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Dedication
Martin dedicates this part of this wikibook to the SpanishPod team: Estibalitz (Esti) Gete Moreno, Jorge Leonardo (Leo) Guerrero Vargas, Liliana (Lili) Mata, and John Patrick (JP) Villanueva (in alphabetic order). While this part is not officially authored by them, it is only derived work of the stupendous podcast they are creating every day.
Table of Contents
Foreword
This first part of the wikibook Spanish by Choice (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish_by_Choice) accompanies a set of SpanishPod audio lessons for beginners without prior knowledge of Spanish (“newbies”). These audio lessons are included in the online version of this wikibook in the Ogg Vorbis format. MP3 files are available at http://spanishpod.com
This print version of the wikibook includes transcripts of the lesson dialogues with translations, vocabulary lists, lists of grammatically related words, and translation exercises based on the dialogues. Apart from the audio lessons, the online version of this wikibook also offers additional links to related Wikipedia articles and an index of all lines of the lesson dialogues.
The lessons can be studied in any order; thus, readers are free to choose lessons according to their preferences. It is not necessary to study all lessons; however, it is very recommendable to review the lessons as often as possible. Also, it is necessary to have fun while studying these lessons. Seriously!
A0001: Are You Ready yet?
Introduction
Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0041: Cheers!, A0127: Flirting
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¿Ya estás lista? mujer: ¡Espera un momento! hombre: Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. mujer: Menos mal.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Ya estás lista? already (you) are ready man: Are you ready yet?
mujer: ¡Espera un momento! (you) wait a moment woman: Wait a moment!
hombre: Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. relaxed still (we) have time man: Relax! We still have time.
mujer: Menos mal. less badly woman: Good.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ya adverb already estar verb (infinitive) to be (tú) estás verb (present tense) you are (informal, singular) listo/lista adjective (m./f.) ready esperar verb (infinitive) to wait ¡(tú) espera! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (informal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a el momento noun (masculine) the moment tranquilo/tranquila adjective (m./f.) relaxed, calm todavía adverb still tener verb (infinitive) to have (nosotros/-as) tenemos verb (present tense) we have el tiempo noun (masculine) the time menos adverb less mal adverb badly menos mal phrase OK, good
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el tiempo noun (masculine) the time, the weather ¿cómo? adverb how? ¿Cómo está el tiempo? phrase How is the weather? el clima noun (masculine) the climate, the weather tranquilos/tranquilas adjective (plural, m./f.) relaxed, calm ¡(usted) espere! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (formal, singular) ¡(ustedes) esperen! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (formal, plural)
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| esperar | infinitive | to wait |
| ¡(tú) espera! | imperative | (you) wait! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) espere! | (you) wait! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) esperemos! | (let's) wait! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) esperad! | (you) wait! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) esperen! | (you) wait! (formal, plural) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Ya estás lista? Are you ready yet? ¡Espera un momento! Wait a moment! Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Relax! We still have time. Menos mal. Good./Less bad.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Are you ready yet? ¿Ya estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Do we have time? ¿Tenemos tiempo? We still have time. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Do we still have a moment? ¿Todavía tenemos un momento? We still have a moment. Todavía tenemos un momento. Are you ready? ¿Estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal. Are you already relaxed? ¿Ya estás tranquilo/tranquila?
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Are you ready yet? (formal) ¿Ya está listo/lista (usted)? Wait a moment! (formal) ¡Espere un momento! Relax! I still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tengo tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal.
Image Credits
- “Image:BenboisClock.svg” from http://www.clker.com/clipart-13595.html (Public Domain)
- “Image:Rainbow_over_Becerril.jpg” by César Astudillo (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
A0002: Birthday Party
Introduction
How to ask someone to go together to a birthday party—in Spanish? With Liliana's and JP's guidance it's pretty easy. Of course, that doesn't mean that the answer is always “yes”! In any case, the keyword is la fiesta de cumpleaños – the birthday party.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0127: Flirting
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? mujer: ¿Cuál fiesta? hombre: La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. mujer: Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? hello (you) go to the party man: Hello! Are you going to the party?
mujer: ¿Cuál fiesta? which party woman: What party?
hombre: La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. the party of birthday of Javier man: Javier's birthday party.
mujer: Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? yes (I) go to go (we) go together woman: Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¡hola! interjection hi!, hello! ir verb (infinitive) to go (tú) vas verb (present tense) you go (informal, singular) a preposition to la fiesta noun (feminine) the party ¿cuál? interrogative pronoun what?, which? de preposition of el cumpleaños noun (masculine) the birthday la fiesta de cumpleaños phrase the birthday party Javier noun (masculine) Javier sí adverb yes, sure (yo) voy verb (present tense) I go (yo) voy a ir phrase I am going to go (nosotros/-as) vamos verb (present tense) we go (m./f.) junto/junta adjective (m./f.) together juntos/juntas adjective (plural, m./f.) together
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la piñata noun (feminine) traditional Mexican game el mariachi noun (masculine) traditional Mexican band or musician el sombrero noun (masculine) the hat los sombreros noun (plural, masculine) the hats el trío noun (masculine) the trio el bolero noun (masculine) the melancholic love song los boleros noun (plural, masculine) the melancholic love songs hasta preposition until luego adverb then hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Hello! Are you going to the party? ¿Cuál fiesta? What party? La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Javier's birthday party/the birthday party of Javier. Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? Sure/yes I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hello! Do you go to the party? ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do we go together? Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Are you going to go to the party? ¿Vas a ir a la fiesta? Yes, I'm going to go to the party of Javier. Sí, voy a ir a la fiesta de Javier. Are we going to go together to the party? ¿Vamos a ir juntos a la fiesta? What party? ¿Cuál fiesta? Hello? Javier's party. ¿Hola? La fiesta de Javier. Yes, the birthday party of Javier. Sí, la fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Yes. Do we go together to the party? Sí. ¿Vamos juntos a la fiesta? Sure I am going to go to the party. Sí voy a ir a la fiesta.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello! Do you go to the party? (formal) ¡Hola! ¿(Usted) va a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do you go together? (formal, plural) Sí voy a ir. ¿(Ustedes) van juntos?
Image Credits
- “Image:Nuvola apps 3 cookie.png” by David Vignoni (GNU Lesser General Public License)
- “Image:Tango couple closeup.jpg” by Christian Aastrup (Public Domain)
A0003: At the Bar
Introduction
Ordering beer, one of the essential surviving techniques in the civilized world. At least for some people. Probably the keyword una cerveza – a beer is sufficient to order beer, but in the civilized world we might want to use a few more words. JP and Liliana tell us all about it.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0041: Cheers!, A0066: Bottle of water, A0106: Room service
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? mujer: Quiero una cerveza. hombre: ¿Clara u obscura? mujer: Obscura por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? good afternoons what (to) you (I) serve man: Good afternoon. What can I serve you?
mujer: Quiero una cerveza. (I) want a beer woman: I'd like a beer.
hombre: ¿Clara u obscura?' clear or dark man: Regular or dark?
mujer: Obscura por favor. dark please woman: Dark, please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good buenos/buenas adjective (plural, m./f.) good la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon las tardes noun (plural, feminine) the afternoons buenas tardes phrase good afternoon ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? le indirect object pronoun (to) you (formal, singular) servir verb (infinitive) to serve (yo) sirvo verb (present tense) I serve querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want, I like uno number one un/una article (m./f.) a la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer claro/clara adjective (m./f.) clear, bright o conjunction or u conjunction (before “o”) or obscuro/obscura adjective (m./f.) dark por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿Me da una cerveza por favor? phrase Do you give me a beer, please? cerveza light phrase light beer la cerveza clara phrase the regular beer claros/claras adjective (plural, m./f.) clear, bright la cerveza obscura phrase the dark beer obscuros/obscuras adjective (plural, m./f.) dark el vino noun (masculine) the wine blanco/blanca adjective (m./f.) white el vino blanco phrase the white wine el vino tinto phrase the red wine la michelada noun (feminine) the beer with lime, salt, and sauces Méjico/México lindo phrase beautiful Mexico hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| servir | infinitive | I serve |
| (yo) sirvo | present tense | I serve |
| (tú) sirves | you serve (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sirve | he/she(/it) serves | |
| (usted) sirve | you serve (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) servimos | we serve (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) servís | you serve (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) sirven | they serve (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) sirven | you serve (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? Good afternoon. What can I serve you? Quiero una cerveza. I'd like a beer. ¿Clara u obscura? Regular or dark? Obscura por favor. Dark, please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué le sirvo? I'd like a beer. Quiero una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good. (plural, feminine) Buenas. (short for buenas tardes) I want one, please. Quiero una por favor. What? ¿Qué? One afternoon, please. Una tarde por favor. Good. What can I serve you? (formal) Bueno. ¿Qué le sirvo? I want a ... Quiero un/una ... A beer or a red wine or a white wine? ¿Una cerveza o un vino tinto o un vino blanco? I'd like a good beer. Quiero una cerveza buena. A good beer? A dark beer? ¿Una cerveza buena? ¿Una cerveza obscura? I want a michelada, please. Quiero una michelada por favor. Good. I serve you a good michelada. (formal) Bueno. Le sirvo una michelada buena. Good. Bueno. Good. Bueno.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Good afternoon. What do I serve you? (formal, plural) Buenas tardes. ¿Qué les sirvo? We like a beer. Queremos una cerveza. Regular or dark? ¿Clara u obscura? Dark, please. Obscura por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:Canya cervesa2.jpg” by Jordi Coll Costa (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Red Wine Glas.jpg” by André Karwath aka Aka (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)
A0004: She's not Mexican
Introduction
Talking about others can be a lot of fun. To get started, JP and Liliana show us how to talk about the nationality of someone. Keywords are ¿Cómo se llama? – What's his/her name?, mexicana – Mexican (woman/girl), and guatemalteca – Guatemalan (woman/girl).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0008: How do you say ...?, A0082: My name is..., A0102: Where is the restroom?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? mujer: Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. hombre: ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? mujer: De Antigua.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? how herself (she) calls your friend Mexican man: How does your Mexican friend call herself?
mujer: Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. herself (she) calls Tatiana but not (she) is Mexican (she) is Guatemalan woman: She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
hombre: ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? really from what part of Guatemala man: Really? From what part of Guatemala?
mujer: De Antigua. from Antigua woman: From Antigua.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun himself/herself/itself llamarse verb (infinitive) to call oneself, to be called (élla) se llama verb (present tense) she calls herself, she is called, her name is tu possessive adjective your (informal, singular) la amiga noun (feminine) the friend el amigo noun (masculine) the friend mexicano/mexicana adjective (m./f.) Mexican Tatiana noun (feminine) Tatiana pero conjunction but no adverb not ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is guatemalteco/guatemalteca adjective (m./f.) Guatemalan de verdad phrase really de preposition from, of ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, which? la parte noun (feminine) the part Guatemala noun (feminine) Guatemala Antigua noun (feminine) Antigua
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(tú) te llamas verb (present tense) you call yourself, your name is (informal, singular) ¿Cómo te llamas? phrase How do you call yourself? What is your name? Volcán de Agua noun (masculine) Volcán de Agua (Volcano of Water) panameño/panameña adjective (m./f.) Panamanian colombiano/colombiana adjective (m./f.) Colombian brasileño/brasileña adjective (m./f.) Brazilian americano/americana adjective (m./f.) American estadounidense adjective (m./f.) (US) American
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| llamarse | verb (infinitive) | to call oneself, to be called |
| (yo) me llamo | verb (present tense) | I call myself |
| (tú) te llamas | you call yourself (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) se llama | he/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself) | |
| (usted) se llama | you call yourself (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) nos llamamos | we call ourselves (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) os llamáis | you call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) se llaman | they call themselves (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) se llaman | you call yourselves (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? How does your Mexican friend call herself? Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan. ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? Really? From what part of Guatemala? De Antigua. From Antigua.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What's the name of your Mexican friend? ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? Her name is Tatiana. But she isn't Mexican. She is Guatemalan. Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What's the name of your friend (masculine)? ¿Cómo se llama tu amigo? My friend? ¿Mi amigo? Your friend from Guatemala. Tu amigo de Guatemala. He's not Guatemalan. No es guatemalteco. Really? Is he Panamanian? ¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño? No, he's not Panamanian. No, no es panameño. He is Colombian, isn't he? Es colombiano, ¿no? No, he's not Colombian. No, no es colombiano. Is he from Mexico? ¿Es de México? No, he's not Mexican. No, no es mexicano. But from which part of America is he? ¿Pero de qué parte de América es? He is US American. Es estadounidense. Really? What's his name? ¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama? His name is John. Se llama John.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's the name of your Mexican friends? (formal) ¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas? Their names are Tatiana, ... But they aren't Mexican. They are Guatemalan. Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.
Image Credits
- “Image:Antigua Santa Catalina 2008 06.JPG” by Raymond Ostertag (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)
A0005: Take a Picture
Introduction
Asking strangers for a favor can be pretty difficult for the less extrovert of us—even in our native language. But with a few Spanish words it's actually not that hard as Liliana and JP show us in this lesson. The keyphrase is tomar una foto – to take a picture.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0008: How do you say ...?, A0019: How do you spell beige?, A0122: Telephone card
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Señorita! mujer: ¿Sí? hombre: ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? mujer: ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! hombre: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Señorita! miss man: Miss!
mujer: ¿Sí? yes woman: Yes?
hombre: ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? (you) excuse (for) us (you) could take a photo please man: Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us?
mujer: ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! how not (you) smile woman: How could I not? Smile!
hombre: Gracias. thanks man: Thanks.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman la señorita noun (feminine) the miss sí adverb yes disculpar verb (infinitive) to excuse ¡(usted) disculpe! verb (imperative) (you) excuse! (formal) nos indirect object pronoun (to/for) us poder verb (infinitive) can (usted) podría verb (conditional tense) you could (formal) tomar verb (infinitive) to take un/una article (m./f.) a la fotografía noun (feminine) the photo la foto noun (feminine) the photo por favor phrase please ¿cómo? adverb how? no adverb not, no sonreír verb (infinitive) to smile ¡(ustedes) sonrían! verb (imperative) (you) smile! (formal, plural) gracias noun (plural, feminine) thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el señor noun (masculine) the mister la tarea noun (feminine) the exercise la señora noun (feminine) the mistress Don Pedro phrase very respectful form of address Doña Paula phrase very respectful form of address hasta luego phrase see you soon
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| poder | infinitive | can |
| (yo) podría | conditional tense | I could |
| (tú) podrías | you could (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) podría | he/she(/it) could | |
| (usted) podría | you could (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) podríamos | we could (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) podríais | you could (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) podrían | they could (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) podrían | you could (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| disculpar | infinitive | to excuse |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) excuse! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | (you) excuse! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | (let's) excuse! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | (you) excuse! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | (you) excuse! (formal, plural) | |
| sonreír | infinitive | to smile |
| ¡(tú) sonríe! | imperative | (you) smile! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) sonría! | (you) smile! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sonriamos! | (let's) smile! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) sonreíd! | (you) smile! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) sonrían! | (you) smile! (formal, plural) | |
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| (yo) tomo | present tense | I take |
| (tú) tomas | you take (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) toma | he/she(/it) takes | |
| (usted) toma | you take (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tomamos | we take (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tomáis | you take (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) toman | they take (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) toman | you take (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Señorita! Miss! ¿Sí? Yes? ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us? ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! Of course./How could I not? Smile! Gracias. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Miss! ¡Señorita! Yes? ¿Sí? Excuse me! Could you take a photo for us, please? (formal) ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? Of course! Smile! (formal) ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! Thanks. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Sir! Excuse me! ¡Señor! ¡Disculpe! Yes? ¿Sí? Could you take a picture for us? ¿Nos podría tomar una foto? No! ¡No! Sir, please! Señor, ¡por favor! Yes, of course. Sí, ¿cómo no? Thanks! Gracias! Sir, miss, smile. Señor, señorita, sonrían.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Miss! ¡Señorita! Yes? ¿Sí? Excuse me! Could you take a photo for me, please? (informal) ¡Disculpa! ¿Me podrías tomar una foto por favor? Of course! Smile! (informal) ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonríe! Thanks. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Miss Rep Dominicana 07 Ada Aimee.jpg” by Jose Rosengurtt (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0006: How's It Going?
