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Je voudrais du pain, s'il vous plaît.

/ʒə vu.dʁɛ dy pɛ̃ sil vu plɛ/

I'd like some bread, please.

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The sentence, word by word

Patternje voudrais + PARTITIVE + NOUN + POLITENESS
  • Je voudraisone unit≠ je veuxI'd likeverb
  • du≠ le · unsomedeterminer — article, number or possessive
  • painbreadobject
  • s'il vous plaîtone unitpleasepolite phrase

The verb — where it comes from

  • Je voudrais←vouloirGroup 3 · irregular

    vouloir → voud + rais → Je voudrais

    Mood
    conditional
    Tense
    present
    Person
    first person singular (je)
    With
    Je

    This is the conditional, used to soften a request. je veux (I want) is correct but blunt; je voudrais (I would like) says the same thing politely.

    Full conjugation of «vouloir»

Spelling and sound changes

  • élision — a vowel dropssi il → s'il(si + il)

Notes on this sentence

  • duBread you can't count → du pain. English can say some bread or just bread; French always needs du. du = de + le, literally of the bread.

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