A day out
La excursión is a trip or outing, usually for a day; ir de excursión is to go on one. La visita is a visit to a place or a person, from the verb visitar. Two favorite family days out are el zoo and el parque de atracciones (the amusement park).
| On Saturday we went to the zoo with the children. | El sábado fuimos al zoo con los niños. |
| Yesterday we went to the amusement park. | Ayer fuimos al parque de atracciones. |
| The visit to the palace costs ten euros. | La visita al palacio cuesta diez euros. |
Two fish: el pez and el pescado
Spanish has two words where English has one. El pez is the live animal in the water; el pescado is fish as food, on your plate. The plural of pez is peces: z becomes c before e.
| word | meaning | plural |
|---|---|---|
| el pez | fish (alive) | los peces |
| el pescado | fish (as food) | los pescados |
| At the zoo there are fish of many colors. | En el zoo hay peces de muchos colores. |
Three everyday expressions
- hacer fotos — to take photos. La fotografía is a photograph, and also photography as a hobby; la foto is its short form.
- dar un paseo — to go for a walk, with the irregular preterite of dar.
- pasarlo bien — to have a good time. The lo goes before the conjugated verb: lo pasé bien, lo hemos pasado bien.
| dar un paseo | pasarlo bien | |
|---|---|---|
| yo | di un paseo | lo pasé bien |
| tú | diste un paseo | lo pasaste bien |
| él, ella | dio un paseo | lo pasó bien |
| nosotros | dimos un paseo | lo pasamos bien |
| vosotros | disteis un paseo | lo pasasteis bien |
| ellos | dieron un paseo | lo pasaron bien |
| Can I take photos here? | ¿Puedo hacer fotos aquí? |
| Yesterday we went for a walk in the park. | Ayer dimos un paseo por el parque. |
| Did you have a good time at the zoo? | ¿Lo pasaste bien en el zoo? |
Short words
In everyday speech, Spaniards shorten la bicicleta to la bici and el autobús to el bus. Traveling by a vehicle uses en: en bici, en bus.
| Shall we go by bus or by bike? | ¿Vamos en bus o en bici? |
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