# First steps: Ordering a drink

**Language:** Swedish  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master ordering at a counter by listening to Maja and Oskar's conversation about coffee on a quiet morning. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** A small café in Södermalm in Stockholm, quiet in the middle of the morning. Maja comes in most days and Oskar is alone behind the counter. They use du with each other.

## Lessons

### 1. Ordering a drink at a counter

Oskar asks Maja what she would like, twice, and she orders a coffee.

### 2. Choosing how your coffee comes

Maja asks for milk in her coffee, then changes her mind and says black after all.

### 3. Asking for no sugar

Maja tells Oskar she takes it without sugar.

### 4. Ordering something to eat

Oskar offers Maja a cinnamon bun and reads her order back.

### 5. Adding to your order

Maja adds a tea and then closes her order.

### 6. Drinking in or taking away

Maja says she is staying, and Oskar tells her to wait a moment.

### 7. Collecting your drinks

Oskar sets the order down and warns Maja that the coffee is hot.