CAPITULO 5 EN EL CAFÉ
LET’S GO TO A RESTAURANT! VAMOS A UN RESTUARANTE! WE WILL LEARN HOW TO ORDER SOME FOOD AT A RESTAURANT AND HOW TO CONJUGATE THE VERBS ENDING IN –ER, -IR- WE WILL TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES, AND EATING HABITS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE SPANISH SPAKING COUNTRIES.
¿Qué desean ustedes? ¿Qué deseas?/¿Qué desea? What would you like? desear.- to wish.
VOCABULARIO 1 EL CAFÉ- café
La mesa- the table
El mesero- the waiter/ El camarero
La mesera- the waitress/ La camarera
Menú.
La orden- the order La cuenta- the check/bill Libre- free Ocupado(a)- occupied Desocupado(a)- free Common commands when ordering and paying.
Examples using ocupado(a) and desocupado(a): ¿Está la mesa ocupada?/is the table occupied? ¿Está la mesera ocupada?/ is the waitress occupied? ¿Está la mesera desocupada?/ is the waitress free?
¿ Está incluido el servicio?/ is the tip included? In this question the word “servicio” means “tip” But “servicio” also means service when it is used in a different context. For example. El servicio del mesero es muy bueno. the waiters’ service is very good.
FOODS AND DRINKS COMIDAS Y BEBIDAS
Los resfrescos/ The drinks
Una coca cola/ cola
Un café solo/A black coffe. Con leche/with milk..
Té helado/ iced tea
Una limonada/ a lemonade
Pan tostado/ toast
Una sopa/ a soup
Un bocadillo o un sándwich/ sandwich
Jamón / jam
El queso
Una hamburguesa/ a hamburguer..
Papas fritas/ french fries
Unas tortillas
Una ensalada/ a salad
El postre/ the dessert
un helado de vainilla/ chocolate,o fresa Vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, or strawberry icecream.
Un pan dulce/ a sweet roll
El mercado/ supermarket
In the spanish speaking countries is very common to go to the “mercadito” to buy food, they install their “puestos”, their stalls most of the time in a park or a Street.
They don’t work every day, they usually go Thursdays and Fridays. People have fun when they go to the mercadito becuase they can buy and play lotería at the same place!
The “mercado” is different from el “mercadito”. Mercado is bigger and they work everyday.
Un bote, una lata/ can
Un paquete / package
Una bolsa/ a bag
Un kilo- kilogram Congelado(a)- frozen ¿A cuánto está? singular ¿A cuánto están? Plural.
Algo más. something else Nada más- nothing more
incorrect: Voy a el supermercado. Correct: Voy al supermercado.
Los vegetales/ vegetables
Los guisantes/ peas O chicharos
Las habichuelas, los frijoles, / beans
Las judías verdes/ Green beans
Zanahorias - carrots
Las papas/ potatoes
La lechuga/ lettuce
Las frutas/ the fruits
La naranja/ the orange
Los plátanos/ bananas
Las manzanas/ the apples
Los tomates/ the tomatoes
La carne/ the meat
Bistec/ steak. In the Spanish speaking countries bistec is the common word for steak. The book call it BIFTEC.
Los mariscos/ shellfish
El pescado/ the fish.
El pollo/the chicken
El huevo/ the egg
El atun/ tuna fish. La lata de atún.
El arroz/ the rice
El desayuno- breakfast El almuerzo- lunch La cena- dinner Las comidas/ the foods at different times during the day
Juntos(as)-together Antes de- before Despues de- after Enseguida-at once
Verbs ending in –er- Ver- to see Leer- to read Comer- to eat Beber- to drink comprender- to understand aprender- to learn
VERBS ENDING IN –IR- ESCRIBIR- TO WRITE RECIBIR- TO RECEIVE VIVIR- TO LIVE DORMIR- TO SLEEP
Verbs ending in “er” rule. Example “comer” to eat Yo como Tu comes El come Ella come Nosotros comemos Ustedes comen Ellos comen Ellas comen
Verbs ending in (ir) example : vivir ( to live) Yo vivo Tu vives El vive Ella vive Nosotros vivimos Ustedes viven Ellos viven Ellas viven