# 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.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0003: At the bar, A0010: I'm hungry, A0023: Going to the market
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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:¿Quéledoy? what(to) you(I) give woman:What shall I give you?
    hombre:¿Medaunabotelladeagua,por favor? (to) me(you) giveabottleofwaterplease man:Will you give me a bottle of water, please?
    mujer:¿Aguacongasosingas? waterwithgasorwithoutgas woman:Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
    hombre:Singasporquemedagas. withoutgasbecause(to) me(it) givesgas man:Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
    mujer:Enseguidaseladoy. immediately(to) youit(I) give woman:I'll give it to you right away.
    hombre:Gracias. thanks man:Thank you.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? leindirect object pronoun(to) you (formal, singular) darverb (infinitive)to give (yo) doyverb (present tense)I give meindirect object pronoun(to) me (usted) daverb (present tense)you give (formal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la botellanoun (feminine)the bottle deprepositionof el aguanoun (feminine)the water por favorphraseplease conprepositionwith el gasnoun (masculine)the gas, the carbonation oconjunctionor sinprepositionwithout porqueconjunctionbecause (él/ella) daverb (present tense)he/she(/it) gives enseguidaadverbimmediately, right away ladirect object pronounher(/it) se la doyphraseI give her(/it) to you (formal, singular) graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    (tú) dasverb (present tense)you give (informal, singular) frío/fríaadjective (m./f.)cold el agua fríaphrasethe cold water hasta luegophrasesee 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.

### Image Credits

* “” by AgainErick (GNU Free Documentation License)
* “Image:Ice water.jpg” by Jon Sullivan (Public Domain)