passer la commande
To say place order in French, use passer la commande.
When ordering, say Je voudrais passer une commande, s'il vous plaît, I would like to place an order, please. To ask staff to take your order, say Pourriez-vous prendre ma commande?
How does it change in a sentence?
passer la commande means to place the order. When speaking generally, passer une commande is very common.
Did you know?
- The word commande shares an ancestral link with the English word 'command', implying that a purchase is a formal instruction given to a provider.
- In a French restaurant, if a waiter asks Avez-vous choisi?, they are asking if you have decided, which is the culturally standard way to prompt you to passer la commande.
- While passer la commande is the standard phrase, French speakers use the verb prendre when ordering, which literally means 'to take' and treats the order as an act of selection rather than a request.
Examples in context
- Je voudrais passer une commande pour dix unités.I would like to place an order for ten units.
- Je vais passer la commande maintenant.I am going to place the order now.
- Pouvez-vous passer la commande pour nous ?Can you place the order for us?
- Nous devons passer la commande avant midi.We must place the order before noon.
Example conversation
Léa and Lucas are working in an office.
- LéaLucas, est-ce que tu peux passer la commande ?Lucas, can you place the order?
- LucasOui, je vais le faire tout de suite.Yes, I will do it right away.
- LéaMerci, c'est très important pour le projet.Thank you, it is very important for the project.
- LucasNe t'inquiète pas, Léa, c'est réglé.Don't worry, Léa, it is taken care of.
