# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0023

Going to the Market

### Introduction

We are going shopping! This time for fresh apples. Yummy! The keywords are: verde – green and roja – red (for feminine nouns).
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0047: Coffee time, A0066: Bottle of water, A0122: Telephone card
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0023.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Going to the Market” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana?align="right"| mujer:¿Manzana verde o roja?align="right"| hombre:Verde, por favor.align="right"| mujer:¿Algo más?align="right"| hombre:No, es todo. Gracias.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Buenastardes.¿Medaunkilodemanzana?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| goodafternoons(to) me(you) giveakiloofapples man:Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples?
    mujer:¿Manzanaverdeoroja?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| applegreenorred woman:Green apples or red ones?
    hombre:Verde,por favor.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| greenplease man:Green, please.
    mujer:¿Algomás?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| somethingmore woman:Anything else?
    hombre:No,estodo.Gracias.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| no(it) isallthanks man:No, that's all. Thanks.

### 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 meindirect object pronoun(to) me darverb (infinitive)to give (usted) daverb (present tense)you give (formal, singular) (usted) me daphraseyou give to me (formal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a el kilonoun (masculine)the kilo deprepositionof la manzananoun (feminine)the apple verdeadjective (m./f.)green rojo/rojaadjective (m./f.)red por favorphraseplease algopronounsomething másadverbmore noadverbno serverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is todopronounall graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el díanoun (masculine)the day los díasnoun (plural, masculine)the days buenos díasphrasegood morning (tú) dasverb (present tense)you give (informal, singular) (tú) me dasphraseyou give to me (informal, singular) el tianguisnoun (masculine)the Mexican market nadaadverbnothing nada másphrasenothing else 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |

### 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.