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Gift receipts and wrapping in French: ask for each separately

Edited by Chris Lee · Updated · About the library

Ask for a gift receipt, check whether it shows the price and decide about wrapping. A shop phrasebook with pictured objects and three quick questions.

In short

Start with C’est pour offrir. Vous pouvez me faire un ticket cadeau ? For wrapping, ask Vous faites des emballages cadeaux ? Check the charge with C’est payant ?

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At the till, a book is ready to become a present. Ask for the document first, then choose the packaging. Pour offrir tells the assistant that the purchase is a gift; it leaves you free to choose a simple bag, wrapping or just the book.

1

A receipt for the recipient

YouCe livre est pour offrir. Vous pouvez me faire un ticket cadeau ?This book is a gift. Can you give me a gift receipt?
Shop assistantOui, bien sûr.Yes, of course.
YouLe prix apparaît dessus ?Does the price appear on it?
Shop assistantNon, le prix n’apparaît pas sur ce ticket. Gardez aussi votre ticket de caisse.No, the price doesn’t appear on this receipt. Keep your till receipt too.
2

Ask the price of wrapping

YouEt vous faites des emballages cadeaux ?And do you offer gift wrapping?
Shop assistantOui, l’emballage coûte deux euros.Yes, the wrapping costs two euros.
YouMerci, je prends seulement le ticket cadeau. Je vais l’emballer moi-même.Thank you, I’ll just take the gift receipt. I’ll wrap it myself.
3

Ask about a later exchange

YouSi la personne veut échanger le livre, quel ticket doit-elle apporter ?If the person wants to exchange the book, which receipt should they bring?
Shop assistantLe ticket cadeau. Je vous note les conditions au dos.The gift receipt. I’ll note the conditions on the back for you.
YouMerci. Vous pouvez mettre le ticket cadeau dans le livre ?Thank you. Can you put the gift receipt inside the book?

At the gift-wrapping counter

Three small words at the till
Use it forFrenchMeaning
On the receiptLe prix apparaît dessus ?Does the price appear on it?
On the backLes conditions sont au dos.The conditions are on the back.
Only one extraSeulement le ticket cadeau, merci.Just the gift receipt, thank you.

Un cadeau is a gift; offrir means to give as a gift in c’est pour offrir. Emballer is to wrap. In the exchange question, la personne takes elle because the noun is feminine, whoever receives the present.

Question 1No account needed
What does C’est pour offrir mean here?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

It’s intended as a gift.. Pour offrir explains that the buyer plans to give the book to someone.

Question 2No account needed
The buyer says Je vais l’emballer moi-même. What will they do?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Wrap the book themselves.. The buyer declines the wrapping and says they will wrap the book themselves.

Question 3No account needed
Which question checks price visibility on the gift receipt?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Le prix apparaît dessus ?. Dessus refers to the receipt just mentioned; the question checks what it shows.

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