Learn how to ask for prices and use cardinal numbers
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - A Spanish shopping spree. In this lesson, you will learn how to ask prices such as |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto cuesta? |
| Jessie: And also learn the numbers such as |
| Javier: Uno, dos, tres. Jessie, where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a bookstore. |
| Javier: And who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Pedro and the shop assistant in a formal situation. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Cuánto cuesta este libro? |
| 2. VENDEDOR: 15 euros. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Y la libreta? |
| 4. VENDEDOR: 5 euros. |
| 5. PEDRO: Vale, compro los dos. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the dialogue one time slowly. |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Cuánto cuesta este libro? |
| 2. VENDEDOR: 15 euros. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Y la libreta? |
| 4. VENDEDOR: 5 euros. |
| 5. PEDRO: Vale, compro los dos. |
| Jessie: And now with the translation. |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Cuánto cuesta este libro? |
| 1. PEDRO: How much is this book? |
| 2. VENDEDOR: 15 euros. |
| 2. SHOP ASSISTANT: Fifteen euros. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Y la libreta? |
| 3. PEDRO: And the notebook? |
| 4. VENDEDOR: 5 euros. |
| 4. SHOP ASSISTANT: Five euros. |
| 5. PEDRO: Vale, compro los dos. |
| 5. PEDRO: Okay, I'll buy both. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: Javier, I was wondering, how much did your watch cost? |
| Javier: Diez mil pesetas. 10,000 pesetas |
| Jessie: 10,000 pesetas. What is that? |
| Javier: Pesetas was the currency we had in Spain some years ago. |
| Jessie: I see but you have the Euro now right since the year 2000 I think? |
| Javier: Yes at that time, many European countries changed to the Euro. |
| Jessie: And how many pesetas is one Euro? |
| Javier: Exchange rate was 166 pesetas to 1 Euro. How about the Euro and the dollar? |
| Jessie: Let me think. At the beginning, 1 euro was equal to 1.1789 US dollars but recently it changed a lot. Last time I checked, 1 Euro was equal to 1.3405 US dollars and you never know how much it will be tomorrow. |
| Javier: Yeah you are right, eso es. |
| Jessie: Umm it always changes. Al right, let’s take a look at the vocab for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word is |
| Javier: cuánto, cuánta |
| Jessie: How much, how many |
| Javier: cu-án-to, cu-án-ta, cuánto, cuánta |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: costar |
| Jessie: To cost |
| Javier: cos-tar, costar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: este |
| Jessie: This |
| Javier: es-te, este |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: libro |
| Jessie: book |
| Javier: li-bro, libro |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: quince |
| Jessie: Fifteen |
| Javier: quin-ce, quince |
| Jessie: Next up is |
| Javier: libreta |
| Jessie: Notebook |
| Javier: li-bre-ta, libreta |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: vale |
| Jessie: Okay |
| Javier: va-le, vale |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: comprar |
| Jessie: To buy |
| Javier: com-prar, comprar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: cinco |
| Jessie: Five |
| Javier: cin-co, cinco |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: dos |
| Jessie: Two |
| Javier: dos, dos |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: comprar |
| Jessie: An ar verb that means to buy. |
| Javier: For example, comprar una camiseta. |
| Jessie: To buy a T-Shirt. |
| Javier: Él compra un paragüas. |
| Jessie: He buys an umbrella. A very useful verb to know. All right, and what’s the next one we will look at? |
| Javier: cuánto |
| Jessie: How much? And this is used for uncountable nouns. |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto vale? |
| Jessie: How much does it cost? It’s used with things you can’t count like time, water and so on. All right, what’s the last one? |
| Javier: costar |
| Jessie: An ar verb meaning to cost. So to ask how much something is, you can say |
| Javier: ¿cuánto cuesta? |
| Jessie: How much does it cost and actually the focus of this lesson is asking how much things cost and saying how much things cost. So, let’s take a closer look. |
| Javier: okay |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is about asking prices in Spanish and learning the numbers. Let’s see the expression we use to ask for prices. It is |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto cuesta? |
| Jessie: How much does it cost? Listeners please repeat. |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto cuesta? |
| Jessie: If you want to specify an item, just add it after the phrase. |
| Javier: Such as, ¿Cuánto cuesta un bolígrafo? |
| Jessie: How much does a pen cost? Excellent. Now this expression is for asking how much one item is. To ask about two or more items, we have to change the word slightly. |
| Javier: Yes for example, ¿Cuánto cuestan tres libros? |
| Jessie: How much does three books cost? So as you can see, we add an N to the end of it to make it plural. |
| Javier: cuestan |
| Jessie: Now before we get to how to answer this question, let’s look at how to count in Spanish. I will say the numbers first in English. Xavier will give it to you in Spanish and then it’s your turn to repeat. Are you ready? One |
| Javier: uno |
| Jessie: Two |
| Javier: dos |
| Jessie: Three |
| Javier: tres |
| Jessie: Four |
| Javier: cuatro |
| Jessie: Five |
| Javier: cinco |
| Jessie: Okay so that’s one through five. |
| Javier: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco |
| Jessie: Now let’s continue. Six |
| Javier: seis |
| Jessie: Seven |
| Javier: siete |
| Jessie: Eight |
| Javier: ocho |
| Jessie: Nine |
| Javier: nueve |
| Jessie: Ten |
| Javier: diez |
| Jessie: All right. So one more time Xavier, they are. |
| Javier: seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez. |
| Jessie: Now can you say one through ten altogether? |
| Javier: Sure, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez. |
| Jessie: Great. Now let’s look at a few higher numbers. We will only look at a few. You could find a more complete list in the lesson notes. Xavier, how do we say twenty? |
| Javier: veinte |
| Jessie: How about thirty? |
| Javier: treinta |
| Jessie: How about forty? |
| Javier: cuarenta |
| Jessie: Okay. I think that’s good for now. We will be using some of these numbers as answers in our examples. Now that we have some numbers, we can answer the question how much does it cost? |
| Javier: If we are talking about one item, the pattern is - cuesta, plus the number. If we are talking about many items, the pattern is cuestan, plus the number. |
| Jessie: So the answer it’s €10 would be |
| Javier: Cuesta diez euros. |
| Jessie: Alright listeners. Please repeat. |
| Javier: Cuesta diez euros. |
| Jessie: That’s the answer if you are talking about one item. If you are talking about many items, you would say |
| Javier: Cuestan diez euros. |
| Jessie: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Javier: Cuestan diez euros. |
| Jessie: All right. Let’s see one more example. |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto cuestan ocho camisetas? |
| Jessie: How much does 5 T-Shirts cost? |
| Javier: Cuestan veinte euros. |
| Jessie: They cost €20. Great, now let’s recap. In this lesson, we learnt how to ask how much something is. |
| Javier: ¿Cuánto cuesta? |
| Jessie: And we learned how to answer it. |
| Javier: Cuesta cinco euros. |
| Jessie: It costs €5. |
Outro |
| Jessie: I think that’s all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Thanks for listening everyone |
| Jessie: We will see you on the next lesson. |
| Javier: Hasta pronto |
| Jessie: Bye |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Cuánto cuesta este libro? |
| 2. VENDEDOR: 15 euros. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Y la libreta? |
| 4. VENDEDOR: 5 euros. |
| 5. PEDRO: Vale, compro los dos. |
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