Spanish Homework i need help please (my attempt is in brackets)
En el café: Complete the following conversation with the appropriate words.
Qué __ ustedes? (es)
Para __, un café solo, por favor. (una)
Y para mí, __, por favor (un galleta)
Deseo pagar __, por favor (tu)
Sí, señor. Enseguida.
Está incluido ______? (propina)
Sí, señor
6 Answers
mkyne00
En el café: Complete the following conversation with the appropriate words.
Qué desean ustedes?
Para mí un café solo, por favor.
Y para mí,una galleta , por favor
Deseo pagarte , por favor (I really prefer the usted form "le")
Sí, señor. Enseguida.
¿Está incluida la propina?
Sí, señor
Hola, mykne00, I'm Daniela2041--I've got numbers too.. I'm a Spansh teacher and I think I saw your problem. From the information I was given these are the proper answers. Good luck in your studies of Spanish.
Hey folks, I get this kind of stuff all the time from my kids. I gave him the corrections and erased his answers If you want to tell him the "why's" Play teacher and have some fun.
What kind of homework are this?. The verb in bracket don´t match with the required in the sentence:
Qué __ ustedes? (es) -> ¿Que quieren ustedes? Not use the verb "ser" (es) ?¿
Para __, un café solo, por favor. (una) -> Para mi un café solo (What does mean una in bracket?)
Y para mí, __, por favor (un galleta) -> Y para mí, una galleta, por favor
Deseo pagar __, por favor (tu) -> Deseo pagarle ahora, por favor (The sentence without "ahora" is strange because you used to pay when you leave the bar not when you ask for the drinks)
Sí, señor. Enseguida. Está incluido ______? (propina) -> ¿Está incluida la propina? (Why is the adverb in male form while the word is female? You must change more that word in brackets. Sí, señor
Welcome to the forum.
First, I think we need some more information. One of our rules is that you need to post your attempts first and we will help you with them.
That said, there must be some information (an answer key or a theme you are working on) so we know what words go in the blanks.
Thanks,
Sanlee
Qué __ ustedes? (es)- no es would mean what are you , assume they are human, a waiter asks what do you want- quieren might be good
Para __, un café solo, por favor. (una) - no Each person asks for themselves- para mí I think though there are other things that might work.
Y para mí, __, por favor (un galleta)- that could work. I was assuming it would be también (also)- the same for me- but really you could put anything there I guess.
Deseo pagar __, por favor (tu)- some sense in what you say, they probably want la cuenta- the bill/check.
Sí, señor. Enseguida.
Está incluido ______? (propina) – makes sense la propina- the tip, or el impuesto- the tax might be another possibility- may have to be since it is incluido not incluida.
Sí, señor
Edit to add my read in English:
Waiter: What do you all want
Customer 1: for me, a black coffee please
Customer 2: And for me as well please
(presumed break)
Customer: I wish to pay the bill please
Waiter: Yes, right away
Customer Is the tax included
Waiter yes
But it could be I am misinterpreting this.
you can see why Sandy asked for more information.
Hi there OP It'd help if you gave us any information you have on the question: it's name/description, any instructions provided, which people are talking to each other (to determine the level of formality & whether to use singular or plural etc.) the theme of the chapter or what you're currently working on in class (which verbs you're learning etc). Collecting this information also helps yourself to figure out what the exercise wants from you so you have a better idea of what to fill in.
Secondly, it's important that you understand the parts of the conversation that are already given. You don't have to understand every word yet (though, because these are so basic, I encourage you to look them up, you'll surely need all of these later!!) This sense of context will help you figure out what kind of word is still missing in the sentence (every normal sentence needs a conjugated verb, right before a noun there's often an indication of amount, an article or an adjective etc etc.) and would make sense (Saskia come un ____ = fill in a food here! if someone asked: ¿De dónde eres? - fill in a place!)
Lastly, watch your concordance! Make sure 2 or more words that belong together (f.e., the conjugated main verb and it's subject or a noun and it's article and adjective) match in number and gender.
I'll help you with the first two sentences as and example, then I suggest you try the other again yourself.
The information: This is a conversation that takes place between a camarero/a and his or her two clientes (at least one of them is a 'señor) in a restaurant or bar. The clients are ordering something to eat or drink, so they should speak in the present. Everything the camarero/a says should be in the formal 3d person (singular or plural, depending if he speaks to both or just one of the clients) (because he refers to them as 'ustedes', which is formal) and the clients are most likely to use the formal 3d person as well, seeing as they say 'por favor' a lot, which means 'please'.
(You don't have to write all of this down every time you do an exercise, just glance over the conversation with a critical eye beforehand so you won't have to do as much correcting afterwards. 
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The context Who do you think utters the first sentence? "Qué __ ustedes?" I'd say it's the camarero/a. Now, since this is a question, the answer to it should give you an idea of what the question is about. You can also just think to yourself: What would a camarero/a ask his/her clients first in this short conversation? I'd say he'd like to know what they want/would like (to eat/drink). Since this is a beginner's exercise, I'll just assume you're not supposed to use anything other than the present simple yet, and that you'll be using only the most commonly used verbs for now. That's why I think you should fill in a form of 'querer' (to want) here.
The concordance "Querer" is an irregular verb that ends in -er, the 'e' in the stem becomes 'ie' in singular and the 3d person plural in the present simple, so it is conjugated like this:
1s quiero 2s quieres 3s quiere 1p queremos 2p queréis 3p quieren
Who wants? Ustedes, so that's the subject. Ustedes is 3p (because it's formal), so you should use 'quieren' here.
I hope you see now that "es" doesn't fit here at all Though indeed there should be a verb here, it doesn't make sense (and I'd find it rather rude) if someone asked other people what they ARE, don't you think? It's not a question that's anwered later in the conversation, either. On top of that, the concordance doesn't match: 'es' is 3S of 'ser', whereas 'ustedes' is in 3P.
Let's go through the next one a little faster. In the next sentence, one of the clientes gives an answer: Cliente 1: "Para __, un café solo, por favor." - "For ...., a coffee, please." Someone is placing an order.. but for whom? For him/herself, for both of the clients or for the other client? Look at the context! Next, the other cliente/a orders something for him/herself, no other person is mentioned and a coffee isn't usually shared, so the by far most logical thing would be for the first person to order something for themselves, too, so: 'for me'. In the next sentence you can see how that is said.
Now, try to finish the conversation.
Cliente 2: Y para mí, __, por favor
Cliente 1: Deseo pagar __, por favor
Camarero/a: Sí, señor. Enseguida.
Cliente 2: Está incluido ______?
Camarero/a: Sí, señor
Ok here's my attempt
- es
- uno
- un galleta
- tu
- propina
