Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0066

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Bottle of Water

Introduction

Ordering a bottle of water is one thing; making fun at the same time is something completely different. JP and Liliana tell us all about it — and more! The keywords are: gas – carbonation and botella – bottle.

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Audio Lesson

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Dialogue

	mujer:	¿Qué le doy?
	hombre:	¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor?
	mujer:	¿Agua con gas o sin gas?
	hombre:	Sin gas porque me da gas.
	mujer:	Enseguida se la doy.
	hombre:	Gracias.

Dialogue with Translation

	mujer:	¿Qué	le	doy?
		what	(to) you	(I) give
	woman:	What shall I give you?

	hombre:	¿Me	da	una	botella	de	agua,	por favor?
		(to) me	(you) give	a	bottle	of	water	please
	man:	Will you give me a bottle of water, please?

	mujer:	¿Agua	con	gas	o	sin	gas?
		water	with	gas	or	without	gas
	woman:	Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?

	hombre:	Sin	gas	porque	me	da	gas.
		without	gas	because	(to) me	(it) gives	gas
	man:	Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.

	mujer:	Enseguida	se	la	doy.
		immediately	(to) you	it	(I) give
	woman:	I'll give it to you right away.

	hombre:	Gracias.
		thanks
	man:	Thank you.

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Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
¿qué?	interrogative pronoun	what?
le	indirect object pronoun	(to) you (formal, singular)
dar	verb (infinitive)	to give
(yo) doy	verb (present tense)	I give
me	indirect object pronoun	(to) me
(usted) da	verb (present tense)	you give (formal, singular)
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
la botella	noun (feminine)	the bottle
de	preposition	of
el agua	noun (feminine)	the water
por favor	phrase	please
con	preposition	with
el gas	noun (masculine)	the gas, the carbonation
o	conjunction	or
sin	preposition	without
porque	conjunction	because
(él/ella) da	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) gives
enseguida	adverb	immediately, right away
la	direct object pronoun	her(/it)
se la doy	phrase	I give her(/it) to you (formal, singular)
gracias	phrase	thanks

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Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

(tú) das	verb (present tense)	you give (informal, singular)
frío/fría	adjective (m./f.)	cold
el agua fría	phrase	the cold water
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

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

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)
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)
me	direct object pronoun	me
te		you (informal, singular)
lo/la		him/her(/it)
lo/la		you (formal, singular, m./f.)
nos		us
os		you (informal, plural)
los/las		them (m./f.)
los/las		you (formal, plural, m./f.)
me lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to me
te lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to you (informal, singular)
se lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to him/her(/it)
se lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to you (formal, singular)
nos lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to us
os lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to you (informal, plural)
se lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to them
se lo/la	phrase	him/her(/it) to you (formal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

Dialogue Recall

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

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Dialogue Recast

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

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