Matching game
French shops and shopkeepers: match the trade to the shop
Le fleuriste at the fleuriste, the libraire at the librairie, the cordonnier at the cordonnerie: match twelve French shopkeepers to their shops.
- A1
- 12 pairs
- Tap to match
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In short
Many French shop names come from the shopkeeper's title: le boulanger → la boulangerie, le boucher → la boucherie, le libraire → la librairie. Some are less obvious: le cordonnier (cobbler) works in la cordonnerie, le buraliste in le bureau de tabac.
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Tap one on the left, then its partner on the right.
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| Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|
| le boulanger | la boulangère |
| le pharmacien | la pharmacienne |
| le coiffeur | la coiffeuse |
| le libraire | la libraire |
| le fleuriste | la fleuriste |
To say where you're going, use à la / au + shop (je vais à la librairie) or chez + person (je vais chez le coiffeur). Le bureau de tabac (tabac for short) sells far more than tobacco: stamps, lottery tickets, bus tickets and phone top-ups.
- Ami
Tu vas où ?
Where are you going?
- Toi
Chez le cordonnier, mes bottes sont abîmées. Et toi ?
To the cobbler's, my boots are damaged. And you?
- Ami
À la librairie, puis au tabac pour un carnet de tickets.
To the bookshop, then the tabac for a book of tickets.
- Je vais à la bibliothèque acheter un livre.Je vais à la librairie acheter un livre.
Librairie = bookshop; bibliothèque = library.
- Je vais chez la boulangerie.Je vais à la boulangerie / chez le boulanger.
Chez + person.