Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0023/Print version
 |
This is the print version of Spanish_by_Choice/SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0023
|
A0023: Going to the Market
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]We are going shopping! This time for fresh apples. Yummy! The keywords are: verde – green and roja – red (for feminine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0047: Coffee time, A0066: Bottle of water, A0122: Telephone card
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? mujer: ¿Manzana verde o roja? hombre: Verde, por favor. mujer: ¿Algo más? hombre: No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? good afternoons (to) me (you) give a kilo of apples man: Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples?
mujer: ¿Manzana verde o roja? apple green or red woman: Green apples or red ones?
hombre: Verde, por favor. green please man: Green, please.
mujer: ¿Algo más? something more woman: Anything else?
hombre: No, es todo. Gracias. no (it) is all thanks man: No, that's all. Thanks.
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 me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) (usted) me da phrase you give to me (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a el kilo noun (masculine) the kilo de preposition of la manzana noun (feminine) the apple verde adjective (m./f.) green rojo/roja adjective (m./f.) red por favor phrase please algo pronoun something más adverb more no adverb no ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is todo pronoun all gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]el día noun (masculine) the day los días noun (plural, masculine) the days buenos días phrase good morning (tú) das verb (present tense) you give (informal, singular) (tú) me das phrase you give to me (informal, singular) el tianguis noun (masculine) the Mexican market nada adverb nothing nada más phrase nothing else 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) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (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. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green apples or red ones? Verde, por favor. Green, please. ¿Algo más? Anything else? No, es todo. Gracias. No, that's all. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? Green apples or red ones? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green, please. Verde, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples, please? Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana, por favor? Green apples? ¿Manzana verde? No, a kilo of red apples, please. No, un kilo de manzana roja, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? One kilo more. Un kilo más. Is that all? ¿Es todo? No. Will you give me a kilo of green apples? No. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana verde? Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? (informal) Buenas tardes. ¿Me das un kilo de manzana? Green apples or red ones? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green, please. Verde, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Goldkey logo removed.jpg” by Swiss Banker (Public Domain)
- “Image:Chrisdesign Photorealistic Green Apple.svg” from the Open Clip Art Library (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication)
- “Image:Reinette baumann.jpg” by Wilhelm Lauche (Public Domain)
- “Image:Eloxochitlán - Tianguis.jpg” by Yavidaxiu (Public Domain)