Vocab test
- Ir de compras – Go shopping
- Comprar ropa – To buy clothes
- Hay muchas tiendas – There are a lot of shops
- No lo compré – I didn’t buy it
- Cuesta cien dólares – It costs a hundred dollars
- El probador – The fitting room
- El dinero – The money
- Efectivo – Cash
- Tarjeta de crédito – Credit card
- Demasiado caro – Too expensive
Verb of the day
Conjugate the verb OLVIDAR (To forget) in the preterite tense.
| Yo | Nosotros |
| Tú | Vosotros |
| Él/ Ella/ Usted | Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes |
Questions to answer
¿Qué hay en el primer piso de la tienda?
¿Te ayudo a elegir la ropa?
¿Ella lo compró para ti?
¿Dónde queda esa librería?
¿Necesitas alguna camiseta?
¿Ninguno de ustedes quiere comprar ropa?
¿Dónde encuentro un probador? ¿Ninguno de ustedes sabe?
¿Vamos al segundo piso?
A simple dialogue
Use the Spanish phrases to translate the English dialogue. Write it out and perform it.
- Your dog is so beautiful!
- Where did you buy him?
- And how much did he cost?
- Puppies are so expensive, aren’t they?
- He is a rescue dog.
- I have never bought a puppy.
- I bought him from the Dog’s Trust.
- My friend bought a puppy for her mum.
- The puppy cost her one thousand five hundred dollars.
- It cost me a lot less to adopt Bertie.
- I paid three hundred dollars to the Dog’s Trust, and that included his vaccinations. Wow, that is much cheaper! And better for dogs like Bertie too!
Use these phrases to translate the dialogue.
¡Guau, eso es mucho más barato! ¡Y también es mejor para perros como Bertie!
¡Tu perro es tan hermoso!
¿Dónde lo compraste?
¿Y cuánto costó?
El cachorro le costó mil quinientos dólares.
Es un perro de rescate.
Lo compré en Dog’s Trust.
Los cachorros son muy caros, ¿no?
Me costó mucho menos adoptar a Bertie.
Mi amiga le compró un cachorro a su mamá.
Nunca he comprado un cachorro.
Pagué trescientos dólares al Dog’s Trust, y eso incluía sus vacunas.
Choose from a range of voices to read your dialogue here.
Grammar notes
* Read this information, then use it to quiz a friend.
Ninguno/ ninguna/ ningunos/ ningunas (none, not any, or no one); nadie = no one; and the word “no”.
When ninguno or nadie comes after the verb, put “no” in front of the verb.
- Yo no tengo ninguno de esos libros. = I do not have any of those books.
- Él no compró ninguna camisa. = He did not buy any shirts.
- Ella no quiere hablar con nadie. = She doesn’t want to talk to anyone.
If ninguno or nadie comes before the verb, you do not need to add “no”.
- Ninguno de nosotros quiere ir de compras. = None of us want to go shopping.
- Ninguna de las camisas me gusta. = I don’t like any of the shirts.
- Nadie tiene dinero. = No one has money.
In Spanish, when a negative word follows the verb, we also need to make the verb negative. This differs from English, where double negatives are usually avoided.
Some Spanish words drop the final -o in front of a masculine singular noun.
- Uno = One.
- Un libro = One book.
- Uno de los libros = One of the books.
- Alguno = Some/ any.
- Algún día = Some day.
- ¿Tienes algún amigo aquí? = Do you have any friends here?
- Alguno de ellos = Some of them.
- Ninguno = None/ no.
- Ningún problema = No problem.
- Ninguno de ellos = None of them.
- Primero = First.
- El primer piso = The first floor.
- Primero is used in short answers: El primero = The first.
- Tercero = Third.
- El tercer libro = The third book.
- Tercero is used in short answers: El tercero = The third.
Segundo = Second, and doesn’t drop its -o in front of a masculine singular noun. Of the ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) it is just primero and tercero that drop the -o.
Journal prompts
Write short sentences. Keep them as simple as you can.
Use a translation tool to put them into Spanish.
Write them out, then check them with your teacher. Present them to a friend, teaching your friend any new Spanish, and making sure they learn it!
| What was the last thing you bought in a store? Where and when did you buy it? Did any of your friends say they liked what you bought? | ¿Qué fue lo último que compraste en una tienda? ¿Dónde y cuándo lo compraste? ¿Alguno de tus amigos dijo que le gustó lo que compraste? |
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