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A0003: At the Bar
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]Ordering beer, one of the essential surviving techniques in the civilized world. At least for some people. Probably the keyword una cerveza – a beer is sufficient to order beer, but in the civilized world we might want to use a few more words. JP and Liliana tell us all about it.
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Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? mujer: Quiero una cerveza. hombre: ¿Clara u obscura? mujer: Obscura por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? good afternoons what (to) you (I) serve man: Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
mujer: Quiero una cerveza. (I) want a beer woman: I'd like a beer.
hombre: ¿Clara u obscura?' clear or dark man: Regular or dark?
mujer: Obscura por favor. dark please woman: Dark, please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good buenos/buenas adjective (plural, m./f.) good la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon las tardes noun (plural, feminine) the afternoons buenas tardes phrase good afternoon ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? le indirect object pronoun (to) you (formal, singular) servir verb (infinitive) to serve (yo) sirvo verb (present tense) I serve querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want, I like uno number one un/una article (m./f.) a la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer claro/clara adjective (m./f.) clear, bright o conjunction or u conjunction (before “o”) or obscuro/obscura adjective (m./f.) dark por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]¿Me da una cerveza por favor? phrase Do you give me a beer, please? cerveza light phrase light beer la cerveza clara phrase the regular beer claros/claras adjective (plural, m./f.) clear, bright la cerveza obscura phrase the dark beer obscuros/obscuras adjective (plural, m./f.) dark el vino noun (masculine) the wine blanco/blanca adjective (m./f.) white el vino blanco phrase the white wine el vino tinto phrase the red wine la michelada noun (feminine) the beer with lime, salt, and sauces Méjico/México lindo phrase beautiful Mexico hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
[edit source]This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| servir | infinitive | I serve |
| (yo) sirvo | present tense | I serve |
| (tú) sirves | you serve (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sirve | he/she(/it) serves | |
| (usted) sirve | you serve (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) servimos | we serve (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) servís | you serve (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) sirven | they serve (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) sirven | you serve (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? Good afternoon. What can I serve you? Quiero una cerveza. I'd like a beer. ¿Clara u obscura? Regular or dark? Obscura por favor. Dark, please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? I'd like a beer. Quiero una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good. (plural, feminine) Buenas. (short for buenas tardes) I want one, please. Quiero una por favor. What? ¿Qué? One afternoon, please. Una tarde por favor. Good. What can I serve you? (formal) Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo? I want a ... Quiero un/una ... A beer or a red wine or a white wine? ¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco? I'd like a good beer. Quiero una cerveza buena. A good beer? A dark beer? ¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura? I want a michelada, please. Quiero una michelada por favor. Good. I serve you a good michelada. (formal) Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena. Good. Bueno. Good. Bueno.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal, plural) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo? We like a beer. Queremos una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:Canya cervesa2.jpg” by Jordi Coll Costa (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Red Wine Glas.jpg” by André Karwath aka Aka (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)