Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0066/Print version

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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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.

el agua fría – the cold water

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

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.

¿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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