# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0066

Bottle of Water

### Introduction

Ordering a bottle of water is one thing; making fun at the same time is something completely different. JP and Liliana tell us all about it — and more! The keywords are: gas – carbonation and botella – bottle.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0003: At the bar, A0010: I'm hungry, A0023: Going to the market
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0066.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Bottle of Water” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    mujer:¿Qué le doy?align="right"| hombre:¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor?align="right"| mujer:¿Agua con gas o sin gas?align="right"| hombre:Sin gas porque me da gas.align="right"| mujer:Enseguida se la doy.align="right"| hombre:Gracias.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Quéledoy?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| what(to) you(I) give woman:What shall I give you?
    hombre:¿Medaunabotelladeagua,por favor?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (to) me(you) giveabottleofwaterplease man:Will you give me a bottle of water, please?
    mujer:¿Aguacongasosingas?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| waterwithgasorwithoutgas woman:Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
    hombre:Singasporquemedagas.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| withoutgasbecause(to) me(it) givesgas man:Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
    mujer:Enseguidaseladoy.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| immediately(to) youit(I) give woman:I'll give it to you right away.
    hombre:Gracias.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thanks man:Thank you.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? leindirect object pronoun(to) you (formal, singular) darverb (infinitive)to give (yo) doyverb (present tense)I give meindirect object pronoun(to) me (usted) daverb (present tense)you give (formal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la botellanoun (feminine)the bottle deprepositionof el aguanoun (feminine)the water por favorphraseplease conprepositionwith el gasnoun (masculine)the gas, the carbonation oconjunctionor sinprepositionwithout porqueconjunctionbecause (él/ella) daverb (present tense)he/she(/it) gives enseguidaadverbimmediately, right away ladirect object pronounher(/it) se la doyphraseI give her(/it) to you (formal, singular) graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    (tú) dasverb (present tense)you give (informal, singular) frío/fríaadjective (m./f.)cold el agua fríaphrasethe cold water hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | | you give (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) da | | he/she(/it) gives |
| (usted) da | | you give (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | | we give (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | | they give (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) dan | | you give (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) |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | | you (informal, singular) |
| lo/la | | him/her(/it) |
| lo/la | | you (formal, singular, m./f.) |
| nos | | us |
| os | | you (informal, plural) |
| los/las | | them (m./f.) |
| los/las | | you (formal, plural, m./f.) |
| me lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to me |
| te lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, singular) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to him/her(/it) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (formal, singular) |
| nos lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to us |
| os lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, plural) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to them |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (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.