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Welcome to Can-Do Spanish by SpanishPod101.com.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask if a store has something in Spanish.
For example, "Is there any salt?" is
¿Tiene sal?
Lucas Hurtado is at a small grocery store and wants to buy some salt.
He gets the clerk's attention and asks if the store has some salt.
Before you hear the conversation, let's preview some of its key components.
sal
"salt"
sal
sal
aquí
"here"
aquí
aquí
Disculpe, ¿tiene sal?
Sí, aquí está.
Once more with the English translation.
Disculpe, ¿tiene sal?
"Excuse me, do you have salt?"
Sí, aquí está.
"Yes, it's here."
Let's break down the conversation.
Do you remember how Lucas asks,
"Excuse me, do you have salt?"
Disculpe, ¿tiene sal?
First is disculpe, meaning "excuse me." Disculpe. Disculpe.
Note: You may be familiar with Disculpa, the informal form of "Excuse me." In this conversation, Lucas is speaking with someone he doesn’t know, so he uses the formal form, Disculpe.
Next is tiene, meaning " have," in the formal register. Tiene. Tiene.
Tiene is the shortened form of Usted tiene. Usted, a formal word meaning “you,” is omitted as it’s understood from the conjugated form of the verb.
Tiene is from the verb tener meaning "to have." tener.
Next is sal, meaning "salt." Sal. Sal.
All together we have Disculpe, ¿tiene sal?, Literally, “Excuse me, have salt,” but translating as, "Excuse me, do you have salt?" in the formal register.
Disculpe, ¿tiene sal?
Let’s take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how the clerk replies,
"Yes, it's here?"
Sí, aquí está.
First is Sí, "Yes." Sí. Sí.
It answers Lucas 's question,
disculpe, ¿tiene sal?
"Excuse me, do you have salt?"
Next is aquí,"here." Aquí. Aquí.
Finally, está, "is,” as in is. Está. Está.
Note, the corresponding Spanish word for is omitted as it is understood from context.
Está is from the verb estar "to be."
All together, it’s Sí, aquí está, meaning literally "Yes, here it is." or more natural English, "Yes, it's here." Sí, aquí está.
Sí, aquí está.
The pattern is
¿Tiene ITEM?
"Do you have" ITEM?
¿Tiene ITEM ?
To use this pattern, simply replace the {ITEM} placeholder with the thing you’re looking for.
Note: This pattern requires a noun.
Imagine you’re looking for milk.
Leche. "Milk" Leche. Leche.
Say, "Do you have milk?"
Ready?
¿Tiene leche?
"Do you have milk?"
¿Tiene leche?
So far the pattern uses uncountable nouns, such as leche, “milk,” and sal, “salt.” When using this pattern with countable nouns, the pattern requires the noun to be in the plural.
For example, Do you have apples? ¿Tiene manzanas?
Manzanas is the plural form of manzana, apple. Manzana.
Again, the key pattern is
¿Tiene ITEM?
"Do you have" ITEM?
¿Tiene ITEM ?
Let’s look at some more examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
¿Tiene sal?
"Do you have salt?"
¿Tiene sal?
¿Tiene leche?
"Do you have milk?"
¿Tiene leche?
¿Tiene manzanas?
"Do you have apples?"
¿Tiene manzanas?
¿Tiene pimienta?
"Do you have pepper?"
¿Tiene pimienta?
¿Vende azúcar?
"Do you sell sugar?"
¿Vende azúcar?
Did you notice how the native speaker used a different pattern?
¿Vende azúcar?
"Do you sell sugar?"
First is vende, meaning " sell." Vende. Vende.
Note: the “you” is understood through context.
Vende is the shortened form of Usted vende. Usted, a formal word meaning “you,” is omitted as it’s understood from the conjugated form of the verb.
Vende is from the verb vender "to sell." vender.
In this context, and with the right question intonation, it can translate as "Do you sell…?" This is another common way to ask if the store has something.
Last is azúcar, "sugar." Azúcar. Azúcar.
All together, the question is: ¿Vende azúcar?, which literally means, " sell sugar?" In more natural English, it translates as, "Do you sell sugar?"
¿Vende azúcar?
This pattern is:
¿Vende ITEM?
"Do you sell" ITEM?
You should be aware of this pattern, but for this lesson, we'll use the sentence pattern:
¿Tiene ITEM?
Do you have ITEM?
Let’s review the key vocabulary.
Leche.
"Milk."
Leche. Leche.
Manzana.
“Apple.”
Manzana. Manzana.
Manzanas.
"Apples."
Manzanas. Manzanas
Pimienta.
"Pepper."
Pimienta. Pimienta.
Azúcar.
"Sugar."
Azúcar. Azúcar.
Let's review.
Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation. Ready?
Do you remember how to say "salt?"
Sal.
Sal.
Do you remember how to ask,
"Do you have salt?"
¿Tiene sal?
¿Tiene sal?
Do you remember how to say, "Yes?"
Sí.
Sí.
And do you remember how to say "here?"
Aquí.
Aquí.
Do you remember how the supermarket clerk says,
"Yes, it's here."
Sí, aquí está.
Sí, aquí está.
Do you remember how to say "milk?"
leche.
leche.
And how to say "apples?"
Manzanas.
Manzanas.
Do you remember how to say "sugar?"
Azúcar.
Azúcar.
Let's practice.
Imagine you’re Lucas Hurtado , and you’re at the grocery store. Get the shopkeeper’s attention and ask if they have milk, or leche.
Ready?
Disculpe, ¿tiene leche?
Sí, aquí está.
Listen again and repeat.
Disculpe, ¿tiene leche?
Disculpe, ¿tiene leche?
Imagine you’re Valeria Varela , and you’re at the grocery store to buy sugar, or azúcar.
Ready?
Disculpe, ¿tiene azúcar?
Sí, aquí está.
Listen again and repeat.
Disculpe, ¿tiene azúcar?
Disculpe, ¿tiene azúcar?
Let's try one more.
Imagine you are Lucas Hurtado, and you’re at the grocery store to buy apples, or manzanas.
Ready?
Disculpe, ¿tiene manzanas?
Sí, aquí está.
Listen again and repeat.
Disculpe, ¿tiene manzanas?
Disculpe, ¿tiene manzanas?
In this lesson, you learned how to ask if a store has something. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of shopping at a grocery store. Let’s review.
Do you remember how to say "please?"
Por favor.
Por favor.
Do you remember how to say,
"This, please."
Esto, por favor.
Esto, por favor.
Imagine you're Jack Jones , and you're at a grocery store, and you'd like to buy something located close to the clerk.
Do you remember how to say "that" in Spanish?
eso
eso
Ask the clerk for "that."
Eso, por favor.
Aquí tiene.
Listen again and repeat.
Eso, por favor.
Eso, por favor.
You remembered that you also wanted to buy milk
Do you remember how to say "milk" in Spanish?
leche
leche
Now ask the clerk if the store has milk.
Ready?
¿Tiene leche?
Sí, aquí está.
Listen again and repeat.
¿Tiene leche?
¿Tiene leche?
Well done! This is the end of this lesson.
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