Learn what to say when reserving a table at a restaurant and expressing how many people are in your dinner party, a must for traveling
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to get a table at a restaurant, but my dear listeners, please know that because of the popularity of Pakistani food, it can be difficult to get a seat—especially on the weekends. The best thing to do, without a doubt, is to make a reservation for the time you want to go eat. |
| In this lesson, we'll cover making a reservation in a restaurant. |
| BODY |
| Normally, if you make a phone call in order to make a reservation for the evening, you would say |
| aaj raat ky liye Tebal chahiye meaning "I need to reserve a table for this evening." |
| (SLOW) aaj raat ky liye Tebal chahiye. The first four words, aaj raat ky liye, mean "for tonight." Let's break them down by syllable: aaj raat ky liye. |
| (SLOW) aaj raat ky liye, aaj raat ky liye. |
| We follow this with Tebal, which is exactly the Urdu pronunciation of the English word "table": (SLOW) Te-bal. Tebal. Finally, we have chahiye, which means "is needed." Let's break it down by syllable: (SLOW) cha-hi-ye. Let's hear it again: chahiye. |
| Let's recap the phrase one more time. |
| (SLOW)aaj raat ky liye Tebal chahiye. |
| aaj raat ky liye Tebal chahiye. |
| Normally, they'll ask you how many people are in your party and the time of the reservation. "How many people are you?" aap kitnay log hain? Let's break it down by syllable: (SLOW) aap kitnay log hain?) Let's hear it again: aap kit-nay log hain? |
| Now let's imagine you are a party of two. In Urdu, you would use hum dou hain, which in English means "We are two." (SLOW) hum dou hain, hum dou hain. |
| Finally, let's see how they will ask you the time of your reservation. |
| kitnay bajay chahiye? |
| (SLOW) kitnay bajay chahiye? |
| "At what time do you want to make a reservation?" kitne bajay chahiye? literally means "At what time is it needed?" Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: |
| (SLOW) kit-nay ba-jay cha-hi-ye? kitne bajay chahiye? |
| Now let's answer the question! Let's imagine you want to reserve a table at eight o'clock. |
| aaTh bajay. "At eight o'clock." |
| aaTh bajay means "At eight." Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: (SLOW) aa-Th ba-jay, aaTh bajay. |
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