¿Qué quieres comer? (What do you want to eat?)

Learning Objectives Identify the Spanish words for breakfast (el desayuno), lunch (el almuerzo), and dinner (la cena). Ask '¿Qué quieres comer?' (What do you want to eat?). State what they want to eat using 'Quiero...' followed by a food item. Tell time on the hour in Spanish (e.g., 'Son las ocho'). Connect meal times with specific times of the day (e.g., 'A las siete de la mañana, como el desayuno'). Answer what they want to eat for a specific meal, like 'Para el almuerzo, quiero un sándwich'. Ding-dong! 🔔 Your tummy is rumbling! What time is it, and what delicious food do you want to eat right now? In this lesson, we will learn how to tell time in Spanish and connect it to our favorite meals! We'll learn the words fo...

TermDefinitionExample La horaThis means 'the time' or 'the hour'. We use it to talk about what time it is.Pregunta (Question): ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?) El desayunoThis is the word for 'breakfast', the first meal of the day.Para el desayuno, quiero cereal. (For breakfast, I want cereal.) El almuerzoThis is the word for 'lunch', the meal we eat in the middle of the day.El almuerzo es a las doce. (Lunch is at twelve o'clock.) La cenaThis is the word for 'dinner', the meal we eat in the evening.¿Qué quieres para la cena? (What do you want for dinner?) Querer (quiero)This is a verb that means 'to want'. When you are talking about yourself, you say 'quiero', which means 'I want'.Yo quiero una manzana. (...

Telling Time on the Hour Es la una. (It's one o'clock.) Son las + [number from 2-12]. (It's... o'clock.) Use 'Es la una' ONLY for one o'clock because 'una' is singular. For all other hours, use 'Son las' because the hours are plural (two, three, four, etc.). Asking and Answering 'What do you want to eat?' Question: ¿Qué quieres comer? Answer: (Yo) quiero + [food item]. To ask what someone wants to eat, use the question '¿Qué quieres comer?'. To answer, start with 'Quiero' (I want) and then say the name of the food. Connecting Time and Meals A la(s) + [time] + como + [meal]. To say when you eat a meal, use 'A la(s)' for 'at'. Use 'A la una' for 1 o'c...