Café and shopping

No new grammar here — everything below is built from what you already have. What is new is the situation, and knowing which handful of sentences carries most of the weight.

In a café, two openings do almost all the work. Ich hätte gern … is the polite standard; Ich möchte … is equally fine and slightly plainer. Both take an accusative object.

• Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee.

  I would like a coffee.

• Ich möchte einen großen Kaffee, bitte.

  I would like a large coffee, please.

• Noch einen Kaffee, bitte.

  Another coffee, please.

• Was kostet das?

  What does that cost?

• Die Rechnung, bitte.

  The bill, please.

• Zusammen oder getrennt?

  Together or separately?

  you will be asked this

Shopping runs on a similar handful. Note that Haben Sie …? takes the accusative, and Ich suche … does too.

• Wie viel kostet das?

  How much does that cost?

• Haben Sie Kaffee?

  Do you have coffee?

• Ich suche eine Jacke.

  I am looking for a jacket.

• Das ist zu teuer.

  That is too expensive.

• Ich nehme das.

  I will take it.

Prices are spoken with Euro in the middle: 3,50 € is drei Euro fünfzig. The comma is the decimal separator in German, so you will see 2,50 € rather than 2.50.

zu before an adjective means too — zu teuer, zu klein, zu heiß. Do not confuse it with the preposition zu you already use for destinations.