2007-03-04 12:45:25 · 6 answers · asked by sparklycrayons 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm trying to ask if a cafe serves a food item. Do I use 'il'?
2007-03-04 12:46:13 · update #1
You don't want to use 'il', it's too specific and excludes the waiter, who is indeed a part of the restaurant (oh the complexities of French logic). You'd more appropriately ask him, as a representative of the restaurant, what they all have:
"Avez-vous..." - Do you have...
Or what there is:
"Est-ce qu'il y a..." - Is there...
(In which case you are using 'il' in an abstract, ambiguous sense...)
Or just what they DO have:
"Quelles sont les seléctions?" - What are the choices?
"Quels sont les mets?" - What dishes are there?
2007-03-04 13:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by ndrw3987 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Avez-vous (food item) ?
ahvay-voo (food item) ?
'Do they have' excludes the waiter and he's part of the restaurant. 'Do you have' is better.
2007-03-04 22:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure of the spelling but "havez vous" is "do you have?" as in havez vous jambon? Do you have ham?
2007-03-04 20:56:31 · answer #3 · answered by Aldo the Apache 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Est-ce-que vous avez...(ça) ?
2007-03-04 20:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Luisa H T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say, "est-ce qu'il y a?"
2007-03-04 20:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by klb_72 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
DO THEY HAVE IN FRENCH
2007-03-04 20:54:40 · answer #6 · answered by RRRRRRRR 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