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Clothes

Unit 8 takes you shopping. First the clothes: a shirt, a T-shirt, trousers, jeans, a dress, a skirt, a jacket, shoes, a sweater. Then the colours you learned in Unit 5, which agree with each piece of clothing. Press Play and say every word out loud.

Shirts and trousers, with Lupe

Clothes

la ropa (singular)

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Dresses, jackets, shoes

More clothes, with Pedro

A dress, a skirt

el vestido · la falda

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SpanishEnglishNote
la ropaclothesone word, singular
la camisashirt
la camisetaT-shirtMexico also: la playera
los pantalonestrousers, pantsplural, as in English
los jeansjeansMexico also: de mezclilla; Spain: vaqueros
el vestidodress
la faldaskirt
la chaquetajacketMexico also: la chamarra
los zapatosshoesone shoe: un zapato
el suétersweateraccent on the first e

Colours agree

A white shirt, black shoes

After the noun, and agreeing

una camisa blanca

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masculinefeminine
singularun suéter negrouna chaqueta negra
pluralunos zapatos negrosunas camisas negras
-e, consonantun vestido verde · azuluna falda verde · azul
pluralunos jeans verdes · azulesunas faldas verdes · azules

Pretty, and what you wear

Bonito, llevar

Pretty, nice

bonito · bonita

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SpanishEnglish
bonito, bonitapretty, nice
llevo, llevas, llevaI wear, you wear, he, she wears
Llevo una camiseta azul.I am wearing a blue T-shirt.
Pedro lleva jeans y una chaqueta negra.Pedro is wearing jeans and a black jacket.

Practice

Listen: question 1

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Question

What did Lupe say?

Hint
Not el vestido.
Solution

Lupe said La falda: the skirt.

Listen: question 2

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Question

What did Pedro say?

Hint
Zapatos and negros.
Solution

Pedro said Unos zapatos negros: some black shoes.

Question

Complete: una chaqueta ___ (white)

Hint
Chaqueta is feminine and singular.
Solution

Una chaqueta blanca.

Question

Complete: los pantalones ___ (blue)

Hint
Azul ends in a consonant: add -es in the plural.
Solution

Los pantalones azules.

Question

Which is right?

Hint
Only one has the right el or la.
Solution

El vestido; la camiseta, el suéter.

Listen: question 6

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Question

What is Lupe wearing?

Hint
Verde is green.
Solution

Lupe said Llevo un suéter verde: I am wearing a green sweater.

Put the words in order: Pedro is wearing a black jacket.

Click the items in the correct order. Click an item in your answer to move it back.

Available items
Your order

Note.

Next: prices and sizes: ¿Cuánto cuesta?, the numbers to a thousand, small, medium, large.