Introduction
It's really useful to know how to start a conversation in order to have one! Liliana and JP talk about all we need: greetings, compliments, and how to respond to them. The keyword is guapa – beautiful (for feminine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0007: Where are you from?, A0016: I feel sick, A0086: Are you single?
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? mujer: Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? hombre: Todo bien, gracias. mujer: Me alegra.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? hello beautiful how (for) you (it) goes man: Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you?
mujer: Bien, bien. Y tú, ¿qué tal? good good and you how so woman: Good, good. And you, how are you?
hombre: Todo bien, gracias. all good thanks man: Everything's fine, thanks.
mujer: Me alegra. me (it) delights woman: That makes me happy.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman hola interjection hello guapo/guapa adjective (m./f.) beautiful ¿cómo? adverb how? te indirect object pronoun (to/for) you ir verb (infinitive) to go (él/ella) va verb (present tense) he/she(/it) goes bien adverb well, good y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you ¿Qué tal? phrase How are you? todo/toda adjective (m./f.) all gracias phrase thanks me indirect object pronoun (to/for) me alegrar verb (infinitive) to delight (él/ella) alegra verb (present tense) he/she(/it) delights
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
hacer verb (infinitive) to make (tú) haces verb (present tense) you make (informal, singular) ¿Cómo haces tacos? phrase How do you make tacos? (informal, singular) poder verb (infinitive) can (tú) puedes verb (present tense) you can (informal, singular) los direct object pronoun them ¿Cómo los puedes hacer? phrase How can you make them? (informal, singular) lindo/linda adjective (m./f.) nice, pretty feo/fea adjective (m./f.) ugly ¡Hola, guapo! phrase Hello, handsome! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| alegrar | infinitive | to delight |
| (yo) alegro | present tense | I delight |
| (tú) alegras | you delight (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) alegra | he/she(/it) delights | |
| (usted) alegra | you delight (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) alegramos | we delight (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) alegráis | you delight (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) alegran | they delight (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) alegran | you delight (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Good, good. And you, how are you? Todo bien, gracias. Everything's fine, thanks. Me alegra. That makes me happy.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Good, good. And you? How are you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes me happy. Me alegra.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Hello, handsome (masculine)! ¡Hola, guapo! Hello, ugly (feminine)! How are you? ¡Hola, fea! ¿Cómo te va? (or: ¿Qué tal?) Everything's fine. Thanks, ugly (masculine). And you? Todo bien. Gracias, feo. ¿Y tú? Good. Everything goes fine. Bien. Todo va bien. How good! I'm delighted. ¡Qué bien! Me alegra.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? (formal) ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo le va? Good, good. And you? How are you? (formal) Bien, bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes us happy. Nos alegra.
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- “Image:Gael garcia bernal.jpg” by Che at cs.wikipedia (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
- “Image:Lindo Sol em Plataforma.jpg” by Tiago Celestino (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
A0007: Where Are You from?
Introduction
Yes, this is about the easiest way to find something to talk about: asking where people are from. Invaluable small talk strategies offered by Liliana and JP. Keywords are Perú – Peru and Colombia – Colombia.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0047: Coffee time, A0082: My name is...
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Dialogue
mujer: ¿De dónde eres? hombre: Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? mujer: Yo soy de Colombia. hombre: ¡Qué bien!
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿De dónde eres? from where (you) are woman: Where are you from?
hombre: Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? (I) am from Peru and you man: I'm from Peru. And you?
mujer: Yo soy de Colombia. I am from Colombia woman: I'm from Colombia.
hombre: ¡Qué bien! how good man: How nice!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man de preposition from, of ¿dónde? adverb where? ¿de dónde? adverb from where? ser verb (infinitive) to be (tú) eres verb (present tense) you are (informal, singular) (yo) soy verb (present tense) I am Perú noun (masculine) Peru y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you (informal, singular) yo subject pronoun I Colombia noun (feminine) Colombia ¿qué? adverb how?, what? bien adverb well, good
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el ceviche noun (masculine) the citrus-marinated seafood salad los incas noun (plural, masculine) the Incas Machu Picchu noun (masculine) a Inca city Gabriel García Márquez noun (masculine) a Colombian writer Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll noun (feminine) a Colombian goddess hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Peru. And you? Yo soy de Colombia. I'm from Colombia. ¡Qué bien! How nice!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? I'm from Peru. And you? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Colombia. Yo soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? Where am I from? ¿De dónde soy? From Peru, from Colombia, ...? ¿De Perú, de Colombia, ...? Are you from Peru? ¿(Tú) eres de Perú? I'm from Colombia. (Yo) soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien! And you? ¿Y tú? What? ¿Qué? Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres?
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Where are you from? (formal) ¿De dónde es (usted)? I'm from Peru. And you? (formal, plural) Soy de Perú. ¿Y ustedes? We are from Colombia. Nosotros somos de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien!
A0008: How Do You Say ...?
Introduction
Did you ever wonder how to say a particular word in Spanish? In this lesson, JP and Liliana tell us how to ask: “How do you say ... in Spanish?”—in Spanish that is. And that's also one of the keywords: el español – the Spanish language. The other keyword is: el inglés – the English language.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0005: Take a picture, A0019: How do you spell beige?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? mujer: Se dice internet. hombre: ¿Igual que en inglés? mujer: Sí, igual.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? listen how itself/one says internet in Spanish man: Hey! How do you say internet in Spanish?
mujer: Se dice internet. itself/one says internet woman: You say internet.
hombre: ¿Igual que en inglés? equal as in English man: The same as in English?
mujer: Sí, igual. yes equal woman: Yes, the same.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman oír verb (infinitive) to hear ¡(tú) oye! verb (imperative) (you) hear, listen! (informal, singular) ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun itself, one, you decir verb (infinitive) to say (él/ella) dice verb (present tense) he/she(/it) says el internet noun (masculine) the internet en preposition in el español noun (masculine) the Spanish igual adjective (m./f.) equal, same que conjunction as, than el inglés noun (masculine) the English sí adverb yes
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿Cómo se dice ...? phrase How do you say ...? la pluma noun (feminine) the pen el anglicismo noun (masculine) the anglicism los anglicismos noun (plural, masculine) the anglicisms hacer verb (infinitive) to make hacer clic phrase to click el perro caliente phrase the hot dog ser verb (infinitive) to be (él) es verb (present tense) he is muy adverb very Él es muy nerd. phrase He is a nerd. este/esta pronoun (m./f.) that la situación noun (feminine) the situation friky adjective (m./f.) freaky Esta situación es muy friky. phrase That situation is very freaky.
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| oír | infinitive | to hear |
| ¡(tú) oye! | imperative | (you) hear! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) oiga! | (you) hear! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos! | (let's) hear! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) oíd! | (you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) oigan! | (you) hear! (formal, plural) | |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| (yo) digo | present tense | I say |
| (tú) dices | you say (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) dice | he/she(/it) says | |
| (usted) dice | you say (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) decimos | we say (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) decís | you say (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dicen | they say (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dicen | you say (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? Hey! How do you say internet in Spanish? Se dice internet. You say internet. ¿Igual que en inglés? The same as in English? Sí, igual. Yes, the same.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Listen! How do you say internet in Spanish? ¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? You say internet. Se dice internet. The same as in English? ¿Igual que en inglés? Yes, the same. Sí, igual.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
How do you say tequila in Spanish? ¿Cómo se dice tequila en español? How? ¿Cómo? (short for ¿Cómo dice? – What do you say? (formal)) How do you say tequila? ¿Cómo se dice tequila? Tequila. It is Spanish! Tequila. ¡Es español! One says tequila in Spanish? ¿Se dice tequila en español? Yes, you say tequila. Sí, se dice tequila. The same as in English! ¡Igual que en inglés! Yes, the same. Sí, igual.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Listen! How do you say internet in Spanish? (formal) ¡Oiga! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? You say internet. Se dice internet. The same as in English? ¿Igual que en inglés? Yes, the same. Sí, igual.
Image Credits
- “Image:Flag of Spain.svg” by Pedro A. Gracia Fajardo (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication)
- “Image:NCI Visuals Food Hot Dog.jpg” by Renee Comet (Public Domain)
A0010: I'm Hungry
Introduction
Make sure to eat something before you listen to this lesson. Liliana and JP keep talking about keywords such as hambre – hunger, tengo hambre – I'm hungry, and restaurante italiano – Italian restaurant until they have to stop recording because they are too hungry!
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0002: Birthday party, A0015: Table for two, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0066: Bottle of water
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
hombre: Tengo hambre. mujer: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? hombre: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. mujer: Buena idea.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Tengo hambre. (I) have hunger man: I'm hungry.
mujer: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? I too (we) go to eat woman: Me too. Are we going to eat?
hombre: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. yes (I) want go to a restaurant Italian man: Yes, I want to go to an Italian restaurant.
mujer: Buena idea. good idea woman: Good idea.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el hambre noun (feminine) the hunger tener hambre phrase to have hunger, to be hungry (yo) tengo hambre phrase I have hunger, I'm hungry yo subject pronoun I también adverb too, also ir verb (infinitive) to go (nosotros/-as) vamos verb (present tense) we go (m./f.) a preposition to comer verb (infinitive) to eat sí adverb yes querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like, to love (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want un/una article (m./f.) a, one el restaurante noun (masculine) the restaurant italiano/italiana adjective (m./f.) Italian bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good la idea noun (feminine) the idea
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
español/española adjective (m./f.) Spanish francés/francesa adjective (m./f.) French la sed noun (feminine) the thirst tener sed phrase to have thirst, to be thirsty (yo) tengo sed phrase I have thirst, I'm thirsty comida corrida phrase small menu at fixed price el tamarindo noun (masculine) the tamarind hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Tengo hambre. I'm hungry. Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? Me too. Are we going to eat? Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. Yes, I want to go to an Italian restaurant. Buena idea. Good idea.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I'm hungry. Tengo hambre. Me too. Are we going to eat? Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? Yes, I want to go to an Italian restaurant. Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. Good idea. Buena idea.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I want to go to a restaurant Quiero ir a un restaurante. Good idea! I'm hungry, too. ¡Buena idea! Tengo hambre también. Are we going to go to a French restaurant? ¿Vamos a ir a un restaurante francés? I want to eat Spanish food. Yo quiero comer comida española. Good. Let's go to a Spanish restaurant. Bueno. Vamos a un restaurante español. Let's go! ¡Vamos!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We are hungry. Tenemos hambre. We too. Are you going to eat? (informal, plural) Nosotros también. ¿Vais a comer? Yes, we want to go to an Italian restaurant. Sí, queremos ir a un restaurante italiano. Good idea. Buena idea.
Image Credits
- “Image:Restaurante Antigua.JPG” by Charlie29 (Public Domain)
- “Image:Tamarindus indica, leaves, pod.jpg” by Tauʻolunga (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0011: Call Me
Introduction
In this lesson, Liliana and JP tell us how to say goodbye and a lot of other very useful phrases, such as “right?”, “when?”, “let's see”, “I don't know”, “call me!”, and “OK”. The keyword is one of them: llámame – call me.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0019: How do you spell beige?, A0030: Call back later, A0086: Are you single?
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Dialogue
hombre: Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? mujer: ¿A qué hora? hombre: A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. mujer: Vale. Hasta mañana.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? (to) each other we see tomorrow no man: We see each other tomorrow, right?
mujer: ¿A qué hora? at what hour woman: At what time?
hombre: A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. to see no (I) know (you) call me more late man: Let's see. I don't know. Call me later.
mujer: Vale. Hasta mañana. (it) is valid until tomorrow woman: OK, see you tomorrow.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman nos reflexive pronoun (to) ourselves, each other ver verb (infinitive) to see (nosotros/-as) vemos verb (present tense) we see (m./f.) nos vemos phrase we see each other mañana adverb tomorrow la mañana noun (feminine) the morning no adverb no a preposition at, to ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, which? la hora noun (feminine) the hour, the time a ver phrase let's see saber verb (infinitive) to know (yo) sé verb (present tense) I know llamar verb (infinitive) to call me direct object pronoun me ¡(tú) llama! verb (imperative) (you) call! (informal, singular) ¡(tú) llámame! phrase (you) call me! (informal, singular) más adverb more tarde adverb late más tarde phrase later valer verb (infinitive) to be valid, to be worthy (él/ella) vale verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is valid, worthy vale interjection OK hasta preposition until
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la vaca noun (feminine) the cow la uve noun (feminine) the v el burro noun (masculine) the donkey be de burro phrase b as in burro be grande phrase big b hasta luego phrase see you
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal) | |
| ver | infinitive | to see |
| (yo) veo | present tense | I see |
| (tú) ves | you see (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) ve | he/she(/it) sees | |
| (usted) ve | you see (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vemos | we see (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) veis | you see (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) ven | they see (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) ven | you see (formal, plural) | |
| saber | infinitive | to know |
| (yo) sé | present tense | I know |
| (tú) sabes | you know (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sabe | he/she(/it) knows | |
| (usted) sabe | you know (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) sabemos | we know (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sabéis | you know (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) saben | they know (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) saben | you know (formal, plural) | |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | (you) call! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | (let's) call! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | (you) call! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| valer | infinitive | to be valid, worthy |
| (yo) valgo | present tense | I'm valid |
| (tú) vales | you are valid (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) vale | he/she(/it) is valid | |
| (usted) vale | you are valid (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) valemos | we are valid (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) valéis | you are valid (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) valen | they are valid (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) valen | you are valid (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? We see each other tomorrow, right? ¿A qué hora? At what time? A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. Let's see. I don't know. Call me later. Vale. Hasta mañana. OK, see you tomorrow.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
We see each other tomorrow, right? Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? At what time? ¿A qué hora? Let's see. I don't know. Call me later. A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. OK, see you tomorrow. Vale. Hasta mañana.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
When do we see each other? ¿A qué hora nos vemos? Let's see. We see each other tomorrow. A ver. Nos vemos mañana. At what time? ¿A qué hora? I don't know. No sé. OK. Call me. Vale. Llámame. OK. When? Vale. ¿A qué hora? I don't know! Later! ¡No sé! ¡Más tarde! Tomorrow? ¿Mañana? No! ¡No!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
They see each other tomorrow, right? Se ven mañana, ¿no? At what time? ¿A qué hora? Let's see. They don't know. Call me later. (formal) A ver, no saben. Llámeme más tarde. OK, see you tomorrow. Vale. Hasta mañana.
