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Week 8 · Paying, Prices and Change

Pagar, precios y cambio

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (Latin American Spanish).

Monday · day 50

¿Aceptan tarjeta o solo efectivo?

Do you take cards or only cash?

Tuesday · day 51

Son ciento veinte pesos.

That's one hundred twenty pesos.

Wednesday · day 52

¿Tiene cambio de quinientos?

Do you have change for five hundred?

Thursday · day 53

Creo que me dio cambio de más.

I think you gave me too much change.

Friday · day 54

¿Me hace un descuento?

Could you give me a discount?

Saturday · day 55

¿Me puede dar un recibo?

Can you give me a receipt?

Sunday · day 56

Yo pago esta vez, tú la próxima.

I'll get this one, you get the next.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 50): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “you are (tú, ser)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ERES; you met it in week 1, Wednesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I call” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, L, is already printed). The word is LLAMO; you met it in week 1, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to help” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is AYUDAR; you met it in week 2, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: S, O, Y → SOY, which means “I am (ser)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 51): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “twenty” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VEINTE; you met it in week 8, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “ripe (masc. pl.)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MADUROS; you met it in week 6, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “beans” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FRIJOLES; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, O, S → TOS, which means “cough”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 52): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “friend (fem.)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is AMIGA; you met it in week 1, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “sister” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HERMANA; you met it in week 4, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “beans” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FRIJOLES; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, A, L → MAL, which means “wrong, badly”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 53): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “sweet” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, D, is already printed). The word is DULCE; you met it in week 5, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “receipt” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, R, is already printed). The word is RECIBO; you met it in week 8, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “tomatoes” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TOMATES; you met it in week 6, Tuesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: L, E, O → LEO, which means “I read”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 54): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “city” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, C, is already printed). The word is CIUDAD; you met it in week 4, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “next (fem.)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PRÓXIMA; you met it in week 8, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “beans” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FRIJOLES; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: D, A, R → DAR, which means “to give”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 55): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “grape” and there are 3 bricks (the first letter, U, is already printed). The word is UVA; you met it in week 6, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “Monday” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, L, is already printed). The word is LUNES; you met it in week 3, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “sugar” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is AZÚCAR; you met it in week 5, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: V, E, Z → VEZ, which means “time (occasion)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 56): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “bag” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BOLSA; you met it in week 6, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “mangoes” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MANGOS; you met it in week 6, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “beans” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FRIJOLES; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: S, A, L → SAL, which means “salt”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, Spanish on the back.

W8 · 1Do you take cards or only cash?
¿Aceptan tarjeta o solo efectivo?
W8 · 2That's one hundred twenty pesos.
Son ciento veinte pesos.
W8 · 3Do you have change for five hundred?
¿Tiene cambio de quinientos?
W8 · 4I think you gave me too much change.
Creo que me dio cambio de más.
W8 · 5Could you give me a discount?
¿Me hace un descuento?
W8 · 6Can you give me a receipt?
¿Me puede dar un recibo?
W8 · 7I'll get this one, you get the next.
Yo pago esta vez, tú la próxima.