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Contents
1. Key Vocabulary 2
5. Cool Spanish! 8
Discutiendo Arguing
Tienes razn You are right
PART 1
BenEn Espaa, en los bares y los restaurantes la gente, normalmente, no deja propina para los
camareros.
MarinaQu dices! Eso es mentira!
BenYo creo que es verdad. Por ejemplo, a medioda la gente come un men del da, y cuando
come una persona un men del da nunca deja propina.
MarinaBueno, tienes razn que con el men del da hay mucha gente que no deja propina, pero
si tu sales a comer a la carta o a cenar la gente suele dejar propina.
BenBueno, estoy de acuerdo que por la noche cuando la gente cena suele dejar propina, pero es
una propina muy muy pequea.
MarinaBueno, es que la propina que se deja en Inglaterra es muy grande.
BenBueno, pero no estamos hablando de Inglaterra, estamos hablando de Espaa.
MarinaEl problema es que t ests acostumbrado al porcentaje de propinas en Inglaterra y en
Espaa es mucho ms bajo.
BenVale, por un lado tienes razn, que yo estoy pensando en Inglaterra donde dejan una propina
del 10%, pero por otro lado me parece que la propina espaola del 2 o 3% es muy baja.
MarinaDe todas maneras depende del servicio. Tu ests acostumbrado a dejar propina, del 10%,
independientemente de la calidad del servicio y de la calidad de la comida.
BenQu me dices! No tienes ni idea! Si la comida est mala no dejo propina, si el camarero es
malo, y me trata mal, no dejo propina.
MarinaEntonces, es que te ests adaptando a las costumbres espaolas.
BenQu remedio!
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PART 2
MarinaBen tiene un scooter, una Vespa en concreto, y la utiliza para moverse por Madrid. Pero
ahora quiere cambiar su Vespa por una moto ms grande.
BenEs que necesito una moto ms grande.
MarinaQu dices! T no necesitas una moto ms grande.
BenNo
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PART 1
BenIn Spain, in bars and restaurants, people dont normally leave a tip for the waiters.
MarinaWhat are you talking about! Thats not true!
BenI think its true. For example, at lunchtime people have a set menu, and when a person eats a
set menu, they never leave a tip.
MarinaOK, you are right about the set menu and the fact that lots of people dont leave a tip, but if
you go out and eat a la carte or for supper, then people tend to leave a tip.
BenOK, I agree that at night time when people go out for dinner they tend to leave a tip, but its a
very very small tip.
MarinaWell, the thing is that the tip which people leave in England is very big.
BenRight, but we arent talking about England, we are talking about Spain.
MarinaThe problem is that you are used to the percentage for tips in England, and in Spain it is
much lower.
BenOK, on the one hand you are right, that I am thinking about England where they leave 10%
tips, but on the other hand I think that the 2 to 3 % Spanish tip is very low.
MarinaIn any case it depends on the service. You are used to leaving a 10% tip, regardless of the
quality of the service and the quality of the food.
BenWhat are you talking about! You have no idea! If the food is bad I dont leave a tip, if the waiter
is bad, and he treats me badly, I dont leave a tip.
MarinaSo, youre getting used to the Spanish ways.
BenWhat choice have I got!
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PART 2
MarinaBen has a scooter, a Vespa to be precise, which he uses to get around Madrid. But now he
wants to change his Vespa for a bigger motorbike.
BenThe thing is that I need a bigger motorbike.
MarinaWhat are you talking about! You dont need a bigger motorbike.
BenNo
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Transporte Transport
Moto (f.) Motorbike
Treading on eggs!
Want a great way to say something is going very slowly? The car in front looks like they are in no
hurry to get anywhere ever?! Then just say that its treading on eggs (pisando huevos)!
El coche de delante va pisando huevos The car in front is going really slowly!
Or maybe you just want your friend / husband / mother to drive a bit faster:
Acelera un poco, qu vas pisando huevos! Speed up a bit, youre going really slowly!
And what about saying a person needs to get a move on? What do you say when your child or
friend are really dragging their feet behind you?