Image Credits
- “Image:AndesEarlyAMArgentinoLake.jpg” by Calyponte (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Cow portrait.jpg” by Pikaluk (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
A0013: Doing the Laundry
Introduction
Searching for something can be quite frustrating; thus, it's usually better to ask. Liliana and JP teach us how. Moreover, we learn about an easy way to express the future, how to say “there is” in Spanish, and more. The keywords are: no sé – I don't know; and ¿dónde? – where?
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0001: Are you ready yet?, A0035: Is anyone in there?, A0037: The baby is sleeping
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Dialogue
hombre: Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? mujer: Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. hombre: ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? mujer: No sé. ¡Búscalo!
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? (I) go to wash the clothes there is detergent man: I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent?
mujer: Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. yes there is down in the kitchen woman: Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen.
hombre: ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? where in what part man: Where? In what part?
mujer: No sé. ¡Búscalo! no (I) know (you) search it woman: I don't know. Look for it.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ir verb (infinitive) to go (yo) voy verb (present tense) I go a preposition to lavar verb (infinitive) to wash voy a lavar phrase I'm going to wash la ropa noun (feminine) the clothes hay verb (present tense) there is, there are el detergente noun (masculine) the detergent sí adverb yes abajo adverb down, below, downstairs en preposition in la cocina noun (feminine) the kitchen ¿dónde? adverb where? ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? la parte noun (feminine) the part no adverb no saber verb (infinitive) to know (yo) sé verb (present tense) I know buscar verb (infinitive) to search ¡(tú) busca! verb (imperative) (you) search! (informal, singular) lo direct object pronoun him, it ¡(tú) búscalo! phrase (you) look for it! (informal, singular)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la comida noun (feminine) the food la gasolina noun (feminine) the gasoline las mujeres noun (plural, feminine) the women guapo/guapa adjective (m./f.) beautiful guapos/guapas adjective (plural, m./f.) beautiful la mujer guapa phrase the beautiful woman las mujeres guapas phrase the beautiful women comer verb (infinitive) to eat voy a comer phrase I'm going to eat bailar verb (infinitive) to dance el cine noun (masculine) the cinema al (= a el) phrase to the voy al cine phrase I'm going to the movies el teatro noun (masculine) the theater voy al teatro phrase I'm going to the theater hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| saber | infinitive | to know |
| (yo) sé | present tense | I know |
| (tú) sabes | you know (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sabe | he/she(/it) knows | |
| (usted) sabe | you know (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) sabemos | we know (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sabéis | you know (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) saben | they know (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) saben | you know (formal, plural) | |
| buscar | infinitive | to search |
| ¡(tú) busca! | imperative | (you) search! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) busque! | (you) search! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) busquemos! | (let's) search! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) buscad! | (you) search! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) busquen! | (you) search! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? Where? In what part? No sé. ¡Búscalo! I don't know. Look for it.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Where? In what part? ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? I don't know. Look for it. No sé. ¡Búscalo!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I'm going to wash the clothes in the kitchen. Voy a lavar la ropa en la cocina. There is no detergent. No hay detergente. I'm going to look for it. Voy a buscarlo. What? ¿Qué? The detergent. El detergente. There is no detergent! ¡No hay detergente! Yes, I'm going to look for it. Sí, voy a buscarlo. Where? ¿Dónde? Downstairs in the kitchen. Abajo en la cocina. In what part? ¿En qué parte? I don't know. No sé. Look for it. ¡Búscalo!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We're going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Vamos a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Where? In what part? ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? You don't know (informal). Let us look for it! No sabes. ¡Busquémoslo!
Image Credits
- “Image:Santa Claus clothes.jpg” by Paul L (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
- “Image:2005-11 Bocholt Textilmuseum 04.JPG” by Ziko-C (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0015: Table for Two
Introduction
Let's be polite!—Does it matter? Well, yes. At least you should know the difference. JP and Liliana talk us through it by discussing how to be seated in a restaurant. The keyword is: reservación – reservation.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0041: Cheers!, A0062: At the bank
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Dialogue
hombre: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? hombre: No, no tengo. mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. table for two if (you) are so kind man: Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
mujer: ¿Tiene reservación? (you) have reservation woman: Do you have a reservation?
hombre: No, no tengo. no not (I) have man: No, I don't.
mujer: No importa. Síganme por favor. not (it) matters (you) follow me please woman: It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman la mesa noun (feminine) the table para preposition for dos number two si conjunction if ser verb (infinitive) to be (usted) es verb (present tense) you are (formal, singular) tan adverb so amable adjective (m./f.) kind tener verb (infinitive) to have (usted) tiene verb (present tense) you have (formal, singular) la reservación noun (feminine) the reservation no adverb not, no (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have importar verb (infinitive) to matter (él/ella) importa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) matters seguir verb (infinitive) to follow ¡(ustedes) sigan! verb (imperative) (you) follow! (formal, plural) ¡(ustedes) síganme! phrase (you) follow me! (formal, plural) por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| importar | infinitive | to matter |
| (yo) importo | present tense | I matter |
| (tú) importas | you matter (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) importa | he/she(/it) matters | |
| (usted) importa | you matter (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) importamos | we matter (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) importáis | you matter (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) importan | they matter (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) importan | you matter (formal, plural) | |
| seguir | infinitive | to follow |
| ¡(tú) sigue! | imperative | (you) follow! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) siga! | (you) follow! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sigamos! | (let's) follow! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) seguid! | (you) follow! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) sigan! | (you) follow! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. Table for two, if you'd be so kind. ¿Tiene reservación? Do you have a reservation? No, no tengo. No, I don't. No importa. Síganme por favor. It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Table for two, if you are so kind. Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. Do you have a reservation? ¿Tiene reservación? No, I don't. No, no tengo. It doesn't matter. Follow me please. No importa. Síganme por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
A table for two, please. I don't have a reservation. Mesa para dos, por favor. No tengo reservación. You don't have a reservation? ¿No tiene reservación? No, I don't have. Does it matter? No, no tengo. ¿Importa? No, it doesn't matter. No, no importa. You are kind. Es amable. For two? Follow me, please. ¿Para dos? Síganme, por favor.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Table for two, if you are so kind. (informal) Mesa para dos, si eres tan amable. Do you have a reservation? (informal) ¿Tienes reservación? No, we don't. No, no tenemos. It doesn't matter. Follow me please. (informal, plural) No importa. Seguidme por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:Pied Piper with Children.jpg” by Kate Greenaway (Public Domain)
A0016: I Feel Sick
Introduction
It's never good when someone doesn't feel well but at least you can use the opportunity to start a small conversation in Spanish. The keywords are pobrecito – poor guy, and ¿Qué tienes? – What's wrong with you?
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0076: Jet-lag, A0116: Do you want a mint?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: Hombre, ¿qué te pasa? hombre: Me siento mal. mujer: ¿Qué tienes? hombre: Me duele el estómago. mujer: Pobrecito.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Hombre, ¿qué te pasa? man what (to) you (it) happens woman: Hey, what's happening to you?
hombre: Me siento mal. myself (I) feel badly man: I don't feel so good.
mujer: ¿Qué tienes? what (you) have woman: What's wrong with you?
hombre: Me duele el estómago. (to) me hurts the stomach man: My stomach hurts.
mujer: Pobrecito. poor guy woman: Poor little dude.
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? te indirect object pronoun (to) you pasar verb (infinitive) to happen (él/ella) pasa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) happens se reflexive pronoun oneself sentirse verb (infinitive) to feel (oneself) me reflexive pronoun myself (yó) me siento verb (present tense) I feel (myself) mal adverb badly tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) me indirect object pronoun (to) me doler verb (infinitive) to hurt (él/ella) duele verb (present tense) he/she(/it) hurts el estómago noun (masculine) the stomach pobre adjective (m./f.) poor el pobrecito noun (masculine) the poor little guy
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
gordo/gorda adjective (m./f.) fat el gordito noun (masculine) the chubby guy poco/poca adjective (m./f.) little el poquito noun (masculine) the little cute bit hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| pasar | infinitive | to happen |
| (yo) paso | present tense | I happen |
| (tú) pasas | you happen (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) pasa | he/she(/it) happens | |
| (usted) pasa | you happen (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) pasamos | we happen (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) pasáis | you happen (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pasan | they happen (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pasan | you happen (formal, plural) | |
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| sentirse | infinitive | to feel (oneself) |
| (yo) me siento | present tense | I feel (myself) |
| (tú) te sientes | you feel (yourself) (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) se siente | he/she(/it) feels (himself/herself/itself) | |
| (usted) se siente | you feel (yourself) (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) nos sentimos | we feel (ourselves) (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) os sentís | you feel (yourselves) (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) se sienten | they feel (themselves) (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) se sienten | you feel (yourselves) (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| doler | infinitive | to hurt |
| (yo) duelo | present tense | I hurt |
| (tú) dueles | you hurt (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) duele | he/she(/it) hurts | |
| (usted) duele | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) dolemos | we hurt (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) doléis | you hurt (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) duelen | they hurt (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) duelen | you hurt (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hombre, ¿qué te pasa? Hey, what's happening to you? Me siento mal. I don't feel so good. ¿Qué tienes? What's wrong with you? Me duele el estómago. My stomach hurts. Pobrecito. Poor little dude.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Man, what's happening to you? Hombre, ¿qué te pasa? I don't feel so good. Me siento mal. What's wrong with you? ¿Qué tienes? My stomach hurts. Me duele el estómago. Poor guy. Pobrecito.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Hey! ¡Hombre! What's up? (= What happens?) ¿Qué pasa? I feel very (= muy) bad. Me siento muy mal. What's your problem? ¿Qué tienes? I have a headache. (= The head (= la cabeza) hurts to me.) Me duele la cabeza. I feel sorry. (= It (= lo) I feel.) Lo siento.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's happening to you? (formal, plural) ¿Qué les pasa? We don't feel so good. Nos sentimos mal. What's wrong with you? (formal, plural) ¿Qué tienen (ustedes)? My stomach hurts. Me duele el estómago. Poor little guy. Pobrecito.
Image Credits
- “Image:Stomach diagram.svg” by Indolences at en.wikipedia (Public Domain)
- “Image:Carl Spitzweg 017.jpg” by Carl Spitzweg (Public Domain)
A0019: How Do You Spell ‘Beige’?
Introduction
You have a question? Liliana and JP tell us how to ask it. Specifically, they talk about a spelling question; thus, the keyword is be de burro – b as in donkey (b as in Bob).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0005: Take a picture, A0008: How do you say ...?, A0011: Call me
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Dialogue
hombre: Tengo una pregunta. mujer: ¡Dime! hombre: ¿Cómo se escribe beige? mujer: ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. hombre: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Tengo una pregunta. (I) have a question man: I have a question.
mujer: ¡Dime! tell me woman: Tell me!
hombre: ¿Cómo se escribe beige? how itself/one writes beige man: How do you write beige?
mujer: ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. the color itself/one writes with b of donkey, e, i, g, e woman: The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e.
hombre: Gracias. thanks man: Thanks.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have un/una article (m./f.) a la pregunta noun (feminine) the question decir verb (infinitive) to say ¡(tú) di! verb (imperative) (you) say! (informal, singular) me indirect object pronoun (to) me ¡dime! phrase tell me! ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun itself, one, you escribir verb (infinitive) to write (él/ella) escribe verb (present tense) he/she(/it) writes beige adjective (m./f.) beige el color noun (masculine) the color con preposition with de preposition of el burro noun (masculine) the donkey la be de burro phrase the b as in donkey la e noun (feminine) the e la i noun (feminine) the i la ge noun (feminine) the g gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿Cómo se escribe? phrase How do you write? la a noun (feminine) the a la ce noun (feminine) the c la ere noun (feminine) the r la ese noun (feminine) the s Parangaricutirimícuaro noun (masculine) a tongue twister
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| ¡(tú) di! | imperative | (you) say! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) diga! | (you) say! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) digamos! | (let's) say! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) decid! | (you) say! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) digan! | (you) say! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| escribir | infinitive | to write |
| (yo) escribo | present tense | I write |
| (tú) escribes | you write (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) escribe | he/she(/it) writes | |
| (usted) escribe | you write (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) escribimos | we write (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) escribís | you write (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) escriben | they write (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) escriben | you write (formal, plural) |
| a, be, ce, che, de, e, | noun (feminine) | letters from a to z |
| efe, ge, hache, i, jota, | ||
| ka, ele, elle, eme, ene, eñe, | ||
| o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, | ||
| u, ve, doble ve, | ||
| equis, i griega, zeta |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Tengo una pregunta. I have a question. ¡Dime! Tell me! ¿Cómo se escribe beige? How do you write beige? ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. Gracias. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Tell me a question! ¡Dime una pregunta! I have one. Tengo una. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write escribir? ¿Cómo se escribe escribir? One writes e, s, c, r, i, b, i, r. Se escribe e, ese, ce, ere, i, be de burro, i, ere. Thanks. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We have a question. Tenemos una pregunta. You tell me! (formal, plural) ¡Díganme! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Gandhi writing 1942.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain)
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- “Image:Donkey Catalan race.jpg” by David Gaya (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0021: I'm Sleepy
Introduction
You only get what you ask for (in capitalism at least); thus, you better know how to express your preferences. Sometimes you might even have to give a reason for them. But don't worry, JP and Liliana tell us how. Furthermore, they talk about the many ways of saying good bye. Our keyphrase is tengo sueño – I'm sleepy.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0002: Birthday party, A0010: I'm hungry, A0076: Jet-lag
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Dialogue
hombre: ¿Quieres salir hoy? mujer: No, prefiero quedarme en casa. hombre: ¿Por qué? mujer: Tengo sueño. hombre: Ni modo. Nos vemos mañana.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Quieres salir hoy? (you) want go out today man: Do you want to go out today?
mujer: No, prefiero quedarme en casa. no (I) prefer stay (myself) in house woman: No, I prefer to stay at home.
hombre: ¿Por qué? by what man: Why?
mujer: Tengo sueño. (I) have sleep woman: I'm sleepy.
