A1 · Lesson 027

Restaurants: ordering

Get seated, place a complete food and water order, understand the server and finish the meal.

By the end of this lesson

Order a restaurant meal and follow it through to payment.

Ask for a table, give a dish and quantity, understand a confirmation and request what you need at the table.

Say this now

A table for two, please.

Say as a mankhǒr dtó sǎm ràp sǎwng khon khrápขอโต๊ะสำหรับสองคนครับ
Say as a womankhǒr dtó sǎm ràp sǎwng khon khâขอโต๊ะสำหรับสองคนค่ะ

The spoken example is a table for two. Use your actual group size; restaurant prices and payment totals here are invented practice examples.

Sentence shape: Please give me → table for → two people → polite ending.

Say as a man: sentence pieces

please give mekhǒrขอ
table fordtó sǎm ràpโต๊ะสำหรับ
two peoplesǎwng khonสองคน
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

please give mekhǒrขอ
table fordtó sǎm ràpโต๊ะสำหรับ
two peoplesǎwng khonสองคน
polite endingkhâค่ะ

In this lesson

Essential phrases

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Key words

Recognise the words and their meaning.

Practice

Choose a response and build a sentence.

Dialogues

Follow a complete exchange.

Word match

Match taught words and phrases to meanings.

Listening match

Understand the same language by ear.

Chapter review

Bring the useful language back from memory.