LESSON NOTES

Gengo Spanish S1 #16

Don't Let This Spanish Situation
Make You Sweat

CONTENTS
2 Informal Spanish
3 English
4 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
5 Grammar
7 Cultural Insight

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 INFORMAL SPANISH

1. MESERA: Bueno, una carne asada, una orden de chile colorado, menudo,
chiles rellenos, tilapia entera frita, y tinga de puerco.

2. VALENTINA Gracias.
&JIMMY:

3. SR. RODRÍGUEZ: ¡Buen provecho!

4. TODOS: Gracias.

5. JORGE: Jimmy, prueba ésto...

6. VALENTINA: Es menudo.

7. JORGE: Bueno, ¿qué opinas?

8. JIMMY: Está riquísimo.

9. VALENTINA: ¡Le gusta! Bueno, prueba esta salsa con tu tortilla.

10. JIMMY No está mal…

(ENCHILÁNDOSE
):

11. JORGE: [Risas]. Estás sudando.

12. VALENTINA: Bueno, Jimmy, ¿estás libre mañana?

13. JORGE: Vamos a hacer una carne asada en la playa. ¿Quieres venir?

14. JIMMY: Bueno, si no es mucha molestia.

CONT'D OVER

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15. JORGE: Para nada. Ve a la calle 28, y camina hacia la playa. Cuando
llegues, me llamas. Te paso mi número de teléfono ¿sale?

16. JIMMY: ¡Sale!

ENGLISH

1. WAITRESS: Okay, one carne asada, one order of chile colorado, menudo,
chiles rellenos, tilapia entera frita, and tinga de puerco.

2. VALENTINA Thanks.
&JIMMY:

3. EL SR. Enjoy!
RODRÍGUEZ:

4. TODOS: Thanks.

5. JORGE: Jimmy, try this.

6. VALENTINA: It's menudo.

7. JORGE: So? What do you think?

8. JIMMY: It's delicious.

9. VALENTINA: He likes it! Okay, try this salsa with your tortilla.

10. JIMMY It's not bad...

(CHOKING):

11. JORGE: [Laughter] He's sweating.

CONT'D OVER

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12. VALENTINA: So Jimmy, are you free tomorrow?

13. JORGE: We're going to grill on the beach. Do you want to come?

14. JIMMY: Well, if it's not an imposition.

15. JORGE: Not at all. Go to twenty-eighth street and walk toward the beach.
When you get there, call me. I'll write down my phone number.
Cool?

16. JIMMY: Cool.

VOCABULARY

Spanish English Class

Si no es mucha molestia. If it's not an imposition. phrase

Buen provecho. Bon appetit. phrase

Está riquísimo. It's delicious. phrase

opinar to express an opinion verb

probar to try verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Si no es mucha molestia. Buen provecho.

"If it's not an imposition." "Bon appetit."

Está riquísimo. Voy a opinar después de leer el

periódico.
"It's delicious."
"I'll give my opinion after I've
read the newspaper."

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Debo probar más platillos.

"I should try more dishes."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Si no es mucha molestia. "If it's not an imposition."

This phrase is said to accept an offer of a favor.

Buen provecho. "Bon appetit."

This phrase is said at the beginning of a meal; in American English we might say "Enjoy
your meal!" or "Enjoy!" The polite response is gracias "thank you."

Está riquísima. "It's delicious."

Said of a meal. The superlative suffix -ísimo is added to the adjective rico "delicious" for
emphasis;

Opinar "to express an opinion."

This verb is usually used with a relative clause to indicate the subject's opinion on the
matter in question.

Probar "to try"

In the context of food, probar means "to try or to have a taste." Depending on context, it
can also mean "to attempt," "to probe," or "to quiz."

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson Is the Verb Estar, which Means "to Be."
Está sudando.
"He's sweating."

Spanish has two verbs that we translate as the English verb "to be." One is the verb ser,
which deals with identity. Estar, on the other hand, deals with temporary states of being;
conditions that are subject to change.

We use the verb estar to:

1. Express temporary conditions, such as the way we feel;

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2. Characteristics, such as colors

3. Personality traits, such as punctuality

Person Estar "English"

First person singular estoy "I am"

Second person singular estás "you are"

Third person singular está "he is," "she is," "it is"

First person plural estamos "we are"

Second person plural estáis "you all are"

Second/third person plural están "you all are," "they are"

Note that in all the examples, the use of estar denotes a temporary state. The ideas of
being delicious, sweating, or free tomorrow are not matters of identity, but rather are
conditions that are subject to change.

Examples from this Dialogue

1. Está riquísimo.
"It's delicious."

2. Está sudando.
"He's sweating."

3. ¿Estás libre mañana?

"Are you free tomorrow?"

Sample Sentences

1. Estoy sola.
"I am alone."

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2. Voy a estar ocupada todo el fin de semana.
"I am going to be busy the whole weekend."

3. Ella está enojada.

"She is upset."

4. Estamos en la oficina.
"We are at the office."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Tortillas Are So Useful!

It's funny, Mexicans are still trying to figure out on what day tortillas were created. Until we
find out, these delicious food "utensils" have and will continue to be a staple in Mexican
cuisine. I say utensil because that is one of its many purposes. There are two types of
tortillas, corn and flour, and come in different shapes, colors, and sizes. This variety
complements the diverse cuisine throughout Mexico. Essentially, a tortilla can go with
almost any meal. Heck, it can even go with another tortilla if you prefer.

From a more practical perspective, and knowing Mexican cuisine can be spicy at times,
almost inedible for some, a tortilla (sprinkled with some salt if it's corn, or with warm butter
spread on a flour tortilla) can lessen the spice level. Other purposes are to avoid using your
fingers when food on the plate eludes your fork.

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