hombre: Ni modo. Nos vemos mañana. no way each other (we) see tomorrow man: Too bad. We see each other tomorrow.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like (tú) quieres verb (present tense) you want (informal, singular) salir verb (infinitive) to go out hoy adverb today no adverb no preferir verb (infinitive) to prefer (yo) prefiero verb (present tense) I prefer se reflexive pronoun oneself quedarse verb (infinitive) to stay (oneself) me reflexive pronoun myself en preposition in la casa noun (feminine) the house en casa phrase at home ¿por qué? adverb why? tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el sueño noun (masculine) the sleep tener sueño phrase to be sleepy ni modo phrase too bad, no way nos reflexive pronoun us, each other ver verb (infinitive) to see (nosotros/-as) vemos verb (present tense) we see nos vemos phrase see ya, we see each other mañana adverb tomorrow
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
nos vemos phrase see ya, we see each other adiós interjection good bye hasta luego phrase until later bye interjection bye hasta pronto phrase until soon nos vemos al rato phrase we see each other in a while ciao interjection bye
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
| salir | infinitive | to go out |
| (yo) salgo | present tense | I go out |
| (tú) sales | you go out (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sale | he/she(/it) goes out | |
| (usted) sale | you go out (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) salimos | we go out (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) salís | you go out (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) salen | they go out (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) salen | you go out (formal, plural) | |
| preferir | infinitive | to prefer |
| (yo) prefiero | present tense | I prefer |
| (tú) prefieres | you prefer (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) prefiere | he/she(/it) prefers | |
| (usted) prefiere | you prefer (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) preferimos | we prefer (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) preferís | you prefer (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) prefieren | they prefer (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) prefieren | you prefer (formal, plural) | |
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| quedarse | infinitive | to stay (oneself) |
| (yo) me quedo | present tense | I stay (myself) |
| (tú) te quedas | you stay (yourself) (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) se queda | he/she(/it) stays (himself/herself/itself) | |
| (usted) se queda | you stay (yourself) (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) nos quedamos | we stay (ourselves) (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) os quedáis | you stay (yourselves) (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) se quedan | they stay (themselves) (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) se quedan | you stay (yourselves) (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| ver | infinitive | to see |
| (yo) veo | present tense | I see |
| (tú) ves | you see (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) ve | he/she(/it) sees | |
| (usted) ve | you see (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vemos | we see (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) veis | you see (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) ven | they see (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) ven | you see (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Quieres salir hoy? Do you want go out today? No, prefiero quedarme en casa. No, I prefer to stay at home. ¿Por qué? Why? Tengo sueño. I'm sleepy. Ni modo. Nos vemos mañana. Too bad. We see each other tomorrow.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Do you want to go out today? ¿Quieres salir hoy? No, I prefer to stay at home. No, prefiero quedarme en casa. Why? ¿Por qué? I'm sleepy. Tengo sueño. Too bad. We see each other tomorrow. Ni modo. Nos vemos mañana.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Do you want to go out? ¿Quieres salir? No, not today. I prefer to go out tomorrow. No, hoy no. Prefiero salir mañana. You don't want to go out today? ¿No quieres salir hoy? No. Why don't you want to go out tomorrow? No. ¿Por qué no quieres salir mañana? I prefer to go out today. Prefiero salir hoy. Why? ¿Por qué? Tomorrow I'm sleepy. Mañana tengo sueño. What? ¿Qué? I prefer to stay at home tomorrow. Prefiero quedarme en casa mañana. Too bad. Do we see each other tomorrow? Ni modo. ¿Nos vemos mañana? No. Good bye. No. Adiós. See you soon! ¡Hasta pronto!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Do you want to go out today? (plural) ¿Queréis salir hoy? No, we prefer to stay at home. No, preferimos quedarnos en casa. Why? ¿Por qué? We're sleepy. Tenemos sueño. Too bad. We see each other tomorrow. Ni modo. Nos vemos mañana.
Image Credits
- “Image:Spain.Barcelona.Casa.Mila.jpg” by Year of the dragon (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:A.Cortina El sueño.jpg” by J. R. Albelda Cortina (Public Domain)
A0023: Going to the Market
Introduction
We are going shopping! This time for fresh apples. Yummy! The keywords are: verde – green and roja – red (for feminine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0047: Coffee time, A0066: Bottle of water, A0122: Telephone card
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Dialogue
hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? mujer: ¿Manzana verde o roja? hombre: Verde, por favor. mujer: ¿Algo más? hombre: No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? good afternoons (to) me (you) give a kilo of apples man: Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples?
mujer: ¿Manzana verde o roja? apple green or red woman: Green apples or red ones?
hombre: Verde, por favor. green please man: Green, please.
mujer: ¿Algo más? something more woman: Anything else?
hombre: No, es todo. Gracias. no (it) is all thanks man: No, that's all. Thanks.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good buenos/buenas adjective (plural, m./f.) good la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon las tardes noun (plural, feminine) the afternoons buenas tardes phrase good afternoon me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) (usted) me da phrase you give to me (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a el kilo noun (masculine) the kilo de preposition of la manzana noun (feminine) the apple verde adjective (m./f.) green rojo/roja adjective (m./f.) red por favor phrase please algo pronoun something más adverb more no adverb no ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is todo pronoun all gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el día noun (masculine) the day los días noun (plural, masculine) the days buenos días phrase good morning (tú) das verb (present tense) you give (informal, singular) (tú) me das phrase you give to me (informal, singular) el tianguis noun (masculine) the Mexican market nada adverb nothing nada más phrase nothing else hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green apples or red ones? Verde, por favor. Green, please. ¿Algo más? Anything else? No, es todo. Gracias. No, that's all. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana? Green apples or red ones? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green, please. Verde, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples, please? Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana, por favor? Green apples? ¿Manzana verde? No, a kilo of red apples, please. No, un kilo de manzana roja, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? One kilo more. Un kilo más. Is that all? ¿Es todo? No. Will you give me a kilo of green apples? No. ¿Me da un kilo de manzana verde? Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Good afternoon. Will you give me a kilo of apples? (informal) Buenas tardes. ¿Me das un kilo de manzana? Green apples or red ones? ¿Manzana verde o roja? Green, please. Verde, por favor. Anything else? ¿Algo más? No, that's all. Thanks. No, es todo. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Goldkey logo removed.jpg” by Swiss Banker (Public Domain)
- “Image:Chrisdesign Photorealistic Green Apple.svg” from the Open Clip Art Library (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication)
- “Image:Reinette baumann.jpg” by Wilhelm Lauche (Public Domain)
- “Image:Eloxochitlán - Tianguis.jpg” by Yavidaxiu (Public Domain)
A0027: The Neighbor
Introduction
Yes, there is something for everyone: Here comes the anti-social dialogue! On the other hand, talking about neighbors is a pretty social activity, isn't it? In any case, the keyword is: tampoco – not either.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0030: Call back later, A0072: Here is my card
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Dialogue
mujer: Ahí viene el vecino. hombre: ¿Lo conoces? mujer: No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú? hombre: Tampoco.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Ahí viene el vecino. there (he) comes the neighbor woman: Here comes the neighbor.
hombre: ¿Lo conoces? him (you) know man: Do you know him?
mujer: No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú? no not him (I) know and you woman: No, I don't know him. How about you?
hombre: Tampoco. not either man: Me neither.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man ahí adverb there venir verb (infinitive) to come (él/ella) viene verb (present tense) he/she(/it) comes el vecino noun (masculine) the (male) neighbor lo direct object pronoun him conocer verb (infinitive) to know (tú) conoces verb (present tense) you know (informal, singular) no adverb no, not (yo) conozco verb (present tense) I know y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you tampoco adverb not either
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la vecina noun (feminine) the (female) neighbor la direct object pronoun her yo tampoco phrase me neither tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el dinero noun (masculine) the money no tengo dinero phrase I don't have money el fraccionamiento noun (masculine) residential area la vecindad noun (masculine) neighborhood sharing a court yard
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| venir | infinitive | to come |
| (yo) vengo | present tense | I come |
| (tú) vienes | you come (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) viene | he/she(/it) comes | |
| (usted) viene | you come (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) venimos | we come (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) venís | you come (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) vienen | they come (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) vienen | you come (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| conocer | infinitive | to know (a person) |
| (yo) conozco | present tense | I know |
| (tú) conoces | you know (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) conoce | he/she(/it) knows | |
| (usted) conoce | you know (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) conocemos | we know (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) conocéis | you know (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) conocen | they know (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) conocen | you know (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Ahí viene el vecino. Here comes the neighbor. ¿Lo conoces? Do you know him? No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú? No, I don't know him. How about you? Tampoco. Me neither.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Here comes the neighbor. Ahí viene el vecino. Do you know him? ¿Lo conoces? No, I don't know him. How about you? No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú? Me neither. (Yo) tampoco.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
There the neighbor comes. Ahí el vecino viene. I don't know him. Do you know him? No lo conozco. ¿Lo conoces? I don't know him either. No lo conozco tampoco. And the (female) neighbor? ¿Y la vecina? I don't know her. What about you? No la conozco. ¿Y tú? Neither do I know her. Yo tampoco la conozco.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Here comes the neighbor. Ahí viene el vecino. Do you know him? (formal) ¿Lo conoce? No, I don't know him. How about you? (formal) No, no lo conozco. ¿Y usted? Me neither. (Yo) tampoco.
Image Credits
- “Image:HombresIlustresStreetLosReyesMexico.JPG” by Thelmadatter (Public Domain)
A0030: Call back Later
Introduction
Making a phone call in Spanish can be somewhat challenging. (I'll never forget my first phone call in Spanish; that's for sure.) Thus, the information provided by Liliana and JP in this lesson is particular useful. The keywords are: está – he/she is (in), no está – he/she is not (in).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0011: Call me, A0027: The Neighbor, A0131: I miss them
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Dialogue
hombre: ¿Hola? mujer: ¿Está Mauricio? hombre: No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. mujer: Muy bien. Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Hola? hello man: Hello?
mujer: ¿Está Mauricio? (he) is (in) Mauricio woman: Is Mauricio in?
hombre: No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. no not (he) is (in) call him more late man: No, he's not in. Call him back later.
mujer: Muy bien. Gracias. very well thanks woman: Fine. Thank you.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿hola? interjection hello? estar verb (infinitive) to be (at a location) (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is Mauricio noun (masculine) no adverb no, not llamar verb (infinitive) to call ¡llama! verb (imperative) you call! (informal, singular) lo direct object pronoun him, it ¡llámalo! verb (imperative) you call him! (informal, singular) más adverb more tarde adverb late más tarde phrase later muy adverb very bien adverb well gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon bonito/bonita article (m./f.) pretty salado/salada article (m./f.) salty está bien phrase alright la llamada noun (feminine) the phone call se reflexive pronoun oneself llamarse verb (infinitive) to call oneself, to be called me reflexive pronoun myself (yo) me llamo verb (present tense) I call myself, my name is ¡aló! interjection hello! ¡bueno! interjection good! ¡dime! phrase tell me! ¡diga! phrase speak! (formal) ¡dímelo! phrase tell it to me! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | (you) call! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | (let's) call! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | (you) call! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| (yo) digo | present tense | I say |
| (tú) dices | you say (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) dice | he/she(/it) says | |
| (usted) dice | you say (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) decimos | we say (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) decís | you say (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dicen | they say (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dicen | you say (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Cover the right column, translate from English to Spanish and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers.
Dialogue Translation
¿Hola? Hello? ¿Está Mauricio? Is Mauricio in? No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. No, he's not in. Call him back later. Muy bien. Gracias. Fine. Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Hello? ¿Hola? Is Mauricio in? ¿Está Mauricio? No, he's not in. Call him back later. No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. Fine. Thanks. Muy bien. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Tell me! ¡Dime! Hello? ¿Hola? Hello! Tell it to me! ¡Hola! ¡Dímelo! Mauricio? ¿Mauricio? No, Mauricio is not in. No, Mauricio no está. Mauricio is not in? ¿No está Mauricio? No, he's not in. Call him back later. No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. Alright. Thanks. Muy bien/está bien. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello? ¿Hola? Is Ana in? ¿Está Ana? No, she's not in. Call her back later. No, no está. Llámala más tarde. Fine. Thank you. Muy bien. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Gandhi telephoning.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain)
- “Image:Tablesalt2.jpg” by BenB4 (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0033: It's Expensive
Introduction
Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0037: The baby is sleeping, A0062: At the bank
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Dialogue
hombre: Mi renta es de mil dólares. mujer: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. hombre: Pero todo es caro. mujer: Tienes razón.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Mi renta es de mil dólares. my rent is of thousand dollars man: My rent is at a thousand dollars.
mujer: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. in serious (it) is very expensive woman: Seriously? It's very expensive.
hombre: Pero todo es caro but everything is expensive man: But everything is expensive.
mujer: Tienes razón. (you) have right woman: You're right.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman mi possessive adjective my la renta noun (feminine) the rent ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is de preposition of mil number thousand el dólar noun (masculine) the dollar los dólares noun (plural, masculine) the dollars en preposition in serio/seria adjective (m./f.) serious muy adverb very caro/cara adjective (m./f.) expensive pero conjunction but todo pronoun everything, all tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) la razón noun (feminine) the reason tener razón phrase to be right
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la cara noun (feminine) the face hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Mi renta es de mil dólares. My rent is at a thousand dollars. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. Seriously? It's very expensive. Pero todo es caro. But everything is expensive. Tienes razón. You're right.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. Tienes razón.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Everything is very expensive. Todo es muy caro. You are right. My rent is very expensive. Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro. Everything. Todo. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. That is very, very expensive. Es muy, muy caro. Seriously? ¿En serio? Seriously! But everything is very expensive. ¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro. Everything. Todo.
Dialogue Recast
This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Our rent is at a thousand dollars. Nuestra renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. (formal) Tiene razón.
Image Credits
- “Image:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
- “Image:1000 USD note; series of 1934; obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
- “Image:Addesso opie.svg” by Addesso at en.wikipedia (Public Domain)
A0035: Is Anyone in there?
Introduction
You never know who is in a bathroom! Thus, better check before you enter. JP and Liliana talk about how to do this and all the other things that can happen in Mexican bathrooms ... The key sentence is: está ocupado – it's busy/someone's in here.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0062: At the bank, A0102: Where is the restroom?
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Dialogue
mujer: Está ocupado. hombre: Ah, disculpe. mujer: No hay problema. Puede pasar.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Está ocupado. (it) is busy woman: It's busy.
hombre: Ah, disculpe. oh (you) pardon (me) man: Oh, sorry.
mujer: No hay problema. Puede pasar. not there is problem (you) can pass woman: There's no problem. You can go in.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man estar verb (infinitive) to be ocupar verb (infinitive) to occupy ocupado verb (participle) occupied ocupado/ocupada adjective (m./f.) busy, taken ah interjection oh disculpar verb (infinitive) to pardon ¡(usted) disculpe! verb (imperative) you pardon! (formal, singular) no adverb not hay verb (present tense) there is, there are el problema noun (masculine) the problem poder verb (infinitive) to be able (usted) puede verb (present tense) you can (formal, singular) pasar verb (infinitive) to pass (usted) puede pasar phrase you can go ahead
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el baño noun (masculine) the bathroom comer verb (infinitive) to eat bailar verb (infinitive) to dance vomitar verb (infinitive) to vomit la dama noun (feminine) the lady las damas noun (plural, feminine) the ladies el caballero noun (masculine) the gentleman los caballeros noun (plural, masculine) the gentlemen ¿está ocupado? phrase is it busy/taken?
