Basic Spanish in 30 Days: At a café
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on At a café, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 12: At a café
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: A. The bill, please.
La cuenta is the bill. Say it when you want to pay.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: C. A small black coffee
Solo means alone: a café solo is coffee with no milk. A coffee with milk is un café con leche.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: C. Anything else?
Algo means something and más means more: ¿Algo más? = Anything else?
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: A. Quisiera un té, por favor.
Quisiera (I would like) with por favor is the most polite. Quiero and dame sound direct.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: B. gustaría
Me gustaría means 'I would like'. Me gusta means 'I like' and is not used to order.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: B. What can I get you?
In Spain, ¿Qué le pongo? is a common way for a waiter to ask what you want to order.
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: D. Para mí, un zumo de naranja.
The waiter asks what you are having, so order: Para mí, un zumo de naranja (an orange juice for me).
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: D. A cortado and toast with tomato
She says quería un cortado y una tostada con tomate: a cortado and toast with tomato.
Transcript
Camarero: Buenos días, ¿qué le pongo?
Mujer: Quería un cortado y una tostada con tomate, por favor. -
Question 9 of 10
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Answer: C. €3.80
The waitress says tres euros con ochenta: 3 euros and 80 céntimos.
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Cliente: ¿Cuánto es?
Camarera: Son tres euros con ochenta. -
Question 10 of 10
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Answer: C. €4.10
A tea is 1,60 € and toast with tomato is 2,50 €: 1.60 + 2.50 = 4.10 euros.
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