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Alex, Sofía, and Diego have dinner together and order from a waiter.
Agua is feminine but uses el instead of la (el agua, not la agua) because it starts with a stressed a- sound — Spanish avoids two a-sounds colliding. You'll notice this only with a handful of feminine words.
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1. Gustar — Talking About Likes
Gustar works backwards from English: literally, "the soup is pleasing to me," not "I like the soup." A mí me gusta + singular noun; a mí me gustan + plural noun (you'll see the plural form in a later lesson).
2. Recomendar (Stem-Changing e → ie)
Recomendar changes e → ie in most forms: recomiendo, recomiendas, recomienda — but keeps the e in the nosotros form (recomendamos).
3. ¿Me puede traer...? — Polite Requests
This is a very polite way to ask someone to bring you something — literally "can you bring me...?" Perfect for restaurants and service settings.
4. Ser vs. Estar Review — Describing Food
Use ser (not estar) to describe an inherent quality of something, like whether a dish is spicy by nature. Compare: es picante (it's [inherently] spicy) vs. está caliente (it's [currently] hot) — you'll see está used this way in a later lesson.
5. Al final — Sequencing
Al final ("at the end") is a handy sequencing word for describing the order of events — you'll meet its companions (primero, luego, después) in Lesson 18.
A. Fill in the Blank · Rellena el espacio
Fill in the blank with a word from this lesson's vocabulary.
- 1.A mí me la sopa.like/is pleasing
- 2.¿Qué ?do you recommend
- 3.¿Me puede agua, por favor?bring
- 4.Todo se ve .delicious
- 5.¿Es el pollo?spicy
B. Multiple Choice · Opción múltiple
Choose the best answer.
- 1.How do you say "I like soup" in Spanish?
- 2.How do you say "What do you recommend?" in Spanish?
- 3.How do you say "Can you bring me water, please?" in Spanish?
- 4.How do you say "Is the chicken spicy?" in Spanish?
- 5.How do you say "And the check, please, at the end" in Spanish?
C. Rearrange the Sentence · Ordena la frase
Rearrange the words into a correct sentence, adding the punctuation shown in parentheses.
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D. True or False · Verdadero o falso
Based on the dialogue, mark each sentence T (true) or F (false).
- 1.Alex likes soup.
- 2.The waiter recommends the tomato soup and Caesar salad.
- 3.Sofía orders chicken.
- 4.The chicken is spicy.
- 5.Diego asks for the check at the end.
E. Matching · Empareja
Match each question on the left with the best response on the right.
F. Translation · Traducción
Translate items 1–3 into Spanish, and items 4–5 into English.
- 1.I like soup.
- 2.Can you bring me water, please?
- 3.Everything looks delicious.
- 4.¿Es picante el pollo?
- 5.Y la cuenta, por favor, al final.
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The menú del día
At weekday lunchtimes most Spanish restaurants offer a menú del día: a fixed-price set meal of a starter, a main course, and dessert or coffee, with bread and a drink included — wine among the options, at no extra charge. It is the best value in Spanish eating, and it is what the people around you are having. The custom dates to a 1960s decree requiring restaurants to offer a set menu for tourists, relaxed long ago but never abandoned. In the evening the pattern changes: tapas and raciones, ordered for the table and shared.