# A0102: Where Is the Restroom?
### Introduction

One of the most important survival techniques: asking for the bathroom. Everyone who has been in the situation knows what I'm talking about. The keyword of the lesson is baño – bathroom.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0035: Is anyone in there?, A0112: What is your telephone number?
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### Dialogue

    mujer:¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? hombre:La segunda puerta a la derecha. mujer:Gracias. hombre:De nada.

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¡Disculpe!¿Dóndeestáelbaño? (you) excusewhere(it) isthebathroom woman:Excuse me! Where is the bathroom?
    hombre:Lasegundapuertaaladerecha. theseconddoortotheright man:The second door on the right.
    mujer:Gracias. Thanks. woman:Thank you.
    hombre:Denada. ofnothing man:You're welcome.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man disculparverb (infinitive)to excuse, to pardon ¡(usted) disculpe!verb (imperative)(you) excuse! (formal, singular) ¿dónde?interrogative pronounwhere? estarverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) estáverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is el bañonoun (masculine)the bathroom segundo/segundanumber (m./f.)second la puertanoun (feminine)the door aprepositionto la derechanoun (feminine)the direction right a la derechaphraseon/to the right graciasphrasethanks deprepositionof nadapronounnothing de nadaphraseit's nothing, your're welcome

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la eñenoun (feminine)the letter ñ (n with tilde) los serviciosnoun (plural, masculine)the bathroom 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.
| disculpar | infinitive | to excuse |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) excuse! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | | (you) excuse! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | | (let's) excuse! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | | (you) excuse! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | | (you) excuse! (formal, plural) |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | | you are (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) está | | he/she(/it) is |
| (usted) está | | you are (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | | we are (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) están | | they are (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) están | | you are (formal, plural) |
| primero/primera | number (m./f.) | first |
| primer | before masculine nouns | first |
| segundo/segunda | number (m./f.) | second |
| tercero/tercera | number (m./f.) | third |
| tercer | before masculine nouns | third |
| cuarto/cuarta | number (m./f.) | fourth |
| quinto/quinta | number (m./f.) | fifth |
| sexto/sexta | number (m./f.) | sixth |
| séptimo/séptima | number (m./f.) | seventh |
| octavo/octava | number (m./f.) | eighth |
| noveno/novena | number (m./f.) | ninth |
| décimo/décima | number (m./f.) | tenth |

### 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.
    ¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? La segunda puerta a la derecha. The second door on the right. Gracias. Thank you. De nada. You're welcome.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? ¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? The second door on the right. La segunda puerta a la derecha. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Excuse me! The bathroom? Where is it? ¡Disculpe! ¿El baño? ¿Dónde está? The bathroom is on the right. El baño está a la derecha. Where? ¿Dónde? The second door. La segunda puerta. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? (informal) ¡Disculpa! ¿Dónde está el baño? The second door on the right. La segunda puerta a la derecha. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Znak C-2.svg” by Paweł Grzywocz (Public Domain)
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