LingQ Mini Stories, 34 - En Tom va anar a sopar amb uns amics

Trenta-quatre: En Tom va anar a sopar amb uns amics ||In|Tom|went|to eat|with|dinner|with|some|friends |||Tom||||||| Trenta-quatre: Tom went out to dinner with some friends.

A) En Tom va anar a sopar amb uns amics. ||Tom||||||| A) Tom went out to dinner with some friends.

Havien de decidir a quin restaurant anaven. They had|to|decide|which|restaurant|restaurant|they were going They had to decide which restaurant to go to.

El menjar preferit d'en Tom sempre ha estat el menjar italià. The|food|favorite|of Tom||always|has|been|the|food|Italian ||||||||||italiano Tom's favorite food has always been Italian food.

Però els seus amics sempre preferien el menjar tailandès al menjar italià. But|their|friends|friends|always|preferred|the|food|Thai|over|food|Italian |||||preferían|||||| But his friends always prefer Thai food over Italian food.

En Tom va decidir provar el menjar tailandès per primera vegada. Tom||(past tense verb auxiliary)|decided|to try|the|food|Thai|for|first|time Tom decided to try Thai food for the first time.

En Tom i els seus amics van anar al restaurant. In|Tom|and|the|his|friends|went|to go|to the|restaurant Tom and his friends went to the restaurant.

Als amics d'en Tom els agradava el menjar picant més que al Tom. To the|friends|of|Tom|them|liked|the|food|spicy|more|than|to the|Tom ||||||||picante|||| Tom's friends liked spicy food more than Tom.

De manera que van demanar menjar tailandès picant. In|way|that|they|ordered|food|Thai|spicy So they ordered spicy Thai food.

En Tom va demanar una amanida. Tom ordered a salad.

Menys picant que els menjar dels seus amics. Less|spicy|than|the|food|of|his|friends Less spicy than his friends' food.

B) Fa un temps que surto moltes vegades a sopar amb uns amics. |It's been|a|while|that||many|times|to|dinner|with|some|friends B) I have been going out to dinner with some friends for a while.

Decidim a quin tipus de restaurant anem. We decide|to|what|type|of|restaurant|we go We decide which type of restaurant to go to.

Jo sempre he preferit el menjar italià. I|always|have|preferred|the|food|Italian I have always preferred Italian food.

Però els meus amics sempre prefereixen el menjar tailandès al menjar italià. But|my|friends|always|prefer|Thai|food|Italian|food|to|food|Italian |||||prefieren|||||| But my friends always prefer Thai food over Italian food.

Vaig decidir provar el menjar tailandès per primera vegada. I|decided|to try|the|food|Thai|for|first|time I decided to try Thai food for the first time.

Els meus amics i jo vam anar al restaurant. The|my|friends|and|I|we|went|to the|restaurant My friends and I went to the restaurant.

Als meus amics els agrada el menjar picant més que a mi. To the|my|friends|them|like|the|food|spicy|more|than|to|me My friends like spicy food more than I do.

Van demanar menjar tailandès picant. They|asked|food|Thai|spicy They ordered spicy Thai food.

Jo vaig demanar una amanida. I|(past tense verb auxiliary)|ordered|a|salad I ordered a salad.

Menys picant que el menjar dels meus amics. Less|spicy|than|the|food|of the|my|friends Less spicy than my friends' food.

Preguntes: Questions Questions:

A) 1) En Tom va anar a sopar amb uns amics. A) 1) Tom went to dinner with some friends. Què va fer en Tom amb uns amics? What|did|do|Tom||with|some|friends What did Tom do with some friends? Va anar a sopar amb uns amics. He went to dinner with some friends.

2) Havien de decidir a quin restaurant anaven. They had|to|decide|at|which|restaurant|they were going 2) They had to decide which restaurant to go to. Què havien de decidir? What|they had|to|decide What did they have to decide? Havien de decidir a quin restaurant anaven. They had|to|decide|at|which|restaurant|they were going They had to decide which restaurant to go to.

3) El menjar preferit d'en Tom sempre havia estat l'italià. The|food|favorite|of Tom||always|had|been|Italian 3) Tom's favorite food had always been Italian. Quin era el menjar preferit d'en Tom? What|was|the|food|preferred|of Tom| What was Tom's favorite food? El menjar preferit d'en Tom sempre havia estat l'italià. The|food|favorite|of Tom||always|had|been|Italian Tom's favorite food had always been Italian.

4) Els seus amics sempre preferien el menjar tailandès al menjar italià. The|their|friends|always|preferred|the|food|Thai|to|food|Italian 4) His friends always preferred Thai food to Italian food. Quin tipus de menjar preferien sempre els seus amics? What|type|of|food|preferred|always|their|his|friends What type of food did his friends always prefer? Els seus amics sempre preferien el menjar tailandès. The|their|friends|always|preferred|the|food|Thai His friends always preferred Thai food.

B) 5) En Tom va decidir provar el menjar tailandès. |In|Tom|(he)|decided|to try|the|food|Thai B) 5) Tom decided to try Thai food. Què va decidir en Tom? What|did|decide|in|Tom What did Tom decide? En Tom va decidir provar el menjar tailandès. Tom||(past tense verb auxiliary)|decided|to try|the|food|Thai Tom decided to try Thai food.

6) Als amics d'en Tom els agradava el menjar picant més que al Tom. To the|friends|of Tom|Tom|them|liked|the|food|spicy|more|than|to the|Tom 6) Tom's friends liked spicy food more than Tom did. A qui els agradava més el menjar picant , al Tom o als amics d'en Tom? To|whom|them|liked|more|the|food|spicy|to the|Tom|or|to the|friends|of Tom|Tom Who liked spicy food more, Tom or Tom's friends? Als amics d'en Tom els agradava el menjar picant més que al Tom. To the|friends|of|Tom|them|liked|the|food|spicy|more|than|to the|Tom Tom's friends liked spicy food more than Tom did.

7) Els amics d'en Tom van demanar menjar tailandès picant. The|friends|of Tom||(they) went|to order|food|Thai|spicy 7) Tom's friends asked for spicy Thai food. Què van demanar els amics d'en Tom? What|did|ask|the|friends|of Tom|Tom What did Tom's friends order? Van demanar menjar tailandès picant. They|asked|food|Thai|spicy They ordered spicy Thai food.

9) La amanida d'en Tom és menys picant que el menjar dels seus amics. The|salad|of Tom||is|less|spicy|than|the|food|of the|his|friends ||||||||||||друзів 9) Tom's salad is less spicy than his friends' food. Què és menys picant, l'amanida d'en Tom o el menjar dels seus amics? What|is|less|spicy|the salad|of Tom||or|the|food|of the|his|friends What is less spicy, Tom's salad or his friends' food? L'amanida d'en Tom és menys picant que el menjar dels seus amics. The salad|of Tom||is|less|spicy|than|the|food|of the|his|friends Tom's salad is less spicy than his friends' food.