Hotel

1. J'ai une réservation au nom de…

   I have a reservation under the name of…

   Usage

   Used at hotel check-in to confirm your reservation

   Grammar Note

   Add your name after "au nom de". "Réservation" is a feminine noun

2. À quelle heure est le petit-déjeuner ?

   What time is breakfast?

   Usage

   Ask the hotel about breakfast timing

   Grammar Note

   "Petit-déjeuner" literally means "little lunch" (déjeuner originally meant "to break the fast"). Déjeuner alone means lunch

3. Pouvez-vous m'apporter des serviettes ?

   Could you bring me some towels?

   Usage

   Ask housekeeping or room service for extra supplies

   Grammar Note

   "Pouvez-vous" is a polite request form. "Serviettes" means both towels and napkins

4. Le wi-fi est-il gratuit ?

   Is the Wi-Fi free?

   Usage

   Ask if Wi-Fi is complimentary at hotels or cafés

   Grammar Note

   "Est-il" is the inverted question form. Female form: gratuite. Ask "Le mot de passe?" for the password

5. Je voudrais prolonger mon séjour d'une nuit

   I would like to extend my stay by one night

   Usage

   Ask the front desk to extend your hotel stay by one more night

   Grammar Note

   "Je voudrais" expresses a polite wish. "D'une nuit" means by one night (addition)

6. À quelle heure est le check-out ?

   What time is check-out?

   Usage

   Ask the hotel what time you need to check out

   Grammar Note

   "Check-out" is borrowed from English. "Le départ" (the departure) is the French equivalent

7. Pouvez-vous me réveiller à sept heures ?

   Could you wake me up at seven o'clock?

   Usage

   Request a wake-up call from the hotel front desk

   Grammar Note

   "Réveiller" means to wake (someone) up. "À + time" expresses a specific time

8. Il y a un problème avec la climatisation

   There is a problem with the air conditioning

   Usage

   Report a room issue to the front desk when something is not working

   Grammar Note

   "Il y a un problème avec" is the standard way to report an issue. Works for any appliance

9. Avez-vous une chambre avec vue sur la mer ?

   Do you have a room with a sea view?

   Usage

   Request a room with a specific view when booking or checking in

   Grammar Note

   "Vue sur" means a view of. Apply to: vue sur la mer (sea), vue sur la montagne (mountain)

10. Le service de chambre est disponible ?

    Is room service available?

    Usage

    Ask whether the hotel offers food and drink delivery to your room

    Grammar Note

    "Disponible" means available. Follow up with "Jusqu'à quelle heure?" (Until what time?)

11. la serviette de bain

    Bath towel

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for an extra towel

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun; "serviette" alone can mean a napkin or a briefcase, so keep "de bain"

12. l'oreiller

    Pillow

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for an extra pillow

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun elided to "l'"

13. la couverture

    Blanket

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for an extra blanket; a duvet is "la couette"

14. le savon

    Soap

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for soap

15. le shampooing

    Shampoo

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for shampoo

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun borrowed from English but spelled "-ooing" and pronounced roughly "sham-pwan"

16. la brosse à dents

    Toothbrush

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for a toothbrush; toothpaste is "le dentifrice"

17. le papier toilette

    Toilet paper

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for more toilet paper

18. le sèche-cheveux

    Hair dryer

    Usage

    Point to this to ask to borrow a hair dryer

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun with an identical plural form

19. le cintre

    Coat hanger

    Usage

    Point to this to ask for extra hangers

20. le ménage

    Room cleaning

    Usage

    Point to this to request or decline housekeeping; "please clean" is "Faites le ménage, s'il vous plaît"

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun; cleaning is expressed with the verb phrase "faire le ménage"

21. une chambre calme

    A quiet room

    Usage

    Point to this at check-in to request a quiet room

    Grammar Note

    The adjective "calme" keeps the same form with the feminine noun "chambre"

22. C'est trop bruyant

    It's too noisy

    Usage

    Shown to report that the room is too noisy and ask to change

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