Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0106/Print version

A0106: Room Service

Introduction

This is the lesson for all the fans of room service! And the room service might be even better when you order in Spanish! The rest of us will learn how to order a hamburger, which can be pretty useful, too. The keyword is: servicio a la habitación – room service.

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Dialogue

mujer:	¿Tiene servicio a la habitación?
hombre:	Sí tenemos.
mujer:	Quiero una hamburguesa.
hombre:	Se la llevo en diez minutos.
mujer:	Gracias.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	¿Tiene	servicio	a	la	habitación?
	(you) have	service	to	the	habitation
woman:	Do you have room service?

hombre:	Sí	tenemos.
	yes	(we) have
man:	We do have it.

mujer:	Quiero	una	hamburguesa.
	(I) want	a	hamburger
woman:	I want a hamburger.

hombre:	Se	la	llevo	en	diez	minutos.
	(to) you	her (= it)	(I) bring	in	ten	minutes
man:	I bring it to you in 10 minutes.

mujer:	Gracias.
	Thanks.
woman:	Thank you.

la habitación – the room

la hamburguesa – the hamburger

diez minutos – ten minues

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
tener	verb (infinitive)	to have
(usted) tiene	verb (present tense)	you have (formal, singular)
el servicio	noun (masculine)	the service
de	preposition	of
la habitación	noun (feminine)	the room
sí	adverb	yes, indeed
(nosotros/-as) tenemos	verb (present tense)	we have
querer	verb (infinitive)	to want
(yo) quiero	verb (present tense)	I want
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
la hamburguesa	noun (feminine)	the hamburger
le	indirect object pronoun	(to) you (formal, singular)
lo/la	direct object pronoun	him/her(/it)
se la	phrase	her(/it) to you (formal, singular)
se lo	phrase	him(/it) to you (formal, singular)
llevar	verb (infinitive)	to bring
(yo) llevo	verb (present tense)	I bring
en	preposition	in
diez	number	ten
el minuto	noun (masculine)	the minute
los minutos	noun (plural, masculine)	the minutes
gracias	phrase	thanks

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

el cuarto	noun (masculine)	the room
el servicio al cuarto	phrase	the room service
no	adverb	no, not
la hache	noun (feminine)	the letter h
mudo/muda	adjective (m./f.)	silent
el taco	noun (masculine)	the taco
los tacos	noun (plural, masculine)	the tacos
el tamal	noun (masculine)	the tamale
los tamales	noun (plural, masculine)	the tamales
el jalapeño	noun (masculine)	the jalapeño
los jalapeños	noun (plural, masculine)	the jalapeños

 

More Vocabulary

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

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)
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)
llevar	infinitive	to bring
(yo) llevo	present tense	I bring
(tú) llevas		you bring (informal, singular)
(él/ella) lleva		he/she(/it) brings
(usted) lleva		you bring (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) llevamos		we bring (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) lleváis		you bring (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) llevan		they bring (m./f.)
(ustedes) llevan		you bring (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)

uno 1 dos 2 tres 3 cuatro 4 cinco 5

seis 6 siete 7 ocho 8 nueve 9 diez 10

once 11 doce 12 trece 13 catorce 14 quince 15

dieciséis 16 diecisiete 17 dieciocho 18 diecinueve 19 veinte 20

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.

¿Tiene servicio a la habitación?	Do you have room service?
Sí tenemos.	We do have it.
Quiero una hamburguesa.	I want a hamburger.
Se la llevo en diez minutos.	I bring it to you in 10 minutes.
Gracias.	Thank you.

Dialogue Recall

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

Do you have room service?	¿Tiene servicio a la habitación?
We do have it.	Sí tenemos.
I want a hamburger.	Quiero una hamburguesa.
I bring it to you in 10 minutes.	Se la llevo en diez minutos.
Thank you.	Gracias.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Do you have room service?	¿Tiene servicio a la habitación?
We do have it.	Sí tenemos.
I want a hamburger.	Quiero una hamburguesa.
We don't have hamburgers.	No tenemos hamburguesas.
Do you have jalapeños?	¿Tiene jalapeños?
No, we don't have jalapeños.	No, no tenemos jalapeños.
Tacos?	¿Tacos?
No, we don't have tacos.	No, no tenemos tacos.
I want room service!	¡Quiero servicio a la habitación!
I bring it to you in 10 minutes. Thank you.	Se lo llevo en diez minutos. Gracias.

Dialogue Recast

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

Do you have room service? (formal, plural)	¿Tienen servicio a la habitación?
We do have it.	Sí tenemos.
We want a hamburger.	Queremos una hamburguesa.
I bring it to you in 10 minutes. (formal, plural)	Se la llevo en diez minutos.
Thank you.	Gracias.

Image Credits

• “Image:Hotel-suite-living-room.jpg” by Derek Jensen (Public Domain)
• “Image:NCI Visuals Food Hamburger.jpg” by Len Rizzi (Public Domain)
• “Image:Gnome-appointment-soon.svg” by GNOME icon artists (GNU General Public License)