Dialogue

Il n’y en a plus: choose another dish in French

Handle an unavailable dish in French with a restaurant dialogue. Ask what is left, check a side dish and confirm your alternative order.

In short

When the server says Il n’y en a plus (“There’s none left”), ask Qu’est-ce que vous avez à la place ? Check the detail that matters, then name your new choice: Dans ce cas, je prends la soupe avec du pain.

Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn

The dish and its alternatives

From the first choice to the replacement

You wanted the vegetable tart. Practise Adam’s lines: acknowledge the shortage, ask about the soup and place one clear order.

Your lines are hidden in practice mode. Say them aloud, then reveal to compare.
  1. Serveuse

    Vous avez choisi ?

    English

    Have you decided?

  2. Adam

    Oui, je voudrais la tarte aux légumes, s’il vous plaît.

    Order the vegetable tart politely.

    English

    Yes, I’d like the vegetable tart, please.

  3. Serveuse

    Je suis désolée, il n’y en a plus aujourd’hui.

    English

    I’m sorry, there’s none left today.

  4. Adam

    D’accord. Qu’est-ce que vous avez à la place ?

    Acknowledge the reply and ask for an alternative.

    English

    All right. What do you have instead?

  5. Serveuse

    Il nous reste de la soupe de légumes et des omelettes.

    English

    We have vegetable soup and omelettes left.

  6. Adam

    Est-ce que la soupe est servie avec du pain ?

    Ask whether the soup comes with bread.

    English

    Is the soup served with bread?

  7. Serveuse

    Oui, avec du pain. L’omelette est servie avec de la salade.

    English

    Yes, with bread. The omelette comes with salad.

  8. Adam

    Très bien. Dans ce cas, je prends la soupe avec du pain.

    Choose the soup with bread.

    English

    Very good. In that case, I’ll have the soup with bread.

  9. Serveuse

    Une soupe de légumes avec du pain. Et comme boisson ?

    English

    One vegetable soup with bread. And to drink?

  10. Adam

    Un verre d’eau, s’il vous plaît.

    Ask for a glass of water.

    English

    A glass of water, please.

  11. Serveuse

    Très bien, je vous apporte ça.

    English

    Very good, I’ll bring that over.

What the server may say
French replyMeaningYour next move
Il n’y en a plus.There’s none left.Ask what is available instead.
Il nous reste de la soupe.We have soup left.Ask about it or choose it.
Ce plat n’est plus disponible.This dish is no longer available.Name a different choice.
La soupe est servie avec du pain.The soup comes with bread.Confirm if that suits you.

What do you say when a dish is unavailable?

Je vais regarder la carte encore un instant, merci.

I’ll look at the menu for another moment, thank you.

Qu’est-ce qui est encore disponible parmi les plats chauds ?

Which hot dishes are still available?

En in il n’y en a plus points back to the tart Adam asked for. Il nous reste… introduces what is left. For a new choice, dans ce cas links your decision to the changed menu. D’accord acknowledges the reply; je prends la soupe identifies the order.

Question 1No account needed
What is unavailable in the dialogue?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

La tarte aux légumes.. The server says il n’y en a plus straight after Adam asks for the vegetable tart.

Question 2No account needed
Which sentence actually places the replacement order?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Dans ce cas, je prends la soupe avec du pain.. Je prends states Adam’s choice; the other two sentences ask for information.

Question 3No account needed
Which meal does the server repeat?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Une soupe de légumes avec du pain.. The repeated order matches Adam’s soup-and-bread choice.