# First steps: Ordering a drink

**Language:** Polish  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master ordering at a counter by listening to Kasia and Tomek'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 Warsaw, quiet in the middle of the morning. Kasia comes in most days and Tomek is alone behind the counter. They hold the polite pan and pani form.

## Lessons

### 1. Ordering a drink at a counter

Tomek asks Kasia what she would like, twice, and she orders a coffee.

### 2. Choosing how your coffee comes

Kasia asks for a white coffee, then changes her mind and tells Tomek she wants it black.

### 3. Asking for no sugar

Kasia tells Tomek she takes it without sugar.

### 4. Ordering something to eat

Tomek offers Kasia a pastry and reads her order back.

### 5. Adding to your order

Kasia adds a tea and then closes her order.

### 6. Drinking in or taking away

Kasia says she is staying, and Tomek tells her to wait a moment.

### 7. Collecting your drinks

Tomek sets the order down and warns Kasia that the coffee is hot.