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| INTRODUCTION |
| Today, we’ll cover getting to the table in the restaurant. As for all the rain, well, you just have to hang on until the next lesson. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| As previously mentioned, in Spanish, the polite way to do it here when entering a place of business, all the ones we have already covered and are applicable to the time of the day. |
| That is Buenos días. |
| Buenos días. (in the morning) |
| Buenas tardes. |
| Buenas tardes. (in the afternoon) |
| Or Buenas noches. |
| Buenas noches. (in the evening) |
| Now, usually, the first question you’ll be asked is “How many people in your party?” which in Spanish is ¿Cuántas personas? This literally means “How many people?” |
| Let's hear it once again, ¿Cuántas personas? |
| The first word, cuántas, means "How many." Let's break down this word and hear it once again. |
| cuántas |
| And cuántas |
| This is followed by personas, which in Spanish is "persons." |
| personas |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: per-so-nas. |
| Once again, personas. |
| Another way in which you may be asked and which is very common too is, ¿Cuántos son? |
| This literally means “How many are you?” |
| Let’s hear it once again, ¿Cuántos son? |
| The first word, cuántos, means “how many.” |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: cuán-tos, and cuántos. |
| This is followed by son, which in Spanish is “you are.” |
| son |
| son |
| Now, let’s look at how to answer. |
| You just need to say the number corresponding to the number of people in the party. |
| If you are dining for one, uno. |
| If there are two of you, dos. |
| If there are three, tres. |
| And so on… |
| Easy, isn’t it? |
| You can even answer by rising the number of fingers corresponding to the number of people in your party. Actually, in some noisy restaurants, this might be the only way to let the staff know. Let’s count to five here. |
| uno |
| dos |
| tres |
| cuatro |
| cinco |
| If you’re travelling with young children, you may find it useful to indicate that you’re carrying a baby carriage. This is expressed by saying carrito, which means “baby carriage.” |
| So, if you are 4 adults and one baby carriage, you should answer, Cuatro y un carrito. |
| Cuatro y un carrito. |
| Cuatro y un carrito |
| If you are 10 adults and three baby carriages, Diez adultos y tres carritos. |
| Diez adultos y tres carritos. |
| Y is the Spanish conjunction “and.” |
Outro |
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| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “How many people in your party?” - ¿Cuántas personas? |
| ¿Cuántas personas? |
| ¿Cuántas personas? |
| “How many are you?” - ¿Cuántos son? |
| ¿Cuántos son? |
| ¿Cuántos son? |
| “Ten adults and three baby carriages.” - Diez adultos y tres carritos. |
| Diez adultos y tres carritos. |
| Diez adultos y tres carritos. |
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