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| disculpar | infinitive | to pardon |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) pardon! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | (you) pardon! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | (let's) pardon! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | (you) pardon! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | (you) pardon! (formal, plural) | |
| poder | infinitive | to be able |
| (yo) puedo | present tense | I can |
| (tú) puedes | you can (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) puede | he/she(/it) can | |
| (usted) puede | you can (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) podemos | we can (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) podéis | you can (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pueden | they can (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pueden | you can (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Está ocupado. It's busy. Ah, disculpe. Oh, sorry. No hay problema. Puede pasar. There's no problem. You can go in.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
It's busy. Está ocupado. Oh, sorry. (formal) Ah, disculpe. There's no problem. You can go in. (formal) No hay problema. Puede pasar.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Is the bathroom busy? ¿El baño está ocupado? It's busy! ¡Está ocupado! No problem. No hay problema. You cannot enter! (formal) ¡No puede pasar! Oh, sorry! (formal) Ah, disculpe.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
It's busy. Está ocupado. Oh, sorry. (informal) Ah, disculpa. There's no problem. You can go in. (informal) No hay problema. Puedes pasar.
Image Credits
- “Image:Door Knob with Lock USA.jpg” by Stilfehler (GNU Lesser General Public License)
- “Image:Toilet women.svg” by Lateiner (GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License)
- “Image:Aiga toiletsq men.svg” from the AIGA symbol signs collection (Public Domain)
A0037: The baby Is Sleeping
Introduction
Sh! Don't make that much noise when reading this! And don't miss Liliana and JP talking about babys, prohibitive commands, and kids in general. And don't forget to listen for the keyword: ruido – the noise.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0033: It's expensive, A0035: Is anyone in there?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! mujer: ¿Por qué? hombre: El bebé está dormido. mujer: ¡No te preocupes!
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! sh not (you) make noise man: Sh! Don't make noise!
mujer: ¿Por qué? why woman: Why?
hombre: El bebé está dormido. the baby is sleeping man: The baby is sleeping.
mujer: ¡No te preocupes! no yourself worry woman: Don't worry.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman no adverb not hacer verb (infinitive) to make ¡(tú) no hagas! verb (negative imperative) (you) don't make! (informal, singular) el ruido noun (masculine) the noise ¿por qué? adverb why? el bebé/la bebé noun (m./f.) the baby estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is dormir verb (infinitive) to sleep dormido/dormida adjective (m./f.) asleep se reflexive pronoun oneself preocuparse verb (infinitive) to worry (oneself) te reflexive pronoun yourself ¡(tú) no te preocupes! verb (negative imperative) (you) don't worry (yourself)!
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Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el silencio noun (masculine) the silence suave adjective (m./f.) soft el niño/la niña noun (m./f.) the child los niños/las niñas noun (plural, m./f.) the children el chico/la chica noun (m./f.) the boy/the girl los chicos/las chicas noun (plural, m./f.) the kids/the girls el pequeño/la pequeña noun (m./f.) the little one los pequeños/las pequeñas noun (plural, m./f.) the little ones el mocoso/la mocosa noun (m./f.) the snotty one los mocosos/las mocosas noun (plural, m./f.) the snotty ones el chilpayate/la chilpayata noun (m./f.) the little child (Mexican) el escuincle/la escuincla noun (m./f.) the skinny dog (Aztec) los/las escuincles noun (plural, m./f.) the skinny dogs (Aztec) ¿dónde? adverb where? (ellos/ellas) están verb (present tense) they are ¿Dónde están los escuincles? phrase Where are the little dogs? hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| hacer | infinitive | to make |
| ¡(tú) no hagas! | negative imperative | (you) don't make! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) no haga! | (you) don't make! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) no hagamos! | (let's) don't make! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) no hagáis! | (you) don't make! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) no hagan! | (you) don't make! (formal, plural) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| preocuparse | infinitive | to worry (oneself) |
| ¡(tú) no te preocupes! | negative imperative | (you) don't worry (yourself)! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) no se preocupe! | (you) don't worry! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) no nos preocupemos! | (let's) don't worry! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) no os preocupéis! | (you) don't worry! (informal, plural) | |
| ¡(ustedes) no se preocupen! | (you) don't worry! (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Sh! Don't make noise! ¿Por qué? Why? El bebé está dormido. The baby is sleeping. ¡No te preocupes! Don't worry.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Sh! Don't make noise! ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The baby is sleeping. El bebé está dormido. Don't worry. ¡No te preocupes!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Is the baby asleep? ¿El bebé está dormido? No, it's not asleep. No, no está dormido. Why not? ¿Por qué no? Because of (= por) the noise. ¡Por el ruido! Don't make noise! ¡No hagas ruido! Don't worry! The baby is asleep. ¡No te preocupes! El bebé está dormido.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Sh! Don't make noise! (formal) ¡Sh! ¡No haga ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The babys are sleeping. Los bebés están dormidos. Don't worry. (formal) ¡No se preocupe!
Image Credits
- “Image:Baby feet.jpg” by Doreen Dotto (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Stas spiacy.1904.jpg” by Stanisław Wyspiański (Public Domain)
- “Image:Cambodia4kidsorg - Creative Commons (by).jpg” by Beth Kanter (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
- “Image:Signo Itzcuintli.png” from the Codex Laud (Public Domain)
A0041: Cheers!
Introduction
Here is a true story: the first time I tried to say “cheers” in Spanish, I said “que aproveche,” which means “enjoy your meal” and is just wrong when everyone is drinking instead of eating. Well, it's from our mistakes that we learn. And from JP and Liliana, of course. The keyword of this lesson is: felicidades – congratulations.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0001: Are you ready yet?, A0003: At the bar, A0015: Table for two
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
mujer: ¡Toma una copa! hombre: ¿Por qué brindamos? mujer: Por mi nuevo trabajo. hombre: ¡Felicidades! mujer: ¡Salud! hombre: ¡Salud!
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¡Toma una copa! (you) take a drink woman: Take a drink!
hombre: ¿Por qué brindamos? why (we) toast man: What are we toasting to?
mujer: Por mi nuevo trabajo. to my new job woman: To my new job.
hombre: ¡Felicidades! congratulations man: Congratulations!
mujer: ¡Salud! health woman: Cheers!
hombre: ¡Salud! health man: Cheers!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man tomar verb (infinitive) to take, drink (tú) toma verb (imperative) (you) take! (informal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la copa noun (feminine) the drink ¿por qué? adverb why? brindar verb (infinitive) to toast (nosotros/-as) brindamos verb (present tense) we toast por preposition to, for, because of mi adjective (m./f.) my nuevo/nueva adjective (m./f.) new el trabajo noun (masculine) the job, the work ¡felicidades! phrase congratulations! ¡salud! phrase cheers! la salud noun (feminine) the health
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
querer verb (infinitive) to want (tú) quieres verb (present tense) you want (informal, singular) ¿Quieres una copa? phrase Do you want a drink? feliz adjective (m./f.) happy ¡arriba, abajo, al centro, pa' dentro! phrase up, down, to the center, inside! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| ¡(tú) toma! | imperative | (you) take! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) tome! | (you) take! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) tomemos! | (let's) take! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) tomad! | (you) take! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) tomen! | (you) take! (formal, plural) | |
| brindar | infinitive | to toast |
| (yo) brindo | present tense | I toast |
| (tú) brindas | you toast (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) brinda | he/she(/it) toasts | |
| (usted) brinda | you toast (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) brindamos | we toast (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) brindáis | you toast (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) brindan | they toast (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) brindan | you toast (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Toma una copa! Take a drink! ¿Por qué brindamos? What are we toasting to? Por mi nuevo trabajo. To my new job. ¡Felicidades! Congratulations! ¡Salud! Cheers! ¡Salud! Cheers!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Take a drink! ¡Toma una copa! What are we toasting to? ¿Por qué brindamos? To my new job. Por mi nuevo trabajo. Congratulations! ¡Felicidades! Cheers! ¡Salud! Cheers! ¡Salud!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Do you want a drink? Take (it)! ¿Quieres una copa? ¡Toma! Why? ¿Por qué? We drink to my new job. Brindamos por mi nuevo trabajo. Congratulations! ¡Felicidades! Cheers! ¡Salud!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Take a drink! (formal) ¡Tome una copa (usted)! What are you toasting to? (formal) ¿Por qué brinda (usted)? To your new job. (formal) Por su nuevo trabajo. Congratulations! ¡Felicidades! Cheers! ¡Salud! Cheers! ¡Salud!
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- “Image:Hipp hipp hurra! Konstnärsfest på Skagen - Peder Severin Krøyer.jpg” by Peder Severin Krøyer (Public Domain)
- “Image:Glass of champagne.jpg” by bgvjpe (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
- “Image:Asclepius staff.svg” by Lusanaherandraton (Public Domain)
A0047: Coffee Time
Introduction
Finally! JP and Liliana reveal the secret of Leo's coffee: a little bit of leche – milk, which is also our keyword. Moreover, we learn about Mexican coffee culture. Mmm!
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0007: Where are you from?, A0023: Going to the market, A0052: Smells good
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Dialogue
mujer: ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? hombre: Claro que sí. mujer: ¿Solo o con leche? hombre: Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? hear (to) you (it) appetizes a coffee woman: Hey! Do you want a coffee?
hombre: Claro que sí. clearly that yes man: Of course yes.
mujer: ¿Solo o con leche? alone or with milk woman: Black or with milk?
hombre: Con un poco de leche, por favor. with a little bit of milk please man: With a little bit of milk, please.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man oír verb (infinitive) to hear ¡(tú) oye! verb (imperative) (you) listen! (informal, singular) te indirect object pronoun (to) you (informal, singular) apetecer verb (infinitive) to appetize (él/ella) apetece verb (present tense) he/she(/it) appetizes un/una article (m./f.) a el café noun (masculine) the (cup of) coffee claro adverb clearly que conjunction that sí adverb yes solo/sola adjective (m./f.) alone o conjunction or con preposition with la leche noun (feminine) the milk un poco phrase a little bit de preposition of un poco de leche phrase a little bit of milk por favor phrase please
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
negro/negra adjective (m./f.) black café negro phrase black coffee café solo phrase black coffee querer verb (infinitive) to want (él/ella) quiere verb (present tense) he/she(/it) wants Colombia noun (feminine) Colombia café suave phrase smooth coffee México/Méjico noun (masculine) Mexico Chiapas noun (plural, masculine) Chiapas (a Mexican state) Antigua noun (feminine) Antigua (city in Guatemala) Guatemala noun (feminine) Guatemala la parroquia noun (feminine) the parish (church) café de la parroquia phrase coffee of the parish Veracruz noun (feminine) Veracruz (city in Mexico) hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| oír | infinitive | to hear |
| ¡(tú) oye! | imperative | (you) hear! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) oiga! | (you) hear! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos! | (let's) hear! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) oíd! | (you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) oigan! | (you) hear! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| apetecer | infinitive | to appetize |
| (yo) apetezco | present tense | I appetize |
| (tú) apeteces | you appetize (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) apetece | he/she(/it) appetizes | |
| (usted) apetece | you appetize (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) apetecemos | we appetize (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) apetecéis | you appetize (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) apetecen | they appetize (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) apetecen | you appetize (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Hey! Do you want a coffee? Claro que sí. Of course yes. ¿Solo o con leche? Black or with milk? Con un poco de leche, por favor. With a little bit of milk, please.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hey! Do you want a coffee? ¡Oye! ¿Te apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Would you like a little bit of milk? ¿Te apetece un poco de leche? Coffee with milk? ¿Café con leche? Of course. One coffee with milk. Claro. Un café con leche. Hey! ¡Oye! Yes? ¿Sí? A black coffee, please. Un café solo, por favor. You would like a black coffee? ¿Te apetece un café solo? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Of course. Claro.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hey! Do you want a coffee? (formal) ¡Oiga! ¿Le apetece un café? Of course yes. Claro que sí. Black or with milk? ¿Solo o con leche? With a little bit of milk, please. Con un poco de leche, por favor.
Image Credits
- “Image:A small cup of coffee.JPG” by Julius Schorzman (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
- “Image:Milk glass.jpg” by Stefan Kühn (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Girl in chiapas.jpg” by Arturo Avila (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
A0052: Smells Good
Introduction
If you are on a diet, you might want to skip this lesson. Seriously! Otherwise you are about to listen to the most sensual dialogue of this course. Our keywords are: qué rico – how delicious and cuidado – caution/be careful. Have the cookies ready!
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0047: Coffee time, A0106: Room service, A0116: Do you want a mint?
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Dialogue
hombre: Huele bien. mujer: Sí, son mis galletas. hombre: ¡Qué rico! mujer: ¡Cuidado, están calientes!
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Huele bien. (it) smells well man: It smells good.
mujer: Sí, son mis galletas. yes (they) are my cookies woman: Yes, it's my cookies.
hombre: ¡Qué rico! how rich man: How delicious!
mujer: ¡Cuidado, están calientes! caution (they) are hot woman: Careful, they're hot!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman oler verb (infinitive) to smell (él/ella) huele verb (present tense) he/she(/it) smells bien adverb well sí adverb yes ser verb (infinitive) to be (permanent nature) (ellos/ellas) son verb (present tense) they are mi possessive adjective my mis poss. adjective (plural) my la galleta noun (feminine) the cookie las galletas noun (plural, feminine) the cookies mi galleta phrase my cookie mis galletas phrase my cookies ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, how? rico/rica adjective (m./f.) rich, delicious el cuidado noun (masculine) the caution ¡cuidado! phrase caution!, be careful! estar verb (infinitive) to be (temporary state) (ellos/ellas) están verb (present tense) they are caliente adjective (m./f.) hot calientes adjective (plural, m./f.) hot
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is (él) es rico phrase he is rich (ella) es rica phrase she is rich (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is (él) está rico phrase he(/it) is delicious (ella) está rica phrase she(/it) is delicious el masaje noun (masculine) the massage ¡qué rico masaje! phrase what a pleasant massage! el beso noun (masculine) the kiss ¡qué rico beso! phrase what an awesome kiss! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| oler | infinitive | to smell |
| (yo) huelo | present tense | I smell |
| (tú) hueles | you smell (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) huele | he/she(/it) smells | |
| (usted) huele | you smell (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) olemos | we smell (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) oléis | you smell (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) huelen | they smell (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) huelen | you smell (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Huele bien. It smells good. Sí, son mis galletas. Yes, it's my cookies. ¡Qué rico! How delicious! ¡Cuidado, están calientes! Careful, they're hot!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
It smells good. Huele bien. Yes, it's my cookies. Sí, son mis galletas. How delicious! ¡Qué rico! Careful, they're hot! ¡Cuidado, están calientes!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
It smells good. Is it cookies? Huele bien. ¿Son galletas? Yes, it's my hot cookies. Sí, son mis galletas calientes. Are they hot? ¿Están calientes? Yes, they are hot. Careful! Sí, están calientes. ¡Cuidado! How hot! ¡Qué caliente!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
It smells good. Huele bien. Yes, it's my cookie. Sí, es mi galleta. How delicious! ¡Qué rico! Careful, it's hot! ¡Cuidado, está caliente!
