Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0003

At the Bar A0003 Ordering beer, one of the essential surviving techniques in the civilized world. At least for some people. Probably the keyword una cerveza – a beer is sufficient to order beer, but in the civilized world we might want to use a few more words. JP and Liliana tell us all about it. A0041: Cheers!, A0066: Bottle of water, A0106: Room service At the Bar A0003 A0003 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo?||align="right"|A0003 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Quiero una cerveza.||align="right"|A0003 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Clara u obscura?||align="right"|A0003 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Obscura por favor.||align="right"|A0003 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Buenas || tardes. || ¿Qué || le || sirvo? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0003 line 1 |- |align="right"| || good || afternoons || what || (to) you || (I) serve |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=5|Good afternoon. What can I serve you? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Quiero || una || cerveza.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0003 line 2 |- |align="right"| || (I) want || a || beer |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| I'd like a beer. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Clara || u || obscura?'||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0003 line 3 |- |align="right"| || clear || or || dark |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| Regular or dark? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Obscura || por favor.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0003 line 4 |- |align="right"| || dark || please |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Dark, please. |- |} thumb|right|la cerveza – the beer|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || bueno/buena || || good |- || buenos/buenas || || good |- || la tarde || || the afternoon |- || las tardes|| || the afternoons |- || buenas tardes|| || good afternoon |- || ¿qué? || || what? |- || le|| || (to) you (formal, singular) |- || servir || || to serve |- || (yo) sirvo|| || I serve |- || querer || || to want, to like |- || (yo) quiero|| || I want, I like |- || uno || || one |- || un/una || || a |- || la cerveza || || the beer |- || claro/clara || || clear, bright |- || o || || or |- || u|| (before “o”) || or |- || obscuro/obscura|| || dark |- || por favor || || please |- |} micheladaMexicothumb|right|el vino tinto – the red wine|100px Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || ¿Me da una cerveza por favor? || || Do you give me a beer, please? |- || cerveza light || || light beer |- || la cerveza clara || || the regular beer |- || claros/claras || || clear, bright |- || la cerveza obscura || || the dark beer |- || obscuros/obscuras|| || dark |- || el vino || || the wine |- || blanco/blanca || || white |- || el vino blanco || || the white wine |- || el vino tinto|| || the red wine |- || la michelada || || the beer with lime, salt, and sauces |- || Méjico/México lindo || || beautiful Mexico |- || hasta luego || || see you later |- |} me (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)   servir I serve (yo) sirvo I serve (tú) sirves you serve (informal, singular) (él/ella) sirve he/she(/it) serves (usted) sirve you serve (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) servimos we serve (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) servís you serve (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) sirven they serve (m./f.) (ustedes) sirven you serve (formal, plural)   querer to want (yo) quiero 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) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? Good afternoon. What can I serve you? Quiero una cerveza. I'd like a beer. ¿Clara u obscura? Regular or dark? Obscura por favor. Dark, please.====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. Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? Good afternoon. What can I serve you? Quiero una cerveza. I'd like a beer. ¿Clara u obscura? Regular or dark? Obscura por favor. Dark, please. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? I'd like a beer. Quiero una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? I'd like a beer. Quiero una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good. (plural, feminine) Buenas. (short for buenas tardes) I want one, please. Quiero una por favor. What? ¿Qué? One afternoon, please. Una tarde por favor. Good. What can I serve you? (formal) Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo? I want a ... Quiero un/una ... A beer or a red wine or a white wine? ¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco? I'd like a good beer. Quiero una cerveza buena. A good beer? A dark beer? ¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura? I want a michelada, please. Quiero una michelada por favor. Good. I serve you a good michelada. (formal) Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena. Good. Bueno. Good. Bueno.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good. (plural, feminine) Buenas. (short for buenas tardes) I want one, please. Quiero una por favor. What? ¿Qué? One afternoon, please. Una tarde por favor. Good. What can I serve you? (formal) Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo? I want a ... Quiero un/una ... A beer or a red wine or a white wine? ¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco? I'd like a good beer. Quiero una cerveza buena. A good beer? A dark beer? ¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura? I want a michelada, please. Quiero una michelada por favor. Good. I serve you a good michelada. (formal) Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena. Good. Bueno. Good. Bueno. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal, plural) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo? We like a beer. Queremos una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal, plural) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo? We like a beer. Queremos una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor. ===Image Credits=== “Image:Canya cervesa2.jpg” by Jordi Coll Costa (GNU Free Documentation License) “Image:Red Wine Glas.jpg” by André Karwath aka Aka (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License) A0002 A0003 A0004