Lesson 17 - notes

Grupo Básico Español – lección diecisiete

Buenos días señores y señoras. Bienvenidos a la lección diecisiete de la clase de español.

Pronunciation of words

Last week (la semana pasada) Eric got into trouble with Lucy for his pronunciation of verbs. Let’s have a quick recap on where the stress is on words. There are six simple rules:

1.     The NoS rule. If a word has no accent and ends with an N or S or a vowel (A,E,I,O U), the stress is on the penultimate syllable (the last but one syllable).

zapato, casas, recorre, melocotones

2.    With words that have no accent and end in a consonant (other than N or S), the stress is on the last syllable:

Madrid, español, Jerez

3.    If the stress comes elsewhere it must be marked with a written accent:

república, llegó, quizás, policía, estación, plátano.

4.    When using a verb in the present tense, the stress is on the front of the verb:

comemos (we eat), compro (I buy), habla (you speak)

5.    When using a verb in the past tense (preterite), the stress is on the back of the verb:

habló (you spoke), comí (I ate), compré (I bought)

6.    When using a verb in the future tense, the stress is also on the back of the verb:

compraré (I will buy), comerá (you will eat), hablarán (you will speak – plural)

So last week, we started our romantic story: Las Dudas de Marta. She has a crush on Alberto, the chico at her college and she was so busy thinking about him that she took the wrong clothes from the launderette. So what has happened this week?


La semana pasada, hablamos sobre nuestros hogares …

Rooms of the house:

La cocina – kitchen           El salón – sitting room
El cuarto de estar o la sala de estar – living room
El baño – bathroom           El comedor – dining room
La habitación o el dormitorio – bedroom
La habitación – room        El garaje – garage
El balcón – balcony            El jardín – garden
Las escaleras – stairs       La pared – wall
El techo – roof and ceiling

¿Podemos pensar en algo más?

Things in the home

Un sofá – settee               Un sillon – armchair
Una silla – chair                Una mesa – table
Una cama – bed                Un armario – wardrobe
Una lámpara - lamp           Un escritorio - desk
Una mesita – small table
Un estante – bookcase     
El refrigerador – fridge  El horno - oven
La lavadora – washing machine
El lavavajillas - dishwasher
El fregadero – sink           El microondas - microwave
El taburete – stool            La alfombra – carpet or rug
El lavabo – washbasin       La ducha - shower
El inodoro – toilet

¿Podemos pensar en algo más?

Describe your house

Yo vivo en un pueblo. Mi casa es moderna y separada. Tenemos una gran cocina con un comedor. Allí es donde pasamos la mayor parte de nuestro tiempo. La sala de estar está en la parte posterior de la casa y hay puertas francesas que conducen a un patio soleado. También tenemos un salón y una oficina en el frente. También hay un baño y un garaje. Arriba, tenemos cuatro dormitorios y un baño.

Asking what people would like to drink …

Of course, there are lots of ways to ask someone what they'd like to drink (and lots of drinks to choose from). What are these drinks?

  1. Un café (mira los diferentes tipos de café en la página setenta y nueve)
  2. Un copa de vino
  3. Un té con limón
  4. Una infusion de manzanilla
  5. Un chocolate
  6. Un zumo (español) un jugo (LA)
  7. Una limonada
  8. Una cerveza
Mi mujer bebe una infusion de limón y jengibre, además café descafeinado

You could ask:

¿Qué te gustaría tomar? (informal … what would the formal be?) ¿qué le gustaría tomar?
¿Qué te apetece tomar?

If there's more than one person, say:

¿Qué os gustaría tomar? (informal … the formal would be ¿qué les gustaría tomar?)

Of course, you can also ask:

¿Qué quieres tomar? o ¿Qué quiere tomar? o ¿Qué quiere?

If there's more than one person:

¿Qué queréis tomar? o ¿Qué quieren tomar?

To answer, you can say:

Me gustaría un té, gracias
Quisiera una limonada o quiero una limonada

To ask if someone wants a specific drink, say:

¿Te gustaría tomar un café?
¿Te apetece un té?
¿Quieres una limonada?

Now let's look at the use of gustar – Video

If you like something, say:

Me gusta el té ... el vino

If you don't like something, say:

No me gusta el té con leche

If someone says they like or dislike something and you agree, say:

A mí también (me too)
A mí tampoco (me neither)

If someone says they like something and you disagree, say:

A mí no


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