Deset svíček

Ten candles

Your goalI can wish someone happy birthday, give a present, and say if I'm married, if I have children and where my parents live.

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Saturday. Balloons in the courtyard, a long table, a cake with ten candles. Eliška's mother, the town doctor, is here too, with the usual party questions: Are you married? Do you have children? And your parents, where do they live? Then Marie turns the photo round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7. Jan grew up in your flat.

Eliška
Ahoj! Dnes mám narozeniny! Už je mi deset!
Hi! It's my birthday today! I'm ten now!
Všechno nejlepší, Eliško! To je pro tebe. Ode mě a od Jana.
Happy birthday, Eliška! This is for you, from me and from Jan.
Všechno nejlepší, Eliško! To je pro tebe. Ode mě a od Jana.
Happy birthday, Eliška! This is for you, from me and from Jan.
She tears off the paper.
Eliška
Skicák! Žlutý! Mockrát děkuji!
A sketchbook! A yellow one! Thank you so much!
Petra carries out a big cake with ten candles.
Petra
A tady je koláč! Deset svíček!
And here's the cake! Ten candles!
Eliška
Jedna, dvě, tři... Všech deset!
One, two, three... All ten!
A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
Eva
Dobrý den! Jsem Eva, Eliščina maminka. Vy jste nový soused?
Good day! I'm Eva, Eliška's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Eva
Dobrý den! Jsem Eva, Eliščina maminka. Vy jste nová sousedka?
Good day! I'm Eva, Eliška's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Ano. Těší mě!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Ano. Těší mě!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Eva
Taky mě těší. Jste ženatý?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Eva
Taky mě těší. Jste vdaná?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Ne, nejsem ženatý.
No, I'm not married.
Ne, nejsem vdaná.
No, I'm not married.
Eva
A máte děti?
And do you have children?
Ne, nemám děti.
No, I don't have children.
Ne, nemám děti.
No, I don't have children.
Eva
A vaši rodiče? Kde bydlí?
And your parents? Where do they live?
Moji rodiče bydlí v Hamburku.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Moji rodiče bydlí v Hamburku.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Marie
Evo, to všechno už vím. Bez manželky, bez dětí, rodiče v Hamburku.
Eva, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Marie
Evo, to všechno už vím. Bez manžela, bez dětí, rodiče v Hamburku.
Eva, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Eva
Jistě. Maminka ví všechno.
Of course. Mum knows everything.
Marie takes out the photo that always faced the wall and turns it round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7.
Marie
Deset let... Podívejte. Tady je mu taky deset.
Ten years old... Look. He's ten here too.
To je moje okno!
That's my window!
To je moje okno!
That's my window!
Jan
A to jsem já. Když jsem byl malý, bydlel jsem v tvém bytě.
And that's me. I lived in your flat when I was little.
Eliška
Jane! To je účes!
Jan! What a haircut!
Marie
Ano. Hrozný účes. Proto byla fotka otočená ke zdi.
Yes. A terrible haircut. That's why it faced the wall.
For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
Marie
Jane, zahraj nám, prosím.
Jan, play for us, please.
Jan
Teď? Ve dne?
Now? In the daytime?
Marie
Ano. Ve dne můžeš.
Yes. In the daytime it's allowed.
Marie
Hodně štěstí, zdraví! Hodně štěstí, zdraví!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
Mourek walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
Eliška
Mourku! Moje desátá svíčka!
Mourek! My tenth candle!
Marie
Nevadí. Taky chce narozeniny.
Never mind. He wants a birthday too.