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- “Image:Choco chip cookie.jpg” by Bob Smith (Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License)
- “Image:Stack of 100 dollar bills.jpg” by Kaledj777 (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)
- “Image:Gefahrenzeichen 16.svg” from österreichische Straßenverkehrszeichenverordnung (StVZVO) (Public Domain)
- “Image:Delicious bikini-girl silvia.jpg” by photo&co (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
- “Image:French Kiss.JPG” by KoS (Public Domain)
A0056: What Time Is the Train?
Introduction
Don't panic! Take your time with this lesson! Not only are Liliana and JP talking about a lot of numbers but also about times and hours — including the funny 24-hour system. We learn that JP doesn't like it and even Liliana seems to get it wrong at one point. Anyway, the key phrases are: ¿Qué hora es? – What time is it? and ¡Apúrate! – Hurry up!
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0092: How old are you?, A0112: What is your telephone number?, A0122: Telephone card
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
mujer: ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? hombre: A las tres de la tarde. mujer: ¿Y qué hora es? hombre: ¡Son las dos cuarenta! mujer: ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? at what hour (it) leaves our train woman: At what time does our train leave?
hombre: A las tres de la tarde. at the three of the afternoon man: At three o'clock in the afternoon.
mujer: ¿Y qué hora es? and what hour (it) is woman: And what time is it?
hombre: ¡Son las dos cuarenta! (they) are the two forty man: It's two forty.
mujer: ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre! hurry (yourself) run woman: Hurry up! Run!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man a preposition at ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? la hora noun (feminine) the hour, the time salir verb (infinitive) to leave (él/ella) sale verb (present tense) he/she(/it) leaves nuestro/nuestra poss. adjective (m./f.) our el tren noun (masculine) the train tres number three a las tres phrase at three o'clock de preposition of la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon y conjunction and ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is ¿Qué hora es? phrase What time is it? (ellos/ellas) son verb (present tense) they are dos number two Son las dos. phrase It's two o'clock. cuarenta number forty se reflexive pronoun oneself apurarse verb (infinitive) to hurry up (oneself) te reflexive pronoun yourself (informal, singular) ¡(tú) apúrate! verb (imperative) (you) hurry up (yourself)! (informal, singular) correr verb (infinitive) to run ¡(tú) corre! verb (imperative) (you) run! (informal, singular)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
una e phrase an e en preposition in la una phrase one o'clock es la una phrase it's one o'clock a la una phrase at one o'clock las dos phrase two o'clock son las dos phrase it's two o'clock a las dos phrase at two o'clock las tres phrase three o'clock las cuatro phrase four o'clock las cinco phrase five o'clock las seis phrase six o'clock las siete phrase seven o'clock quince number fifteen las quince (horas) phrase three o'clock in the afternoon trece number thirteen las trece (horas) phrase one o'clock in the afternoon catorce number fourteen las catorce (horas) phrase two o'clock in the afternoon dieciséis number sixteen las dieciséis (horas) phrase four o'clock in the afternoon veinte number twenty las veinte (horas) phrase eight o'clock in the evening ocho number eight ¡vamonos! phrase let's go! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| salir | infinitive | to leave |
| (yo) salgo | present tense | I leave |
| (tú) sales | you leave (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sale | he/she(/it) leaves | |
| (usted) sale | you leave (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) salimos | we leave (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) salís | you leave (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) salen | they leave (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) salen | you leave (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| apúrarse | infinitive | to hurry up (oneself) |
| ¡(tú) apúrate! | imperative | (you) hurry up (yourself)! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) apúrese! | (you) hurry up (yourself)! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) apurémonos! | (let's) hurry up (ourselves)! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) apuraos! | (you) hurry up (yourselves)! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) apúrense! | (you) hurry up (yourselves)! (formal, plural) | |
| correr | infinitive | to run |
| ¡(tú) corre! | imperative | (you) run! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) corra! | (you) run! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) corramos! | (let's) run! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) corred! | (you) run! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) corran! | (you) run! (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? At what time does our train leave? A las tres de la tarde. At three o'clock in the afternoon. ¿Y qué hora es? And what time is it? ¡Son las dos cuarenta! It's two forty. ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre! Hurry up! Run!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
At what time does our train leave? ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? At three o'clock in the afternoon. A las tres de la tarde. And what time is it? ¿Y qué hora es? It's two forty. ¡Son las dos cuarenta! Hurry up! Run! ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What time is it? ¿Qué hora es? It's one o'clock. Es la una. And at what time does the train leave? ¿Y a qué hora sale el tren? Our train leaves at three o'clock in the afternoon. Nuestro tren sale a las tres de la tarde. Hurry up! Run! (speaking to a watch) ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
At what time does your train leave? (formal, singular) ¿A qué hora sale su tren? At five o'clock in the afternoon. A las cinco de la tarde. And what time is it? ¿Y qué hora es? It's four forty. ¡Son las cuatro cuarenta! Hurry up! Run! (formal, singular) ¡Apúrese! ¡Corra!
Image Credits
- “Image:The Empire State Express 1893.jpg” by A.P. Yates (Public Domain)
- “Image:Canis rufus FWS cropped.jpg” by Curtis Carley (Public Domain)
- “Image:Horloge.svg” by Pabix (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Picswiss BE-98-26 Biel- Uhr am Bahnhof SBB.jpg” by Roland Zumbühl (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0062: At the Bank
Introduction
We are going to a Mexican bank! That must be fun! Well, maybe not that much. But at least we are well prepared after this lesson with Liliana and JP. The keyword is: depósito – deposit.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0015: Table for two, A0033: It's expensive, A0035: Is anyone in there?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
hombre: Quiero hacer un depósito. mujer: ¡Llene este formulario! hombre: ¿Me presta su pluma? mujer: Claro.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Quiero hacer un depósito. (I) want (to) make a deposit man: I want to make a deposit.
mujer: ¡Llene este formulario! (you) fill out this form woman: Fill out this form!
hombre: ¿Me presta su pluma? (to) me (you) loan your pen man: Do you loan me your pen?
mujer: Claro. clear woman: Of course.
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman querer verb (infinitive) to want (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want hacer verb (infinitive) to make (yo) quiero hacer phrase I want to make un/una article (m./f.) a el depósito noun (masculine) the deposit llenar verb (infinitive) to fill (up/out) ¡(usted) llene! verb (imperative) (you) fill (out)! (formal, singular) este/esta adjective (m./f.) this el formulario noun (masculine) the form me indirect object pronoun (to/for) me prestar verb (infinitive) to loan (usted) presta verb (present tense) you loan (formal, singular) su possessive adjective your (formal) la pluma noun (feminine) the (fountain) pen, the feather claro/clara adjective (m./f.) clear ¡claro! interjection of course!
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¡Llene el vaso de agua! phrase Fill up the glass of water! ¡Llene el tanque! phrase Fill the gas tank! la señorita noun (feminine) the miss la piñata noun (feminine) game for children about breaking a pot los mariachis noun (plural, masculine) the Mexican musicians hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
| llenar | infinitive | to fill (out/up) |
| ¡(tú) llena! | imperative | (you) fill (out/up)! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llene! | (you) fill (out/up)! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llenemos! | (let's) fill (out/up)! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llenad! | (you) fill (out/up)! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llenen! | (you) fill (out/up)! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| prestar | infinitive | to loan |
| (yo) presto | present tense | I loan |
| (tú) prestas | you loan (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) presta | he/she(/it) loans | |
| (usted) presta | you loan (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) prestamos | we loan (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) prestáis | you loan (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) prestan | they loan (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) prestan | you loan (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Quiero hacer un depósito. I want to make a deposit. ¡Llene este formulario! Fill out this form! ¿Me presta su pluma? Do you loan me your pen? Claro. Of course.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I want to make a deposit. Quiero hacer un depósito. Fill out this form! ¡Llene este formulario! Do you loan me your pen? ¿Me presta su pluma? Of course. Claro.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I want to make a deposit. Quiero hacer un depósito. Fill out this form! ¡Llene este formulario! Of course. Do you loan me your pen? Claro. ¿Me presta su pluma? Fill out this form! ¡Llene este formulario! I want to fill out this form! ¡Quiero llenar este formulario! Fill out this form! ¡Llene este formulario! Of course. Claro.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We want to make a deposit. Queremos hacer un depósito. Fill out this form! (formal, plural) ¡Llenen este formulario! Do you loan us your pen? ¿Nos presta su pluma? Of course. Claro.
Image Credits
- “Image:Fuellfederhalter.jpg” by Jakob Richter (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:A single white feather closeup.jpg” by Joao Estevao Andrade de Freitas (Public Domain)
A0066: Bottle of Water
Introduction
Ordering a bottle of water is one thing; making fun at the same time is something completely different. JP and Liliana tell us all about it — and more! The keywords are: gas – carbonation and botella – bottle.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0003: At the bar, A0010: I'm hungry, A0023: Going to the market
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Dialogue
mujer: ¿Qué le doy? hombre: ¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor? mujer: ¿Agua con gas o sin gas? hombre: Sin gas porque me da gas. mujer: Enseguida se la doy. hombre: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Qué le doy? what (to) you (I) give woman: What shall I give you?
hombre: ¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor? (to) me (you) give a bottle of water please man: Will you give me a bottle of water, please?
mujer: ¿Agua con gas o sin gas? water with gas or without gas woman: Carbonated water or non-carbonated water?
hombre: Sin gas porque me da gas. without gas because (to) me (it) gives gas man: Non-carbonated because it gives me gas.
mujer: Enseguida se la doy. immediately (to) you it (I) give woman: I'll give it to you right away.
hombre: Gracias. thanks man: Thank you.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? le indirect object pronoun (to) you (formal, singular) dar verb (infinitive) to give (yo) doy verb (present tense) I give me indirect object pronoun (to) me (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la botella noun (feminine) the bottle de preposition of el agua noun (feminine) the water por favor phrase please con preposition with el gas noun (masculine) the gas, the carbonation o conjunction or sin preposition without porque conjunction because (él/ella) da verb (present tense) he/she(/it) gives enseguida adverb immediately, right away la direct object pronoun her(/it) se la doy phrase I give her(/it) to you (formal, singular) gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
(tú) das verb (present tense) you give (informal, singular) frío/fría adjective (m./f.) cold el agua fría phrase the cold water hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| me lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to me |
| te lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, singular) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to him/her(/it) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (formal, singular) |
| nos lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to us |
| os lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, plural) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to them |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Qué le doy? What shall I give you? ¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor? Will you give me a bottle of water, please? ¿Agua con gas o sin gas? Carbonated water or non-carbonated water? Sin gas porque me da gas. Non-carbonated because it gives me gas. Enseguida se la doy. I'll give it to you right away. Gracias. Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What shall I give you? ¿Qué le doy? Will you give me a bottle of water, please? ¿Me da una botella de agua, por favor? Carbonated water or non-carbonated water? ¿Agua con gas o sin gas? Non-carbonated because it gives me gas. Sin gas porque me da gas. I'll give it to you right away. Enseguida se la doy. Thank you. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What shall I give you? ¿Qué le doy? Will you give me a bottle, please? ¿Me da una botella, por favor? ¿A bottle? ¿A bottle of water or what? ¿Una botella? ¿Una botella de agua o qué? Will you give me a bottle of gas, please? ¿Me da una botella de gas, por favor? What? A bottle of carbonated water? ¿Qué? ¿Una botella de agua con gas? Or a bottle of gas with water. O una botella de gas con agua. I'll give it to you right away. Enseguida se la doy. I give you the thanks. (= I thank you) Le doy las gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What shall I give you? (informal) ¿Qué te doy? Will you give me a bottle of water, please? (informal) ¿Me das una botella de agua, por favor? Carbonated water or non-carbonated water? ¿Agua con gas o sin gas? Non-carbonated because it gives me gas. Sin gas porque me da gas. I'll give it to you right away. (informal) Enseguida te la doy. Thank you. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “” by AgainErick (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Ice water.jpg” by Jon Sullivan (Public Domain)
A0072: Here Is My Card
Introduction
A few Spanish words can make a big difference when you are networking. So does a nice business card, which is also our keyword: tarjeta de presentación – business card.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0027: The Neighbor, A0082: My name is..., A0112: What is your telephone number?
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Dialogue
mujer: Mucho gusto. hombre: Igualmente. mujer: ¿Me puedes dar tu e-mail? hombre: Mejor te doy mi tarjeta de presentación.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Mucho gusto. much pleasure woman: It's been my pleasure.
hombre: Igualmente. equally man: Likewise.
mujer: ¿Me puedes dar tu e-mail? (to) me (you) can give your e-mail woman: Can you give me your e-mail?
hombre: Mejor te doy mi tarjeta de presentación. better (to) you (I) give my card of introduction man: I'll better give you my business card.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man mucho/mucha adjective (m./f.) much el gusto noun (masculine) the pleasure igualmente adverb equally, likewise me indirect object pronoun (to/for) me poder verb (infinitive) to be able (tú) puedes verb (present tense) you can (informal, singular) dar verb (infinitive) to give (tú) me puedes dar phrase you can give to me (informal, singular) tu adjective (m./f.) your (informal, singular) el e-mail noun (masculine) the e-mail mejor adjective (m./f.) better te indirect object pronoun (to/for) you (informal, singular) (yo) doy verb (present tense) I give mi adjective (m./f.) my la tarjeta noun (feminine) the card de preposition of la presentación noun (feminine) the introduction la tarjeta de presentación phrase the business card
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
también adverb also la comunicación noun (feminine) the communication la información noun (feminine) the information la transportación noun (feminine) the transportation la prostitución noun (feminine) the prostitution la drogadicción noun (feminine) the drug addiction muchas gracias phrase thank you very much hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| poder | infinitive | to be able |
| (yo) puedo | present tense | I can |
| (tú) puedes | you can (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) puede | he/she(/it) can | |
| (usted) puede | you can (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) podemos | we can (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) podéis | you can (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pueden | they can (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pueden | you can (formal, plural) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Mucho gusto. It's been my pleasure. Igualmente. Likewise. ¿Me puedes dar tu e-mail? Can you give me your e-mail? Mejor te doy mi tarjeta de presentación. I'll better give you my business card.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
It's been my pleasure. Mucho gusto. Likewise. Igualmente. Can you give me your e-mail? ¿Me puedes dar tu e-mail? I'll better give you my business card. Mejor te doy mi tarjeta de presentación.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
It's been my pleasure. Mucho gusto. Likewise. I'll give you my e-mail. Igualmente. Te doy mi e-mail. I'll better give you my business card. Mejor te doy mi tarjeta de presentación. Thank you very much. Muchas gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
It's been my pleasure. Mucho gusto. Likewise. Igualmente. Can you give me your e-mail? (formal) ¿Me puede dar su e-mail? I'll better give you my business card. (formal) Mejor le doy mi tarjeta de presentación.
