A Summer Barbecue With French Friends
Get invited to a garden barbecue, help with the grill, ask for your meat the way you like it and thank your hosts.
Summer weekends in France often mean a barbecue in the garden, with an apéro first, then merguez, chipolatas, brochettes or a côte de bœuf, plus salad and bread. Guests usually bring something, like a bottle of rosé or a dessert. In the south, prefects often ban lighting fires and charcoal barbecues outdoors in hot, dry weather because of the wildfire risk.
- 1
Tu veux venir à un barbecue samedi ?
Do you want to come to a barbecue on Saturday?
- 2
J'apporte quoi ?
What should I bring?
- 3
Apporte un dessert, si tu veux.
Bring a dessert, if you like.
- 4
Je ramène une bouteille de rosé.
I'll bring a bottle of rosé.
- 5
C'est qui qui s'occupe du barbecue ?
Who's in charge of the grill?
- 6
Tu peux allumer le barbecue ?
Can you light the barbecue?
- 7
Les braises sont pas encore assez chaudes.
The coals aren't hot enough yet.
- 8
Je mets les merguez à griller.
I'll put the merguez on.
- 9
Tu aimes ta viande comment ?
How do you like your meat?
- 10
À point, s'il te plaît.
Medium, please.
- 11
C'est cramé !
It's burnt!
- 12
Ça sent super bon !
It smells great!
- 13
Tu peux me passer une assiette ?
Can you pass me a plate?
- 14
Y a de la salade et du pain sur la table.
There's salad and bread on the table.
- 15
Servez-vous !
Help yourselves!
- 16
Attention aux guêpes !
Watch out for the wasps!
- 17
Les barbecues sont interdits à cause du risque d'incendie.
Barbecues are banned because of the fire risk.
- 18
J'en peux plus, j'ai trop mangé.
I can't eat another thing, I ate too much.
- 19
On prend le café dans le jardin ?
Shall we have coffee in the garden?
- 20
Merci pour l'invitation, c'était top !
Thanks for having us, it was great!