Practice Roll 1 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You buy the document.
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Module 021
You Buy and You Pay
Use compra for polite “you buy” and paga for polite “you pay.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
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Verified Module 21 Build — Lessons: compra and paga
Lesson 1
You buy: compra
Use compra when politely saying that one person buys something. Use comprar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
compra
you buy when speaking politely to one person
no compra
you do not buy
¿Compra...?
Do you buy...?
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, compra by itself can mean polite you buy.
Build the meaning step by step
Compra el documento. = You buy the document.
No compra esto. = You do not buy this.
¿Qué compra? = What do you buy?
Use comprar after helper verbs
Quiere comprar esto.
Puede comprar el documento.
Necesita comprar la reservación.
Lesson 1 Practice Rolls
Interpret with compra and comprar
Practice Roll 2 of 30Interpret in English
Compra esto.
Practice Roll 3 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you buy the reservation?
Practice Roll 4 of 30Interpret in English
No compra el mensaje.
Practice Roll 5 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you buy?
Practice Roll 6 of 30Interpret in English
Compra la información aquí.
Practice Roll 7 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to buy this.
Practice Roll 8 of 30Interpret in English
Puede comprar el documento.
Practice Roll 9 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to buy the reservation.
Practice Roll 10 of 30Interpret in English
Compra lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 11 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to buy that.
Practice Roll 12 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cuándo compra el documento?
Practice Roll 13 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You buy it because it is important.
Practice Roll 14 of 30Interpret in English
Compra aquí y abre el documento.
Practice Roll 15 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Why do you buy this?
Lesson 2
You pay: paga
Use paga when politely saying that one person pays. Use pagar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
paga
you pay when speaking politely to one person
no paga
you do not pay
¿Paga...?
Do you pay...?
Use paga por when the idea is paying for something.
Build the meaning step by step
Paga la reservación. = You pay for the reservation.
No paga ahora. = You do not pay now.
¿Cuándo paga? = When do you pay?
Use pagar after helper verbs
Quiere pagar ahora.
Puede pagar aquí.
Necesita pagar por el documento.
Lesson 2 Practice Rolls
Interpret with paga and pagar
Practice Roll 16 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You pay now.
Practice Roll 17 of 30Interpret in English
Paga la reservación.
Practice Roll 18 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you pay here?
Practice Roll 19 of 30Interpret in English
No paga ahora.
Practice Roll 20 of 30Interpret in Spanish
When do you pay?
Practice Roll 21 of 30Interpret in English
Paga por el documento.
Practice Roll 22 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to pay now.
Practice Roll 23 of 30Interpret in English
Puede pagar aquí.
Practice Roll 24 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to pay for the reservation.
Practice Roll 25 of 30Interpret in English
Paga lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 26 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to pay that.
Practice Roll 27 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cómo paga por el documento?
Practice Roll 28 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You pay because it is important.
Practice Roll 29 of 30Interpret in English
Compra el documento y paga ahora.
Practice Roll 30 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You buy the reservation and pay for it here.
Beginner Conversation
Buy, ask, and pay
A: ¿Qué compra?
B: Compro la reservación.
A: ¿Puede pagar ahora?
B: Sí, pago ahora.
A: ¿Dónde paga?
B: Pago aquí.
Language Insights
Compra versus comprar; paga versus pagar
Direct polite action
Use compra and paga when speaking politely to one person about what they buy or pay.
After a helper verb
After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives comprar and pagar.
Module Challenge
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You buy the reservation and pay for it here.
Compra la reservación y la paga aquí.
Module Summary / Checkpoint / Progress Save
Module 21 checkpoint
You can now use compra / comprar and paga / pagar with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and sentence-building blocks.
Your practice progress is saved automatically on this device.