Learn how to ask and answer the question "Do you like Spanish food?"
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| Jessi: Top 25 Spanish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 9: Do you like Spanish food? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Spanish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question Do you like Spanish food? In Spanish this is |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Javier: te |
| Jessi: meaning something like you in English. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) te |
| Jessi: Listen again and repeat. |
| Javier: te |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Javier: gusta |
| Jessi: meaning like. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) gusta |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: gusta |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: te gusta |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Javier: la |
| Jessi: meaning the. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) la |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: la |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: te gusta la |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Javier: comida |
| Jessi: meaning food. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) comida |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: comida |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: te gusta la comida |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Javier: española |
| Jessi: meaning Spanish. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) española |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: española |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Javier: te gusta la comida española |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you like Spanish food?? |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la paella |
| Jessi: "Yes, I love paella. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Javier: (Slow) Si, me encanta la paella |
| {pause} |
| To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| B: No, no me gusta la comida española |
| A: Which is like saying No, I don't like Spanish food in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| B: (Slowly) No, no me gusta la comida española |
| A: And one more time at normal speed: |
| B: No, no me gusta la comida española |
| Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Javier: sí |
| Jessi: meaning yes. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) sí |
| Jessi: Now repeat |
| Javier: sí |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| Javier: me |
| meaning something like I . |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) me |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: me |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| Javier: encanta |
| meaning love. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) encanta |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: encanta |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| Javier: la |
| meaning the. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) la |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: la |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| Javier: paella |
| which is the name paella. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) paella |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: paella |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, I love paella, and then repeat. |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la paella |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace paella with sausage. |
| Javier: embutido |
| Jessi: sausage |
| Javier: (slow) embutido (regular) embutido |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with sausage |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la embutido |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace paella. Say Yes, I love sausage |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la embutido |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace sausage with stew. |
| Javier: cocido |
| Jessi: stew |
| Javier: (slow) cocido (regular) cocido |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with stew |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la cocido |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for sausage. Say Yes, I love stew |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la cocido |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace stew with bean stew with Spanish sausage. |
| Javier: fabada |
| Jessi: bean stew with Spanish sausage |
| Javier: (slow) fabada (regular) fabada |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with bean stew with Spanish sausage |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la fabada |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace . Say Yes, I love bean stew with Spanish sausage |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Si, me encanta la fabada |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Spain and someone asks you if you like Spanish food. You want to answer that you like paella. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? (five seconds) Si, me encanta la paella |
| Jessi: Now you want to say that you like sausage Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? (five seconds) Si, me encanta la embutido |
| Jessi: You want to say that you like stew. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? (five seconds) Si, me encanta la cocido |
| Jessi: You want to say that you like bean stew with Spanish sausage. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? (five seconds) Si, me encanta la fabada |
| Jessi: Now you want to ask someone if they like Spanish food. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Javier: ¿Te gusta la comida española? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 9 |
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