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

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0003.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “At the Bar” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Buenastardes.¿Quélesirvo?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| goodafternoonswhat(to) you(I) serve man:Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
    mujer:Quierounacerveza.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) wantabeer woman:I'd like a beer.
    hombre:¿Clarauobscura?'align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| clearordark man:Regular or dark?
    mujer:Obscurapor favor.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| 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

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.