URLLesson Introduction
Rough time getting out of bed this morning? Nodding off a little after lunch? It must be coffee time! Today's dialog is based on actual conversations that have taken place in Studio Fiesta; Esti gets up to get coffee, offers to get a cup for Leo. Not exactly heart stopping drama, but this lesson will have you talking about coffee in no time... and in Spanish!
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jpvillanueva says
¡Hola todos! I quit drinking the daily cup-a-joe a few years ago, but I still like a nice strong cup of black coffee after a big Sunday brunch every once in a while. How about you? Do you like coffee? How do you take it, and when do you like to drink it? ¿Te gusta el café? ¿Cómo lo tomas? y ¿cuándo? A mí me gusta el café, pero ya no lo tomo a diario. Prefiero el café negro, después de una grande comida los sábados.January 14, 2008
luisita says
Me encanta el cafe. Suelo tomar dos cada manana y a vecez despues de la cena. Hace un ano me he regalado una cafetera muy buena para hacer capuccino. Es un lujo que aprecio mucho.January 14, 2008
leoguerrero says
Yo no puedo vivir sin cafe, a mi me gusta con leche y sin azucar. I can't live without coffee, I like it with milk and no sugar.January 14, 2008
leoguerrero says
BTW, come and take a look on my new blog: http://aspicylife.blogspot.com There is interesting material on cultural differences in English and Spanish.January 14, 2008
estibalitz says
A mi me gusta el café con leche y con azúcar. Por la mañana lo primero que hago es tomarme un café para despertarme,je. I like it with milk and sugar. The first thing I do every morning is have a cup of coffee to wake me up hehe.January 14, 2008
lilianamata says
Me gusta el café pero no es bueno para los dientes y para la piel, así que trato de tomar una sola taza al día.January 14, 2008
HannahIm says
Me gusta el cafe de Sumatra, y el cafe de Ethiopia. This is my first comment here in Spanish (I think)! So beware, other learners, it might be wrong. :PJanuary 15, 2008
estibalitz says
Hannahlm, tu comentario está escrito perfectamente, ¡¡¡muy bien!!!January 15, 2008
rodneyp says
Todo en el mundo les gustan el cafe. Pero no me gusta nada el cafe. ¡puaj!January 15, 2008
beachhobo says
Me gusta café de Cubano Es dulce y muy bueno. Pero si quiero dormir anoche, tengo que tomo descafeinado. Well, I tried to say....I like Cuban coffee. It is sweet and very good. But if I want to sleep at night I have to have decaf.January 15, 2008
yardbird says
First of all, I'd like to ask rodneyp if you really meant to say "everybody in the world," as you did, or just "everybody." Because the Spanish way to say "everybody" is todo el mundo. "The whole world." No "en" required. But if you meant everybody in the world, from Seattle to Rome, from Paris to Capetown, loves coffee, then I guess you said what you meant. Just checking in case. Now on to my equally humble "issues," as they're calling everything these days here in the high tech-infatuated U.S. Problems, disputes, interests, topics,. And much else. An earlier response written entirely in Spanish and not translated was very nice to read, but I didn't understand a few things, so I'm asking here. What does the sentence mean that starts with "A year ago?" I couldn't be sure whether the person was saying "I bought a capuccino maker as a gift to myself, or I bought it for someone else, or someone else bought it for me. I have a feeling I could use instruction about the grammar involveing the reflexive "se." thanks a lot, whoever can help. And then there are two vocab words in there that I've never seen before. Suelo and lujo. I can't just glance up to see them again in context to describe how they were used, but I did read the post a couple of times and didn't intuit anything. Again, thanks. Y por cierto me gusta el café. Lo tomo cada mañana al despertarme. Dos tasas. Negro, sin leche ni azucár. Ground recently from whole beans. Dark French Roast. I developed my taste in good coffee in the bohemian coffee houses of New york and San Frandcisco with their great stainless steel Italian espresso machines with the eagle perched on top with outstretched wings. Long before Starbucks was born. Eagles on top of these machines, the Mexicans are asking? Where is the serpent? :-)January 15, 2008
rodneyp says
Gracias yardbird, I actually meant 'everybody'. Suelo is the first person form of 'soler', meaning "I usually...". Of course it's also identical to 'suelo' which means ground or floor.January 15, 2008
elnewbo says
Hola todos! Mi esposa gusta cafe. Me encanta cafe tambien. Con un poco leche y azucar. Hello all! My wife loves coffee. I like coffee also. With a little milk and sugar. This is my first try posting here, please have patience with me, correct me if necessary. Gracias!January 15, 2008
yardbird says
