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3-Minute Mexican Spanish S1

#23
Asking for the check

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Mexican Spanish
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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MEXICAN SPANISH
1.

Me trae la cuenta por favor?

2.

En dnde puedo pagar?

3.

Disculpe, el cambio es incorrecto.

4.

Qudese con el cambio.

ENGLISH
1.

Can you bring me the check, please?

2.

Where can I pay the bill?

3.

Excuse me, the change is wrong.

4.

Keep the change.

VOCABULARY
S panish

English

C lass

trae (Mexican)

bring

verb

cuenta (Mexican)

Account, check

noun

feminine
feminine

la (Mexican)

the

article

por favor (Peruvian)

please

phrase

me (Iberian)

me, to me, for me

Ge nde r

pronoun

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en (Mexican)

in

preposition

dnde (Iberian)

where

adverb, interrogative

puedo (Mexican)

can I?, I can

pagar (Iberian)

adverb

verb

pay

Disculpe. (Peruvian)

verb

Excuse me.

expression

el (Mexican)

the

article

cambio (Peruvian)

change

masculine noun

es (Iberian)

is

verb

wrong

adjective

masculine

incorrecto /
incorrecta (Mexican)
feminine
qudese (Mexican)

you keep *formal

con (Mexican)

with

masculine -

verb
preposition

SAMPLE SENTENCES
La cuenta es muy cara.

La cerveza estaba fra.

"The check is very expensive." "The beer was cold."

Vamos por favor!

Me gusta la comida.

"Let's go please!"

"The meal is pleasing to me."

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Est en la oficina.
"He is in the office."

De dnde es ella?
"Where is she from?"

Disculpe, en dnde est la

estacin del tren?
"Excuse me, where is the train
station?"
Disculpe, dnde est el banco
?
"Excuse me, where is the bank
?"
Los cambios, a veces, son bue
nos.
"Changes, at times, are good."
Esa es la respuesta incorrecta.
"That is the wrong answer."
l caminaba con miedo.
"He was walking with fear."

GRAMMAR

A dnde irs maana en la

noche?

"Excuse me, I think this is my sea

t

"Where are you going tomorrow

you are sitting on."

night?"
El nio tiene dos aos.
El cliente est pagando
en la
por trae
la caja
registradora.

"The kid is two years old."

"The customer is paying at the

Cundo es tu cumpleaos?

register."

"When is your birthday?"

Disculpe, creo que es mi asiento e Iras al cine conmigo?

n
el que usted est sentado.

"Will you go to the movies with me

?"

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In this lesson you will learn how to ask for the check and verify the change.
Mexican Spanish

English

Important

Notes

Phrase 1

Can you bring me

Mefavor?

cuent the check, please?

formal

Word 1

me

to me
Word 5
por favor
please

Word 2

trae

bring

Word 3

la

the

Word 4

cuenta

check

the 2nd person

singular (you), in

Verb "traer" - to

the formal register.

bring, conjugated in

change is wrong.
formal

Phrase 2

Where can I pay

pagar? dnde

the bill?

puedo

Word 1

en

in

Word 2

dnde

where
Verb "poder" - may/
can, conjugated in

Word 3

puedo

can I

the 1st person

singular (I).

Word 4

pagar

pay

infinitive form

En

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Disculpe, el
Phrase 3

Excuse me, the

cambio es
incorrecto.

Word 1

disculpe

excuse me

Word 2

el

the

Word 3

cambio

change
Verb "ser" - to be,
conjugated in the

Word 4

es

is

3rd person singular

(it).

Word 5

incorrecto

wrong

Phrase 4

Qudese

Keep the change. formal

Verb "quedar" - t

o
keep, conjugate
d in
the 2nd person
Word 1
*formal

qudese

you keep

singular (you), in
the formal register.
Plus reflexive
pronoun - se.

Word 2
Word 3
Word 4

con
el
cambio.

with
the
con el

cambio

change

*All verbs are conjugated in the Present Tense, unless it is indicated in the Im
portant Notes
Column.

CULTURAL INSIGHT
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In Mexico, it is accustomed to give tips to the waiter or waitress, about 10% of

the total
consume.

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