# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0015

Table for Two

### Introduction

Let's be polite!—Does it matter? Well, yes. At least you should know the difference. JP and Liliana talk us through it by discussing how to be seated in a restaurant. The keyword is: reservación – reservation.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0041: Cheers!, A0062: At the bank
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0015.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Table for Two” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Mesa para dos, si es tan amable.align="right"| mujer:¿Tiene reservación?align="right"| hombre:No, no tengo.align="right"| mujer:No importa. Síganme por favor.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Mesaparados,siestanamable.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| tablefortwoif(you) aresokind man:Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
    mujer:¿Tienereservación?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (you) havereservation woman:Do you have a reservation?
    hombre:No,notengo.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| nonot(I) have man:No, I don't.
    mujer:Noimporta.Síganmepor favor.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| not(it) matters(you) follow meplease woman:It doesn't matter. Follow me please.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman la mesanoun (feminine)the table paraprepositionfor dosnumbertwo siconjunctionif serverb (infinitive)to be (usted) esverb (present tense)you are (formal, singular) tanadverbso amableadjective (m./f.)kind tenerverb (infinitive)to have (usted) tieneverb (present tense)you have (formal, singular) la reservaciónnoun (feminine)the reservation noadverbnot, no (yo) tengoverb (present tense)I have importarverb (infinitive)to matter (él/ella) importaverb (present tense)he/she(/it) matters seguirverb (infinitive)to follow ¡(ustedes) sigan!verb (imperative)(you) follow! (formal, plural) ¡(ustedes) síganme!phrase(you) follow me! (formal, plural) por favorphraseplease
===Vocabulary for Audio Lesson===
    (tú) tienesverb (present tense)you have (informal, singular) hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | | you are (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) es | | he/she(/it) is |
| (usted) es | | you are (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | | we are (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) son | | they are (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) son | | you are (formal, plural) |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | | you have (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) tiene | | he/she(/it) has |
| (usted) tiene | | you have (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | | we have (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | | they have (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) tienen | | you have (formal, plural) |
| importar | infinitive | to matter |
| (yo) importo | present tense | I matter |
| (tú) importas | | you matter (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) importa | | he/she(/it) matters |
| (usted) importa | | you matter (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) importamos | | we matter (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) importáis | | you matter (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) importan | | they matter (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) importan | | you matter (formal, plural) |
| seguir | infinitive | to follow |
| ¡(tú) sigue! | imperative | (you) follow! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) siga! | | (you) follow! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sigamos! | | (let's) follow! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) seguid! | | (you) follow! (informal, plural) |
| ¡(ustedes) sigan! | | (you) follow! (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) |
| uno | 1 |
| dos | 2 |
| tres | 3 |
| cuatro | 4 |
| cinco | 5 |
| seis | 6 |
| siete | 7 |
| ocho | 8 |
| nueve | 9 |
| diez | 10 |
| once | 11 |
| doce | 12 |
| trece | 13 |
| catorce | 14 |
| quince | 15 |
| dieciséis | 16 |
| diecisiete | 17 |
| dieciocho | 18 |
| diecinueve | 19 |
| veinte | 20 |

### 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.