A0102: Where Is the Restroom?

Introduction

One of the most important survival techniques: asking for the bathroom. Everyone who has been in the situation knows what I'm talking about. The keyword of the lesson is baño – bathroom.

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Dialogue

mujer:	¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño?
hombre:	La segunda puerta a la derecha.
mujer:	Gracias.
hombre:	De nada.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	¡Disculpe!	¿Dónde	está	el	baño?
	(you) excuse	where	(it) is	the	bathroom
woman:	Excuse me! Where is the bathroom?

hombre:	La	segunda	puerta	a	la	derecha.
	the	second	door	to	the	right
man:	The second door on the right.

mujer:	Gracias.
	Thanks.
woman:	Thank you.

hombre:	De	nada.
	of	nothing
man:	You're welcome.

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
disculpar	verb (infinitive)	to excuse, to pardon
¡(usted) disculpe!	verb (imperative)	(you) excuse! (formal, singular)
¿dónde?	interrogative pronoun	where?
estar	verb (infinitive)	to be
(él/ella) está	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) is
el baño	noun (masculine)	the bathroom
segundo/segunda	number (m./f.)	second
la puerta	noun (feminine)	the door
a	preposition	to
la derecha	noun (feminine)	the direction right
a la derecha	phrase	on/to the right
gracias	phrase	thanks
de	preposition	of
nada	pronoun	nothing
de nada	phrase	it's nothing, your're welcome

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

la eñe	noun (feminine)	the letter ñ (n with tilde)
los servicios	noun (plural, masculine)	the bathroom
hasta luego	phrase	see you later
hasta mañana	phrase	until tomorrow

More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.

disculpar	infinitive	to excuse
¡(tú) disculpa!	imperative	(you) excuse! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) disculpe!		(you) excuse! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos!		(let's) excuse! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad!		(you) excuse! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) disculpen!		(you) excuse! (formal, plural)

estar	infinitive	to be
(yo) estoy	present tense	I am
(tú) estás		you are (informal, singular)
(él/ella) está		he/she(/it) is
(usted) está		you are (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) estamos		we are (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) estáis		you are (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) están		they are (m./f.)
(ustedes) están		you are (formal, plural)

primero/primera	number (m./f.)	first
primer	before masculine nouns	first
segundo/segunda	number (m./f.)	second
tercero/tercera	number (m./f.)	third
tercer	before masculine nouns	third
cuarto/cuarta	number (m./f.)	fourth
quinto/quinta	number (m./f.)	fifth
sexto/sexta	number (m./f.)	sixth
séptimo/séptima	number (m./f.)	seventh
octavo/octava	number (m./f.)	eighth
noveno/novena	number (m./f.)	ninth
décimo/décima	number (m./f.)	tenth

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.

¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño?	Excuse me! Where is the bathroom?
La segunda puerta a la derecha.	The second door on the right.
Gracias.	Thank you.
De nada.	You're welcome.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

Excuse me! Where is the bathroom?	¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño?
The second door on the right.	La segunda puerta a la derecha.
Thank you.	Gracias.
You're welcome.	De nada.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Excuse me! The bathroom? Where is it?	¡Disculpe! ¿El baño? ¿Dónde está?
The bathroom is on the right.	El baño está a la derecha.
Where?	¿Dónde?
The second door.	La segunda puerta.
Thank you.	Gracias.
You're welcome.	De nada.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? (informal)	¡Disculpa! ¿Dónde está el baño?
The second door on the right.	La segunda puerta a la derecha.
Thank you.	Gracias.
You're welcome.	De nada.

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