Ia o umbrelă

Take an umbrella

Your goalI can say what the weather is like and say what I must or needn't take.

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Tuesday, a bright, warm morning. You come down in a T-shirt. Maria stands at the door with an umbrella. "You must take it." Motan doesn't want to go out, and that means rain: the best forecast in town. Ioana says Maria is always right. Almost always.

Maria
Bună dimineața. Unde mergeți fără umbrelă?
Good morning. Where are you going without an umbrella?
La serviciu. Priviți ce vreme frumoasă! Soare, douăzeci și cinci de grade.
To work. Look what lovely weather! Sun, twenty-five degrees.
La serviciu. Priviți ce vreme frumoasă! Soare, douăzeci și cinci de grade.
To work. Look what lovely weather! Sun, twenty-five degrees.
Maria
Astăzi trebuie să luați o umbrelă.
Today you must take an umbrella.
O umbrelă? Dar nu sunt nori! Și nici vânt.
An umbrella? But there are no clouds! And no wind.
O umbrelă? Dar nu sunt nori! Și nici vânt.
An umbrella? But there are no clouds! And no wind.
Maria
Motan nu vrea să iasă astăzi. Asta înseamnă ploaie.
Motan doesn't want to go outside today. That means rain.
Pisica este o prognoză meteo?
The cat is a weather forecast?
Pisica este o prognoză meteo?
The cat is a weather forecast?
Maria
Cea mai bună prognoză din oraș.
The best forecast in town.
Mulțumesc, dar nu am nevoie de umbrelă.
Thanks, but I don't need an umbrella.
Mulțumesc, dar nu am nevoie de umbrelă.
Thanks, but I don't need an umbrella.
Maria
Cum doriți.
As you like.
Outside, Ioana is putting the café tables out on the pavement.
Ioana
Bună dimineața! Este cald astăzi, nu?
Good morning! It's hot today, isn't it?
Foarte cald! Iar doamna Popescu spune că am nevoie de umbrelă.
Very hot! And Mrs Popescu says I need an umbrella.
Foarte cald! Iar doamna Popescu spune că am nevoie de umbrelă.
Very hot! And Mrs Popescu says I need an umbrella.
Ioana
Maria are mereu dreptate. Aproape mereu.
Maria is always right. Well, almost always.
Ioana
Și unde este Motan? În fiecare dimineață stă la fereastra mea.
And where's Motan? Every morning he sits in my window.
Astăzi este acasă.
Today he's at home.
Astăzi este acasă.
Today he's at home.
Ioana
O. Atunci luați o umbrelă.
Oh. Then take an umbrella.
Half past five. You come home soaked to the skin. Maria is already at the door with a towel.
Doamnă Popescu... ați avut dreptate.
Mrs Popescu... you were right.
Doamnă Popescu... ați avut dreptate.
Mrs Popescu... you were right.
Maria
Știu. Iată un prosop.
I know. Here's a towel.
Mulțumesc. Mâine iau umbrela.
Thank you. Tomorrow I'm taking the umbrella.
Mulțumesc. Mâine iau umbrela.
Thank you. Tomorrow I'm taking the umbrella.
Maria
Mâine nu aveți nevoie de ea. Mâine este soare.
Tomorrow you don't need it. Tomorrow it's sunny.
Cine spune?
Who says so?
Cine spune?
Who says so?
Motan sits on the windowsill, perfectly dry, looking at the sky.
Maria
Motan.
Motan.