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Módulo 6·0/5 complete

De Tapas y Cañas - Tapas and Beers

Order food and drinks in a Spanish tapas bar, say what you like, and split the bill with friends

What you'll learn

  • Regular -er and -ir verbs in the present tense
  • The gustar pattern for what you like, love and find interesting — me gusta, me encanta, no me gusta
  • Ordering like a Spaniard: quiero, quisiera, and ¿me pones…?
  • Reading prices in euros and asking for the bill
  • Splitting a bill a escote, and how Spaniards actually tip

Why it matters

The tapas bar is the social heart of Spain — friendships, work conversations, first dates and family lunches all happen around the same barra. This is also where textbook Spanish loses to real Spanish: nobody says me gustaría una cerveza at the bar, they say ¿me pones una caña? That's what you'll learn here.

Before you start

Module 5 — regular -ar verbs, reflexives, telling the time, days of the week.

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