quiero un kilo de manzanas
I want a kilo of apples
Common trap for English speakers 'of' is de and is obligatory: un kilo de manzanas, medio kilo de tomates.
In the story
Dilo completo, m’ijo: quiero un kilo de manzanas.
Lucía
You already know quiero… from the café. Add a quantity and the thing. un kilo de manzanas — one kilo of apples. Want pears? Swap the noun. Register: friendly, everyday. Common mistake: forgetting de. Not “un kilo manzanas,” but un kilo de…
Lucía
Say it: quiero un kilo de manzanas... Slower: quie-ro un ki-lo de man-za-nas... Natural: quiero un kilo de manzanas.
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 12