Rocket Spanish’s fourth out of six free lessons is delivered timely into your inbox waiting patiently to be opened. The fourth day is a Text Lesson, just like Lesson 2, and will review the entire audio lesson prior to make sure you understand it completely. In addition to review it will also teach some new things as well.

How To Clarify

Before beginning the actual lesson, Mauricio specifies some important phrases that are good to know for someone who is not fluent with Spanish. For example “How is it written?”, “Can you repeat, please?”, and “More slowly, please”. These phrases are translated into Spanish and also have a button next to them to hear the pronunciation. It is so vital that you know these phrases very well because they will benefit you when you need help understanding something in a conversation. People cannot afford to miss out on anything important when on vacation or dealing with business!

The Conversation

After the clarification phrases, the conversation taught in Lesson 3 is typed out again in both English and Spanish. It should not be hard to remember what the dialogue means since it was taught in Lesson 3, the previous day. The conversation is about introduction, learning someone’s name, introducing yourself, and asking where someone is from. If you remember, this lesson taught about words and how some change depending on gender. The next few paragraphs in Lesson 4 show how many words can either be masculine or feminine. There are lists of examples with the audio pronunciation to the left of the text. If you do not remember, when a word ends in ’o’ it is masculine, and if it ends in ‘a’ it is feminine.

In More Detail

As the lesson continues, the specific parts of the conversation are expanded. There is a section dedicated only to how you say your name or ask someone else what his or her name is. Mauricio explains how there are formal and informal ways to ask depending on who the person is. To find out where a person is from, there is an informal and formal way as well to ask as well. You will also learn some example answers, like “I am from the United States”, “I am from New York”, and “I am from Chicago”. Last but not least, words and phrases to talk about how much Spanish you know or do not know is gone over. Of course everything taught has audio pronunciation next to it to help you get the most out of the Text Lessons.

Restaurants

When travelling in a foreign country, eating is usually main priority. The average vacationer usually does not end up going to a market and buying ingredients to make all of his or her meals, so restaurants are in order. Restaurant vocabulary is essential and below is a brief list of terms and phrases to become acquainted to for trips overseas to Spanish speaking countries:

el menu- menu

la cuenta- check

la mesa- table

la servilleta- napkin

la mesera, la camarera- waitress

Fork- un tenedor

Knife- un cuchillo

Spoon- una cuchara

¿Tienes una mesa para dos (2) personas?- Do you have a table for 2?

Esto no es lo que he pedido.- This is not what I ordered.