How to Ask if a Store Has Something in Stock - Examples and Variations

Master how to ask if a store has something in stock with the key pattern

Also Appears In: Can Shop at a Grocery Store Can Shop At a Grocery Store

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Let's look at some more examples.

Listen repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Avete il sale?

Avete il latte?

Avete l'acqua?

Avete la frutta?

Dov'è lo zucchero?

Did you notice how I replaced Avete with Dov'è?

Dov'è lo zucchero?

"Where the sugar?"

With this question, you are presuming that the shop has sugar.

First is Dov'è, "where is." Dov'è. Dov'è.

Dove, "where." Dove.

È, "is." È.

è is from the verb essere, meaning "to be." Essere.

Dove is contracted with è to form dov'è.

Altogether, Dov'è "where is." Dov'è

After this is lo zucchero, "the sugar." lo zucchero.

Zucchero, sugar. Zucchero. Zucchero.

Zucchero is masculine singular.

Before this is lo, "the." Lo (clearly enunciated). Lo.

Lo is masculine singular to agree with zucchero.

Note, because zucchero starts with the letter "z" lo used.

All together, Dov'è lo zucchero? This literally means "Where is the sugar?"

Dov'è lo zucchero?

This pattern is:

Dov'è {ITEM}?

"Where is" {ITEM}?

Dov'è {ITEM}?

You should be aware of this, but for this lesson, we'll use the pattern:

Avete {ITEM}?

Do you have {ITEM}?

Avete {ITEM}?

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