More Vital Spanish Words for use in restaurants - including the bill!

English
a table napkin

- a glass

- a fork

- a knife

- a spoons

sorry

the bill -

please - por favor

it's nothing/you're welcome - de nada

Don't mention it - No lo menciones (different word order; stick to de nada)

The bill, please (work this out from the other words given)

Spanish
una servilleta (a or one serviette, to use the French word)

- un vaso (not a vase but a vase shaped glass)


- un tenedor

- un cuchillo

- unas cucharas


lo siento


la factura -

Grammar Lesson
English sentence structure is nearly always subject verb object (SVO for short).
In Spanish you can see from the examples above that the object it comes at the start or middle and the verb at the end.

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