP Logged |
|
Thanks for the link, Cabaire!
1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
