6 Paying the bill
Activity 20
Listen to this customer paying his bill, then use the vocabulary below to write four German phrases corresponding to the English prompts. Each word should only be used once.
Transcript: Audio 15
Hören Sie bitte.
das • getrennt • ich • macht • möchte • oder • so • stimmt • zahlen • zusammen
- 1. I’d like to pay. (3 words)
- 2. Together or separately? (3 words)
- 3. That comes to … (2 words)
- 4. Keep the change. (2 words)
Answer
- Ich möchte zahlen.
- Zusammen oder getrennt?
- Das macht …
- Stimmt so. (literally ‘It’s correct like that.’)
- Vokabeln
- ich hatte I had
- kosten cost
Activity 21
Listen to this conversation between a diner and the waitress. Pay particular attention to the prices mentioned, then answer the questions below.
Transcript: Audio 16
Hören Sie bitte.
- 1. What is the price of the salmon steak?
Answer
€10.75
- 2. Which item costs €3.25?
Answer
the beer
- 3. How much is the herring?
Answer
€9.25
- 4. What does the corrected bill come to?
Answer
€12.50
- 5. How much does the diner give the waitress altogether?
Answer
€13.00
Now listen again, concentrating on the language used by the customer querying the bill. Practise using this language by reading aloud the customer’s part from the transcript as you play the clip.
Transcript: Audio 16
Hören Sie bitte.
Activity 22
Use some of the language you have been learning by taking part in a dialogue that might take place at the end of a meal with a colleague in a restaurant. You want to pay separately, and you round your own bill up to €20. Begin by calling the waiter and follow the other prompts in the recording. Again, you may want to use the transcript to guide you.
Transcript: Audio 17
Hören Sie und sprechen Sie.
(Rufen Sie den Kellner)
Activity 23
Now listen to some customers paying separately, and note down the price of each item listed below.
Transcript: Audio 19
Bitte hören Sie.
| Tee mit Zitrone | |
| Tasse Kaffee | |
| Kännchen Kaffee | |
| Kuchen | |
| Wasser |
Answer
| Tee mit Zitrone | €2,20 |
| Tasse Kaffee | €2,50 |
| Kännchen Kaffee | €3,80 |
| Kuchen | €2,50 |
| Wasser | nichts |
Language: Numbers 1–100
You have heard some of the numbers from 1 to 100 in the recordings. Here are the numbers 1–10 in writing:
0 – null 1 – eins 2 – zwei 3 – drei | 4 – vier 5 – fünf 6 – sechs 7 – sieben | 8 – acht 9 – neun 10 – zehn |
The numbers from 11 to 20 are very similar to English:
11 – elf 12 – zwölf 13 – dreizehn 14 – vierzehn | 15 – fünfzehn 16 – sechzehn 17 – siebzehn 18 – achtzehn | 19 – neunzehn 20 – zwanzig |
From 20 onwards, numbers follow a regular pattern:
21 – einundzwanzig 22 – zweiundzwanzig 23 – dreiundzwanzig 24 – vierundzwanzig | 30 – dreißig 40 – vierzig 50 – fünfzig 60 – sechzig | 70 – siebzig 80 – achtzig 90 – neunzig 100 – hundert or einhundert |
Note how you say ‘one-and-twenty’ in German rather than ‘twenty-one’.