Introduction
This
post deals with shopping in general, and more specifically with shopping
for groceries.
SCENARIO
Imagine
you walk into a corner
shop or
convenience
store.
After exchanging customary greetings, the shop assistant says to you
something like: "can
I help you/ how can I help you?"
In
Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:
¿Qué
deseas?
Alternatively,
he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:
¿Que
desea (usted)?
OUR
TIP
The question in
Spanish is an invitation for you to say what you want/ what you are
after. Answering that
question should be quite straightforward and depends mainly on
what you are looking for. In this case, besides naming the right
grocery, you need to pay some attention to specifying the quantity.
Maybe you want:
- Groceries sold by unit;
- Groceries sold by weight;
- Groceries sold by volume;
- Something sold by the bottle;
- Something sold by the packet;
- Something sold by the box;
- Something sold by the tin;
- Something sold by the jar;
- Quería
una barra de pan
(I would like a baguette/ loaf of bread).
- Quería
un melón (I would like a
melon).
- Quería
una lechuga (I would like a
lettuce).
- Quería
un kilo de tomates (I
would like a kilo of tomatoes).
- Quería
medio kilo de fresas (I
would like a half kilo of strawberries.
- Quería
doscientos gramos de jamón (I
would like 200 grams of ham).
- Quería
un litro de aceite de oliva (I
would like a litre of olive oil).
- Quería
medio litro de leche (I
would like half a litre of milk).
- Quería
una botella de vino (I
would like a bottle of wine).
- Quería
un paquete de galletas (I
would like a packet of biscuits).
- Quería
una lata de bonito (I
would like a tin of tuna).
- Quería
un tarro de mermelada (I
would like a jar of marmalade).
Now
you should practice answering the question:
¿Qué
desea (usted)?
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1 comment:
Quería una botella de cava, por favor.
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