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Scene illustrating a Mexican Spanish-language basic colors conversation

Key Phrases

¿Tiene esta playera en otros colores?

Do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

¿Me enseña la gris, por favor?

Could you show me the gray one, please?

Puede pagar en la caja, por favor.

You can pay at the register, please.

Skills You'll Learn

Asking about different colors of a product in a store

Preguntar por diferentes colores de un producto en una tienda

Politely asking someone to show you an item

Pedir a alguien que te muestre un artículo con cortesía

Understanding instructions for paying in a store

Entender instrucciones para pagar en una tienda

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're in a clothing store in Mexico. You like a T-shirt and want to see what other colors it comes in.

Buenas tardes. Disculpe, ¿tiene esta playera en otros colores?

Good afternoon. Excuse me, do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

Buenas tardes. Sí, la tenemos en azul, rojo y negro.

Good afternoon. Yes, we have it in blue, red and black.

¿No la tiene en blanco?

You don't have it in white?

En blanco no, lo siento. Pero también hay gris.

Not in white, sorry. But there's also gray.

¿Me enseña la gris, por favor?

Could you show me the gray one, please?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🙋‍♂️❓

Disculpe

dees-KOOL-peh

Excuse me

🇲🇽 The polite way to get a shop worker's attention in Mexico. Say it before asking anything, even if they're standing right there.

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❓👕

¿Tiene esta playera?

tee-EH-neh EHS-tah plah-YEH-rah

Do you have this T-shirt?

💬 playera is the Mexican word for T-shirt. In Spain you'd hear camiseta, which in Mexico usually means an undershirt.

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🎨🔄

En otros colores

en OH-trohs koh-LOH-rehs

In other colors

💬 Spanish uses en for "in" a color, just like English. Swap in any color: en negro, en azul.

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❓👕🎨🔄

¿Tiene esta playera en otros colores?

tee-EH-neh EHS-tah plah-YEH-rah en OH-trohs koh-LOH-rehs

Do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

💬 Tiene here is the polite "you have," the form to use with a shop worker. It ends in -e, with no -s, unlike the casual tienes.

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👕

La playera

lah plah-YEH-rah

T-shirt

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✅

Sí

see

Yes

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✋📦

La tenemos

lah teh-NAY-mos

We have it

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🔵🔴⚫

La tenemos en azul, rojo y negro

lah teh-NAY-mos en ah-SOOL ROH-hoh ee NEH-groh

We have it in blue, red and black

💬 la stands in for the shirt, because playera "T-shirt" is a feminine word. Talking about a hat, sombrero "hat", it would be lo tenemos.

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✅🔵🔴⚫

Sí, la tenemos en azul, rojo y negro.

see lah teh-NAY-mos en ah-SOOL ROH-hoh ee NEH-groh

Yes, we have it in blue, red and black.

🇲🇽 In Mexico a T-shirt is usually a playera. You'll hear camiseta too, but playera sounds more local.

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