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Shopping Ir de compras
Comprar y vender: shop, store, market, supermarket, money, buy, sell, customer, shop assistant. La gramática clave es "want to" + un verbo — I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop. El inglés mantiene la palabrita "to" entre "want" y el verbo siguiente. El coreano pega el deseo directo al verbo, así que los coreanos suelen omitir el "to": "I want buy this" ✗ → "I want to buy this" ✓. Rincón de pronunciación: la "sh" de shop, el diptongo de buy y el "to" débil de "want to".
Dialogue
I want buy or I want to buy? — ¿I want buy o I want to buy?
- Emma Minsu, what do you want to buy? Minsu, ¿qué quieres comprar?
- Minsu I want buy this bag. Quiero comprar este bolso. (desliz: hace falta "to" entre want y el verbo → "I want to buy")
- Emma Say "want to": I want to buy this bag. Di "want to": I want to buy this bag.
- Minsu Oh, I want to buy this bag. It's nice. Ah, quiero comprar este bolso. Es bonito.
Dialogue
At the market — En el mercado
- Minsu Hello. I want to buy some fruit. Hola. Quiero comprar algo de fruta.
- Assistant Yes, we sell fruit here. This market is open every day. Sí, aquí vendemos fruta. Este mercado abre todos los días.
- Minsu Good. I want to buy some apples and some bread. Bien. Quiero comprar algunas manzanas y pan.
- Assistant Here you are. Thank you! Aquí tiene. ¡Gracias!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| shop | n. | tienda | |
| store | n. | tienda (EE. UU.) | |
| market | n. | mercado | |
| supermarket | n. | supermercado | |
| money | n. | dinero | |
| buy | v. | comprar | |
| sell | v. | vender | |
| customer | n. | cliente | |
| shop assistant | n. | dependiente | |
| open | adj. | abierto |
Grammar
Saying what you want: "want to" + verb Decir lo que quieres: "want to" + verbo
To say what you want to do, use "want" + "to" + a verb: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. The small word "to" always sits between "want" and the next verb — never leave it out. (For he / she / it, "want" takes -s: she wants to buy.) Korean joins the wish straight to the verb, so Korean speakers often say "I want buy" — in English you must keep the "to": I want to buy.
Para decir lo que quieres hacer, usa "want" + "to" + verbo: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. La palabrita "to" siempre va entre "want" y el verbo siguiente — nunca la omitas. (Con he / she / it, "want" toma -s: she wants to buy.) El coreano une el deseo directo al verbo, así que los coreanos suelen decir "I want buy" — en inglés hay que mantener el "to": I want to buy.
- I want to buy this bag. Quiero comprar este bolso.
- Do you want to buy some fruit? ¿Quieres comprar algo de fruta?
- I want to go to the shop. Quiero ir a la tienda.
- She wants to sell her phone. Ella quiere vender su teléfono.
pronunciation
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