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Spanish story with translation · A1 · 11 lines

¿Quieres tomar algo con nosotros? Do you want to have a drink with us?

Comic · 8 panels

Panel 1 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: Hi, Lucía. I'm with Pablo at El Rincón, a very nice bar and restaurant.

  1. Hola, Lucía. Estoy con Pablo en El Rincón, un bar y restaurante muy bonito.

    Hi, Lucía. I'm with Pablo at El Rincón, a very nice bar and restaurant.

Panel 2 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: There's a very good set lunch menu: it costs twelve euros.

  1. Hay un menú del día muy bueno: cuesta doce euros.

    There's a very good set lunch menu: it costs twelve euros.

Panel 3 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: It has two courses, dessert and something to drink. The waiter gives us a menu and we order.

  1. Tiene dos platos, postre y algo para beber.

    It has two courses, dessert and something to drink.

  2. El camarero nos da una carta y pedimos.

    The waiter gives us a menu and we order.

Panel 4 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: I order the set menu: a salad and fish with potatoes. Pablo prefers meat with rice. To drink, he has wine and I have an orange juice.

  1. Yo pido el menú: una ensalada y pescado con patatas. Pablo prefiere carne con arroz.

    I order the set menu: a salad and fish with potatoes. Pablo prefers meat with rice.

  2. Para beber, él toma vino y yo tomo un zumo de naranja.

    To drink, he has wine and I have an orange juice.

Panel 5 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: The waiter serves us bread. The bread is very good: I eat it with olive oil. Pablo orders a coffee, and I order a tea.

  1. El camarero nos pone pan. El pan está muy bueno: lo como con aceite.

    The waiter serves us bread. The bread is very good: I eat it with olive oil.

  2. Pablo pide un café, y yo un té.

    Pablo orders a coffee, and I order a tea.

Panel 6 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: My cup of tea is very hot, and the ice cream is very cold.

  1. Mi taza de té está muy caliente, y el helado, muy frío.

    My cup of tea is very hot, and the ice cream is very cold.

Panel 7 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: Pablo wants to pay my check, but today I'm paying it.

  1. Pablo quiere pagar mi cuenta, pero hoy la pago yo.

    Pablo wants to pay my check, but today I'm paying it.

Panel 8 of 8 for “Do you want to have a drink with us?”: It's a very good bar for having another coffee. Do you want to have a drink with us today?

  1. Es un bar muy bueno para tomar otro café. ¿Quieres tomar algo con nosotros hoy?

    It's a very good bar for having another coffee. Do you want to have a drink with us today?

Grammar for this text

The set lunch menu: menú del día. It's a ready-made lunch at one price: dos platos, postre y algo para beber (two courses, dessert and something to drink). Del is de + el.

Ordering and having: pedir, tomar. Yo pido el menú (I order), Pablo pide un café (he orders), but pedimos (we order): in the yo and él forms the e in the stem changes to i. In él toma vino y yo tomo un zumo de naranja, tomar means "to have" (a drink).

Pronouns lo and la: "it". In lo como con aceite, lo isn't an article: it means "it" (the bread, el pan) and goes before the verb. For a feminine noun, use la: hoy la pago yo (today I'm paying it), where la is the check, la cuenta.

está muy bueno and es muy bueno. El pan está muy bueno: about food, estar bueno means "tasty". Es un bar muy bueno: with ser it just means "good". Temperature also takes estar: Mi taza de té está muy caliente, y el helado, muy frío (the comma replaces a second está).

quiere pagar, para tomar. Pablo quiere pagar mi cuenta: after querer the second verb is an infinitive, "wants to pay". In para tomar otro café, para + infinitive means "to, in order to": "to have another coffee".

Words and grammar of the unit: Order food and ask for the check.

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