1. KELLY BAUTISTA PAYTON COOK RIGOBERTO GOMEZ PERIOD 3 05-10-08 Ordering in a Restaurant

2. Vocabulary Cenar– to have dinner/ supper. Dejar la propina- to leave a tip

3. Vocabulary La especialidad de la casa – the specialty of the house El/la mesero- food server

4. Vocabulary No gracias, solo la cuenta- no thanks, just the check Para mi-Ill have Pedir la comida- to order food Servir el postre- to serve dessert.

5. Vocabulary Traer la comida- to bring the meal ? Ya sabe(n) que va(n) a pedir?- do you know what youre going to order?

6. Gramatica In the preterite tense, some Spanish –ir verbs have vowel changes in their stems. For example: Pedí Pediste Pidió Pedimos pidieron The vowel changes in Pedir & Servir occurs only in the usted, el, ella forms and ellos/ellas/ustedes

7. Servir Serví Serviste Sirvió Servimos sirvieron

8. Ordering in a Restaurant In a restaurant, you might hear the waiter person say: ¿Ya sabe(n) que va(n) a pedir? Do you know what you want to order? Recomiendo la especialidad de la casa. I recommend the special.

9. ¿Que le(s) traigo de tomar ? What may I bring you to drink? ¿Que desea(n) de postre? What do you want for dessert? ¿Se le(s) ofrece algo mas? Would you care for anything else?

10. You could answer: No. ? Que me recomienda? What do you recommend? Esta bien, pero no es muy picante, ?verdad? That is fine, but it is not very spicy, right? Para mi Ill have……. Por favor, me trae un flan. Please bring me a flan. No, gracias solo quiero la cuenta. No thanks, I only want the bill.

11. Verbs All verbs have a written accent in the nosotros form of the imperfect. Jugartenerescribir Jugabateníaescribía Jugabasteníasescribías Jugabateníaescribía Jugábamosteníamosescribíamos Jugabanteníanescribían

12. Ir and Ser in the imperfect tense. Ir and ser are irregular verbs in the imperfect: IrVer Ibaveía Ibasveías Ibaveía Íbamosveíamos Ibanveían Use the verb ser (to be) to describe people and things in the past notice it was irregular. Era Eras Era éramos eran

13. Questions ? Odiabas ir al colegio?-did you used to hate high school? ?Te molestaba hacer los quehaceres?-did it used to bug you to do chores? ?Te parecía pesado el fútbol?- did soccer used to seem boring to you? ?Te caía bien Roberto?- did you used to like Roberto?

14. No, lo encontraba genial- No, I thought it was great. Si, siempre me fastidiaba mucho- Yes it used to annoy me a lot. No, me fascinaba- no I loved it. No, me caía mal- I didnt like him