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A0116: Do You Want a Mint?
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]The topic of this lesson is irregular breath and how to deal with it. Our keyword is also irregular: huele – it smells from the irregular verb oler – to smell.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0016: I feel sick, A0052: Smells good, A0096: I am allergic
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Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: ¿Quieres una menta? mujer: ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? hombre: Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]mujer: ¿Quieres una menta? (you) want a mint woman: Do you want a mint?
hombre: ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? why (to) me smells the mouth man: Why? Does my mouth stink?
mujer: Sí, ¡toma! yes (you) take woman: Yes, take this!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man querer verb (infinitive) to want (tú) quieres verb (present tense) you want (informal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la menta noun (feminine) the mint ¿por qué? adverb why? me indirect object pronoun (to) me oler verb (infinitive) to smell (él/ella) huele verb (present tense) he/she(/it) smells la boca noun (feminine) the mouth sí adverb yes tomar verb (infinitive) to take ¡(tú) toma! verb (imperative) you take! (informal, singular)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]hasta luego phrase see you later hasta mañana phrase until tomorrow
More Vocabulary
[edit source]This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| oler | infinitive | to smell |
| (yo) huelo | present tense | I smell |
| (tú) hueles | you smell (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) huele | he/she(/it) smells | |
| (usted) huele | you smell (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) olemos | we smell (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) oléis | you smell (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) huelen | they smell (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) huelen | you smell (formal, plural) | |
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| ¡(tú) toma! | imperative | (you) take! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) tome! | (you) take! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) tomemos! | (let's) take! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) tomad! | (you) take! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) tomen! | (you) take! (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.
¿Quieres una menta? Do you want a mint? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Why? Does my mouth stink? Sí, ¡toma! Yes, take this!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Do you want a mint? ¿Quieres una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Take a mint! Do you want to? ¡Toma una menta! ¿Quieres? Why? ¿Por qué? For (= por) the mouth. Por la boca. Does my breath smell? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take it! Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Do you want a mint? (formal) ¿Quiere una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! (formal) Sí, ¡tome!
Image Credits
- “Image:Cinnamon Tic Tac.jpg” by Bilious (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Mona Lisa detail mouth.jpg” by Leonardo da Vinci (Public Domain)