When you have finished this lesson you will be able to...

• Ask for help
• Offer your help

Patrick meets Ana, Pedro’s wife, Dolores (grandmother) and Álvaro (Pedro and Ana’s son). Ana asks Patrick to help set up the table. Notice the words for the different parts and tools.

When you ask something in a polite manner, you say:

“¿Serías tan amable de...?”

that's equivalent to English for, would you be so kind as to…?

In Spanish, there is often a difference in the lack of any physical (faltar), or psychological (echar de menos):

Let's imagine that we are missing Pedro, he is late for lunch:

In the case that, Pedro has travelled away for a long time we would use:

Con los sustantivos acabados en vocal (a, e, i, o, u), normalmente se forma el plural añadiendo una s

• El gato – los gatos
• El coche – los coches
• La casa – las casas

Con los que acaban en consonante se añade –es

• El tren – los trenes
• El bar – los bares
• El hotel – los hoteles

Tambén hay unos pocos sustantivos que se utilizan sólo en singular

• el dinero
• el hambre

Y unos que sólo se utilizan en plural

• las tijeras
• las gafas

Choose the correct audio and drag it to the corresponding word and click "answer" when you have finished all.