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Listen to Voki conversation #3 and #4
Conversation #3
¿Tu sabes dónde queda el restaurante Pizza Hut? - Do you know where the Pizza Hut restaurante is located?
Sí. Queda al este, en la esquina de la Avenida Finch y la calle Don Mills. La dirección es calle Don Mills, 3555. - Yes. It is east, at the corner of Finch Avenue and Don Mills Road. The address is 3555 Don Mills Road.
Conversation #4
¿Y dónde queda la estación de metro Finch? - And where is the Finch subway station?
Queda al oeste, en la avenida Finch y la calle Yonge. - It's west, on Finch Avenue and Yonge Street.
Grammar Notes: Conversations #3 and #4 - Specific Places
In these two conversations, the speakers are looking for a specific place. They use the question "¿Dónde queda...?" followed by a definite article and then the name of the particular place, i.e, the business or institution. You'll notice in conversation #3, the young woman is looking for the Pizza Hut restaurant, not any other. In conversation #4, she wants to know where the Finch subway station is located.
Definite articles in Spanish
El + singular, masculine noun - Notice that there is no accent on the E in this word. If you put an accent on the E, the meaning changes to "he."
La + singular, feminine noun.
Los + plural, masculine noun - Note: If you use a plural article (either los or las) and a plural noun, you'll need to change the verb forms by adding an N at the end - quedan, están.
Las + plural, feminine noun.
Verbs:
Notice the verb "queda" is used for questions and answers about a specific place. Another verb that you could use to answer the question is the verb "está" to indicate the location.
After the verb (either queda or está), you can respond in various ways by telling your listener one or more of the following:
The distance in blocks - Examples: "a una cuadra" (one block away) "a tres cuadras" (three blocks away)
The overall distance - Example: "lejos de aquí " (far from here) -"cerca de aquí" (near here, nearby).
A cardinal direction - al norte (to the north), al sur (to the south), al este (to the east), al oeste (to the west)
The location - entre (between)- Example: La panadería queda entre la farmacia y el restaurante.
junto a la + feminine noun / junto al + masculine noun - Example: junto a la farmacia. Junto al restaurante
en la esquina (at the corner) - Example: El hotel queda en la esquina.
The address - en la calle / en la avenida + [name of the street or avenue] + address number - Example: Newnham campus queda en la avenida Finch, 1750.
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