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How to say “Could you put these in separate bags?” in French
Ask for items to be packed separately.
Pourriez-vous les mettre dans des sacs séparés ?
Could you put these in separate bags?
Indicate which items should be kept apart.
Use it in three situations
Packing fruit
Pourriez-vous les mettre dans des sacs séparés ?
Could you put these in separate bags?
Keeping fragile items apart
Vous pourriez mettre le pain dans un sac séparé ?
Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Splitting a grocery purchase
Mettez les fruits à part des légumes, s'il vous plaît.
Please keep the fruit separate from the vegetables.
What to watch for
Separate bags refers to packaging, rather than separate payments.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine markets and groceries. Say this in French: Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Reveal a sample reply
Vous pourriez mettre le pain dans un sac séparé ?
Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Build a useful exchange
Buy a quantity and ask about a product.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking French
Use vous with strangers, staff, and people you address formally; use tu when that relationship is established. Je voudrais and pourriez-vous can make a request considerate. The most appropriate choice depends on the person and the situation.
Keep accents and apostrophes. A familiar spoken expression may differ from its literal English translation. Read the complete line, including the pronoun and the words that connect the request.
