Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0047/Print version

A0047: Coffee Time

Introduction

Finally! JP and Liliana reveal the secret of Leo's coffee: a little bit of leche – milk, which is also our keyword. Moreover, we learn about Mexican coffee culture. Mmm!

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Dialogue

mujer:	¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café?
hombre:	Claro que sí.
mujer:	¿Solo o con leche?
hombre:	Con un poco de leche, por favor.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	¡Oye!	¿Te	apetece	un	café?
	hear	(to) you	(it) appetizes	a	coffee
woman:	Hey! Do you want a coffee?

hombre:	Claro	que	sí.
	clearly	that	yes
man:	Of course yes.

mujer:	¿Solo	o	con	leche?
	alone	or	with	milk
woman:	Black or with milk?

hombre:	Con	un	poco	de	leche,	por favor.
	with	a	little bit	of	milk	please
man:	With a little bit of milk, please.

el café – the cup of coffee

la leche – the milk

mujer en Chiapas – woman in Chiapas (Mexico)

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
oír	verb (infinitive)	to hear
¡(tú) oye!	verb (imperative)	(you) listen! (informal, singular)
te	indirect object pronoun	(to) you (informal, singular)
apetecer	verb (infinitive)	to appetize
(él/ella) apetece	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) appetizes
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
el café	noun (masculine)	the (cup of) coffee
claro	adverb	clearly
que	conjunction	that
sí	adverb	yes
solo/sola	adjective (m./f.)	alone
o	conjunction	or
con	preposition	with
la leche	noun (feminine)	the milk
un poco	phrase	a little bit
de	preposition	of
un poco de leche	phrase	a little bit of milk
por favor	phrase	please

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

negro/negra	adjective (m./f.)	black
café negro	phrase	black coffee
café solo	phrase	black coffee
querer	verb (infinitive)	to want
(él/ella) quiere	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) wants
Colombia	noun (feminine)	Colombia
café suave	phrase	smooth coffee
México/Méjico	noun (masculine)	Mexico
Chiapas	noun (plural, masculine)	Chiapas (a Mexican state)
Antigua	noun (feminine)	Antigua (city in Guatemala)
Guatemala	noun (feminine)	Guatemala
la parroquia	noun (feminine)	the parish (church)
café de la parroquia	phrase	coffee of the parish
Veracruz	noun (feminine)	Veracruz (city in Mexico)
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

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

oír	infinitive	to hear
¡(tú) oye!	imperative	(you) hear! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) oiga!		(you) hear! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos!		(let's) hear! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) oíd!		(you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) oigan!		(you) hear! (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)
apetecer	infinitive	to appetize
(yo) apetezco	present tense	I appetize
(tú) apeteces		you appetize (informal, singular)
(él/ella) apetece		he/she(/it) appetizes
(usted) apetece		you appetize (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) apetecemos		we appetize (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) apetecéis		you appetize (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) apetecen		they appetize (m./f.)
(ustedes) apetecen		you appetize (formal, plural)
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)

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.

¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café?	Hey! Do you want a coffee?
Claro que sí.	Of course yes.
¿Solo o con leche?	Black or with milk?
Con un poco de leche, por favor.	With a little bit of milk, please.

Dialogue Recall

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

Hey! Do you want a coffee?	¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café?
Of course yes.	Claro que sí.
Black or with milk?	¿Solo o con leche?
With a little bit of milk, please.	Con un poco de leche, por favor.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Would you like a little bit of milk?	¿Te apetece un poco de leche?
Coffee with milk?	¿Café con leche?
Of course. One coffee with milk.	Claro. Un café con leche.
Hey!	¡Oye!
Yes?	¿Sí?
A black coffee, please.	Un café solo, por favor.
You would like a black coffee?	¿Te apetece un café solo?
Of course yes.	Claro que sí.
Of course.	Claro.

Dialogue Recast

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

Hey! Do you want a coffee? (formal)	¡Oiga! ¿Le apetece un café?
Of course yes.	Claro que sí.
Black or with milk?	¿Solo o con leche?
With a little bit of milk, please.	Con un poco de leche, por favor.

Image Credits

• “Image:A small cup of coffee.JPG” by Julius Schorzman (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
• “Image:Milk glass.jpg” by Stefan Kühn (GNU Free Documentation License)
• “Image:Girl in chiapas.jpg” by Arturo Avila (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)