U3A Basic Spanish

Check out this video from Butterfly Spanish. Lots of vocab drilling for vegetables, including some we didn't cover in class: click here

Grupo Básico Español – lección once Buenos días a todos. Bienvenidos a la lección once de la clase de español. Hoy, vamos a ir de compras. When we visit Spain, mostly we will shop in the supermarket, so we just wander around picking things up and then go to the check-out. There's no need to say anything more than “buenos días” to the cashier, stick your card in the reader and “adiós.” So, this chapter may be completely useless – but we're going to do it anyway! We start with a video from Maria at Why Not Spanish?  I think Maria is quite a difficult customer. The assistant at one point said: no hasta la venta . Do we know what that means? Not until the sale. Entering and leaving: Be polite. Be sure to wish the shopkeeper good day and to say goodbye. Buenos días señor or buenos tardes señora will get you off on the right foot. Gracias, adiós or gracias, nos vemos to sign off. Take your verbs shopping with you: Querer – to want. Don'