Prepare your note
This exercise trains a booking check rather than a full restaurant conversation. You must preserve details that remain valid while changing the one that is corrected. Use a form with five fields: name, day, time, people, and location preference. Make changes visibly. Do not erase the old party size until you can explain why it is no longer valid. A clear correction mark helps you inspect your own mistake later, especially when several numbers appear close together in a recording.
Imagine that you made a restaurant reservation for four people on Friday at 20:00 under Martin. You now call to confirm it. Put those initial details on your form, but leave the location preference blank. Read the exchange as a comparison with the original booking. The purpose is not to practise a particular restaurant’s policy. Everything here is editorial practice material. A real reservation can require contact details, a deposit, or another confirmation that this short dialogue does not cover.
Your scene task
— Je confirme votre réservation au nom de Martin, vendredi à vingt heures, pour quatre personnes.
— Oui, mais nous serons cinq, finalement. Est-ce possible ? — Oui, je modifie. Une table à l’intérieur ? — Oui, s’il vous plaît.
Show English translations
— I am confirming your reservation under Martin, Friday at 20:00, for four people.
— Yes, but there will be five of us after all. Is that possible? — Yes, I will change it. A table inside? — Yes, please.
Make your decision
Complete the final booking form and identify who authorises the change. Then separate a request from a confirmed fact. Before the server answers, is five people already an accepted reservation? After the server answers, what changes? Write a short before-and-after note. This extra step matters because a customer can ask for something that a business cannot provide. The words of the request alone do not establish the final booking, even if you understand every number in them.
Open the answer key
The booking is under Martin, on Friday, at 20:00, for five people, inside. The server accepts the change with oui, je modifie. Before that response, the larger party is a request. After it, the dialogue treats it as an accepted modification. The customer also accepts the inside table. No new day or time is stated. Keep Friday and 20:00. The message does not identify which Friday on the calendar, so do not add a date that was never supplied.
The distinction that matters
Au nom de means under the name of in this setting. It is not the server’s name. Nous serons is a future form meaning we will be. It tells you the expected party size, not the number of people currently on the telephone. Inside is à l’intérieur. Do not infer that a terrace is available merely because the server asks about the inside table. A question about one option does not document every other option the restaurant might have.
Try the task on your own video
Find a French clip with a booking, a check-in, or a service confirmation. Create fields before playback and mark only accepted changes as final. We make Jibber Jabber. Captions can help you check the acceptance phrase in an available French video. This is a good place to replay the server’s turn rather than only the customer’s longer request. The app does not make or verify reservations for you. For a real booking, ask the business to repeat the final details and keep its actual confirmation.
Questions and answers
Did the time move to five?
No. Five describes people. The time remains twenty hours, or 20:00.
Why keep the original fields?
They show which details the later turn changes and which it leaves in place.
Can I supply a calendar date?
Not from this exchange. Only Friday is stated.
Sources for this entry
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Jibber Jabber. “Check a French reservation without mixing the fields.” French Listening Atelier. Updated 9 November 2026. https://frenchcomprehensibleinput.com/reservation-name-date/.