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A0047: Coffee Time
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]Finally! JP and Liliana reveal the secret of Leo's coffee: a little bit of leche – milk, which is also our keyword. Moreover, we learn about Mexican coffee culture. Mmm!
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Dialogue
[edit source]mujer: ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? hombre: Claro que sí. mujer: ¿Solo o con leche? hombre: Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]mujer: ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? hear (to) you (it) appetizes a coffee woman: Hey! Do you want a coffee?
hombre: Claro que sí. clearly that yes man: Of course yes.
mujer: ¿Solo o con leche? alone or with milk woman: Black or with milk?
hombre: Con un poco de leche, por favor. with a little bit of milk please man: With a little bit of milk, please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man oír verb (infinitive) to hear ¡(tú) oye! verb (imperative) (you) listen! (informal, singular) te indirect object pronoun (to) you (informal, singular) apetecer verb (infinitive) to appetize (él/ella) apetece verb (present tense) he/she(/it) appetizes un/una article (m./f.) a el café noun (masculine) the (cup of) coffee claro adverb clearly que conjunction that sí adverb yes solo/sola adjective (m./f.) alone o conjunction or con preposition with la leche noun (feminine) the milk un poco phrase a little bit de preposition of un poco de leche phrase a little bit of milk por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]negro/negra adjective (m./f.) black café negro phrase black coffee café solo phrase black coffee querer verb (infinitive) to want (él/ella) quiere verb (present tense) he/she(/it) wants Colombia noun (feminine) Colombia café suave phrase smooth coffee México/Méjico noun (masculine) Mexico Chiapas noun (plural, masculine) Chiapas (a Mexican state) Antigua noun (feminine) Antigua (city in Guatemala) Guatemala noun (feminine) Guatemala la parroquia noun (feminine) the parish (church) café de la parroquia phrase coffee of the parish Veracruz noun (feminine) Veracruz (city in 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.
| oír | infinitive | to hear |
| ¡(tú) oye! | imperative | (you) hear! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) oiga! | (you) hear! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos! | (let's) hear! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) oíd! | (you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) oigan! | (you) hear! (formal, plural) | |
| 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) | |
| apetecer | infinitive | to appetize |
| (yo) apetezco | present tense | I appetize |
| (tú) apeteces | you appetize (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) apetece | he/she(/it) appetizes | |
| (usted) apetece | you appetize (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) apetecemos | we appetize (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) apetecéis | you appetize (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) apetecen | they appetize (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) apetecen | you appetize (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.
¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Hey! Do you want a coffee? Claro que sí. Of course yes. ¿Solo o con leche? Black or with milk? Con un poco de leche, por favor. With a little bit of milk, please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hey! Do you want a coffee? ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Would you like a little bit of milk? ¿Te apetece un poco de leche? Coffee with milk? ¿Café con leche? Of course. One coffee with milk. Claro. Un café con leche. Hey! ¡Oye! Yes? ¿Sí? A black coffee, please. Un café solo, por favor. You would like a black coffee? ¿Te apetece un café solo? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Of course. Claro.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hey! Do you want a coffee? (formal) ¡Oiga! ¿Le apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:A small cup of coffee.JPG” by Julius Schorzman (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
- “Image:Milk glass.jpg” by Stefan Kühn (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Girl in chiapas.jpg” by Arturo Avila (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)