Image Credits
- “Image:Swim texas card.jpg” by Chrystie Hearron (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Communication sender-message-reciever.png” by Einar Faanes (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Info icon 002.svg” by Amada44 (Public Domain)
- “Image:Wiki-prostitute.png” by Seedfeeder (Public Domain)
- “Image:GG Allin Grave.jpg” by Sweed666 at en.wikipedia (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0076: Jet-Lag
Introduction
The most important thing about jet-lag: there is good jet-lag (when the local time is behind your time because you were flying westwards) and bad jet-lag (when the local time is ahead of your time because you were flying eastwards). Similarly, our keyword has multiple meanings: cambio de horario – change of schedule/change of time zone/jet-lag.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0016: I feel sick, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0131: I miss them
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: Tengo jet-lag. hombre: ¿Qué es eso? mujer: El cambio de horario. hombre: Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. mujer: Cierto.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Tengo jet-lag. (I) have jet-lag woman: I have jet-lag.
hombre: ¿Qué es eso? what (it) is that man: What's that?
mujer: El cambio de horario. the change of schedule woman: The change of time zone.
hombre: Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. oh clearly because here (they) are eight hours more man: Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
mujer: Cierto. certain woman: True.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el jet-lag noun (masculine) the jet-lag ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is ese/esa/eso pronoun (m./f./neuter) this, that el cambio noun (masculine) the change de preposition of el horario noun (masculine) the schedule ah interjection oh claro adverb clearly, of course porque conjunction because aquí adverb here (ellos/ellas) son verb (present tense) they are ocho number eight la hora noun (feminine) the hour las horas noun (plural, feminine) the hours más adverb more cierto/cierta adjective (m./f.) certain, true cierto phrase I think so
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
clarisimo adverb very clearly el taco noun (masculine) the taco los tacos noun (plural, masculine) the tacos el tequila noun (masculine) the tequila hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Tengo jet-lag. I have jet-lag. ¿Qué es eso? What's that? El cambio de horario. The change of time zone. Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead. Cierto. True.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I have jet-lag. Tengo jet-lag. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? The change of time zone. El cambio de horario. Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead. Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. True. Cierto.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I have eight hours more. Tengo ocho horas más. Why? ¿Por qué? Because of (= por) the change of time zone. Por el cambio de horario. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? Here it's eight hours less (= menos). Aquí son ocho horas menos. True. Cierto.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We have jet-lag. Tenemos jet-lag. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? The change of time zone. El cambio de horario. Oh, of course, because here it's one (= una) hour ahead. Ah, claro, porque aquí es una hora más. True. Cierto.
Image Credits
- “Image:Wikimania2007 schedule check.jpg” by Kat Walsh (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Gnome globe current event 3.svg” by Rugby471 (GNU Lesser General Public License)
A0082: My Name Is...
Introduction
First contact! We learn how to say “hello” and how to introduce ourselves. And I think this is also one of the very first podcasts of the SpanishPod team. At least Leo seems to feel a bit uncomfortable in front of the mic. Well, there is always a first time. The keyword is llamarse – to call oneself.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0007: Where are you from?, A0072: Here is my card
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? mujer: Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? hombre: Yo soy Roberto. mujer: Encantada. hombre: Mucho gusto.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? hello how yourself (you) call man: Hi! What is your name?
mujer: Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? myself (I) call Antonia and you woman: My name is Antonia. And you?
hombre: Yo soy Roberto. I am Roberto man: I'm Roberto.
mujer: Encantada. enchanted woman: Nice to meet you.
hombre: Mucho gusto. much pleasure man: It's a pleasure.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman hola interjection hello ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun oneself llamarse verb (infinitive) to call oneself te reflexive pronoun yourself (informal, singular) (tú) te llamas verb (present tense) you call yourself me reflexive pronoun myself (yo) me llamo verb (present tense) I call myself y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you yo subject pronoun I ser verb (infinitive) to be (yo) soy verb (present tense) I am encantado/encantada adjective (m./f.) enchanted mucho/mucha adjective (m./f.) much el gusto noun (masculine) the pleasure
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿cuál? interrogative pronoun which?, what? (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is tu possessive adjective your (informal, singular) el nombre noun (masculine) the name ¿Cuál es tu nombre? phrase What is your name?
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| llamarse | infinitive | to call oneself, to be called |
| (yo) me llamo | present tense | I call myself |
| (tú) te llamas | you call yourself (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) se llama | he/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself) | |
| (usted) se llama | you call yourself (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) nos llamamos | we call ourselves (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) os llamáis | you call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) se llaman | they call themselves (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) se llaman | you call yourselves (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? Hi! What is your name? Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? My name is Antonia. And you? Yo soy Roberto. I'm Roberto. Encantada. Nice to meet you. Mucho gusto. It's a pleasure.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hi! What is your name? ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? My name is Antonia. And you? Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? I'm Roberto. Yo soy Roberto. Nice to meet you. Encantada. It's a pleasure. Mucho gusto.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Hi! I'm Roberto. What's your name? ¡Hola! Yo soy Roberto. ¿Cómo te llamas? Hi! My name is Antonia. And you? ¡Hola! Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? Roberto. My name is Roberto. It's a pleasure. Roberto. Me llamo Roberto. Mucho gusto. Nice to meet you. And what's your name? Encantada. ¿Y cómo te llamas? ROBERTO! ¡ROBERTO!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hi! What is your name? (formal) ¡Hola! ¿Cómo se llama? My name is Antonia. And you? (formal) Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y usted? I'm Roberto. Yo soy Roberto. Nice to meet you. Encantada. It's a pleasure. Mucho gusto.
Image Credits
- “Image:Duerer01.jpg” by Albrecht Dürer (Public Domain)
- “Image:William Holmes Sullivan - The Fairy Ring; the Enchanted Piper.jpg” by William Holmes Sullivan (Public Domain)
A0086: Are You Single?
Introduction
Liliana and JP teach us the basics of flirting — Latino style! Well, or maybe the girl is just practising Spanish... who knows? In any case, our keyword is: soltero — single (for “dudes”).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0011: Call me, A0127: Flirting
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: ¿Eres soltero? hombre: Sí. ¿Y tú? mujer: No, tengo novio. hombre: ¡Qué lástima!
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Eres soltero? (you) are single woman: Are you single?
hombre: Sí. ¿Y tú? yes and you man: Yes. How about you?
mujer: No, tengo novio. no (I) have boyfriend woman: No, I have a boyfriend.
hombre: ¡Qué lástima! what pity man: What a pity!
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man ser verb (infinitive) to be (tú) eres verb (present tense) you are (informal, singular) soltero/soltera adjective (m./f.) single sí adverb yes y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you (informal, singular) no adverb no tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el novio noun (masculine) the boyfriend la novia noun (feminine) the girlfriend ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, how? la lástima noun (feminine) the pity, the shame
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
hasta preposition until luego adverb then hasta luego phrase see you later mañana adverb tomorrow hasta mañana phrase see you tomorrow
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Eres soltero? Are you single? Sí. ¿Y tú? Yes. How about you? No, tengo novio. No, I have a boyfriend. ¡Qué lástima! What a pity!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Are you single? ¿Eres soltero? Yes. How about you? Sí. ¿Y tú? No, I have a boyfriend. No, tengo novio. What a pity! ¡Qué lástima!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Are you single? (masculine!) ¿Eres soltero? No. I have a boyfriend. No, tengo novio. What? — What a pity! ¿Qué? — ¡Qué lástima! And you? Are you single? (feminine) ¿Y tú? ¿Eres soltera? Yes. Sí. A pity... Lástima...
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Are you single? (formal) ¿Es soltero? Yes. How about you? (formal) Sí. ¿Y usted? No, I have a boyfriend. No, tengo novio. What a pity! ¡Qué lástima!
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- “Image:Charles Thomson. I Feel Bad When I Reject Your Love.jpg” by Charles Thomson (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Goya-Guerra (48).jpg” by Francisco Goya (Public Domain)
A0092: How Old Are You?
Introduction
We are entering dangerous territory: questions about age. Get your compliments ready, someone might be fishing! But first JP and Liliana give us the keyword of this lesson: años — years.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0056: What time is the train?, A0086: Are you single?, A0112: What is your telephone number?
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Dialogue
hombre: ¿Cuántos años tienes? mujer: Tengo treinta años. hombre: Pareces más joven. mujer: Muchas gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Cuántos años tienes? how many years (you) have man: How old are you?
mujer: Tengo treinta años. (I) have thirty years woman: I'm thirty years old.
hombre: Pareces más joven. (you) appear more young man: You seem younger.
mujer: Muchas gracias. many thanks woman: Thanks a lot.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿cuánto?/¿cuánta? interrog. pronoun (m./f.) how much? ¿cuántos?/¿cuántas? interrog. pron. (plural, m./f.) how many? el año noun (masculine) the year los años noun (plural, masculine) the years tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) treinta number thirty parecer verb (infinitive) to seem (tú) pareces verb (present tense) you seem (informal, singular) más adverb more joven adjective (m./f.) young más joven phrase younger mucho/mucha adjective (m./f.) much muchos/muchas adjective (plural, m./f.) many gracias phrase thank you muchas gracias phrase thank you a lot
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
treinta y cinco number 35 veinticinco number 25 veintinueve number 29 así adverb so, like this ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is así es phrase exactly hasta luego phrase see you later hasta mañana phrase until tomorrow
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| parecer | infinitive | to seem |
| (yo) parezco | present tense | I seem |
| (tú) pareces | you seem (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) parece | he/she(/it) seems | |
| (usted) parece | you seem (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) parecemos | we seem (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) parecéis | you seem (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) parecen | they seem (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) parecen | you seem (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| uno | number | one |
| un/una | article (m./f.) | a |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Tengo treinta años. I'm thirty years old. Pareces más joven. You seem younger. Muchas gracias. Thanks a lot.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
How old are you? ¿Cuántos años tienes? I'm thirty years old. Tengo treinta años. You seem younger. Pareces más joven. Thanks a lot. Muchas gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
How old are you? 25? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Veinticinco? Many more! ¡Muchos más! More than (= de) 35 years? ¿Más de treinta y cinco años? Thanks a lot! ¡Muchas gracias! How many? ¿Cuántos? I'm 29 years old. Tengo veintinueve años. You seem younger. Pareces más joven. Thanks, youngster. Gracias, joven.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
How old are you? (formal) ¿Cuántos años tiene (usted)? I'm fifty years old. Tengo cincuenta años. You seem younger. (formal) (Usted) parece más joven. Thanks a lot. Muchas gracias.
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- “Image:NadineVelazquez1.jpg” by copyright holder Nadine Provissiero (GNU Free Documentation License with Disclaimer)
- “Image:Ingrid.JPG” by Angelo De La Paz (Public Domain)
A0096: I Am Allergic
Introduction
Not only do we learn how to say that we are allergic, but JP also tells us about all the things that we could be allergic to. Although Liliana finds it hard to believe. The keyword is alérgico – allergic.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0106: Room service, A0116: Do you want a mint?, A0131: I miss them
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
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Dialogue
hombre: Quiero el pastel de chocolate. mujer: Está bien. hombre: ¿El pastel tiene nueces? mujer: No, no tiene. hombre: ¿Segura? Porque soy alérgico.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Quiero el pastel de chocolate. (I) want the cake of chocolate man: I want the chocolate cake.
mujer: Está bien. (it) is well woman: That's fine.
hombre: ¿El pastel tiene nueces? the cake (it) has nuts man: Does the cake have nuts?
mujer: No, no tiene. no not (it) has woman: No, it doesn't have any.
hombre: ¿Segura? Porque soy alérgico. sure because (I) am allergic man: Are you sure? Because I am allergic.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman querer verb (infinitive) to want, to love (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want el pastel noun (masculine) the cake los pasteles noun (plural, masculine) the cakes de preposition of el chocolate noun (masculine) the chocolate estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is bien adverb well, good tener verb (infinitive) to have (él/ella) tiene verb (present tense) he/she(/it) has la nuez noun (feminine) the nut las nueces noun (plural, feminine) the nuts no adverb no, not seguro/segura adjective (m./f.) sure porque conjunction because ser verb (infinitive) to be (yo) soy verb (present tense) I am alérgico/alérgica adjective (m./f.) allergic
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la zanahoria noun (feminine) the carrot las zanahorias noun (plural, feminine) the carrots la manzana noun (feminine) the apple las manzanas noun (plural, feminine) the apples tres number three la leche noun (feminine) the milk las leches noun (plural, feminine) the milks el pastel de tres leches phrase the three cream cake suave adjective (m./f.) smooth, soft el perdón noun (masculine) the pardon hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Quiero el pastel de chocolate. I want the chocolate cake. Está bien. That's fine. ¿El pastel tiene nueces? Does the cake have nuts? No, no tiene. No, it doesn't have any. ¿Segura? Porque soy alérgico. Are you sure? Because I am allergic.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I want the chocolate cake. Quiero el pastel de chocolate. That's fine. Está bien. Does the cake have nuts? ¿El pastel tiene nueces? No, it doesn't have any. No, no tiene. Are you sure? Because I am allergic. ¿Segura? Porque soy alérgico.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I want the three cream cake. Quiero el pastel de tres leches. That's fine. Está bien. Does the cake have carrot? ¿El pastel tiene zanahoria? No, it doesn't have any. It has apple. No, no tiene. Tiene manzana. No! I'm allergic to (= a) the apples. ¡No! Soy alérgico a las manzanas. The apple cake has no apple. El pastel de manzana no tiene manzana. Are you sure? The apple cake has no apple? ¿Segura? ¿El pastel de manzana no tiene manzana? It has no apple. The three cream cake has apple. No tiene manzana. El pastel de tres leches tiene manzana. Fine. Bien.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We want the chocolate cake. Queremos el pastel de chocolate. That's fine. Está bien. Does the cake have nuts? ¿El pastel tiene nueces? No, it doesn't have any. No, no tiene. Are you sure? (masculine) Because I am allergic. (feminine) ¿Seguro? Porque soy alérgica.
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- “File:Walnut02.jpg” by Fir0002 (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Carrots.JPG” by Kander (Public Domain)
- “Image:Froita mazás 005.jpg” by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Spain Licence)
- “IImage:Tres Leches.jpg” by User:AndonicO (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0102: Where Is the Restroom?
Introduction
One of the most important survival techniques: asking for the bathroom. Everyone who has been in the situation knows what I'm talking about. The keyword of the lesson is baño – bathroom.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0035: Is anyone in there?, A0112: What is your telephone number?
