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30 [treinta] En el restaurante 2

An apple juice, please.	Un zumo de manzana, por favor.
A lemonade, please.	Una limonada, por favor.
A tomato juice, please.	Un zumo de tomate, por favor.
I’d like a glass of red wine.	Me gustaría una copa de vino tinto.
I’d like a glass of white wine.	Me gustaría una copa de vino blanco.
I’d like a bottle of champagne.	Me gustaría una botella de champán.
Do you like fish?	¿Te gusta el pescado?
Do you like beef?	¿Te gusta la carne de ternera?
Do you like pork?	¿Te gusta la carne de cerdo?
I’d like something without meat.	Querría algo sin carne.
I’d like some mixed vegetables.	Querría un plato de verduras.
I’d like something that won’t take much time.	Querría algo que no tarde mucho.
Would you like that with rice?	¿Lo querría (usted) con arroz?
Would you like that with pasta?	¿Lo querría (usted) con pasta / fideos?
Would you like that with potatoes?	¿Lo querría (usted) con patatas?
That doesn’t taste good.	(Eso) no me gusta.
The food is cold.	La comida está fría.
I didn’t order this.	Eso no lo he pedido.

Tonal Languages

Most of all the languages spoken worldwide are tonal languages. With tonal languages, the pitch of the tones is crucial. They determine what meaning words or syllables have. Thus, the tone belongs firmly to the word. Most of the languages spoken in Asia are tonal languages. For example, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. There are also various tonal languages in Africa. Many indigenous languages in America are tonal languages as well. Indo-European languages mostly contain only tonal elements. This applies to Swedish or Serbian, for example. The number of tone pitches is varied in individual languages. Four different tones are distinguishable in Chinese. With this, the syllable ma can have four meanings. They are mother, hemp, horse and to rant . Interestingly, tonal languages also impact our hearing. Studies on absolute hearing have shown this. Absolute hearing is the ability to identify heard tones accurately. Absolute hearing occurs very rarely in Europe and North America. Fewer than 1 in 10,000 people have it. It's different with native speakers of Chinese. Here, 9 times as many people have this special ability. We all had absolute hearing when we were infants. We used it to learn to speak correctly. Unfortunately, most people lose it later on. The pitch of tones is also important in music. This is especially true for cultures that speak a tonal language. They must adhere to the melody very precisely. Otherwise a beautiful love song comes out as an absurd song!