💬 Communication
★ Core
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Shopping, prices and quantities
Ask for items, sizes, prices and payment options in a shop.
Use polite chunks plus demonstratives and numbers. Object pronouns can remain recognition-only at this stage.
Patterns to reuse
Quiero / Quisiera / Busco + item
I want / would like / am looking for…
KYEH-roh
¿Cuánto cuesta? / ¿Cuánto cuestan?
How much is it/are they?
KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah
¿Tiene…? / ¿Hay…?
Do you have…? / Is there…?
TYEH-neh
¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?
Can I pay by card?
PWEH-doh pah-GAHR kohn tahr-HEH-tah
Watch out for
¿Cuánto cuestan esta camisa?
¿Cuánto cuesta esta camisa?
The verb agrees with the singular item.
Quiero medio kilo tomates.
Quiero medio kilo de tomates.
Quantity expressions take de.
Busco una camisa azul.
I am looking for a blue shirt.
BOOS-koh OO-nah kah-MEE-sah ah-THOOL
¿Tiene esta chaqueta en otra talla?
Do you have this jacket in another size?
TYEH-neh EHS-tah chah-KEH-tah ehn OH-trah TAH-yah
Quiero medio kilo de tomates.
I want half a kilo of tomatoes.
KYEH-roh MEH-dyoh KEE-loh deh toh-MAH-tehs
Son cuarenta y nueve euros con noventa.
They are €49.90.
sohn kwah-REHN-tah ee NWEH-beh EH-OO-rohs kohn noh-BEHN-tah
Sizes
pequeño/amediano/agrandetalla S/M/L
Quantities
un kilo demedio kilo deuna botella deun paquete decien gramos de
In the shop
Solo estoy mirando.Me lo/la llevo. (recognition)¿Puedo probármelo/a? (supporting)
Try it out loud
roleplay
Buy a shirt: ask for colour, size, price and card payment.
What to include
Use complete shopping chunks.
roleplay
Order three market items in different quantities.
What to include
Use kilo, medio kilo, gramos or botella.
listening
Practise hearing five prices and repeating them.
What to include
Include euros and céntimos.
Happy with all of this?
- I can complete a basic shop transaction.
- I can understand and say common quantities and prices.
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