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Lesson 20 of 69 · A1, Unit 5: Out and about

At the café

Kaffee und Kuchen — coffee and cake in the mid-afternoon — is a German institution. In a café you usually seat yourself, and a server comes to you; you pay at the table at the end.

When the bill comes, the server will ask Zusammen oder getrennt? — together or separately? Splitting the bill item by item is completely normal in Germany.

By the end you can:

  • order drinks and food politely
  • ask for the bill and choose to pay together or separately
  • use ich hätte gern and ich nehme

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