Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0023

Going to the Market

Introduction

We are going shopping! This time for fresh apples. Yummy! The keywords are: verde – green and roja – red (for feminine nouns).

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Audio Lesson

Dialogue

hombre:	Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana?	align="right"\|
mujer:	¿Manzana verde o roja?	align="right"\|
hombre:	Verde, por favor.	align="right"\|
mujer:	¿Algo más?	align="right"\|
hombre:	No, es todo. Gracias.	align="right"\|

Dialogue with Translation

hombre:	Buenas	tardes.	¿Me	da	un	kilo	de	manzana?	align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"\|
	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?	align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"\|
	apple	green	or	red
woman:	Green apples or red ones?

hombre:	Verde,	por favor.	align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"\|
	green	please
man:	Green, please.

mujer:	¿Algo	más?	align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"\|
	something	more
woman:	Anything else?

hombre:	No,	es	todo.	Gracias.	align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"\|
	no	(it) is	all	thanks
man:	No, that's all. Thanks.

el kilo – the kilo

la manzana verde – the green apple

la manzana roja – the red apple

Vocabulary for Dialogue

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

el tianguis – the Mexican market

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

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

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

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. 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.

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