Oktoberfest: Asking to join group at a long table

💬 zusammenrücken "to squeeze together" splits in a sentence, and the zusammen goes to the end: wir rücken ein bisschen zusammen.

🇩🇪 People budging up for newcomers is part of the tent etiquette. Squeezing onto a crowded bench is expected, not rude.

💬 After kann ich, the main action goes to the very end: Wo kann ich meine Jacke hinlegen?. Swap it: Wo kann ich bezahlen? "Where can I pay?"

💬 sie here means "it", because Jacke is a feminine word in German. Things take er, sie or es to match their own gender, not just people.

💬 Bank means both "bench" and "bank". The plurals differ, though: Bänke for benches and Banken for banks.

💬 unter die Bank is used when something is moving there, as with putting your jacket under the bench. Once it's lying there, it becomes unter der Bank.

🇩🇪 In beer tents each server covers set tables, so you wait for yours instead of ordering at a bar. Paying in cash with a tip is the norm.

💬 gleich also means "same", as in das Gleiche "the same thing". Used about time, it means "right away" or "in a moment".

💬 vorbeikommen "to come by" splits apart, so vorbei lands at the end: sie kommt gleich wieder vorbei.

💬 When a sentence starts with dann "then", the verb comes straight after it, before ich: Dann warte ich, not Dann ich warte.

💬 German waits "on" someone: warten auf means "wait for". mein becomes meinen for a male friend here, but stays meine for a female one: auf meine Freundin.

💬 gerne literally means "gladly". It's the warm reply to danke, and it also works as "yes, please" when you accept an offer.

🇩🇪 Locals call Oktoberfest die Wiesn after the meadow it's held on. Saying it instead of "Oktoberfest" sounds natural, not touristy.

💬 euch is the informal "you" for a group of people. For one person you'd say dir auch, and for the formal version, Ihnen auch.