Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0066
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.
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
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.
¿Qué le doy?
What shall I give you?
¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor?
Will you give me a bottle of water, please?
¿Agua con gas o sin gas?
Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
Sin gas porque me da gas.
Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
Enseguida se la doy.
I'll give it to you right away.
Gracias.
Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What shall I give you?
¿Qué le doy?
Will you give me a bottle of water, please?
¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor?
Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
¿Agua con gas o sin gas?
Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
Sin gas porque me da gas.
I'll give it to you right away.
Enseguida se la doy.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What shall I give you?
¿Qué le doy?
Will you give me a bottle, please?
¿Me da una botella, por favor?
¿A bottle? ¿A bottle of water or what?
¿Una botella? ¿Una botella de agua o qué?
Will you give me a bottle of gas, please?
¿Me da una botella de gas, por favor?
What? A bottle of carbonated water?
¿Qué? ¿Una botella de agua con gas?
Or a bottle of gas with water.
O una botella de gas con agua.
I'll give it to you right away.
Enseguida se la doy.
I give you the thanks. (= I thank you)
Le doy las gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What shall I give you? (informal)
¿Qué te doy?
Will you give me a bottle of water, please? (informal)
¿Me das una botella de agua, por favor?
Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
¿Agua con gas o sin gas?
Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
Sin gas porque me da gas.
I'll give it to you right away. (informal)
Enseguida te la doy.
Thank you.
Gracias.
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