Help! This is bugging me...
Lesson 1.3
I want something to drink .... Quiero algo para tomar.
but the dictionary says beba to drink and tomar to take.
And the Rocket Spanish vocabulary #8 says beber to drink.
Aiyeee!
Thanks for your enlightenment!
jackie
to drink - tomar or beba?
think about the following
In English we say: " What will you have for dinner"
and we mean
" What will you eat for dinner "
The answer is:
" I will have spaghetti "
And we mean
" I will eat spaghetti "
Next
I have a headache, and my wife says: " Take an aspirine "
So, I take an aspirine out of the tube and I am standing with that aspirine in my hand for one hour .
My headache is still there.
What my wife wanted to say is. swallow an asperine
It's the same in Spanish
In English we say: " What will you have for dinner"
and we mean
" What will you eat for dinner "
The answer is:
" I will have spaghetti "
And we mean
" I will eat spaghetti "
Next
I have a headache, and my wife says: " Take an aspirine "
So, I take an aspirine out of the tube and I am standing with that aspirine in my hand for one hour .
My headache is still there.
What my wife wanted to say is. swallow an asperine
It's the same in Spanish
Then is it just as correct to say 'Quiero algo para beber?' For a beginner (like me) it seems less confusing.
Is saying para tomar much more common?
Is saying para tomar much more common?
You can say that, but people will look at you a little funny. They prefer to hear para tomar. Para beber sounds too stiff (or formal) for most ears.
Esto es muy interesante. Es "algo para tomar" utilizado egualmente en sud america y espana, o es "algo para beber" mas utilizado en espana?
Gracias.
Gracias.
"algo para tomar" for must of south america... (so says my Peruivan wife ...
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