Reserving a table at Casa Botín
Elena calls Casa Botín, an old restaurant near Plaza Mayor in Madrid. She wants a quiet table for two at ten and asks about roast suckling pig.
Reservar una mesa en Botín
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What you'll learn
Present tense, the verb querer, and simple questions for reserving a restaurant table.
Elena does not want to cook in her small kitchen. She calls Casa Botín, near Plaza Mayor, and reserves a quiet table for two at ten so she can try cochinillo asado with her sister Ana.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
cenar en restaurantes
newto dine in restaurants
Use cenar en restaurantes for eating dinner out, not at home.
Helpful for travel and restaurant talk.
cuando viajo
newwhen I travel
Cuando viajo gives the time or situation for an action.
Useful for saying what you do during trips.
por la puerta principal
newthrough the main door
Por la puerta principal explains the way you enter a place.
Useful in hotels, restaurants, and buildings.
menú del día
newmenu of the day
Menú del día is a fixed daily meal offer in a restaurant.
Very common on Spanish restaurant signs and menus.
Para beber
newto drink
Para beber introduces the drink part of an order.
Useful when ordering water, coffee, or juice.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Waitress
camarera
waitress
Camarera names the woman serving customers in a restaurant.
Useful for asking or talking about restaurant service.
Available
disponibles
available
Disponibles describes tables that can be used now.
Useful when choosing seats or rooms.
Bill
cuenta
bill
Cuenta is the bill you ask for after eating.
Essential word for paying in a restaurant.
Tip
propina
tip
Propina is extra money left for good service.
Useful for restaurant etiquette.
Soft / gentle
suave
soft / gentle
Suave describes music that is calm and not loud.
Useful for describing sounds and atmosphere.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Me gusta + infinitive
Me gusta cenar
I like to dine
Me gusta cenar uses gusta before an action in infinitive.
A common way to say what you like doing.
Había for existence
Había mesas
there were tables
Había mesas says that tables existed in that place.
Useful for describing what there was in a room.
Feminine agreement
La comida era deliciosa
the food was delicious
Deliciosa matches la comida because comida is feminine singular.
Helps notice adjective agreement in simple sentences.
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