# A0003: At the Bar
### Introduction

Ordering beer, one of the essential surviving techniques in the civilized world. At least for some people. Probably the keyword una cerveza – a beer is sufficient to order beer, but in the civilized world we might want to use a few more words. JP and Liliana tell us all about it.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0041: Cheers!, A0066: Bottle of water, A0106: Room service
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? mujer:Quiero una cerveza. hombre:¿Clara u obscura? mujer:Obscura por favor.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Buenastardes.¿Quélesirvo? goodafternoonswhat(to) you(I) serve man:Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
    mujer:Quierounacerveza. (I) wantabeer woman:I'd like a beer.
    hombre:¿Clarauobscura?' clearordark man:Regular or dark?
    mujer:Obscurapor favor. darkplease woman:Dark, please.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman bueno/buenaadjective (m./f.)good buenos/buenasadjective (plural, m./f.)good la tardenoun (feminine)the afternoon las tardesnoun (plural, feminine)the afternoons buenas tardesphrasegood afternoon ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? leindirect object pronoun(to) you (formal, singular) servirverb (infinitive)to serve (yo) sirvoverb (present tense)I serve quererverb (infinitive)to want, to like (yo) quieroverb (present tense)I want, I like unonumberone un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la cervezanoun (feminine)the beer claro/claraadjective (m./f.)clear, bright oconjunctionor uconjunction (before “o”)or obscuro/obscuraadjective (m./f.)dark por favorphraseplease

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    ¿Me da una cerveza por favor?phraseDo you give me a beer, please? cerveza lightphraselight beer la cerveza claraphrasethe regular beer claros/clarasadjective (plural, m./f.)clear, bright la cerveza obscuraphrasethe dark beer obscuros/obscurasadjective (plural, m./f.)dark el vinonoun (masculine)the wine blanco/blancaadjective (m./f.)white el vino blancophrasethe white wine el vino tintophrasethe red wine la micheladanoun (feminine)the beer with lime, salt, and sauces Méjico/México lindophrasebeautiful Mexico hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |
| servir | infinitive | I serve |
| (yo) sirvo | present tense | I serve |
| (tú) sirves | | you serve (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) sirve | | he/she(/it) serves |
| (usted) sirve | | you serve (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) servimos | | we serve (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) servís | | you serve (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) sirven | | they serve (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) sirven | | you serve (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.
    Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? Good afternoon. What can I serve you? Quiero una cerveza. I'd like a beer. ¿Clara u obscura? Regular or dark? Obscura por favor. Dark, please.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? I'd like a beer. Quiero una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good. (plural, feminine) Buenas. (short for buenas tardes) I want one, please. Quiero una por favor. What? ¿Qué? One afternoon, please. Una tarde por favor. Good. What can I serve you? (formal) Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo? I want a ... Quiero un/una ... A beer or a red wine or a white wine? ¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco? I'd like a good beer. Quiero una cerveza buena. A good beer? A dark beer? ¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura? I want a michelada, please. Quiero una michelada por favor. Good. I serve you a good michelada. (formal) Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena. Good. Bueno. Good. Bueno.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal, plural) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo? We like a beer. Queremos una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Canya cervesa2.jpg” by Jordi Coll Costa (GNU Free Documentation License)
* “Image:Red Wine Glas.jpg” by André Karwath aka Aka (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)