KELLY BAUTISTA PAYTON COOK

RIGOBERTO GOMEZPERIOD 3 05-10-08

Ordering in a Restaurant

Vocabulary

Cenar– to have dinner/ supper.

Dejar la propina- to leave a tip

Vocabulary

La especialidad de la casa – the specialty of the house

El/la mesero- food server

Vocabulary

No gracias, solo la cuenta- no thanks, just the check

Para mi-I’ll have

Pedir la comida- to order food

Servir el postre- to serve dessert.

Vocabulary

Traer la comida- to bring the meal

? Ya sabe(n) que va(n) a pedir?- do you know what you’re going to order?

Gramatica In the preterite tense, some Spanish –ir verbs

have vowel changes in their stems.For example:

Pedí PedistePidióPedimos pidieron The vowel changes in Pedir & Servir occurs

only in the usted, el, ella forms and ellos/ellas/ustedes

Servir

ServíServisteSirvióServimossirvieron

Ordering in a Restaurant

In a restaurant, you might hear the waiter person say:

¿Ya sabe(n) que va(n) a pedir?Do you know what you want to order?Recomiendo la especialidad de la casa.I recommend the special.

¿Que le(s) traigo de tomar ?What may I bring you to drink?¿Que desea(n) de postre?What do you want for dessert?¿Se le(s) ofrece algo mas?Would you care for anything else?

You could answer:No. ? Que me recomienda?What do you recommend?Esta bien, pero no es muy picante, ?verdad?That is fine, but it is not very spicy, right?Para mi I’ll have…….Por favor, me trae un flan.Please bring me a flan.No, gracias solo quiero la cuenta.No thanks, I only want the bill.

Verbs

All verbs have a written accent in the nosotros form of the imperfect.

Jugar tener escribirJugaba tenía escribíaJugabas tenías escribíasJugaba tenía escribíaJugábamos teníamos escribíamosJugaban tenían escribían

Ir and Ser in the imperfect tense.

Ir and ser are irregular verbs in the imperfect:

Ir VerIba veíaIbas veíasIba veíaÍbamosveíamosIban veían

Use the verb ser (to be) to describe people and things in the past notice it was irregular.

EraErasEraéramoseran

Questions

?Odiabas ir al colegio?-did you used to hate high school?

?Te molestaba hacer los quehaceres?-did it used to bug you to do chores?

?Te parecía pesado el fútbol?- did soccer used to seem boring to you?

?Te caía bien Roberto?- did you used to like Roberto?

No, lo encontraba genial-No, I thought it was great.Si, siempre me fastidiaba mucho-Yes it used to annoy me a lot.No, me fascinaba- no I loved it.No, me caía mal- I didn’t like him