Lesson 6.1.1 · De compras
🛍️ Shopping & Errands
Whether it's the supermercado or a corner tienda, here's the shopping vocabulary you'll use weekly.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
At the store
'Abierto / cerrado' (open/closed) on every door. 'Ir de compras' = to go shopping; 'hacer mercado' specifically = grocery shopping.
business
the supermarket
open
closed
to buy
to go shopping
the bag
the box
the credit card
Example sentences
Necesito el negocio, por favor.
I need the business, please.
¿Dónde está el supermercado?
Where is the supermarket?
La comida está abierto.
The food is open.
Mini-diálogo
¿Dónde está el negocio?
Where is the business?
Me gusta el supermercado.
I like the supermarket.
Common jobs you'll meet
Add the feminine -a to most: cocinera, trabajadora, conductora. 'Mesero/a' is Colombian for waiter/waitress (Spain uses 'camarero').
the cook
the driver
the worker
the waitress
Example sentences
Necesito el cocinero, por favor.
I need the cook, please.
¿Dónde está el conductor?
Where is the driver?
Me gusta el trabajador.
I like the worker.
Mini-diálogo
¿Dónde está el cocinero?
Where is the cook?
Me gusta el conductor.
I like the driver.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
the box
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
the supermarket
the credit card
the bag
abierto
el cocinero
the box
Fill the blank
¿Dónde está el _____?
Where is the supermarket?
Fill the blank
Me gusta el _____.
I like the worker.
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