New Glasses at a French Optician
Explain what you can't see, take a quick eye test and pick frames that your insurance actually pays for.
Getting an appointment with an ophtalmologiste in France can take weeks or months, so many people renew their glasses directly at an opticien with a recent prescription, and opticians can also check your eyesight in the shop. Under the 100% Santé scheme every optician must offer a range of frames and lenses with nothing left to pay once the Assurance Maladie and your mutuelle have paid their share. Glasses and contact lenses are sold by opticians, not pharmacies.
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Je voudrais faire un examen de la vue.
I'd like to have my eyes tested.
- 2
Je ne vois pas bien de loin.
I can't see well far away.
- 3
J'ai du mal à lire de près.
I find it hard to read up close.
- 4
Voici mon ordonnance.
Here's my prescription.
- 5
Mes lunettes sont cassées.
My glasses are broken.
- 6
Vous pouvez les réparer ?
Can you fix them?
- 7
Je voudrais essayer cette monture.
I'd like to try on these frames.
- 8
Vous avez l'offre 100 % Santé ?
Do you have the 100% Santé range?
Tip: It's the state scheme with nothing left to pay.
- 9
Lisez la première ligne, s'il vous plaît.
Read the first line, please.
- 10
Cachez l'œil gauche.
Cover your left eye.
- 11
C'est plus net comme ça, ou comme ça ?
Is it clearer like this, or like this?
- 12
Tout est flou.
Everything is blurry.
- 13
Je voudrais des lentilles de contact.
I'd like contact lenses.
- 14
J'ai les yeux fatigués le soir.
My eyes get tired in the evening.
- 15
Je passe toute la journée sur un écran.
I spend all day in front of a screen.
- 16
C'est remboursé par ma mutuelle ?
Is it covered by my top-up insurance?
- 17
Elles seront prêtes quand ?
When will they be ready?
Tip: The glasses, so think about gender and number.
- 18
Elles sont confortables ?
Are they comfortable?
- 19
Il me faut des lunettes de soleil à ma vue.
I need prescription sunglasses.
- 20
Un verre est tombé.
One of the lenses fell out.