Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson 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.




 * align="right"|hombre: || Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Quiero una cerveza. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Clara u obscura? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Obscura por favor. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Clara u obscura? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Obscura por favor. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Buenas || tardes. || ¿Qué || le || sirvo? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || good || afternoons || what || (to) you || (I) serve
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5|Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5|Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Quiero || una || cerveza. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (I) want || a || beer
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| I'd like a beer.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| I'd like a beer.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Clara || u || obscura?' ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || clear || or || dark
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| Regular or dark?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| Regular or dark?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Obscura || por favor. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || dark || please
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Dark, please.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Dark, please.
 * }
 * }
 * }



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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * claro/clara ||  || clear, bright
 * o || || or
 * u|| (before “o”) || or
 * obscuro/obscura|| || dark
 * por favor ||  || please
 * }
 * obscuro/obscura|| || dark
 * por favor ||  || please
 * }
 * }
 * }



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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * la michelada ||  || the beer with lime, salt, and sauces
 * Méjico/México lindo || || beautiful Mexico
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * }

====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ====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. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

===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)