Ordering at a café: quantities and takeaway
Order a drink, confirm the quantity, and say whether you will drink it here or take it away.
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Read the text
- 1
何にしますか。
- 2
コーヒーを二つください。
- 3
こちらで飲みますか。
- 4
いいえ、持ち帰ります。
Name the item and quantity
Place を after the item, then add the quantity and ください: コーヒーを二つください means “Two coffees, please.” 二つ is read ふたつ, not につ.
Use 一つ（ひとつ） for one or 三つ（みっつ） for three. コーヒーをください can also request coffee without a quantity; in these exercises, include the specified number.
Drink here or take away
こちらで飲みますか asks whether you will drink here. Answer はい、ここで飲みます for drinking here, or いいえ、持ち帰ります for takeaway.
持ち帰ります means taking the order away, whether home or elsewhere. The question is about where you will drink, so コーヒーです does not answer it fully.
Check the order
コーヒー二つですね confirms “Two coffees, right?” Say はい、そうです if correct, or correct the quantity with すみません、一つです.
Identify the item, quantity and drinking location separately. If one changes, adjust your response instead of repeating a memorised conversation.
Common mistakes
Incorrect expression
コーヒーが二つください。
Corrected expression
コーヒーを二つください。
Use を to mark the item requested; do not replace it with が.
Incorrect expression
コーヒーをにつください。
Corrected expression
コーヒーを二つ（ふたつ）ください。
二つ is read ふたつ.
Incorrect expression
持ち帰りません。
Corrected expression
持ち帰ります。
Use the affirmative 持ち帰ります when you want takeaway.
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