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Practice ordering food in Spanish

Latin American Spanish · A1 lesson preview

Listen to a complete beginner conversation at a taqueria, follow the English translation, then take the customer’s turns out loud. No account or AI is needed for this preview.

At the taqueria

Level
A1
Dialogue
8 speaking turns
Included here
Audio, text, and translation

Listen to the whole conversation

Play each line at normal or slow speed. Read the translation when you need it, but listen once before looking down.

  1. Customer

    ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?

    Hi! How's it going?

    Slow audio
  2. Taquero

    Bien, gracias. ¿Qué va a querer?

    Good, thanks. What would you like?

    Slow audio
  3. Customer

    ¿Qué recomienda?

    What do you recommend?

    Slow audio
  4. Taquero

    Los de pastor están muy buenos.

    The al pastor ones are very good.

    Slow audio
  5. Customer

    ¿Cuánto cuestan?

    How much do they cost?

    Slow audio
  6. Taquero

    Quince pesos cada taco.

    Fifteen pesos per taco.

    Slow audio
  7. Customer

    Perfecto. Dos tacos al pastor, por favor.

    Perfect. Two tacos al pastor, please.

    Slow audio
  8. Taquero

    Claro. Son treinta pesos.

    Of course. That comes to thirty pesos.

    Slow audio

Now take one side out loud

For each turn, listen once, pause, and copy the whole line. The goal here is a useful speaking rep—not a score.

  1. Customer

    ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?

    Hi! How's it going?

  2. Customer

    ¿Qué recomienda?

    What do you recommend?

  3. Customer

    ¿Cuánto cuestan?

    How much do they cost?

  4. Customer

    Perfecto. Dos tacos al pastor, por favor.

    Perfect. Two tacos al pastor, please.

Turn this dialogue into a real conversation

Watch: listen at normal or slow speed and rebuild each line from what you hear.

Copy: inside the lesson, say useful chunks out loud and get focused pronunciation feedback.

Chat: use what you copied in a low-pressure conversation with Copy, your AI conversation partner.

You can listen, read, and practice the speaking turns on this page without an account. Start a trial when you want pronunciation feedback, AI conversation, and saved progress.