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A0015: Table for Two
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]Let's be polite!—Does it matter? Well, yes. At least you should know the difference. JP and Liliana talk us through it by discussing how to be seated in a restaurant. The keyword is: reservación – reservation.
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Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? hombre: No, no tengo. mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]hombre: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. table for two if (you) are so kind man: Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? (you) have reservation woman: Do you have a reservation?
hombre: No, no tengo. no not (I) have man: No, I don't.
mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor. not (it) matters (you) follow me please woman: It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman la mesa noun (feminine) the table para preposition for dos number two si conjunction if ser verb (infinitive) to be (usted) es verb (present tense) you are (formal, singular) tan adverb so amable adjective (m./f.) kind tener verb (infinitive) to have (usted) tiene verb (present tense) you have (formal, singular) la reservación noun (feminine) the reservation no adverb not, no (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have importar verb (infinitive) to matter (él/ella) importa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) matters seguir verb (infinitive) to follow ¡(ustedes) sigan! verb (imperative) (you) follow! (formal, plural) ¡(ustedes) síganme! phrase (you) follow me! (formal, plural) por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) 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.
| 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) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| importar | infinitive | to matter |
| (yo) importo | present tense | I matter |
| (tú) importas | you matter (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) importa | he/she(/it) matters | |
| (usted) importa | you matter (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) importamos | we matter (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) importáis | you matter (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) importan | they matter (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) importan | you matter (formal, plural) | |
| seguir | infinitive | to follow |
| ¡(tú) sigue! | imperative | (you) follow! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) siga! | (you) follow! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sigamos! | (let's) follow! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) seguid! | (you) follow! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) sigan! | (you) follow! (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) |
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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.
Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. Table for two, if you'd be so kind. ¿Tiene reservación? Do you have a reservation? No, no tengo. No, I don't. No importa. Síganme por favor. It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Table for two, if you are so kind. Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. Do you have a reservation? ¿Tiene reservación? No, I don't. No, no tengo. It doesn't matter. Follow me please. No importa. Síganme por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
A table for two, please. I don't have a reservation. Mesa para dos, por favor. No tengo reservación. You don't have a reservation? ¿No tiene reservación? No, I don't have. Does it matter? No, no tengo. ¿Importa? No, it doesn't matter. No, no importa. You are kind. Es amable. For two? Follow me, please. ¿Para dos? Síganme, por favor.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Table for two, if you are so kind. (informal) Mesa para dos, si eres tan amable. Do you have a reservation? (informal) ¿Tienes reservación? No, we don't. No, no tenemos. It doesn't matter. Follow me please. (informal, plural) No importa. Seguidme por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:Pied Piper with Children.jpg” by Kate Greenaway (Public Domain)