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Shopping and asking prices

In a café you order what is on the menu. In a shop it's different: you look for something, point at it, ask about the price and make a decision. You know the words for clothes, colours, food and prices – here you put them together into a real shopping conversation.

Asking about a product

With ¿Tiene ...? you ask whether they have something: ¿Tiene tomates? If you want it in another colour: ¿Tiene esta camiseta en azul? At the market you simply say the quantity: Un kilo de tomates, por favor.

Pointing and asking the price

In a shop you point at the thing – that's what demonstratives are for: ¿Cuánto cuesta esta camiseta? With several things, everything is : ¿Cuánto cuestan estos zapatos? If you don't know the word, ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? is enough.

The answer: Cuesta quince euros. or Cuestan cuarenta euros. – often just the price: Quince euros.

Reacting and deciding

Too expensive? Es un poco cara. – the adjective agrees: la camiseta → cara, los zapatos → caros. If you like it and the price is right: Quiero esta. or Vale, quiero estos. The demonstrative stands on its own here because it's clear what you mean.

Typical mistakes

For one thing cuesta, for several cuestan: ¿Cuánto cuesta la chaqueta?, but ¿Cuánto cuestan los pantalones? – los pantalones is always in Spanish. And in a shop you address the shop assistant with usted: ¿Tiene ...?, not ¿Tienes ...?

Examples

  • — ¿Tiene esta camiseta en azul? — Sí, aquí tiene.
  • — ¿Cuánto cuesta? — Quince euros.
  • — ¿Y cuánto cuestan estos zapatos? — Cuarenta euros.
  • Son un poco caros. Quiero solo la camiseta.

Exercises

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Exercise 1 of 5

What does the shop assistant answer?

Match each question or request from the customer with the right answer.

Pay attention to singular and plural, colours and quantity.

A1CommunicationShopping and asking prices

Exercise 2 of 5

In the clothes shop

Read the conversation and choose what fits.

Marta is looking for a T-shirt. She doesn't know the shop assistant.
— Hola, buenos días. ¿ esta camiseta en azul?
— Sí, aquí tiene.
— ¿Cuánto ?
— Quince euros.
— ¿Y pantalones blancos?
— treinta euros.
— Mmm, son un poco . Entonces solo la camiseta.
— Muy bien. Son quince euros.
A1CommunicationShopping and asking prices

Exercise 3 of 5

How much is it?

You hear short conversations in a shop and at the market.

Click 🔊 and choose what matches the conversation. Listen especially for the price.

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A1CommunicationShopping and asking prices

Exercise 4 of 5

The black trousers

Drag the words into the correct order for a question.

You point at a pair of black trousers and ask how much they are.

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Exercise 5 of 5

Now you go shopping

Write what you say in each situation. The punctuation at the end is already there.

You point at a jacket and want to know the price.
— ¿?
You point at a pair of shoes and want to know the price.
— ¿?
The T-shirt is red; you would like it in white.
— ¿?
At the market: you would like a kilo of tomatoes.
— , por favor.
The jacket costs 90 euros. You find it a bit expensive.
— .
The white T-shirt costs 12 euros. You take it.
— Vale, .