I’m opening a store...,

[Silverobama]

Someone asked me what I do for a living and I said:

I’m opening a store in the neighborhood.

More context: Not far from where I live, in the local community, I have a shop selling all kinds of things, snacks, daily necessities, beverage, cigarettes, etc.

Is my sentence natural?

 

[Rover_KE]

If it’s already open, say ‘I have a general store in my neighbourhood’.

 

[emsr2d2]

Do you already have a general store in your local neighbourhood and you're planning to open another one in the local area of the person who asked you about your job?

 

[Silverobama]

Do you already have a general store in your local neighbourhood

Yes but I don't want to open another one.

who asked you about your job?

Yes.

 

[tedmc]

"General store" is a new term to me. It's called a "grocery shop" where I come from. In Australia, it's called a "grocery store/grocer", while they call it a "dairy" in New Zealand.

 

[emsr2d2]

BrE doesn't have just one single term for such a shop. If they're relatively small and on a corner, they're a "corner shop". Some people use "convenience store", which is something of a BrE/AmE hybrid - BrE doesn't use "store" on its own; we use "shop", but for some reason when it's combined with "convenience", we adopt "store" instead. No one's ever called it a "convenience shop"! You'll hear "grocery shop/store", "little shop", "[the company name]" and probably several others.

@Silverobama If you already run that shop, saying "I'm opening a store in the neighbourhood" makes no sense. That works only if you're in the process of setting up the store but it hasn't yet opened.