Cafe and restaurant in Esperanto
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Esperanto words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Esperanto phrases in this lesson
- Tablo por duTAH-bloh por doo
- A table for two
- La menuo, bonvolulah meh-NOO-oh, bon-VOH-loo
- The menu, please
- Kion vi rekomendas?KEE-on vee reh-koh-MEN-das
- What do you recommend?
- Mi ne manĝas...mee neh MAN-jas
- I don't eat...
- Mi estas alergia al...mee ES-tas ah-ler-GHEE-ah al
- I'm allergic to...
- Viandovee-AN-doh
- Meat
- Kokaĵokoh-KAH-zhoh
- Chicken
- FiŝoFEE-shoh
- Fish
- Ĝi estas bongustaZHEE ES-tas bon-GOOS-tah
- It's delicious
- Je via sano!yeh VEE-ah SAH-no
- Cheers
Tablo is table (from Latin), por (for) is a preposition. Simple construction used at Esperanto restaurant meetups.
Menuo is menu (loanword). The article la never changes regardless of case or gender.
From koko, a chicken, plus -aĵo, a thing made of it.
Bongusta from bono (good) + gusto (taste). -a ending makes it an adjective. Simpler than "ĝi savaĝe agrable gustas".
Literally "to your health", the standard Esperanto toast. Often shortened to just "Sanon!". Esperantists at conferences take toasting seriously despite the small venue size.