Kümme küünalt

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. Liis'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 Leena turns the photo round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7. Jaan grew up in your flat.

Liis
Tere! Täna on minu sünnipäev! Ma olen nüüd kümme!
Hi! It's my birthday today! I'm ten now!
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks, Liis! See on sulle, minult ja Jaanilt.
Happy birthday, Liis! This is for you, from me and from Jaan.
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks, Liis! See on sulle, minult ja Jaanilt.
Happy birthday, Liis! This is for you, from me and from Jaan.
She tears off the paper.
Liis
Joonistusplokk! Kollane! Suur aitäh!
A sketchbook! A yellow one! Thank you so much!
Kollane on sinu värv, Liis.
Yellow is your colour, Liis.
Kollane on sinu värv, Liis.
Yellow is your colour, Liis.
Mari carries out a big cake with ten candles.
Mari
Ja siin on kook! Kümme küünalt!
And here's the cake! Ten candles!
Liis
Üks, kaks, kolm... Kõik kümme!
One, two, three... All ten!
Kümme küünalt! Väga ilus!
Ten candles! Very lovely!
Kümme küünalt! Väga ilus!
Ten candles! Very lovely!
A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
Helen
Tere päevast! Mina olen Helen, Liisi ema. Kas teie olete uus naaber?
Good day! I'm Helen, Liis's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Jah. Meeldiv tutvuda!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Jah. Meeldiv tutvuda!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Helen
Meeldiv tutvuda. Öelge, kas te olete abielus?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Ei, ma ei ole abielus.
No, I'm not married.
Ei, ma ei ole abielus.
No, I'm not married.
Helen
Ja kas teil on lapsi?
And do you have children?
Ei, mul ei ole lapsi.
No, I don't have children.
Ei, mul ei ole lapsi.
No, I don't have children.
Helen
Ja teie vanemad? Kus nad elavad?
And your parents? Where do they live?
Minu vanemad elavad Hamburgis.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Minu vanemad elavad Hamburgis.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Leena
Helen, ma tean seda juba. Ei ole abielus, lapsi ei ole, vanemad on Hamburgis.
Helen, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Helen
Muidugi. Ema teab kõike.
Of course. Mum knows everything.
Jah, proua Tamm teab kõike.
Yes, Mrs Tamm knows everything.
Jah, proua Tamm teab kõike.
Yes, Mrs Tamm knows everything.
Leena 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.
Leena
Kümneaastane... Vaadake. Siin on tema ka kümme.
Ten years old... Look. He's ten here too.
See on minu aken!
That's my window!
See on minu aken!
That's my window!
Jaan
Ja see olen mina. Ma elasin sinu korteris, kui ma olin väike.
And that's me. I lived in your flat when I was little.
Liis
Jaan! Milline soeng!
Jaan! What a haircut!
Leena
Jah. Kohutav soeng. Sellepärast oli foto näoga seina poole.
Yes. A terrible haircut. That's why it faced the wall.
For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
Leena
Jaan, mängi meile, palun.
Jaan, play for us, please.
Jaan
Praegu? Päeval?
Now? In the daytime?
Leena
Jah. Päeval võib.
Yes. In the daytime it's allowed.
Leena
Palju õnne sulle, palju õnne sulle!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
Päeval on see muusika hea!
In the daytime this music is good!
Päeval on see muusika hea!
In the daytime this music is good!
Muri walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
Liis
Muri! Minu kümnes küünal!
Muri! My tenth candle!
Leena
Pole midagi. Ta tahab ka sünnipäeva.
Never mind. He wants a birthday too.