Hi, thanks for the definition of soler. I'll have to see that used a few more times to become familiar with it. Now what does "lujo" mean? It's from a verb whose infinitive is lujar? Yes, I'm being lazy not to go to an online Spanish/English dictionary to look it up. But this is so much more sociable! So much more to do with a sense of community! I just read Leo's blog entries, and I think he'll see my humorous intention. An American would be solitary and macho about this, but a person from a more communitarian culture might be more likely to just "share" his question and learn from conversation with others, rather than in solitude. N'est-ce pas? ¿Crees que tengo razón, Leo? acabo de escuchar la lección,y me gustó mucho. although I will have to look at the dialogue .pdf in order to see the spelling of that word related to "appetize," because I couldn't hear it clearly in the dialogue and then I can't remember how Lili and JP explained and spelled it. Pobre mí. Que lata. No, seriously, what was that word for "a hassle, an annoyance, from an earlier lesson about forgetting the wallet before going to the market? Que lio. That's it. Speaking of lios, I just clicked on the link for the dialogue .mp3 just to hear it once more, and that didn't work out well. Until now, I have been able to download and stream these .mp3s of just the dialogue, just as I do the lesson .mp3s. But this one loaded a page that sounded like my home page when I come to the site (Your Lessons/spanish Pod) and briefly I heard my computer say something like "x btn 1, x btn 2, and then that disappeared, whatever it was, and there I was on my SpanishPod home page. I went back and found a second link just beneath the first link, labeled "fix," and clicked on that. Same thing happened. Have I lost a subscription privilege or does that link now lead to a Flash player instead of an .mp3 file? I hope not! I can only use the .mp3s and play them on my own audio player, either Windows Media Player or Winamp. Thank you very much. And I still look forward to learning about the sentence in which someone gives a capuccino maker to someone as a gift. I didn't even know there was a verb regalar, although I'm not surprised to discover it. but I still haven't figured out who gave the machine to whom.January 15, 2008
studionn1 says
A mi me encanta tambien como Estibalitz. Es cosa requerida para despertarme....jejeje....aqui en Portland hay mucho cafe y lo tomamos todo el dia.January 15, 2008
npshirley says
Estoy differente. Nunca me gusta café. Me gusta te con azucar o coke lite. Preferio mi cafeina frio!January 15, 2008
lilianamata says
elnewbo A few corrections: Hola todos! "A" mi esposa "le" gusta "el" café. Me encanta "el" café también. Con un poco leche y azúcar. Great start! keep them coming! npshirley "Soy" diferente. Nunca me gusto (past tense) el café. Coke lite in spanish is "coca light or coca de dieta." Prefiero mi cafeína "fria" remember the adjective is in feminine because "cafeína" is feminine.January 15, 2008
Cornelia says
Hi yardbird, here is how I understand luisita's sentence "Hace un ano me he regalado una cafetera muy buena para hacer capuccino.": A year go I have given me a cafetera as present, which is very good for making capuccino. I do not consider "me" as reflexive here, it is simply an indirect object (to whom have I given - dativo). So "I bought YOU a present" should be "TE he regalado", "I bought THEM a present" "LES he regalado".January 16, 2008
estibalitz says
yardbird, "pobre DE mí " that´s the correct way to say it. "Es un lujo que aprecio mucho." lujo=luxury, so in this sentence she´s saying "That´s a luxury I appreciate a lot." There no such a verb like "lujar"jeje but good try, instead you can say "tener lujos" or "permitirte tener lujos"=allow yourself to have luxury.January 16, 2008
estibalitz says
cornelia, a great explanation about "me he regalado una cafetera", you're so good at Spanish!!! rodneyp, great explanation too, about "suelo". ¡¡¡Soys maravillosos!!!January 16, 2008
yardbird says
Hi, I appreciate the explanations, but I'm not sure that the grammar's being used quite as people are translating it, or as it should be. Me he regalado means "I have gifted myself," as we say these days sometimes in American English. Which precisely translates "regarlar," acdtually, even though "to gift" isn't traditionally an actual verb in English. Sin embargo, one of these days it will probably show up in the dictionary, validated, along with "to Google" and other neologisms. Anyway, I could swear that "Me he regalado" is perfect tense. I have gifted myself. Now, wouldn't it be more normal to just say A year ago I gifted myself (gave myself as a gift) a coffeemaker? Let's see: Hace un año, me regalé una cafetera.¿No? Isn't that really what she meant to say? A year ago, I gave myself a coffeemaker as a gift? Not perfect tense, just a simple preterite? Acabo de cenar. Comé pasta cubierta de una salsa de tomates, ajo, aceite de oliva y basil y con unos camarones. Con broccoli, tambien, y la accompané con un poco de vino tinto de California. ¡Que rico! Me gusta mucho cocinar. But seriously, didn't she write that in the past perfect originally, and wouldn't it be more correct in the preterite? Thanks.January 17, 2008
yardbird says
