Trešais galds

Table three

Your goalI can ask what something costs, understand prices and ask for the bill.

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Early morning in the café. At the same minute every day, a neat man in a blue shirt comes in and walks to the table by the window. Liene nods at him and whispers. His usual order is tea without sugar, one bread roll and the bill. You copy that order exactly; coffee is mentioned only while asking about the menu prices.

Liene nods at the man walking to the window table and says it quietly.
Liene
Skatieties: trešais galds. Tas kungs te ir katru rītu.
Look: table number three. That gentleman is here every morning.
Un pirmais galds?
And table number one?
Un pirmais galds?
And table number one?
She winks.
Liene
Jūsu virtuvē.
In your kitchen.
He checks under the table, sits down and orders without a look at the menu.
Kungs pie trešā galda
Tēju bez cukura, maizīti un rēķinu, lūdzu.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
Liene
Jā, lūdzu.
Yes, sir.
Ēdienkarti, lūdzu.
Can I have the menu?
Ēdienkarti, lūdzu.
Can I have the menu?
Liene
Lūdzu. Cenas ir te, apakšā.
Here you are. The prices are here, at the bottom.
You stare at the long menu.
Atvainojiet, es nesaprotu. Cik maksā kafija?
Sorry, I don't understand. How much is a coffee?
Atvainojiet, es nesaprotu. Cik maksā kafija?
Sorry, I don't understand. How much is a coffee?
Liene
Kafija maksā divus eiro un trīsdesmit centus. Tēja vienu eiro un piecdesmit centus, maizīte sešdesmit centus, kūka trīs eiro un piecdesmit centus.
Coffee costs two euros thirty. Tea one euro fifty, a roll sixty cents, cake three euros fifty.
Labi. Es gribu pasūtīt.
All right. I'd like to order.
Labi. Es gribu pasūtīt.
All right. I'd like to order.
You try to sound exactly like him.
Tēju bez cukura, maizīti un rēķinu, lūdzu.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
Tēju bez cukura, maizīti un rēķinu, lūdzu.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
She laughs.
Liene
Rēķinu? Jau? Jums vēl nekā nav!
The bill? Already? You don't have anything yet!
Liene
Labi. Tēja un maizīte: divi eiro un desmit centi.
All right. Tea and a roll: two euros ten.
Muris jumps onto the man's table and grabs his pen.
Kungs pie trešā galda
Kaķis! Nē, nē!
A cat! No, no, no!
He climbs up onto his chair.
Kungs pie trešā galda
Rēķinu! Ātri, lūdzu!
The bill! Quickly, please!
Liene
Divi eiro un desmit centi.
Two euros ten.
He drops the exact money on the table and hurries to the door.
Kungs pie trešā galda
Te ir nauda. Uz redzēšanos!
Here's the money. Goodbye!
Liene
Viņam ļoti bail no kaķiem.
He's very, very afraid of cats.
Kā viņu sauc?
What's his name?
Kā viņu sauc?
What's his name?
Liene
Es nezinu. Mēs viņu saucam Tēja bez cukura.
I don't know. "Tea without sugar": that's his name.
Under the table, Muris is playing with the pen.
Un viņa pildspalva?
And his pen?
Un viņa pildspalva?
And his pen?
Liene
Pildspalva? Tagad tā ir Murim.
The pen? It's Muris's now.