Archive:Spanish/Picnics
Chapter 14 (Picnics)
Outdoors
- al aire libre - outdoors
- cielo - sky
- dar una caminata - to take a walk
- dentro de - inside
- fuera - outside
- hormiga - ant
- mosca - fly
- nube - cloud
- piedra - rock
- sendero - trail
- suelo - ground, trail
Eating outdoors
- fogata - bonfire
- fósforo - match
- hacer una parrillada - to have a barbecue
- leña - firewood
- a la parrilla - on the grill
- puesto - stand
Foods
- aguacate - avocado
- asado(a) - grilled
- asar - to grill
- carne de res - steak
- cereza - cherry
- cesta - basket
- chuleta de cerdo - pork chop
- durazno - peach
- frijoles - beans
- harina - flour
- maíz - corn
- mayonesa - mayonnaise
- melón - melon
- mostaza - mustard
- olor - smell, odor
- pavo - turkey
- piña - pineapple
- sabor - taste
- salsa de tomate - ketchup
- sandía - watermelon
Describe foos and the outdoors
- dulce - sweet
- grasoso(a) - fatty
- mojado(a) - wet
- picante - spicy
- seco(a) - dry
Other words
- acompañar - to accompany
Using usted and ustedes commands
To form an Ud. or Uds. command, drop the -o of the present-tense yo form and add -e and -en for -ar verbs and -a and -an for -er and -ir verbs.
Regular Ud. and Uds. commands
- preparar: prepare(n) - prepare
- comer: coma(n) - eat
- servir: sirva(n) - serve
Irregular Ud. and Uds. commands
- dar: dé, den - give
- estar: esté, estén - be
- poner: ponga, pongan - put
- ir: vaya, vayan - go
- ser: sea, sean - be
- tener: tenga, tengan - have
- traer: traiga, traigan - bring
Using por in sentences
- To indicate length of time or distance
- To indicate movement through, along, or around
- To indicate an exchange of one thing for another
- To indicate reason or motive
- To indicate a substitution or acton on someone's behalf
- To indicate means of communication or transportation