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to do the groceries – French expression

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What does ” faire les courses ” mean? How do you say ‘ to do the groceries ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it.

faire les courses – to do the shopping – In everyday French, faire les courses, not to be mixed up with faire des courses, means ‘to do the groceries’. faire des courses means ‘to go (window) shopping’ or ‘to run errands’.

• « Je vais faire les courses car il n’y a plus rien dans le frigo. »
  • “I’m going to do the groceries because there’s nothing in the fridge anymore. “

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