Which liter bottle do you need?

[Tait-ka]

I went to a shop to buy a Coca Cola bottle of 1.5 liter.

The conversation between me and the shopkeeper went like this:

Me: Hello, I need a Coca Cola bottle.
Shopkeeper: Yes, sure. Which liter bottle do you need?
Me: 1.5 liter

Is the bolded sentence natural?



Please see the picture below. That's what I needed:

 

[Rover_KE]

What size bottle do you need?

 

[jutfrank]

Why are you speaking English to a Pakistani shopkeeper?

If this were in the UK, the exchange could go like this:

A: Hello. A bottle of Coke, please.
B: Sure. What size?
A: The one and a half litre one.

Obviously, what the shopkeeper asks depends on your shared knowledge. For example, if he knows that you can see the options, he may be more likely to ask Which one?

 

[probus]

"Why are you speaking English to a Pakistani shopkeeper?"

Presumably because English serves as the common language of (linguistically diverse) Pakistan, as it does in India to my certain knowledge.

 

[emsr2d2]

I went to a shop to buy a 1.5-litre bottle of Coca Cola. bottle of 1.5 liter.

Note the correct word order for the sentence above. Also note that, if you didn't already know, it's "liter" in AmE and "litre" in BrE.

 

[Tait-ka]

I went to a shop to buy a 1.5-litre bottle of Coca Cola.

The above one should be what I should say when I need a beverage-filled bottle (as I showed in the post#1) as you have just suggested. What if I need an empty bottle of this size from the shopkeeper? What should I say then?

 

[jutfrank]

"Why are you speaking English to a Pakistani shopkeeper?"

Presumably because English serves as the common language of (linguistically diverse) Pakistan, as it does in India to my certain knowledge.

In Pakistan, Urdu usually serves as a lingu franca.

@Tait-ka, would you answer my question? Why did you speak in English to the shopkeeper? Doesn't he or she understand Urdu? Or is it that you made the situation up?

 

[probus]

"In Pakistan, Urdu usually serves as a lingu franca."

There may be some truth in that but only on a regional basis. In Sindh the vernacular is Sindhi, and in Baluchisttesan it is Baloch. Also, all of that applies mainly to the less educated population. During the British Empire India and Pakistan were one and the educated elite adopted English.

 

[emsr2d2]

The above one should be is what I should say when I need a beverage-filled bottle (as I showed in the post#1) as you have just suggested. What if I need an empty bottle of this size from the shopkeeper? What should I say then?

I'd like a 1.5-litre empty bottle please.
I'd like an empty 1.5-litre bottle please.

When we add a size to a noun, the size comes before the noun.

I'd like a large bottle.
I'd like a medium bottle.
I'd like a 500ml bottle.
I'd like a 1.5-litre bottle.
I'd like a 12-gallon drum.

 

[Tait-ka]

Or is it that you made the situation up?

I made the situation up. Sorry for not mentioning it in my starting post. I forgot it. Sorry.