un agua / un jugo, por favor
a water / a juice, please
Common trap for English speakers agua is feminine but takes un/el because of its stressed initial a-sound (un agua, el agua); the plural returns to las aguas.
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 11
A drink at the café
Related phrases
- ¿dónde está el café? — está en la plaza — where is the café? — it's on the plaza
- quiero un café, por favor — I'd like a coffee, please
- esto, por favor — this one, please (pointing)
- ¿algo más? — no, gracias — anything else? — no, thank you
- ¿qué desea, señor? — ¿y tú, Teo, qué quieres? — (usted) what would you like, sir? — (tú) and you, Teo, what do you want? (the usted→tú switch)