Unit 5b-1
Review the following dialogue between a tourist and a Spanish postal clerk.
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Turista |
Buenas tardes. ¿Cuánto cuesta enviar una carta a los Estados Unidos. |
Good Afternoon. How much does is cost to send a letter to the United States? |
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Empleado |
Setenta pesetas. |
Seventy pesetas. |
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Turista |
¿Y para una postal? |
And for a post card? |
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Empleado |
Para una postal son cincuenta pesetas. |
For a post card, they are fifty pesetas. |
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Turista |
Déme dos sellos de setenta y cuatro de cincuenta pesetas. |
Give me two stamps of seventy and four of fifty pesetas. |
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Empleado |
Tenga. |
You got it. |
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Turista |
¿Cuánto es? |
How much is it? |
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Empleado |
Son trescientas cuarenta pesetas. |
They are three hundred forty pesetas. |
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Turista |
También quiero enviar un paquete. |
Also, I want to send a package. |
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Empleado |
Para paquetes tiene que ir a la ventanilla dos, al fondo, a la derecha. |
For packages you have to go to window two, at the end, to the right. |
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Turista |
Gracias. |
Thank you. |
Now complete your part in this conversation, following the model above.
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Usted |
(Greet the person at the counter and ask how much it costs to send a postcard to England) |
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Empleado |
A Inglaterra cuesta cuarenta pesetas. |
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Usted |
(Ask how much it costs to send a letter.) |
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Empleado |
¿A Inglaterra también? |
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Usted |
(Yes, to England.) |
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Empleado |
Son cincuenta pesetas. |
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Usted |
(Ask him to give you five 40-peseta stamps and three 50-peseta stamps.) |
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Empleado |
Tenga. |
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Usted |
(Ask how much it is.) |
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Empleado |
Son trescientas cincuenta pesetas. |
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Usted |
(Ask where you have to go to send a registered letter.) |
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Empleado |
Tiene que ir a la ventanilla diez, que está enfrente. |
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Usted |
(Thank him and say goodbye.) |
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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS |
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Déme . . . / quiero . . . |
Give me . . . / I want |
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Una carta certificada |
A registered letter |
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