ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰላም፣ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ How do I… ብድሓን መጻእኩም። ኣነ ተኽልማርያም በኪት ኢየ፡ ምሳና’ውን ስያን ኣላ።

Sian
And I'm Sian. Hello, everybody.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣብ’ዚ ክፋል’ዚ፡ ኣብ ቤት መግቢ ኣቲኹም ብኸመይ መግቢ ከም እትእዝዙ ክንመሃር ኢና። እስከ ሓደ ሰብ ኣብ ቤት መግቢ ኣትዩ ከመይ ጌይሩ መግቢ ከም ዝእዝዝ ንስማዕ። ክብድ ዝበለ እንተመሲሉ ኣይትሻቀሉ፡ መታን ክርደኣኩም ክንሕግዘኩም ኢና።
ንሕጂ ግን፤ እዚ ሰብ እንታይ ዝብላዕን ዝስተን ከምዝኣዘዘ ንወስን።

What can I get you?
Can I have a green tea and a cheese sandwich, please?
Take away or have here?
Take away, please.
Anything else?
That's all, thanks.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሰሚዕኩም’ዶ? ‘Green tea’ ‘ግሪን ቲ' መኣዛ ዘለዎ ቆጽሊ ሻሂ ከምኡ’ውን ናይ ፎርማጆ ፓኒኖ ‘a cheese sandwich’ ኣዚዙ። So, Sian shall we look at the language we can use to order in a café?

Sian
Yes, let's do it!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ግዴኹም ምስ ኣኸለ፤ እቲ ኣሳሳዪ መጺኡ እንታይ ከም እትደልዩ ክሓተኩም እዩ።

Sian
Yes! Can you remember what they said? Let's listen again to find out.

What can I get you?

Sian
Yes, you'll probably hear 'What can I get you?’ or they may say 'Who's next?'

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እወ፤ 'Who's next?’ ዝብል ክትሰምዑ እንከለኹም መን’ዩ ተረኛ ኣሳሳዩ ማለት’ዩ።

Sian
Now, it's time to order. You can say 'Can I have…?' and then give your order.
Let's practise the pronunciation of that! Repeat after me:
'Can I have…?'

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
እቲ ዝኣዘዝክምዎ ነገር ንጽል እንተኾይኑ ‘a’ - ወይ፤ብዝሕ ዝበለ እንተኾይኑ ከአ ‘an’ ተጠቐሙ።

Sian
That's right. Careful with pronunciation – so we say 'uh' and 'un'. So, 'Can I have a green tea?','Can I have an orange juice?' And remember to be polite, so what word do we need to add? That's right – it's ‘please’.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ኣደማምጻ ቃናኹም ግን ኣይትረስዑ። ሰያን ከመይ ከም ተድምጾ ስምዑ።

Sian
Repeat after me:
‘Can I have a green tea, please?’

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ስዒቡ፤ እዚ ሕቶ ክትሰምዕዎ ትኾኑ ኢኹም። ትርጉሙ ትፈልጥዎ’ዶ?

Take away or have here?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ትፈልጡ ዲኹም? ኣብዚ ዲኹም ክትበልዕዎ ወይስ ክትወስድዎ?
Sian Yes, and you can just say 'Have here, please' if you want to stay, or 'Take away, please' if you want to take it out of the café. Don't forget 'please'!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
መወዳእታ ኣሳሳይ ዝሓቶ ‘Anything else?’ ዩ።

Sian
That's right – this is short for 'Do you want to buy anything else?’

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ብርግጽ፡ ኣሳሳዪ ካልእ ትደልይዎ ነገር ኣሎ’ዶ ዋላስ እዚ ጥራሕ’ዩ ይብለኩም።

Sian
If you don't want anything, just say 'That's all, thanks'. Let's practise. Repeat after me: ‘That's all, thanks.’

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
Thanks, Sian. ኣብ ቤት ብልዒ ብኸመይ መግቢ ከምእትእዝዙ ተማሂርኩም ኣለኹም፤ ሕጂ ልምምድ ግበሩ። ፈለማ ነዚ ኣሳሳዩ ስምዕዎ።

Who's next?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሕራይ እምብኣር፡ ሕጂ ጊደኹምዩ። ቡን ክትእዝዙ ትኽእሉ’ዶ። ብድሕሪኡ ምስ ናይ ስያን መልሲ ኣነጻጽርዎ።

Sian
Can I have a black coffee, please?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ሕጂ ዝቕጽል ሕቶ ስምዑ።

To have here or take away?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ቡንኩም ኣብ ቤት መግቢ ክትሰትይዎ እንተ ደሊኹም እንታይ ትብሉ?

Sian
To have here, please.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ተመሳሳሊ’ዶ ኢልኩም፡ ሕጂ ዋላ ሓንቲ ክትእዝዙ ኣይደለኹምን፤ ስለዚ ነዛ ናይ መወዳእታ ሕቶ መልሱ።

Anything else?

Sian
That's all, thanks.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
Ok, so now you know how to order food and drink in a café. ምስ የዕሩኽትኹም ብምዃን ብትፈትዉዎ መግቢ ወይ መስተ ብእንግለዘና ጌርኩም ልምምድ ግበሩ። ድሓን ቀንዩ።

Sian
Good idea! See you next week. Bye bye!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
Bye!