How To Reserve a seat over a Phone call
nǐn hǎo,shàng hǎi cān guǎn。
A: 您 好, 上 海 餐 馆。
A: Hello, this is Shanghai Restaurant.
nǐ hǎo, wǒ xiǎng yù ding yìzhāng zhuō zi.
B:你 好, 我 想 预 定 一 张 桌 子。
B: Hello, I’d like to reserve a table.
hǎo de, qǐng wèn jǐ wèi?
A: 好 的, 请 问 几 位?
A: Ok, how many people?
liǎng gè rén
B: 两 个 人。
B: Two.
nín ding jǐ diǎn?
A: 您 定 几 点 ?
A: what time would you make it?
míng tiān wǎn shàng bā diǎn bàn。
B: 明 天 晚 上 八 点 半.
B:At 8:30pm tomorrow evening.
qǐng wèn nín jiào shén me míng zi?
A: 请 问 您 叫 什 么 名 字?
A: what’s your name please?
wǒ jiào jié kè
B: 我 叫 杰 克。
B: My name is Jake.
Key words : when you want to make a reservation for dinner ……You can say:
wǒ xiǎng yù ding yìzhāngzhuōzi
我 想 预 定 一 张 桌 子.
I’d like to make a reservation.
我想 means I’d like to
预定 means reserve
桌子 means table
一张:Zhang is a measure word.
Measure words are used along with numbers to define the quantity of a given object.
For example, many flat objects such as tables, papers, beds, and benches use the classifier 张 zhāng.
Then waiter will then ask how many people, which is :
qǐng wèn jǐ wèi?
请 问 几 位?
how many people?
几位 means how many (people)
Key words : if you want to make a reservation at 8:30pm tomorrow evening, you can say:
míng tiān wǎn shàng bā diǎn bàn。
明 天 晚 上 八 点 半.
At 8:30pm tomorrow evening.
明天 means tomorrow
晚上 means evening
八点半 means half past eight