# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0047

Coffee Time

### Introduction

Finally! JP and Liliana reveal the secret of Leo's coffee: a little bit of leche – milk, which is also our keyword. Moreover, we learn about Mexican coffee culture. Mmm!
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0007: Where are you from?, A0023: Going to the market, A0052: Smells good
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0047.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Coffee time” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    mujer:¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café?align="right"| hombre:Claro que sí.align="right"| mujer:¿Solo o con leche?align="right"| hombre:Con un poco de leche, por favor.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¡Oye!¿Teapeteceuncafé?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| hear(to) you(it) appetizesacoffee woman:Hey! Do you want a coffee?
    hombre:Claroquesí.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| clearlythatyes man:Of course yes.
    mujer:¿Solooconleche?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| aloneorwithmilk woman:Black or with milk?
    hombre:Conunpocodeleche,por favor.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| withalittle bitofmilkplease man:With a little bit of milk, please.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man oírverb (infinitive)to hear ¡(tú) oye!verb (imperative)(you) listen! (informal, singular) teindirect object pronoun(to) you (informal, singular) apetecerverb (infinitive)to appetize (él/ella) apeteceverb (present tense)he/she(/it) appetizes un/unaarticle (m./f.)a el cafénoun (masculine)the (cup of) coffee claroadverbclearly queconjunctionthat síadverbyes solo/solaadjective (m./f.)alone oconjunctionor conprepositionwith la lechenoun (feminine)the milk un pocophrasea little bit deprepositionof un poco de lechephrasea little bit of milk por favorphraseplease

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    negro/negraadjective (m./f.)black café negrophraseblack coffee café solophraseblack coffee quererverb (infinitive)to want (él/ella) quiereverb (present tense)he/she(/it) wants Colombianoun (feminine)Colombia café suavephrasesmooth coffee México/Méjiconoun (masculine)Mexico Chiapasnoun (plural, masculine)Chiapas (a Mexican state) Antiguanoun (feminine)Antigua (city in Guatemala) Guatemalanoun (feminine)Guatemala la parroquianoun (feminine)the parish (church) café de la parroquiaphrasecoffee of the parish Veracruznoun (feminine)Veracruz (city in Mexico) hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| oír | infinitive | to hear |
| ¡(tú) oye! | imperative | (you) hear! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) oiga! | | (you) hear! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos! | | (let's) hear! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) oíd! | | (you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) oigan! | | (you) hear! (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) |
| apetecer | infinitive | to appetize |
| (yo) apetezco | present tense | I appetize |
| (tú) apeteces | | you appetize (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) apetece | | he/she(/it) appetizes |
| (usted) apetece | | you appetize (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) apetecemos | | we appetize (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) apetecéis | | you appetize (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) apetecen | | they appetize (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) apetecen | | you appetize (formal, plural) |
| 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) |

### Exercises
#### Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read 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 Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.