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Pedir en el restaurante

Two friends order drinks and food at a diner and the waitress brings it. Practise ordering in Spanish: para mí, por favor, voy a comer, aquí tienes.

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A comic page set in a busy diner: a waitress takes an order from a teenage boy and girl, who choose a chocolate and a vanilla milkshake, a hamburger and spaghetti bolognese, then she brings their food to the table.
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Transcript and translation

  1. ¿Te puedo ofrecer algo de beber?Can I get you anything to drink?
  2. Un batido de chocolate para mí.A chocolate milkshake for me.
  3. Y uno de vainilla para mí, por favor.And a vanilla one for me please.
  4. ¿Qué deberíamos comer?What should we eat?
  5. Creo que voy a comer una hamburguesa.I think I'm going to have a hamburger.
  6. Una hamburguesa y unos espaguetis a la boloñesaOne hamburger and one spaghetti Bolognese
  7. Aquí tienes tu hamburguesa...Here is your hamburger...
  8. ...y el tuyo sale enseguida....and yours is coming right up.
  9. ¡Aquí tienes! Disfruta.There you go! Enjoy.

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