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Practice Buying Fruit at the Market in Spanish
Comprar fruta en la frutería
It's Saturday morning at the mercado and the frutería has no queue you can see — just people who all know whose turn it is. You need fruit for the week, some for today and some that has to last, and the frutero has opinions.
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Spanish · Voice only 02:00
You're talking to: un frutero
You: un cliente
claiming your place in an invisible queue
¿Quién es el último, por favor?
asking the price per kilo
¿Cuánto vale el kilo de melón?
ordering a quantity
¿Me pones un kilo de naranjas?
Your goal
Claim your turn out loud, buy at least two kinds of fruit with a quantity you said yourself, compare two of them on price or ripeness, and hear the total.
You'll practice
- Claim your place in the queue before you order
- Compare two options on price or how ripe they are
- Give a quantity in kilos and hear the total
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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¿Quién es el último, por favor?
— claiming your place in an invisible queue
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¿Cuánto vale el kilo de melón?
— asking the price per kilo
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¿Me pones un kilo de naranjas?
— ordering a quantity
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¿Esto me aguanta hasta el domingo?
— checking how well it keeps
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Pues ponme medio kilo mejor.
— adjusting the quantity
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¿Cuánto es todo, entonces?
— getting the total
Level-up expressions
a cómo está algo
what price something is going for today
¿A cómo están hoy las cerezas?
estar de oferta
be on special offer
¿Los melocotones están de oferta hoy?
estar en su punto
be exactly ripe, at its best right now
¿Los aguacates están en su punto?
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