Desmit sveces

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

Saturday afternoon. Balloons in the courtyard, a long table, and the whole house.
Elīna
Sveiki! Šodien ir mana dzimšanas diena! Man tagad ir desmit gadi!
Hi! It's my birthday today! I'm ten now!
Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā, Elīna! Tas ir tev, no manis un Jāņa.
Happy birthday, Elīna! This is for you, from me and from Jānis.
Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā, Elīna! Tas ir tev, no manis un Jāņa.
Happy birthday, Elīna! This is for you, from me and from Jānis.
She tears off the paper.
Elīna
Zīmēšanas bloks! Dzeltens! Liels paldies!
A sketchbook! A yellow one! Thank you so much!
Liene carries out a big cake with ten candles.
Liene
Te ir kūka! Desmit sveces!
And here's the cake! Ten candles!
Elīna
Viena, divas, trīs... Visas desmit!
One, two, three... All ten!
A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
Ilze
Labdien! Es esmu Ilze, Elīnas mamma. Jūs esat jaunais kaimiņš?
Good day! I'm Ilze, Elīna's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Ilze
Labdien! Es esmu Ilze, Elīnas mamma. Jūs esat jaunā kaimiņiene?
Good day! I'm Ilze, Elīna's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Jā. Priecājos iepazīties!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Jā. Priecājos iepazīties!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Ilze
Es arī. Vai jūs esat precējies?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Ilze
Es arī. Vai jūs esat precējusies?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Nē, es neesmu precējies.
No, I'm not married.
Nē, es neesmu precējusies.
No, I'm not married.
Ilze
Vai jums ir bērni?
And do you have children?
Nē, man nav bērnu.
No, I don't have children.
Nē, man nav bērnu.
No, I don't have children.
Ilze
Kur dzīvo jūsu vecāki?
And your parents? Where do they live?
Mani vecāki dzīvo Hamburgā.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Mani vecāki dzīvo Hamburgā.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Maija
Ilze, es to visu jau zinu. Nav precējies, nav bērnu, vecāki dzīvo Hamburgā.
Ilze, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Maija
Ilze, es to visu jau zinu. Nav precējusies, nav bērnu, vecāki dzīvo Hamburgā.
Ilze, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Ilze laughs.
Ilze
Protams. Mamma zina visu.
Of course. Mum knows everything.
Maija 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.
Maija
Desmit gadi... Skatieties. Viņam te arī ir desmit gadi.
Ten years old... Look. He's ten here too.
Tas ir mans logs!
That's my window!
Tas ir mans logs!
That's my window!
Jānis
Tas esmu es. Kad biju mazs, dzīvoju jūsu dzīvoklī.
And that's me. I lived in your flat when I was little.
Elīna
Jāni! Kādi mati!
Jānis! What a haircut!
Maija
Jā. Briesmīga frizūra. Tāpēc fotogrāfija bija pagriezta pret sienu.
Yes. A terrible haircut. That's why it faced the wall.
Maija
Jāni, uzspēlē mums, lūdzu.
Jānis, play for us, please.
Jānis
Tagad? Dienā?
Now? In the daytime?
Maija
Jā. Dienā drīkst.
Yes. In the daytime it's allowed.
For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
Maija
Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
Muris walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
Elīna
Muri! Mana desmitā svece!
Muris! My tenth candle!
Maija
Nekas. Viņš arī grib dzimšanas dienu.
Never mind. He wants a birthday too.