===== Theatre, Concerts, Movies =====

^ THEATRE, CONCERTS, MOVIES ^ [b]TEATRO, KONCERTOS, KIN[/b] ^
| We should like to go to the theatre. Have you a booklet like our “This Week in Paris” to tell us what is being played? | [b]Nos dezur gi a teatro. Ar vu un broxel as na “Et vek Parisye”, indikanda ko ludat?[/b] |
| I don’t know any of these plays. Can you give me of what they are like? | [b]Mi konar nilun d’et pyesos. Par vu me di un ideo de lo ke zi sar?[/b] |
| I don’t want too serious a play. I prefer something that would make me laugh. | [b]Mi no dezar un pyes tro serya. Mi prifar somo ki me fur ridi.[/b] |
| There must not be too many things over my head either. | [b]Nor shur si tro kozos sure ma kompren.[/b] |
| Something simple enough for me to understand, or perhaps a classical play I might have read. | [b]Somo asay simpla ut mi komprenu, o forse un pyes klasika ke mi ja lektir.[/b] |
| If you can get me the book of the play, I would read it before I go. | [b]Es vu par me prokuri lo texto del pye, mi pur it lekti pree.[/b] |
| What times does the evening performance begin? | [b]Kaore ensar lo ser-performo?[/b] |
| At six thirty or seven? It’s dreadfully early! | [b]A sit e dim? Eto terible frua.[/b] |
| How can you put in the rest of the evening? The performance must be over by nine fifteen. | [b]Kom par vu pasi lo rest del serado? Lo performo certe endat um non e qarim.[/b] |
| It is too late to go to the Music Hall. But one could finish off the evening in a night club. | [b]Sar tro tarde po gi muzikhalye. Mo so pur endi lo serado in un nox-box.[/b] ([b]in un noxaro[/b]; [b]noxarye[/b]) |
| Is there a ticket-agent’s office anywhere here? | [b]Cu un tikelagentur inknire?[/b] |
| If it is in the Strand, I know where it is. I’ll be going past this afternoon, and I’ll step into the box-office myself. | [b]Es nel Strand, mi spar vo it. mi gor domide e pasor miself al kontor.[/b] |
| Will you please give me two stalls? Not too close to the stage though. | [b]Var vu pli me di du poltos? Dok no tro nir shen.[/b] |
| You have no seats left except in the back row? That doesn’t matter. I’ll take them. | [b]Ve restar nur plasos nel last rango? No vikar. Mi ze prenor.[/b] |
| I should have to book a week ahead at least? Unless I go to the second gallery? | [b]Mi shur luki minste un vek pricade? Eske es mi gar al dua galerio?[/b] |
| And in that case I should have to queue up? | [b]E yenkaze mi shur fidoni?[/b] |
| How long has the play been running? | [b]Depvan lo pyes ol afish?[/b] |
| I’m going to have a look at the bill. | [b]Mi gar miri l’afish.[/b] |
| Are the intervals long? | [b]Cu interaktos longa?[/b] |
| Is evening-dress compulsory? | [b]Cu seraden obliga?[/b] |
| Is there a curtain-raiser before the big play? | [b]Cu ye un prepyeset?[/b] |
| Would you mind asking the box-attendant if she could get me a programme? | [b]Var vu pli aski l’aprerin me di un program?[/b] |
| Do you think this play witty? To my mind, it is rather boring. | [b]Trar vu et pyes spirtola? Po mi, it pluye nuga.[/b] |
| This actress plays really well. She has got inside her part. | [b]Et aktorin ludar vere ben. El entrar ine sa rol.[/b] |
| This actor overacts a bit. He is not natural enough. | [b]Et aktor sur-rolar epe. Il no asay natura.[/b] |
| Ah! The curtain is going up for the second act. | [b]Ah! Lo kurten levar pol dua akto.[/b] |
| I am glad I came. The play was worth seeing. And I liked the acting very much. | [b]Mi glada veninde. Lo pyes sir videnda. E mi mul libir l’aktorado.[/b] |
| Do you think I could understand at the Music Hall? | [b]Cu vu kredar mi komprenur Muzikhalye?[/b] |
| It is more difficult to understand songs than speech. | [b]Kanto plu dufkompenibla qam parlo.[/b] |
| Then there are often topical allusions a foreigner cannot grasp. | [b]Ye inotre loka aludos k’un xena no kapar.[/b] |
| The jokes are often incomprehensible. | [b]Plezantos of nokapibla.[/b] |
| Taking everything into consideration, I think I had better go quietly to the pictures. | [b]Tokontat, po mi prifenda gi kinye.[/b] |
| I shall be sure to understand and put in a pleasant evening. | [b]Mi sor certa kompreni e pasi bon serado.[/b] |
| What films are billed at present? | [b]Ka filmos pasar nun?[/b] |
| Are there continuous performances? | [b]Cu ye permana performos?[/b] |
| When do they start and when do they close down? | [b]Kaore ensar zi e kaore endar?[/b] |
| What is the rule on Sundays? It should not be the same as on week-days? | [b]Ka lo dominka regim? No shur si sama as veke?[/b] |
| On week-days from half past ten or noon till half past ten at night, and on Sundays from three p.m. onwards? | [b]Vekide ab isedim o mid us isedim sere. Dominke ab tre domide?[/b] |
| Of course, smoking is permitted? | [b]Certe fumi permat?[/b] |
| Does there happen to be a tea-room attached to the establishment? | [b]Cu somyes us te-salon apse lo establo?[/b] |
| That’s all right! We’ll go there. That will save us the trouble of going out and hunting for something. | [b]Eto perfa! Nos gor ye. Eto ne evor lo pen d’exi kiri somo.[/b] |
| Is there anything like our “Cineac” in Paris, where you can spend an hour looking at a film of topical interest? | [b]Cu ik somo as “Cineac” Parisye, vo vu par pasi un or mirande un dokumentel?[/b] |
| Of course, there must be Dance Clubs? | [b]Ye certe Dans-Klubos?[/b] |
| Are there any open in the afternoon? | [b]Cu somunos apra domide?[/b] |
| Where can I go if I want a dinner dansant? | [b]Qo pur mi po un danso-pranso?[/b] |
| So the most fashionable – and therefore the most expensive – are The Embassy in Old Bond Street, and Ciro’s, off Leicester Square? | [b]Zo lo plu shikas – e dete lo plu shiras sar Embassy in Old Bond Street e Ciro’s nir Leicester Square?[/b] |
| I should like, too, to be able to take the children to the circus now and again. There must be something of the sort in London, I suppose? | [b]Mi an dezur pi duki l’infanos cerkye temtempe. Certe ye somo tala Londonye, mi putar?[/b] |
| I am very fond of music. Where can one go to hear a good concert? | [b]Mi mul libar muzik. Qo pur mi ut udi un bon koncert?[/b] |
| I believe the best symphonic concerts are given in the Albert Hall? | [b]Mi krar lo bonesta sinfon-koncertos dat nel Albert Hall?[/b] |
| The Promenade Concerts take place in summer only, every night, except Sundays? | [b]Promen-Koncertos lokedar nur zome, shaksere, eske Dominke?[/b] |
| Do regimental bands sometimes play in the open air? | [b]Cu regiment-bandos somyes ludar fridaere?[/b] |