SpanishA1Lesson 6.1
🇪🇸 Spanish A1 · Lesson 6.1

En el mercado — Food & quantities

Buy food at the market and ask for quantities.

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A shopper buys fruit at the market.

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el panthe bread 🔊
la manzanathe apple 🔊
un kilo dea kilo of 🔊
el quesothe cheese 🔊
¿Cuánto es?How much is it (total)? 🔊
mediohalf 🔊

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« Un kilo de manzanas, por favor. » 🔊
A kilo of apples, please.
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Buenos días. Un kilo de manzanas, por favor. 🔊Good morning. A kilo of apples, please.
Aquí tiene. ¿Algo más? 🔊Here you are. Anything else?
Sí, medio kilo de queso. 🔊Yes, half a kilo of cheese.
Son seis euros. 🔊That's six euros.
Grammar in focus · de for quantities

Quantities link to the food with « de »: un kilo de manzanas, medio kilo de queso, una botella de agua.

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Write a short market list of three items with quantities (e.g. « un kilo de… »).

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¡Bien hecho! Use « de » between the quantity and the food.

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1. “A kilo of” is…
2. « el pan » is…
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