# 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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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¡Oye!¿Teapeteceuncafé? hear(to) you(it) appetizesacoffee woman:Hey! Do you want a coffee?
    hombre:Claroquesí. clearlythatyes man:Of course yes.
    mujer:¿Solooconleche? aloneorwithmilk woman:Black or with milk?
    hombre:Conunpocodeleche,por favor. 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

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.
    ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Hey! Do you want a coffee? Claro que sí. Of course yes. ¿Solo o con leche? Black or with milk? Con un poco de leche, por favor. With a little bit of milk, please.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Hey! Do you want a coffee? ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Would you like a little bit of milk? ¿Te apetece un poco de leche? Coffee with milk? ¿Café con leche? Of course. One coffee with milk. Claro. Un café con leche. Hey! ¡Oye! Yes? ¿Sí? A black coffee, please. Un café solo, por favor. You would like a black coffee? ¿Te apetece un café solo? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Of course. Claro.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Hey! Do you want a coffee? (formal) ¡Oiga! ¿Le apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.

### Image Credits

* “Image:A small cup of coffee.JPG” by Julius Schorzman (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
* “Image:Milk glass.jpg” by Stefan Kühn (GNU Free Documentation License)
* “Image:Girl in chiapas.jpg” by Arturo Avila (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)