An apple
An orange
A banana
A yogurt
Honey
A biscuit
Toast
A croissant
A chocolate bar
Baked beans
Biscuits
Fruit
What do you have for breakfast ?
For breakfast I eat…
For breakfast I drink…
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breakfast ( recorded by
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East Coast American, no strong regional accent. I think that it's pretty :)
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Corrected Textmore↓An apple
An orange
A banana
A yogurt
Honey
A biscuit
Toast
A croissant
A chocolate bar
Baked beans
Biscuits
Fruit
What do you normally have for breakfast ?
For breakfast I eat…
For breakfast I drink…
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I understand what you mean whiteguy, and yes it is j'ai pris une banane et du yaourt, in most cases some yogurt would sound better and make more sense but a yogurt could also work in the case where it can be partitioned into a single unit, like those individual yogurt containers that some companies sell. Overall I think you are correct that it would have been better to change it to "some yogurt" because that is a more common way of referring to the food, when speaking of quantity.
Thanks for your comments, I thought I could say a yogurt as I say two coffees, but I understand it's not correct, so I'm going to teach some yogurt and explain to my pupils the difference between countable and uncountable, a very difficult notion to undertsand when you are 11 eleven years old. In French, you can say un yaourt, du yaourt, deux, trois ...yaourts, des yaourts.
Thanks for your recording !
Hi, all!
I myself would say simply "yogurt". But I make my own, which is not the case with everyone.
I truly think that it depends on the individual situation. Many people that buy yogurts (countable!) would say "a yogurt". On the other hand, if you have a big batch--either store-bought or homemade--you may say "yogurt", or "some yogurt".
The change that I made was in the question:
"What do you have for breakfast?"
That's a question that I would ask at an establishment that serves breakfast. Maybe at a hotel? Or a 24-hour eatery.
If I just want to know what someone usually eats for breakfast, then I'll insert an adverb, e.g., "normally", "usually", as I did in my recording.
If the context has already been established that we're talking about what we normally eat, then I would emphasize "breakfast". If we've been talking about that particular meal, I would emphasize "you".
Very perceptive changes, Grenhas. Your corrections make it a more casual dialogue. It's so cool that you make your own yogurt!
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Nice recording Acame.
I changed "a yogurt" to "some yogurt" as yogurt isn't really quantifiable. You can have a cup or bowl, but to say you had "a yogurt" sounds off.
In French I think it's comparable to j'ai pris une banane et d'aux yaourt ce matin. That would be I had A banana and SOME yogurt, I think (or is it du yaourt)... You wouldn't say "j'ai pris une yaourt" right? Maybe "j'ai pris une tasse du yaourt." Sorry if my french is le terrible.