A table for two, please.

Lütfen bir masa için iki biriçsi

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iki kişilik --> for two

bir masa --> a table

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iki kişilik bir masa. lütfen.

May we sit at this table?

Bu masada biz oturmak musuz?

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Bu masa = this table

Bu masa + da --> at this table

otur + abilir + miyiz ? = may we sit

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Bu masada oturabilir miyiz ?

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Another example with "May" ;

May I come in ? ---> İçeri girebilir miyim ?

gir + ebilir + miyim ?

We´re not ready yet.

Biz hazırımıyuz henüz değil

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yet = henüz

ready = hazır

not ready =  hazır değil

we are not ready = hazır değiliz

[Biz] Henüz hazır değiliz.

The steak for me, please.

Lütfen benim biftek

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Here, in this case , we would say ;

Biftek alayım, lütfen.

Can you bring me the ketchup, please?

Lütfen,ketchupu giterabilirsin

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Ketçabı getirebilir misin[iz] , lütfen ? 

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note : I used the pronouncation of "catchup" in Turkish in the sentence.

I leave the rest to HarpOOn....

Many thanks Tunci for your help

Do you want fish?

Balık istiyor musun?

Perfect Nifrtity 

A salad, please.

salata lütfen

A waiter would understand this, but I think

bir salata lütfen would be more correct

bir çoban salatası lütfen (a/one shepherd´s salad please)

This salad and Antep ezme salatası are my favourite ones in Turkey

Salataları seviyorum (I love salads) 

I think the very simple "hesap lütfen" is commonly used.

I think "buyurun", and often followed by saying "afiyet olsun" is what I have heard.  

PS Buyurun is said very quickly and sounds like "buy-run" when I hear it.

See this link "all about buyurun"

"This is on me" (this will go on my account/on my bill) means "I will pay"

ısmarlayacağım  or hesabı ödeyeceğim

other ways of saying this in English are

- my shout

- I will shout you

- my treat

- I will treat you

In a restaurant or any food place, most people keep the language simple.

Ben de (me too, me also) conveys the same meaning.

Aynını istiyorum (I want the same)

 and also said some other ways ;

Benimki de aynısı olsun.

Ben de aynısından alıyım.

Ben de aynından istiyorum.

Aynısından alıyım.

Aynısı olsun.

Evet,you are right if it was in Present Progressive Tense. Because it is in Past tense ,we can translate it as  ;

Sanırım bir hata yaptın[ız].

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If you are in a restaurant and you object the bill that is given to you, then you can just say;

Sanırım hesapta bir hata var. ---> I think , there is a mistake in the bill.

Please bring me the bill (AE: check) with my coffee.

Faturya getir bana kahvayla lütfen

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Nifritty, using the order form of the verb "getir"  to adress to the waiter would be rude.

you should use polite forms like ; "getirir misiniz" , " getirebilir misiniz ? "

Kahvemle birlikte hesabı getirir misiniz [getirebilir misiniz]?    OR ;

Kahvemle birlikte hesabı alabilir miyim ? ---> Can I have the bill with my coffee.

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note : the bill = hesap  [in the cafe"s , restaurants.....]

         the invoice = fatura

         the receipt = makbuz, fiş

Could I have chips (AE: French Fries) instead of salad?

cips yerine salataya sahip olabilir miyim?

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In Turkish we use two words for chips ; 1. Patates kızartması  2. Cips [ Adaptation form of English word "chips"] I prefer the first one " Patates Kızartması "

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well done, that you got that form "yerine" but one problem is that you used the lexical meaning of "sahip olmak" , usually we dont use it like that. Instead, we say just "alabilir miyim ? "

Salata yerine Patates kızartması alabilir miyim ?

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Clue ;  When you translate something from English to Turkish, Try to start translating from the end.

I want to go to school.

1. school --> okul

2. to school --> okula

3. go to ---> gitmek

4. I want --> Istiyorum

Okula gitmek istiyorum.

This doesnt work like this all the time. But most of the time it works..

Nifrtity, you are making small mistakes with vowel harmony and spelling.

I think for most questions, unless you know the person well, use "siniz".

Ne tavsiye edersiniz? = What would you recommend?

Neyi önersiniz? = What would you suggest?

(Ne tavsiye edebilirsiniz? = What can you recommend?)

I think the last sentence (in brackets) is not used as much in English.

The rest is for you.

Rahata olsun ,(another answer) Rahata için sana olsun

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Nifritty, what do you mean by " The rest is for you? "

If you mean "keep the change " , I mean you want waiter keep the change of the money then that would be  ;

" Üstü kalsın." 

This is also a useful method for sentences with "için".

English XXX for YYY

Turkish YYY için XXX

I bought a present for you

Senin için bir hediye aldım

My guess is that this sentence means -

The rest (of the food / or drink) is for you.

You can eat or drink what is left (because I am full, çünkü doydum)

You can finish (eating) it.

 Good logic Henry..! I like it..

Evet, it looks like it works with "için". 

The exceptional point would be as we all know in poems and lyrics this method might fail since the sentences in poems are tend to be inverted,changed order of the words which is very natural. Such as ;

For you I bought a present.  ----> Aldım senin için bir hediye.

A present that hides my fears in.  ----> O Hediye ki korkularımı içinde gizler. [saklar]

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the two line verses above are made up by me .. I know they sound weird...

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thanks teachers thanks sooooo much

 I have just seen it sorry..