Finnish Reader 2b English

From UniLang Wiki

In the shop there is a man and a woman. The man is a clerk, and the woman is the customer.

M: Good day! What would you like to have?
N: Good day! I'd like to have a bread.
M: We have a lot of breads. Which one would you like to have?
N: I'll take that one.
M: Thank you. Will [note that this future tense is for the benefit of the English translation. Finnish has no future tense. Literally it would be "do you take..."] you take (anything) else?
N: Yes, I will also take three apples.
M: Allright.
N: Wait a minute. I'll take four apples after all.
M: Allright, four apples. (Anything) else?
N: I would take two oranges and one sausage.
M: Allright. And (anything) else?
N: Nothing else, thank you.
M: That makes ten euros. Shall I [literally "Do I..."] put (it) in a bag?
N: No, I have a bag. It's expensive here... Here you have twenty euros [lit. "here is for you 20 euros"].
M: And ten euros in return, here you go.
N: Thank you.
M: Have a nice day!


back to the text.

Personal tools