Twelve phrases the table will hear.

ZAIR-voos

Hello, or goodbye.

All-purpose greeting in Bavaria. Use it walking into a tent and walking out.

GREE-ahss dee

Greetings to you.

Warmer than Servus, for someone you have just met or sat down next to.

FEEAT dee

Take care, farewell.

Said when leaving a table or saying goodnight to your bench neighbour.

PROHST

Cheers.

Eye contact, clink the base of the stein (not the rim), then drink.

OWNS tsvoh g-SOOFF-ah

One, two, drink.

The drinking chant after the brass plays Ein Prosit. Join in, then drink.

ah MAHSS BIT-tuh

A litre of beer, please.

Default order. Pronounced like Mass with a long A, not like the English word mass.

nokh ah MAHSS

Another litre.

Wave the empty stein, catch the waitress's eye, say this. She nods.

TSOIN BIT-tuh

The bill, please.

Hand-write a square in the air, then say this. Tip is rounded up, not 20%.

GEM-mah

Let's go.

When the table has had enough and someone has to say it. Short, friendly, decisive.

PASSED shoh

It's fine, no worries.

Universal Bavarian shrug. The answer to almost any small problem.

SHAY

Lovely, nice.

The brass starts, the sun hits the tent, you say this. One word, one feeling.

oh-TSAPFT iss

It is tapped.

The mayor's words after the first keg at noon on opening Saturday. The festival is now open.