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[kittydesade]

2. Не волнуйтесь
-- Здравствуйте! Мы забронировали 30 мест на пять дней.
Hello! We reserved 30 places for five days.

-- Есть. Только не на пять дней, а на четыре дия. Вы же уезжаете 15-ого?
There is/We've got it. Only we do not have five days, but four days. Are you leaving on the 15th? (?)

-- Совершенно верно. Всё правильно.
Completely correct. Everything's right.

-- Не волнуйтесь. Мы всё решим.
Don't worry. We'll resolve everything. [And here's where I think I've lost the plot? ETA: Because it was future tense. Silly Jag.]

-- Не понял. В чём дело?
I didn't catch that. [Yeah, neither did I!] What's the matter?

-- Дело в том, что у нас пока живёт группа немецких туристов.
The thing is that, we have a German tourist group staying here for a time.

-- Да, но...
Yes, so/but...

-- Они уезжают через несколько часов. Они уедут, и вы получите номера.
They aren't leaving for are leaving in a few hours. [Yes, it's the same semantic meaning in English, doesn't mean you get to get sloppy because it isn't always in other languages.] They leave, you can have the room. [extrapolating that]

-- Понял.
Understood.

3. У нас несколько проблем с номерами.
-- Добрый день!
Good morning! [here used because good day tends to be a parting, not a meeting thing]

-- Здравствуйте!
Hello!

-- Я руководитель группы американских студентов. У нас несколько проблем с номерами.
I am the director of a group of American students. We have a small/minor/few problems with our rooms.

-- Я вас слушаю.
I'm listening.

-- Значит так, в тридцать первом номере форточка не закрывается, холодно.
Let's see, in room #31 the small window doesn't [remember to pay attention to number!] close, and it's cold.

-- Так, а дальше?
Yes, and then?

-- Дальше. В сорок третьем номере нет горячей воды.
Next... In 43 there is no hot water.

-- Так, что касается форточки, я сразу вызову мастера. А горячей воды у нас в первой половине июня не бывает.
So, for the window, I will call the [bzuh. I have no idea what the equivalent English term is, so...] maintenance at once. And the hot water we don't have in the first half of June.



FUCKING LAWNMOWERS.

So, Japanese last night was not with the happening. Which was purely a discipline problem on my part. Still, German did happen, and it might not get typed up for a little while since it doesn't seem to be helping and/or I don't have anyone correcting it online, so as long as I get the practice, that's what's important.

Writing continues, and while I'm nowhere near where I should be on Nano yet I'm slowly getting back into the grove of working on it daily, which is also important. Especially considering my usual writing speed. It's the beginning that killed me. I haven't yet figured out how to write a beginning that didn't bog me down in oh god what am I doing feelings. Whether it's did I put enough physical description in (which I actually remembered to do this time!) or am I taking too long describing the setting, is there enough action, oh god, I shouldn't be freaking out this much, beginnings are to set the scene and you know this... I hate beginnings. And endings. Things just sort of keep going on and they never reach a natural stopping point. Give me a nice, solid middle I can sink my teeth into, I can write that. Everything else is hard.

Okay, writing in general is hard. But we all know this. You've heard me whine about it often enough.