Is-sinjur tal-mejda tlieta

The man at the third table

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. Lina 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.

Lina nods at the man walking to the window table and says it quietly.
Lina
Ħares: il-mejda numru tlieta. Dak is-sinjur hawn kull għodwa.
Look: table number three. That gentleman is here every morning.
U l-mejda numru wieħed?
And table number one?
U l-mejda numru wieħed?
And table number one?
She winks.
Lina
Fil-kċina tiegħek!
In your kitchen!
He checks under the table, sits down and orders without a look at the menu.
Is-sinjur tal-mejda tlieta
Te wieħed, bla zokkor, panina waħda u l-kont, jekk jogħġbok.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
Lina
Iva, Sinjur.
Yes, sir.
Nista' jkolli l-menu, jekk jogħġbok?
Can I have the menu, please?
Nista' jkolli l-menu, jekk jogħġbok?
Can I have the menu, please?
Lina
Hawn hu. Il-prezzijiet isfel.
Here you are. The prices are at the bottom.
You stare at the long menu.
Skużani, ma nifhimx il-menu. Kemm jiswa kafè?
Sorry, I don't understand the menu. How much is a coffee?
Skużani, ma nifhimx il-menu. Kemm jiswa kafè?
Sorry, I don't understand the menu. How much is a coffee?
Lina
Kafè, ewro u tmenin. Te, ewro u tletin.
Coffee, one eighty. Tea, one thirty.
U panina, kemm tiswa?
And a roll, how much is that?
U panina, kemm tiswa?
And a roll, how much is that?
Lina
Ewro u erbgħin. U l-kejk, żewġ ewro u ħamsin.
One forty. And the cake, two fifty.
Tajjeb. Nixtieq nordna.
All right. I'd like to order.
Tajjeb. Nixtieq nordna.
All right. I'd like to order.
You try to sound exactly like him.
Te wieħed, bla zokkor, panina waħda u l-kont, jekk jogħġbok.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
Te wieħed, bla zokkor, panina waħda u l-kont, jekk jogħġbok.
One tea without sugar, one roll and the bill, please.
She laughs.
Lina
Il-kont? Diġà? Għad m'għandek xejn!
The bill? Already? You don't have anything yet!
Lina
Mela tajjeb. Te u panina: żewġ ewro u sebgħin.
Oh, all right. Tea and a roll: two seventy.
Ċikku jumps onto the man's table and grabs his pen.
Is-sinjur tal-mejda tlieta
Qattus! Le, le, le!
A cat! No, no, no!
He climbs up onto his chair.
Is-sinjur tal-mejda tlieta
Il-kont! Malajr, jekk jogħġbok!
The bill! Quickly, please!
Lina
Żewġ ewro u sebgħin, Sinjur.
Two seventy, sir.
He drops the exact money on the table and hurries to the door.
Is-sinjur tal-mejda tlieta
Hawn huma l-flus. Saħħa!
Here's the money. Goodbye!
Lina
Jibża' ħafna, ħafna mill-qtates.
He's very, very afraid of cats.
X'jismu?
What's his name?
X'jismu?
What's his name?
Lina
Ma nafx. Jismu “Te bla zokkor”!
I don't know. His name is "Tea without sugar"!
Under the table, Ċikku is playing with the pen.
U l-pinna tiegħu?
And his pen?
U l-pinna tiegħu?
And his pen?
Lina
Il-pinna? Issa ta' Ċikku.
The pen? It's Ċikku's now.

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