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INTRODUCTION
Today, we’ll cover getting out of the restaurant.
GRAMMAR POINT
The first step in this process is getting a hold of the staff. Again, you can accomplish this by raising your hand and saying - Por favor, which means “Please.”
Por favor.
Let’s break it down by syllable: Por fa-vor.
And now, let’s hear it again, Por favor.
This will get the waiter and waitress to the table. Once in the table, you can ask for the check.
In Spanish, “Check, please” is La cuenta, por favor.
La cuenta, por favor.
Let’s break it down by syllable: La cuen-ta, por fa-vor.
And now, let’s hear it again, La cuenta, por favor.
The first word, la, is the definite article “the” for the feminine singular.
Let’s hear one more time, la.
This is followed by cuenta, which in Spanish is “check.”
cuenta
cuenta
Once again, cuenta.
And finally, we have the familiar phrase, por favor.
Now, if you’d like to tell them how good the food is or if you’re eating with someone and you want to let them know how good you feel the food is, you can say, ¡Está muy bueno!
Let’s break it down: ¡Es-tá muy bue-no!
The first word, está, means “it is.”
Let’s break it down by syllable: es-tá.
One more time, está.
Then muy means “very.”
muy
muy
Then we have bueno, which means “good.”
Let’s break it down: bue-no.
Once again, bueno.
So, literally, you’re saying, “It’s very good.”
Don’t forget to say, “Thank you.”
Gracias.
It’s very useful, many know in establishments that while asking for the check with la cuenta por favor, you raise your hand and pretend you are writing in the air. In fact, most of the times, when you get the waiter to look at you from a distance, you won’t say a word, but rather, you’ll just write your hand and gesture like you’re writing in the air. If the waiter is by your side, you won’t need to gesture and you can ask for the check by saying, ¿Me trae la cuenta por favor? which means “Could you bring me the check, please?”
¿Me trae la cuen-ta por fa-vor?
¿Me trae la cuenta por favor?
The new words in the beginning, me trae, literally means “to me you bring.”

Outro
Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish.
Ok, here we go!
“Check, please.” - La cuenta, por favor.
La cuenta, por favor.
La cuenta, por favor.
“Do you bring me the check please?” - ¿Me trae la cuenta por favor?
¿Me trae la cuenta por favor?
¿Me trae la cuenta por favor?
“It’s very good!” - ¡Está muy bueno!
¡Está muy bueno!
¡Está muy bueno!

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