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COMIDA.
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Food.
A. DIALOGO
Haciendo compras con Doña Elvira en el Supermercado Orándote de Caguas,
Puerto Rico.
carne deseas?
ELVIRA: Sí. Yo las como todos los días. Son buenas para la salud.
¿Cuáles deseas?
ELVIRA: Thanks for coming with me, Aurelio. I have my shopping list
here Eor you, we’re going to buy meat. I don’t eat it. What kind
. . .
of
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AURELIO: I want steak and chops.. .but Phillip is coming this weekend, and
he eats ham.
ELVIRA: Okay, FU buy it for him. Now leFs go to the seafood sectíon.
ELVIRA: Yes. I eat them every day. They are good for your health. Which
do you want?
AURELIO: For me, a box of strawberries, a bag of apples, and that beautiful
pineapple.
ELVIRA: Nothing else fits in the cart. Thanks very much for your help!
B. PRONUNCIACION
THE ALPHABET
a a j jota r ere
c ce 1 ele s ese
ch che U elle t te
d de m eme u u
e e n ene V ve chica
g ge o 0 X equis
h hache P pe y i griega
i i q cu z zeta
Learn the ñames of the letters. When in doubt about the spelling of a
Word, ask the speaker: ¿Cómo se escribe? The letters are feminine, la a,
la b, la c.
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In Spanish k and w are used only in foreign words.
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INTONATION
The way you raise and drop your voice is called intonation
(entonación). When you make a statement in Spanish, your normal
voice is usually at approximately the same pitch, except that you drop
the pitch at the end. When you ask a question, you raise your voice at
the end of the sentence.
¿Cuáles deseas?
Which do you want?
C. GRAMATICA Y USOS
1. COMMON PREPOSITIONS
in, on
de of, from
por^ by, through, for
a to, at
‘
See Lecciones 29 and 30 for more on por and para, respectively.
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:
SINGULAR '
PLURAL
mí nosotros, -as
ti vosotros, -as
Escriben a ella.
with me conmigo
with you contigo
with him, her, you, them consigo
The direct object pronoun (complemento directo) takes the place of the
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In Spanish the direct object pronouns are:
me me
you (familiar) te
them (fem. people and things), you (formal pl. fem.) las
Yo no las como.
I don’t eat them.
Deseo comprarlas.
I want to buy them.
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In Spain only, le is sometimes used as a direct object.
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The object can precede or be attached to the gerund form:
To keep the stress on the correct syllable when you attach the object to
the gerund, you must write an accent mark on the third vowel from the
end (the original point of stress in the gerund) esperándolo.
:
To clarify the third person object pronouns, you can use the personal a
before the prepositional object pronoun:
VENIR TOCOME
VOCABULARIO
comida food
carnes meats
el bistec steak
la carne de res beef
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el jamón ham
chuletas chops
chorizo sausage
aves fowl
pollo chicken
pato duck
puerco pork
cordero lamb
pescado/mariscos fish/seafood
el atún tuna
bacalao codfish
el salmón salmón
los camarones shrimp
verduras/las legumbres vegetables
el tomate tomato
lechuga lettuce
cebolla onion
patata (Spain)/papa potato
frutas fruits
piña pineapple
fresa strawberry
naranja orange
uvas grapes
manzana apple
hacer compras to shop
supermercado supermarket
lista list
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EXAMEN
1. ¿Comen chuletas ?
2. ¿Preparamos el salmón ?
3. ¿Deseas el pescado para esta tarde?
4. ¿Visitamos a los tíos ?
C. Traduzca al español.
3. You (familiar sing.) have to buy and eat vegetables every day.
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NOTAS CULTURALES
Be prepared to encounter a variety of other ñames for the foods Usted
here. For example, the common word for the orange in Puerto Rico is china,
while naranja is most common in other Spanish-speaking countries. Also, a
great number of fruits and vegetables are not usually seen in the United
States other than in Hispanic areas. Here are a few:
RESPUESTAS
A. 1. Sí, las comen. 2. Sí, lo preparamos. 3. Sí, lo deseo para esta tarde. 4. Sí,
los visitamos.
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