Dialogue
DELF A2 speaking: plan a shared dinner in French
Practise a meal-planning dialogue: suggest vegetable pasta, agree on an €18 shopping limit and decide who buys what, with picture cards and role prompts.
- A2
- 9 lines
- Practice mode
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In short
Start with a proposal: On pourrait faire des pâtes aux légumes. Check the total budget, then divide the shopping: Je prends les légumes. Tu peux acheter les pâtes ? Finish by confirming the next step.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
You are Nora. Adam wants a meal without meat tonight. Together you have €18 for the shopping. You can make a salad; Adam can cook pasta. The vegetables and salad are estimated at €8. Read the conversation once, then hide Nora’s lines with practice mode and respond to Adam.
- Adam
Qu’est-ce qu’on prépare pour ce soir ? Je préfère un repas sans viande.
English
What shall we make for tonight? I’d prefer a meal without meat.
- Nora
On pourrait faire des pâtes aux légumes et une salade. Ça te va ?
Suggest vegetable pasta and a salad; ask whether that suits him.
English
We could make vegetable pasta and a salad. Does that suit you?
- Adam
Oui, très bien. On a dix-huit euros pour toutes les courses.
English
Yes, very good. We have eighteen euros for all the shopping.
- Nora
Je compte environ huit euros pour les légumes et la salade. Il resterait dix euros pour le reste.
Estimate €8 for vegetables and salad; say how much would remain.
English
I’m allowing about eight euros for the vegetables and salad. That would leave ten euros for everything else.
- Adam
D’accord. Je peux préparer les pâtes. Tu fais la salade ?
English
Agreed. I can make the pasta. Will you make the salad?
- Nora
Oui. Je m’occupe des légumes et de la salade. Tu peux prendre les pâtes ?
Accept the salad job and ask Adam to get the pasta.
English
Yes. I’ll handle the vegetables and salad. Can you get the pasta?
- Adam
Bien sûr. Et si les courses coûtent trop cher ?
English
Of course. And if the shopping costs too much?
- Nora
On choisit des légumes moins chers. Vérifions le total avant de passer en caisse.
Suggest cheaper vegetables and checking the total before checkout.
English
We’ll choose cheaper vegetables. Let’s check the total before going through the checkout.
- Adam
D’accord. Je te retrouve devant les caisses.
English
Agreed. I’ll meet you in front of the checkouts.
Name the ingredients
Find:
Try a more expensive basket
| Detail | French cue |
|---|---|
| Vegetables now cost €12 | Les légumes coûtent douze euros. |
| €6 remains from the shared €18 | Il reste six euros pour le reste. |
| Suggest a simpler menu | On pourrait faire une salade de pâtes. |
Play the conversation again with the new amount. Decide what to put back, keep the €18 total and say who handles each ingredient. Your final two turns should leave both speakers with a clear job. Ask Tu peux… ? for a task and use D’accord to show that you accept one.