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Lesson 4: At the restaurant - grammar and other curiosities - Text
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Important notes
- El/la and 'the': you may have noticed that sometimes you have el or la in the Spanish dialogue (as in: y les voy a traer también la sal y la pimienta), but no 'the' in the English translation 'and I'm also going to bring you salt and pepper'. For the moment let's just say that it is more common to use el and la in Spanish than the in English, but there are also occasions in which you use 'the' but not el or la. We will see examples of this throughout the dialogues
- De: Notice the way you say fish soup, beef steak or wine list in Spanish: sopa de pescado, filete de vaca, carta de vinos. You are actually saying: soup of fish, steak of beef, list of wines
- Al = a + el (to the) . That is why we say al hotel (to the hotel), but a la playa (to the beach)
- Other useful expressions: dentro de una hora (in an hour), de primero (as a starter), de segundo (for the main course), ¿algo más? (anything else?), eso es todo (that's all), ¿me puede decir ... ? (can you tell me ...?), al fondo (at the end), a la derecha (on the right), por aquí (this way), ¿qué nos recomienda? (what do you recommend), ¿nos puede traer ...? (can you bring us ...?), ¡cómo no! (of course!), más tarde (later on)
- Are all nouns ending in 'o' masculine, and in 'a' feminine? No. The majority are but there are exceptions, like la radio
- Could you say perdón instead of lo siento? Yes. Perdón and lo siento both mean I'm sorry
Tips on how to make the most of these free Spanish grammar pages:
- Read all the points carefully
- If you learn these points well, you'll be able to build up your own Spanish sentences more accurately and faster
- Come back to these grammar pages at a later stage to make sure you remember all the issues raised
- To reinforce what you've learned, go back to the dialogues and exercises of the lesson you're on
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Spanish set phrase
Hacerse la rata
English literal translation
To pretend to be a rat
English equivalent
To play truant
