Eat, drink and shop: read a menu, order at the counter and in a restaurant, understand prices at the market, and pay.
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Spanish
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Beginner
17 lessons
Everyday Spanish: ordering, shopping, getting around
Order food, shop and find your way in Spanish: at the café, the market, the doctor's office and the bus station, with the phrases people use every day. You learn to understand prices, signs and directions, to ask politely for what you need, and to say so when you don't understand.
Course content
Lessons
At the café, the market and the restaurant
BeginnerAbout this unit
1
Read the menu
A menu is often the first thing you read in Spanish on a trip. Learn the words you see on most menus, and how to ask about a dish you don't know.
5 min
2
Quisiera…: order at the counter
At a café or a bakery counter, ordering takes one short sentence. Learn the polite ways to ask, and the questions the person behind the counter will ask you.
5 min
3
How much is it?
Prices in pesos quickly reach the hundreds. Learn to ask what something costs, to understand the answer and to pay.
5 min
4
At the restaurant: order and pay
At a restaurant table, the waiter comes to you. A few set phrases take you from the door to the check.
5 min
Finding your way and getting help
BeginnerAbout this unit
Find your way around town: read signs, say where you're going and how, ask for directions, shop for clothes, and keep the conversation going when you don't understand.
5
Where is it? Signs and labels
Signs tell you where to go in a store, a station or an office. Learn the ones you see every day, and how to ask when you can't find something.
4 min
6
Going places: a, al and en
To say where you're going and how, Spanish uses two small words: a for where to and en for the vehicle. You already know voy al gimnasio; now add the bus, the metro and your own feet.
4 min
7
How do I get there?
Asking for directions is easy; understanding the answer is the hard part. Learn the few words people use to give directions, and how to check that you got them.
5 min
8
Can I try it on?
In a clothing store you need just a few phrases: what you're looking for, your size, whether it fits, and what you'll take.
5 min
9
When you don't understand
People will sometimes speak too fast or use a word you don't know. A few polite phrases keep the conversation going instead of ending it.
5 min
Errands and health
BeginnerAbout this unit
Get things done: check opening hours, make an appointment by phone, tell the doctor what's wrong, and ask for something at the pharmacy.
10
When are you open?
Before you go somewhere, you want to know whether it's open. Learn to read opening hours on a sign and to ask when a place opens and closes.
5 min
11
Make an appointment by phone
A phone call is easier when you know how it will go. Learn what the receptionist says, how to ask for a day and time, and how to check them at the end.
5 min
12
At the doctor's
At the doctor's you check in, wait, and then say what's wrong. With me duele and tengo you can describe most everyday complaints.
4 min
13
At the pharmacy
For a cold or a headache, many people start at the pharmacy. Learn to ask for something for a complaint, whether you need a prescription, and how to take it.
5 min
On the road: bus, taxi and hotel
BeginnerAbout this unit
A weekend trip by bus: buy your ticket, find your bus on the departures board, take a taxi and check in at the hotel.
14
Buy a bus ticket
In Mexico, most trips between cities go by bus, from a big bus station. Learn to buy a ticket at the counter: where to, when, one way or round trip, and which seat.
4 min
15
When does it leave? The departures board
At the bus station, a screen shows the departures. Learn to read it, and to ask when and where your bus leaves and when it arrives.
4 min
16
In a taxi
From the bus station to your hotel, a taxi or an app ride is often the easiest way. Learn to say where you're going, ask the price, and say where to stop.
4 min
17
At the hotel front desk
At the hotel, the receptionist asks for your name and your passport; then you ask about breakfast, the Wi-Fi and check-out. This lesson also brings the whole course together.
6 min