Guidelines for Latin Restaurant Skit

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Linguistics Menu Project Restaurant Skit Now that your menus are complete we will put them to the test. Your classmates will play time travelers from ancient Rome, who only know Latin (not English!). Luckily you are prepared to provide them with a bilingual menu and to take their order. Restaurant owners (waiters) Restaurant patrons (diners) Checklist: Greet everyone! Give them a menu! Take their order! Ask how the food is! Checklist: Greet your waiter! Order 1-2 items from the menu! Compliment the restaurant! Everyone must speak! Useful phrases: Salvēte! Hello (to multiple people)! Quid agis hodiē? How are you doing today? Exspectatissimī estis in caupōnā meā! You are very welcome at my restaurant! Erō minister/ministra hodiē. I will be your waiter/waitress today. Ecce! Hīc est index cibōrum! Look! Here is a menu! Quid ā tē cenabitur? What will you eat? Placetne tibi? Do you like it? quaesō / grātiās please / thank you Useful phrases: Salvē! Hello (to one person)! Optimē/Benē/Mediocriter/Malē/Pessimē (Tells how you are doing today.) Quam iucuda caupōna est! What a nice restaurant this is Quid est dēliciōsum? What is tasty? Ā mē cenabitur... I will eat... Placet mihi. I am enjoying it. Fame morior. I am dying of hunger. quaesō / grātiās please / thank you

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Useful Latin phrases to use in final phase of Latin menu design project. Used with Chapter 2 of Minimus.

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Linguistics

Menu Project

 Restaurant Skit Now that your menus are complete we will put them to the test. Your classmates will play time travelers from ancient Rome, who only know Latin (not English!). Luckily you are prepared to provide them with a bilingual menu and to take their order.

Restaurant owners (waiters) Restaurant patrons (diners) Checklist:

¨ Greet everyone! ¨ Give them a menu! ¨ Take their order! ¨ Ask how the food is!

Checklist: ¨ Greet your waiter! ¨ Order 1-2 items from the menu! ¨ Compliment the restaurant! ¨ Everyone must speak!

Useful phrases:

Salvēte!

Hello (to multiple people)!

Quid agis hodiē? How are you doing today?

Exspectatissimī estis in caupōnā meā! You are very welcome at my restaurant!

Erō minister/ministra hodiē.

I will be your waiter/waitress today.

Ecce! Hīc est index cibōrum! Look! Here is a menu!

Quid ā tē cenabitur?

What will you eat?

Placetne tibi? Do you like it?

quaesō / grātiās

please / thank you

Useful phrases:

Salvē! Hello (to one person)!

Optimē/Benē/Mediocriter/Malē/Pessimē

(Tells how you are doing today.)

Quam iucuda caupōna est! What a nice restaurant this is

Quid est dēliciōsum?

What is tasty?

Ā mē cenabitur... I will eat...

Placet mihi.

I am enjoying it.

Fame morior. I am dying of hunger.

quaesō / grātiās

please / thank you

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Linguistics

Menu Project