Phrase · 🍽️ Ordering food and drink
Yo quiero el pollo con papas fritas. ¿Y tú?
I'll have the chicken with chips. What about you?
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Yo1pronomI1re pers. sing. · sujetquiero2verbewantquerer · présent · 1re pers. sing.el3déterminantthemasc. · sing. · définipollo3nomchickenmasc. · sing.conprépositionwithpapas4nompotatoespapa · fém. · plur.fritas5adjectiffriedfrito · fém. · plur..¿Yconjonctionandtú6pronomyou2e pers. sing. · sujet?
- Yo → quiero: subject: yo
- quiero → pollo: want what?
- el → pollo: agree: masc. sing.
- con → papas: con + noun
- fritas → papas: agree: fem. plural
Mot à mot : “I want the chicken with fried potatoes. And you?”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1yo is usually dropped; here it contrasts with tú: as for me… Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →
- 2querer: e → ie, quiero. Fine among friends; to a waiter add por favor. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
- 3A dish from the menu takes the article: el pollo (chicken). Articles: el, la, un, una; al and del →
- 4papas = potatoes in Latin America; Spain says patatas.
- 5fritas agrees with papas: feminine plural. Describing nouns: adjective agreement and modifiers →
- 6tú (you) has an accent; tu means "your". Sounds, spelling and written accents →
Variantes
- Yo quiero la sopa. ¿Y tú?
- Yo quiero el pescado con arroz. ¿Y usted?