# A0116: Do You Want a Mint?
### Introduction

The topic of this lesson is irregular breath and how to deal with it. Our keyword is also irregular: huele – it smells from the irregular verb oler – to smell.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0016: I feel sick, A0052: Smells good, A0096: I am allergic
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Quieres una menta? mujer:¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? hombre:Sí, ¡toma!

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Quieresunamenta? (you) wantamint woman:Do you want a mint?
    hombre:¿Por qué?¿Mehuelelaboca? why(to) mesmellsthemouth man:Why? Does my mouth stink?
    mujer:Sí,¡toma! yes(you) take woman:Yes, take this!

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man quererverb (infinitive)to want (tú) quieresverb (present tense)you want (informal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la mentanoun (feminine)the mint ¿por qué?adverbwhy? meindirect object pronoun(to) me olerverb (infinitive)to smell (él/ella) hueleverb (present tense)he/she(/it) smells la bocanoun (feminine)the mouth síadverbyes tomarverb (infinitive)to take ¡(tú) toma!verb (imperative)you take! (informal, singular)

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    hasta luegophrasesee you later hasta mañanaphraseuntil tomorrow

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |
| 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) |
| oler | infinitive | to smell |
| (yo) huelo | present tense | I smell |
| (tú) hueles | | you smell (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) huele | | he/she(/it) smells |
| (usted) huele | | you smell (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) olemos | | we smell (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) oléis | | you smell (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) huelen | | they smell (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) huelen | | you smell (formal, plural) |
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| ¡(tú) toma! | imperative | (you) take! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) tome! | | (you) take! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) tomemos! | | (let's) take! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) tomad! | | (you) take! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) tomen! | | (you) take! (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.
    ¿Quieres una menta? Do you want a mint? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Why? Does my mouth stink? Sí, ¡toma! Yes, take this!

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Do you want a mint? ¿Quieres una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! Sí, ¡toma!

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Take a mint! Do you want to? ¡Toma una menta! ¿Quieres? Why? ¿Por qué? For (= por) the mouth. Por la boca. Does my breath smell? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take it! Sí, ¡toma!

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Do you want a mint? (formal) ¿Quiere una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! (formal) Sí, ¡tome!

### Image Credits

* “Image:Cinnamon Tic Tac.jpg” by Bilious (GNU Free Documentation License)
* “Image:Mona Lisa detail mouth.jpg” by Leonardo da Vinci (Public Domain)