Week 10, Lesson 19, Monday
Order food and drinks
One small change makes ordering work: what you want takes a new ending, so ры́ба becomes ры́бу. The rest is a handful of polite phrases.
1Recap 5 minutes
Three questions from Week 9, before anything new.
2Goal 1 minute
I can read a simple menu and order a meal and a drink politely.
3The lesson 20 minutes
In this lesson
- The menu
- хоте́ть: to want
- What you want changes its ending
- Ordering politely
The menu
A café menu, laid out as you would see it in Russia. Read every line aloud before the lesson: almost every word is new, and all of them are useful.
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| суп, борщ | soup, borsch |
| сала́т | salad |
| ры́ба | fish |
| мя́со | meat |
| ку́рица | chicken |
| хлеб, сыр | bread, cheese |
| ка́ша | porridge |
| вода́, сок, чай | water, juice, tea |
| ко́фе | coffee (он, a famous exception) |
| вино́ | wine |
хоте́ть: to want
хоте́ть is the one verb you will use in every restaurant. It is easiest learned as two halves.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| я | хочу́ |
| ты | хо́чешь |
| он, она́ | хо́чет |
| мы | хоти́м |
| вы | хоти́те |
| они́ | хотя́т |
Learn it in two halves: the singular has ч and looks like Pattern I; the plural has т and looks like Pattern II.
What you want changes its ending
Watch only the coloured endings. Everything you order or want follows this pattern.
| Dictionary form | After хочу́ or бу́ду |
|---|---|
| ры́ба | ры́бу |
| ка́ша | ка́шу |
| вода́ | во́ду |
| ку́рица | ку́рицу |
| суп | суп |
| вино́ | вино́ |
-а becomes -у and -я becomes -ю. Words for things that are он or оно́ do not change. Watch the stress in во́ду.
Ordering politely
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Что вы бу́дете? | What will you have? |
| Я бу́ду борщ и ры́бу. | I'll have borsch and fish. |
| Да́йте, пожа́луйста, меню́. | The menu, please. |
| Мо́жно ко́фе? | Can I have a coffee? |
| Счёт, пожа́луйста! | The bill, please! |
4Listen and say 5 minutes
Sound of the lesson: х is your Spanish j
Russian х is the sound of the Spanish j in jamón: breathy, made at the back of the mouth.
- хочу́ [kha-CHU] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
- хлеб [khlyep] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
Listen to the textbook
The book's own recordings for this topic, free on the publisher's site. Listen once for the gist, then again with the book open.
5Phrases and words 5 minutes
Phrases to learn whole
Learn each one as a single unit, the way you would learn a word. They come back in your Daily 10.
- Что вы бу́дете?What will you have?
- Я бу́ду …I'll have …
- Да́йте, пожа́луйста, меню́.The menu, please.
- Мо́жно ко́фе?Can I have a coffee?
- Счёт, пожа́луйста!The bill, please!
Words to read aloud
Read each one aloud, then open it to check.
сала́т
ку́рица
вода́
хоте́ть
счёт
6Class exercises 15 minutes
Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.
Role-play
Take one card each. Swap roles for a second round.
You, the guest
- Ask for the menu.
- Order a starter, a main course and a drink.
- Ask for the bill.
Екатерина, the waiter
- Greet the guest: До́брый ве́чер!
- Ask Что вы бу́дете? and Что вы бу́дете пить?
- Say one dish is not available today, and offer another.
7Your turn 5 minutes
Order a meal politely: a starter, a main course and a drink.
See a model answer
Я бу́ду борщ и ры́бу. И во́ду, пожа́луйста. Счёт, пожа́луйста!
Saved as you type. It goes to Екатерина together with Homework 19.
8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass
9Feedback 5 minutes
10Check your goal 1 minute
I can read a simple menu and order a meal and a drink politely.
Can you do this now? Be honest: the answer decides your next step.
11Homework
Homework 19 on Tuesday: ordering practice, and a meal ordered in writing.
I can read a simple menu and order a meal and a drink politely.