ay, qué soy tonto. Me olvidé decir lo que intenté. Is that right? Queria decir que, despúes esa cena, quisiera mucho un capuccino y una copa de flan. Mmmm!January 17, 2008
estibalitz says
yardbird, yes, actually it´s better to use the past simple tense, "Hace un año me regalé una cafetera". Acabo de cenar. HE COMIDO pasta cubierta de una salsa de tomate, ajo, aceite de oliva y ALBAHACA, con unos camarones. También con brócoli, y TODO lo HE ACOMPAÑADO con un poco de vino tinto de California. ¡Qué rico!Me gusta mucho cocinar.Después de esa cena, me APETECÍA mucho un capuCHino y una copa de flan,mmmmmmm! De verdad, yarbird un día invítame a cenar, porque después de leer lo que te preparaste para cenar... ummm me ha dado hambre.January 20, 2008
kaori says
Hola todos! me gusta mucho idioma espanol. This lessons are very goodJanuary 21, 2008
estibalitz says
hola kaory, ¿cómo te gusta el café a ti?January 21, 2008
kaori says
A mi me gusta el cafe con lecheJanuary 22, 2008
lilianamata says
Kaori ¿Con azúcar o sin azúcar?January 22, 2008
ewong says
Hola Todos! Me gusta iced coffee frappuccino with vanilla, como se dice "el cafe con vanilla?"January 23, 2008
kaori says
Con azucar, muchissimo :-)January 23, 2008
spanishkika says
!hola! a mi me gusta el café dulce con leche, pero no con azúcar. ?como digo que lo gusto con azúcar dietético?January 23, 2008
lilianamata says
spanishkika Se dice así "azúcar dietético o sacarina" pero lo correcto es "como digo que me gusta con azúcar dietético."January 23, 2008
dcrozb says
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taalibeen says
Yo no tomo cafe, pero cuando yo si lo tomo, me gusta un poco de cafe con mi leche y mi azucar.January 24, 2008
ewong says
como se dice cold coffeeJanuary 24, 2008
dmantony says
For: beachhobo I have been to Cuba several times and enjoy the coffee...con mucho leche y azucar; drinking it straight (esta muy fuerte) will but hair on your chest - not a good thing for this mujer! One thing I have noticed, in Cuba it is "cafe Cubano" leaving out the "de." How do you get the accents on your words? I am a Newbie and my computer will only speak English.January 25, 2008
lilianamata says
dmantony 1. Open Control Panel, and Regional and Language Options. 2. Select the Language tab, and hit the Details button. 3. Make sure Spanish (Mexico) is one of your installed services, and if it's not, add it. 4. Hit the Language Bar button, and make sure it is shown in the task bar. Now, whenever you need to type Spanish diacritics, just hit alt+shift to convert your keyboard. Then... ; = ñ = = ¿ shift+= = ¡ [thena = á [thene = é [theni = í [theno = ó [thenu = úJanuary 25, 2008
pussycat says
Hola todos, No me gusta el cafe. Prefiero el té aunque no lo bebo mucho. Bebo mucho el agua. Solía tener un jefe quién bebía mucho el cafe negro que fue tan fuerte puede stand una cucharadita arriba en lo. Have been trying to work out how to say the last sentence and I have made a real mess of it. Can anyone help please!!February 20, 2008
lilianamata says
Solía tener un jefe quién bebía mucho el cafe negro que fue tan fuerte puede stand una cucharadita arriba en lo. I think you are trying to say this: "Solía tener un jefe quién bebía mucho café negro que era tan fuerte que podías poner una cuchara arriba de el."February 20, 2008
cyberdiva says
I'm very confused about when to use quien. Usually, when I use that word, I'm told that I should use que instead. The book A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish by Butt and Benjamin says that "Quien/quienes are not used in restrictive clauses unless they follow a preposition...." Since "quién bebía mucho café negro" is a restrictive clause, shouldn't the pronoun be "que" rather than "quién"? I'd really appreciate some help with this.February 21, 2008
pussycat says
Hola Liliana, Muchas gracias por su consejo. I would like to be able to copy and save the texts in which I have been corrected on a separate page within Spanish Pod so that I can refer back to them. Is there any way that I can do this, please? GinaFebruary 21, 2008
beachhobo says
dmantony, Tks for the info on "cafe cubano" vs "cafe de cubano". I am jealous that you have been to Cuba. I would love to go some day y bebo cafe cubano en la playa y mira el sol venir arriba. ....perhaps when I can speak Spanish a bit better. But it's still fun to dream.February 21, 2008
light487 says
Is it just me or does everyone here already know how to speak/type Spanish?? These are newbie lessons and 95% of people are speaking Spanish in the conversations..April 21, 2008
lilianamata says
light487 Everybody here is learning and their levels are very different, just try out the level that suits you.April 21, 2008
russhuntley says
I think probably everyone is excited to learn spanish and want to "try their hand" at having a conversation in Spanish. I'm sure if it you read through all the conversations, you would find many grammatical and usage errors. I know I've written a few things that probalby aren't correct. Just have fun, meet nice people and learn. ~RussApril 25, 2008