English to French: A1 patterns
Practice one useful pattern.
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French: checking in with “J’ai une réservation…”
“J’ai une réservation…” states your booking clearly at reception.
Ready to start.
Check in: say you have a reservation under the name Martin.
Model answerBonsoir, j’ai une réservation au nom de Martin.
How this works
J’ai means “I have.” Follow it with une réservation, then au nom de and the booking name. To use your own name, replace Martin; the sentence frame stays the same.
Build it piece by piece
- Bonsoir
- Good evening
- j’ai
- I have
- une réservation
- a reservation
- au nom de
- under the name of
Je + ai contracts to j’ai. Keep the apostrophe when writing it.
Worked example
Now check in under the name Dupont.
Bonsoir, j’ai une réservation au nom de Dupont.
Compare this with the model above. Notice what stayed the same and what changed. Read both aloud before continuing; this part is for learning, not scoring.
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