10. At the bar
|Adan an bar|
|.||Marijozé ka risivwè an kout téléfòn. Nou ka konprann i ka pran an randévou épi an moun adan bar plaj-la.||Marie-José receiving a phone call. We understand that she makes an appointment with someone at the beach bar.|
|MJ||Kanmarad-mwen ka rivé. Nou ka alé an bar-la ? Mwen té ké enmen manjé an ti bagay.||My friends are coming. Shall we go to the bar? I would like to eat something.|
|Ch||Mwen tou, mwen ka mò fen. Kisa nou pé pran la ?||Me too, I'm dying of hunger. What can we have?|
|MJ||Ni sandwich, akra, balawou fri, poul boukané…||There are sandwiches, accras, fried balarous, boucané chicken…|
|F||Mwen lé dlo ! Anlo dlo ! Man ka mò swef.||I want water! A lot of water! I'm dying of thirst.|
|MJ||Bonjou ! Es ou ni an tab pou 10 moun, souplé ? Nou a 6, mé sé lézot-la ké rivé adan an kar-d-é.||Hello! Do you have a table for 10 people, please? We are 6, but the others will arrive in a quarter of an hour.|
|Garç||Pa ni problem ! Mété kò-zot anlè tab laba-a, agoch. Mwen ka pòté kat-la ba zot.||No problem! Sit down at the table down there on the left. I'll bring you the menu.|
|MJ||Mèsi. Es nou pé ni dé gran boutey dlo, souplé. An Chanflò épi an Didié.||Thank you. Can we have two large bottles of water, please. One natural and the other with bubbles.|
|Garç||Ah, dézolé, sé ti boutey an dimi lit selman nou ni.||Ah, sorry, we only have small half-liter bottles.|
|MJ||Alò, ba mwen dé adan chak.||So give me two of each.|
|Garç||Zot ka pran an lot bagay ?||Do you take anything else?|
|A||Sa zot di, lé zanmi ? Poutji nou pa té ké pran an ti chanpagn pou fété rankont-nou ? (…) Alò di vè souplé.||What do you say, friends? Why shouldn't we take a bottle of Champagne to celebrate our encounter? (…) So 10 glasses, please.|
|C||E sa ki sé kanmarad-la ki ka vini jwenn nou ? Ki non-yo ?||And who are the friends who come and join us? What are their names?|
|MJ||Ni Brijit, Kécha, Loran épi Joj-Michel. Yo senpatik épi dous mem. Zot ké enmen yo. Nou ké fè an ti group an zafè'y.||There is Brigitte, Kecha, Laurent and Georges-Michel. They are friendly and even sociable. You'll like them. We will be up to all sorts of things…|
|.||Tout moun ka pété ri.||Everybody burst out laughing.|
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