Deset sveč

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

Nika
Živjo! Danes imam rojstni dan. Zdaj sem stara deset let!
Hello! Today is my birthday. I am ten now!
Vse najboljše! To je od Jureta in mene.
Happy birthday! This is from Jure and me.
Vse najboljše! To je od Jureta in mene.
Happy birthday! This is from Jure and me.
She tears off the paper.
Nika
Rumen risalni blok! Najlepša hvala!
A yellow sketchbook! Thank you very much!
Maja carries out a big cake with ten candles.
Maja
Tukaj je torta. Deset sveč.
Here is the cake. Ten candles.
Nika
Ena, dve, tri ... Deset!
One, two, three ... Ten!
A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
Petra
Dober dan. Petra sem, Nikina mama. Ste novi sosed?
Hello. I am Petra, Nika’s mother. Are you the new neighbour?
Petra
Dober dan. Petra sem, Nikina mama. Ste nova soseda?
Hello. I am Petra, Nika’s mother. Are you the new neighbour?
Da. Me veseli, doktorica.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Doctor.
Da. Me veseli, doktorica.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Doctor.
Petra
Ste poročeni? Imate otroke?
Are you married? Do you have children?
Ne. Nisem poročen in nimam otrok.
No. I am not married and I have no children.
Ne. Nisem poročena in nimam otrok.
No. I am not married and I have no children.
Petra
Kje živijo vaši starši?
Where do your parents live?
V Hamburgu.
In Hamburg.
V Hamburgu.
In Hamburg.
Ana
Že vse vem. Starši v Hamburgu, brez otrok.
I already know everything. Parents in Hamburg, no children.
Petra
Seveda. Mama vedno vse ve.
Of course. Mum always knows everything.
Ana 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.
Ana
Nika, zdaj imaš deset let. Tudi Jure je na tej fotografiji star deset.
Nika, you are ten now. Jure is ten in this photo too.
To je moje okno!
That is my window!
To je moje okno!
That is my window!
Jure
To sem jaz. Tisto stanovanje je bilo moje.
That is me. That flat was mine.
Nika
Smešna pričeska!
A funny haircut!
Ana
Zato je bila fotografija obrnjena proti steni.
That is why the photo faced the wall.
For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
Ana
Jure, zaigraj za nas.
Jure, play something for us.
Jure
Zdaj? Podnevi?
Now? During the day?
Ana
Danes lahko. Vse najboljše! Vsi skupaj!
Today you may. Happy birthday! Everyone together!
Muri walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
Nika
Muri! Deseta sveča!
Muri! The tenth candle!
Ana
Tudi Muri hoče rojstni dan.
Muri wants a birthday too.