French Supermarket Vlog: Listening Practice and Shopping Vocabulary
Join Angeline for a trip around a French supermarket. Practice listening with scene links, shopping vocabulary, a short caption excerpt, and questions to answer as you watch.
How to use this listening practice
First, watch a short scene without subtitles and focus on its main idea. On your second viewing, turn on the French subtitles and listen for two or three expressions. Finally, describe your own shopping habits aloud in French.
The video was filmed around the start of the school year, so some products reflect that season. Treat the shelves and prices as part of this visit.
Choose a scene
- 0:00 — Introduction and taking a shopping trolley
- 0:53 — Shopping gallery and back-to-school supplies
- 1:36 — Kitchenware and household products
- 3:49 — Entering the food section
- 4:06 — Fruit, vegetables, and weighing produce
- 6:28 — Charcuterie and cheese
- 8:44 — Buying products in bulk
- 9:22 — Fish and seafood
- 10:12 — Yogurt and desserts
- 12:00 — Milk, syrups, and wine
- 14:21 — Bakery section
- 14:41 — Unpacking the groceries at home
These scene links open the original video on YouTube at the selected point. You can study one scene at a time.
Shopping vocabulary
| Expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
| faire les courses | to do the grocery shopping |
| un caddie | a shopping trolley / cart |
| un jeton | a token |
| la liste des courses | the shopping list |
| un rayon | a department / aisle |
| peser | to weigh |
| en vrac | loose / in bulk |
| la charcuterie | cold cuts and cured meats |
| les fournitures scolaires | school supplies |
| la rentrée scolaire | the start of the school year |
Try this sentence about yourself: Quand je fais les courses, je commence par le rayon… (When I do the shopping, I start with the… department.)
Caption excerpt: the introduction
The following short excerpt comes from the video’s French captions. Punctuation and line breaks have been added. The full caption track is available in the original YouTube video.
Aujourd’hui, je vous emmène avec moi faire les courses dans un vrai supermarché français. Je vais parler en français tout au long de la vidéo pour que vous puissiez pratiquer votre écoute. Alors, soyez attentifs. On va découvrir ensemble les produits que les Français consomment au quotidien.Meaning: Today, I’m taking you grocery shopping in a real French supermarket. I’ll speak French throughout the video so you can practice your listening. Pay attention: we’ll discover the products French people use every day.
Listen, answer, then speak
- At the beginning, what does Angeline use to release the trolley?
- In the produce section, what do shoppers do before attaching a label?
- Choose three products you recognize. Can you name their department in French?
Show suggested answers
1. A token (un jeton). 2. They weigh the produce (peser). 3. Your answer will depend on the products you choose: for example, le rayon des fromages, le rayon des fruits et légumes, or le rayon poissonnerie.
Finish by describing your own shopping routine in three French sentences. Replay the scene you found hardest and try again.
