{"id":15062,"date":"2021-07-13T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2021-07-02T06:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T10:33:41","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-in-a-spanish-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-in-a-spanish-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts &#8211; In a Spanish bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the fourth in our course of English Spanish Parallel Texts and we are going to practice ordering in a Spanish bar. Start by reading the texts in Spanish below. The English translations are provided later but please try not to look at them until you have read the Spanish versions various times and tried your best to understand them.<\/p>\n<p>There may be some words and phrases in the text that you are unfamiliar with, but you should be aiming to capture the main essence of what is happening. There will always be words and phrases popping up in real-life situations that you have never heard before, so it is important never to get too distracted by details.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to investigate some of the words you don\u2019t know with a dictionary that would be great, please do, but do this after trying your best to understand with what you already have in your head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this video lesson with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/bar-vocabulary\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a Spanish bar<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15063\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15063\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar-350x250.jpg\" alt=\"English Spanish Parallel Texts - In a Spanish bar\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/gaille2000-6416375\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2741115\">Guy Leroux<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2741115\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asier: Hola, buenos d\u00edas Marta.<br \/>\nMarta: Hola, buenas Asier. \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal hoy?<br \/>\nAsier: Pues, yo, bien. Un poco cansado, pero bien. \u00a1Es el fin de semana!<br \/>\nMarta: \u00a1S\u00ed, es el s\u00e1bado, yupi! \u00bfQu\u00e9 quieres tomar?<br \/>\nAsier: Un caf\u00e9 con leche por favor. \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal la comida aqu\u00ed?<br \/>\nMarta: Los bocadillos est\u00e1n muy ricos. Y las aceitunas. Y las tortillas. \u00bfQuieres comer algo?<br \/>\nAsier: S\u00ed, una tortilla de patata.<br \/>\nMarta: Vale. Perd\u00f3n, \u00a1camarero!<br \/>\nCamarero: Hola. \u00bfQuieres una bebida?<br \/>\nMarta: S\u00ed. Dos caf\u00e9s con leche, una tortilla de patata, una raci\u00f3n de patatas, y unas aceitunas.<br \/>\nCamarero: Muy bien. \u00a1Marchando!<br \/>\nAsier: \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal el trabajo Marta?<br \/>\nMarta: No est\u00e1 mal. Tengo un buen jefe por lo menos.<br \/>\nCamarero: Toma. Dos caf\u00e9s con leche.<br \/>\nAsier: Gracias.<br \/>\nMarta: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 rico!<br \/>\nAsier: S\u00ed, est\u00e1 muy rico el caf\u00e9.<br \/>\nCamarero: Y las patatas, las aceitunas, y el bocadillo de jam\u00f3n.<br \/>\nAsier: Perd\u00f3n, no quiero un bocadillo, quiero una tortilla de patata.<br \/>\nCamarero: Tienes raz\u00f3n. Un segundo.<br \/>\nMarta: No es un buen camarero este se\u00f1or.<br \/>\nAsier: Bueno, no pasa nada.<br \/>\nCamarero: Aqu\u00ed tienes tu tortilla de jam\u00f3n. \u00bfAlgo m\u00e1s?<br \/>\nMarta: \u00a1Oiga! \u00a1\u00a1No quiere jam\u00f3n!! Quiere una tortilla de patata.<br \/>\nCamarero: Vale, vale. Tranquila.<br \/>\nMarta: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 desastre de camarero!<br \/>\nAsier: Est\u00e1 bien Marta. No pasa nada. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 rico el caf\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>English Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asier: Hello, good morning, Marta.<br \/>\nMarta: Hello Asier. How are you today?<br \/>\nAsier: I\u2019m good. A little tired, but good. It\u2019s the weekend!<br \/>\nMarta: Yes, it&#8217;s Saturday, yippee! What do you want to drink?<br \/>\nAsier: A coffee with milk please. How is the food here?<br \/>\nMarta: The sandwiches are very tasty. And the olives. And the tortillas. Do you want to eat something?<br \/>\nAsier: Yes, a potato omelette.<br \/>\nMarta: Okay. Excuse me, waiter!<br \/>\nWaiter: Hello. Do you want a drink?<br \/>\nMarta: Yes. Two coffees with milk, a potato omelette, a portion of chips and some olives.<br \/>\nWaiter: Very good. Coming right up!<br \/>\nAsier: How is work Marta?<br \/>\nMarta: It&#8217;s not bad. I have a good boss at least.<br \/>\nWaiter: Here you are. Two coffees with milk.<br \/>\nAsier: Thanks.<br \/>\nMarta: How delicious!<br \/>\nAsier: Yes, the coffee is really nice.<br \/>\nWaiter: And the potatoes, the olives, and the ham sandwich.<br \/>\nAsier: Sorry, I don\u2019t want a ham sandwich, I want a potato omelette.<br \/>\nWaiter: You&#8217;re right. One second.<br \/>\nMarta: This man is not a good waiter.<br \/>\nAsier: Well, it doesn\u2019t matter.<br \/>\nWaiter: Here is your ham omelette. Anything else?<br \/>\nMarta: Hey! He doesn\u2019t want ham! He wants a potato omelette.<br \/>\nWaiter: Okay, okay. Relax.<br \/>\nMarta: What a nightmare of a waiter!<br \/>\nAsier: It\u2019s fine Marta. No problem. How delicious this coffee is!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the original text before checking the translation? Please let me know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;t understand that much, practice makes perfect! Be patient and keep reading, hearing, writing, and speaking Spanish. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar-350x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"English Spanish Parallel Texts - In a Spanish bar\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/English-Spanish-Parallel-Texts-In-a-Spanish-bar.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Practice ordering in a Spanish bar with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":15063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15062","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15065,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions\/15065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}