Neo IAL

Theatre, Concerts, Movies

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