# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson 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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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0116.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Do you want a mint?” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Quieres una menta?align="right"| mujer:¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca?align="right"| hombre:Sí, ¡toma!align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Quieresunamenta?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (you) wantamint woman:Do you want a mint?
    hombre:¿Por qué?¿Mehuelelaboca?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| why(to) mesmellsthemouth man:Why? Does my mouth stink?
    mujer:Sí,¡toma!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| 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

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.