4.10 Settling the bill

Having had their main course, the waiter comes round to see if everything is in order. Anna decides that they don't want a dessert, but would like the bill instead. Click on the sound graphic at the top of this paragraph or here to listen to their conversation to the waiter (der Kellner).
 

so---This approximates to "well then". It never means the English "so" as in "a logical conclusion". 

Hat es Ihnen geschmeckt?---"Did you enjoy your meal?". The literal meaning is: "Did it taste to you?"

ausgezeichnet---"Excellent!" But then Margarete has had two beers by now... 

sehr gut---very good

noch etwas---"Something else". This always has the sense of an additional something rather than "something different".

der Nachtisch---"dessert". It literally means "after-table".

darf ich...? "may I...?" Just like "Ich möchte...", it is always followed by the infinitive of the verb which it governs.

darf ich Ihnen einen Nachtisch bringen?---"May I bring you a dessert?". And it is "einen Nachtisch", because the masculine noun "der Nachtisch" is the object of the sentence.

heute---today 

die Erdbeere---"strawberry". As we have seen, many feminine nouns end in "-e", and form a plural in "-en".

das Vanilleeis---"vanilla ice-cream". This is another German compound noun, coming from "die Vanille" (= "vanilla") and "das Eis" (= "ice cream"). As "das Eis" is the final element of the compound noun, it determines the gender.

die Sahne---cream

für mich nicht---"Not for me". Note that the German word for "not" - "nicht" - follows the noun to which it refers.

die Rechnung, bitte (Could we have) the bill, please?

zusammen...---together... 

...oder getrennt?---"...or separately?" The waiter is thus asking them whether they wish to pay together or separately. 

kleinen Moment, bitte---"One moment, please". Literally: "A little moment please".

das macht... "It comes to....". Literally: "This makes...".

siebenundzwanzig Euro sechzig---Twenty-seven euros sixty

dreißig---Thirty