
Basic colors: Asking about tshirt color options
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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.
See breakdown →¿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.
See breakdown →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.
See breakdown →¿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.
See breakdown →La playera
lah plah-YEH-rah
T-shirt
Sí
see
Yes
La tenemos
lah teh-NAY-mos
We have it
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.
See breakdown →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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