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J'achète un aller-retour pour les vacances.

J'achète un aller-retour pour les vacances.
I am buying a return ticket for the holidays.
From Lesson 22:Informal questions (qui, que, quoi)·French

Questions & Answers about J'achète un aller-retour pour les vacances.

Why does un aller-retour mean 'a return ticket'?
It literally translates to 'a go-return'. It is the standard way to say 'a return ticket' (UK) or 'a round-trip ticket' (US) in French. If you just want a one-way ticket, you would ask for un aller simple.
Why is there an accent mark in achète?
The original verb acheter (to buy) doesn't have an accent. But for pronunciation reasons, when we use it with je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles, we add a grave accent (the downward slanting mark) to the 'e'. So it becomes j'achète.
How would I ask 'What are you buying?' using the casual question style from this lesson?
To ask this using normal sentence order plus a question word at the end, you replace the thing being bought with quoi (what). You would say Tu achètes quoi ? (literally: You buy what?).
Why is it les vacances (plural) if I am just taking one vacation?
In French, the word for holiday or vacation, les vacances, is almost always used in the plural form, even if you are only talking about a single trip or break.

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