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Dialogue
mujer: ¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? hombre: La segunda puerta a la derecha. mujer: Gracias. hombre: De nada.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? (you) excuse where (it) is the bathroom woman: Excuse me! Where is the bathroom?
hombre: La segunda puerta a la derecha. the second door to the right man: The second door on the right.
mujer: Gracias. Thanks. woman: Thank you.
hombre: De nada. of nothing man: You're welcome.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man disculpar verb (infinitive) to excuse, to pardon ¡(usted) disculpe! verb (imperative) (you) excuse! (formal, singular) ¿dónde? interrogative pronoun where? estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is el baño noun (masculine) the bathroom segundo/segunda number (m./f.) second la puerta noun (feminine) the door a preposition to la derecha noun (feminine) the direction right a la derecha phrase on/to the right gracias phrase thanks de preposition of nada pronoun nothing de nada phrase it's nothing, your're welcome
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la eñe noun (feminine) the letter ñ (n with tilde) los servicios noun (plural, masculine) the bathroom hasta luego phrase see you later hasta mañana phrase until tomorrow
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| disculpar | infinitive | to excuse |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) excuse! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | (you) excuse! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | (let's) excuse! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | (you) excuse! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | (you) excuse! (formal, plural) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| primero/primera | number (m./f.) | first |
| primer | before masculine nouns | first |
| segundo/segunda | number (m./f.) | second |
| tercero/tercera | number (m./f.) | third |
| tercer | before masculine nouns | third |
| cuarto/cuarta | number (m./f.) | fourth |
| quinto/quinta | number (m./f.) | fifth |
| sexto/sexta | number (m./f.) | sixth |
| séptimo/séptima | number (m./f.) | seventh |
| octavo/octava | number (m./f.) | eighth |
| noveno/novena | number (m./f.) | ninth |
| décimo/décima | number (m./f.) | tenth |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? La segunda puerta a la derecha. The second door on the right. Gracias. Thank you. De nada. You're welcome.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? ¡Disculpe! ¿Dónde está el baño? The second door on the right. La segunda puerta a la derecha. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Excuse me! The bathroom? Where is it? ¡Disculpe! ¿El baño? ¿Dónde está? The bathroom is on the right. El baño está a la derecha. Where? ¿Dónde? The second door. La segunda puerta. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Excuse me! Where is the bathroom? (informal) ¡Disculpa! ¿Dónde está el baño? The second door on the right. La segunda puerta a la derecha. Thank you. Gracias. You're welcome. De nada.
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- “Image:Znak C-2.svg” by Paweł Grzywocz (Public Domain)
- “Image:Eñe on keyboard - blue.jpg” by Chamaeleon (Public Domain)
- “Image:Signo Itzcuintli.png” from the Codex Laud (Public Domain)
A0106: Room Service
Introduction
This is the lesson for all the fans of room service! And the room service might be even better when you order in Spanish! The rest of us will learn how to order a hamburger, which can be pretty useful, too. The keyword is: servicio a la habitación – room service.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0003: At the bar, A0052: Smells good, A0096: I am allergic
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: ¿Tiene servicio a la habitación? hombre: Sí tenemos. mujer: Quiero una hamburguesa. hombre: Se la llevo en diez minutos. mujer: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Tiene servicio a la habitación? (you) have service to the habitation woman: Do you have room service?
hombre: Sí tenemos. yes (we) have man: We do have it.
mujer: Quiero una hamburguesa. (I) want a hamburger woman: I want a hamburger.
hombre: Se la llevo en diez minutos. (to) you her (= it) (I) bring in ten minutes man: I bring it to you in 10 minutes.
mujer: Gracias. Thanks. woman: Thank you.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man tener verb (infinitive) to have (usted) tiene verb (present tense) you have (formal, singular) el servicio noun (masculine) the service de preposition of la habitación noun (feminine) the room sí adverb yes, indeed (nosotros/-as) tenemos verb (present tense) we have querer verb (infinitive) to want (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want un/una article (m./f.) a la hamburguesa noun (feminine) the hamburger le indirect object pronoun (to) you (formal, singular) lo/la direct object pronoun him/her(/it) se la phrase her(/it) to you (formal, singular) se lo phrase him(/it) to you (formal, singular) llevar verb (infinitive) to bring (yo) llevo verb (present tense) I bring en preposition in diez number ten el minuto noun (masculine) the minute los minutos noun (plural, masculine) the minutes gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el cuarto noun (masculine) the room el servicio al cuarto phrase the room service no adverb no, not la hache noun (feminine) the letter h mudo/muda adjective (m./f.) silent el taco noun (masculine) the taco los tacos noun (plural, masculine) the tacos el tamal noun (masculine) the tamale los tamales noun (plural, masculine) the tamales el jalapeño noun (masculine) the jalapeño los jalapeños noun (plural, masculine) the jalapeños
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
| llevar | infinitive | to bring |
| (yo) llevo | present tense | I bring |
| (tú) llevas | you bring (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) lleva | he/she(/it) brings | |
| (usted) lleva | you bring (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) llevamos | we bring (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) lleváis | you bring (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) llevan | they bring (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) llevan | you bring (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| me lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to me |
| te lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, singular) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to him/her(/it) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (formal, singular) |
| nos lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to us |
| os lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (informal, plural) |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to them |
| se lo/la | phrase | him/her(/it) to you (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Tiene servicio a la habitación? Do you have room service? Sí tenemos. We do have it. Quiero una hamburguesa. I want a hamburger. Se la llevo en diez minutos. I bring it to you in 10 minutes. Gracias. Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Do you have room service? ¿Tiene servicio a la habitación? We do have it. Sí tenemos. I want a hamburger. Quiero una hamburguesa. I bring it to you in 10 minutes. Se la llevo en diez minutos. Thank you. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Do you have room service? ¿Tiene servicio a la habitación? We do have it. Sí tenemos. I want a hamburger. Quiero una hamburguesa. We don't have hamburgers. No tenemos hamburguesas. Do you have jalapeños? ¿Tiene jalapeños? No, we don't have jalapeños. No, no tenemos jalapeños. Tacos? ¿Tacos? No, we don't have tacos. No, no tenemos tacos. I want room service! ¡Quiero servicio a la habitación! I bring it to you in 10 minutes. Thank you. Se lo llevo en diez minutos. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Do you have room service? (formal, plural) ¿Tienen servicio a la habitación? We do have it. Sí tenemos. We want a hamburger. Queremos una hamburguesa. I bring it to you in 10 minutes. (formal, plural) Se la llevo en diez minutos. Thank you. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Hotel-suite-living-room.jpg” by Derek Jensen (Public Domain)
- “Image:NCI Visuals Food Hamburger.jpg” by Len Rizzi (Public Domain)
- “Image:Gnome-appointment-soon.svg” by GNOME icon artists (GNU General Public License)
A0112: What Is Your Telephone Number?
Introduction
This lesson is full of useful phrases: how to ask for a phone number, how to give one's phone number, how to say that you are going to call, etc. Moreover, Liliana and JP discuss differences between continents and generations with respect to phoning. And all that in just 13 minutes! The keyword had to be a bit shorter than usual: móvil – mobile.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0056: What time is the train?, A0072: Here is my card, A0092: How old are you?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? hombre: Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. mujer: OK, te llamo en la noche. hombre: Vale.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? what (it) is your number of telephone woman: What's your phone number?
hombre: Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. my number of cell phone (it) is the six five two twelve fifty-six fifty-six man: My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56.
mujer: OK, te llamo en la noche. OK you (I) call in the night woman: OK, I call you at night.
hombre: Vale. worthy man: Great.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man ¿cuál? interrogative pronoun what?, which? ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is tu possessive adjective your (informal, singular) el número noun (masculine) the number de preposition of el teléfono noun (masculine) the telephone mi possessive adjective my el móvil noun (masculine) the mobile phone el/la article (m./f.) the seis number 6 cinco number 5 doce number 12 cincuenta y seis number 56 OK phrase OK te direct object pronoun you (informal, singular) llamar verb (infinitive) too call (yo) llamo verb (present tense) I call en preposition in la noche noun (feminine) the night valer verb (infinitive) to be worth vale phrase great, OK
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
igual adjective (m./f.) equal el cellular noun (masculine) the cell phone el cell noun (masculine) the cell phone el número de cellular phrase the cell phone number hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| (yo) llamo | present tense | I call |
| (tú) llamas | you call (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) llama | he/she(/it) calls | |
| (usted) llama | you call (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) llamamos | we call (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) llamáis | you call (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) llaman | they call (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) llaman | you call (formal, plural) | |
| uno | number | one |
| un/una | article (m./f.) | a |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? What's your phone number? Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. OK, te llamo en la noche. OK, I call you at night. Vale. Great.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What's your phone number? ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, I call you at night. OK, te llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What's your phone number? ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, OK! 6, ...? ¡Vale, vale! Seis, ...? It's the 6-52-... Es el seis, cincuenta y dos, ... 6-52 or (= o) 6-5-2? ¿Seis, cincuenta y dos o seis, cinco, dos? It's the same. Es igual. OK. Vale. The number is 6-5-2-1-2-5-6-5-6. OK? El número es el seis, cinco, dos, uno, dos, cinco, seis, cinco, seis. ¿Vale? OK. I call you tonight. Vale, te llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's your phone number? (formal) ¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, I call you at night. (formal) OK, lo/la llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Image Credits
- “Image:CellPhone.png” by Mnoon (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
- “Image:I-56.svg” by Ltljltlj (Public Domain)
- “Image:El Pilar de Zaragoza Noche 2005-03-25.jpg” by Juan García (GNU Free Documentation License)
A0116: Do You Want a Mint?
Introduction
The topic of this lesson is irregular breath and how to deal with it. Our keyword is also irregular: huele – it smells from the irregular verb oler – to smell.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0016: I feel sick, A0052: Smells good, A0096: I am allergic
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
hombre: ¿Quieres una menta? mujer: ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? hombre: Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Quieres una menta? (you) want a mint woman: Do you want a mint?
hombre: ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? why (to) me smells the mouth man: Why? Does my mouth stink?
mujer: Sí, ¡toma! yes (you) take woman: Yes, take this!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man querer verb (infinitive) to want (tú) quieres verb (present tense) you want (informal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la menta noun (feminine) the mint ¿por qué? adverb why? me indirect object pronoun (to) me oler verb (infinitive) to smell (él/ella) huele verb (present tense) he/she(/it) smells la boca noun (feminine) the mouth sí adverb yes tomar verb (infinitive) to take ¡(tú) toma! verb (imperative) you take! (informal, singular)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
hasta luego phrase see you later hasta mañana phrase until tomorrow
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| oler | infinitive | to smell |
| (yo) huelo | present tense | I smell |
| (tú) hueles | you smell (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) huele | he/she(/it) smells | |
| (usted) huele | you smell (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) olemos | we smell (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) oléis | you smell (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) huelen | they smell (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) huelen | you smell (formal, plural) | |
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| ¡(tú) toma! | imperative | (you) take! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) tome! | (you) take! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) tomemos! | (let's) take! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) tomad! | (you) take! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) tomen! | (you) take! (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Quieres una menta? Do you want a mint? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Why? Does my mouth stink? Sí, ¡toma! Yes, take this!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Do you want a mint? ¿Quieres una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Take a mint! Do you want to? ¡Toma una menta! ¿Quieres? Why? ¿Por qué? For (= por) the mouth. Por la boca. Does my breath smell? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take it! Sí, ¡toma!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Do you want a mint? (formal) ¿Quiere una menta? Why? Does my mouth stink? ¿Por qué? ¿Me huele la boca? Yes, take this! (formal) Sí, ¡tome!
Image Credits
- “Image:Cinnamon Tic Tac.jpg” by Bilious (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Mona Lisa detail mouth.jpg” by Leonardo da Vinci (Public Domain)
A0122: Telephone Card
Introduction
In this lesson Liliana and JP tell us all about phone cards, in particular how to buy one in Spanish—and why you should. The keyword is: tarjeta de teléfono – phone card.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0005: Take a picture, A0023: Going to the market, A0056: What time is the train?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? hombre: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? mujer: Internacionales. hombre: Diez euros. mujer: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? (to) me (you) give a card of telephone woman: Will you give me a phone card?
hombre: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? for calls domestic or international man: For domestic or international calls?
mujer: Internacionales. international woman: International calls.
hombre: Diez euros. ten euros man: Ten euros.
mujer: Gracias. thanks woman: Thank you.
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la tarjeta noun (feminine) the card de preposition of el teléfono noun (masculine) the telephone para preposition for la llamada noun (feminine) the call la llamadas noun (plural, feminine) the calls nacional adjective (m./f.) domestic nacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) domestic internacional adjective (m./f.) international internacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) international diez number ten el euro noun (masculine) the euro los euros noun (plural, masculine) the euros gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el taco noun (masculine) the taco la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer la pluma noun (feminine) the pen eu interjection yes hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? Will you give me a phone card? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? For domestic or international calls? Internacionales. International calls. Diez euros. Ten euros. Gracias. Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Will you give me a phone card? ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? For domestic or international calls? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? International calls. Internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Will you give me a card? ¿Me da una tarjeta? A card? ¿Una tarjeta? For international calls. Para llamadas internacionales. A telephone card? ¿Una tarjeta de teléfono? Yes (= sí)! Will you give me a telephone card? ¡Sí! ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? For international calls? ¿Para llamadas internacionales? Yes, for international calls. Sí, para llamadas internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Will you give us a phone card? ¿Nos da una tarjeta de teléfono? For domestic or international calls? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? International calls. Internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Phone-Card-Scorpio.jpg” by Speedypin (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Spain 2006 circulating coins.jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )
- “Image:EUR 10 obverse (2002 issue).jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )
A0127: Flirting
Introduction
Liliana and JP talk about flirting in Latin America and Liliana demonstrates her most powerful weapons. As flirting requires continuous action, this is also the perfect opportunity to introduce the gerund, also known as the ing-form. The keyword is: coquetear – to flirt.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0001: Are you ready yet?, A0002: Birthday party, A0086: Are you single?
- discussion: visit the readers' forum for this lesson to discuss it or to ask questions about it
- source: SpanishPod, the original MP3 lesson content of this lesson is licensed by PraxisLanguage Ltd. under a Creative Commons 3.0 Unported license.
Dialogue
mujer: ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. hombre: ¿Por qué? mujer: Te ve y te sonríe. hombre: ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. look at her (she) is flirting woman: Look at her! She is flirting.
hombre: ¿Por qué? why man: Why?
mujer: Te ve y te sonríe. you (she) sees and (to) you (she) smiles woman: She looks at you and she smiles.
hombre: ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. perfect (I) go to talk with her man: Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man mirar verb (infinitive) to look ¡(tú) mira! verb (imperative) (you) look! (informal, singular) la direct object pronoun her ¡(tú) mírala! phrase (you) look at her! (informal, singular) estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is coquetear verb (infinitive) to flirt coqueteando verb (gerund) flirting está coqueteando phrase he/she(/it) is flirting ¿por qué? adverb why? te direct object pronoun you ver verb (infinitive) to see (él/ella) ve verb (present tense) he/she(/it) sees y conjunction and te indirect object pronoun (to) you sonreír verb (infinitive) to smile (él/ella) sonríe verb (present tense) he/she(/it) smiles perfecto/perfecta adjective (m./f.) perfect ir verb (infinitive) to go (yo) voy verb (present tense) I go a preposition to hablar verb (infinitive) to talk voy a hablar phrase I'm going to talk con preposition with él/ella pronoun him/her(/it) (after preposition)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
hablando verb (gerund) talking caminar verb (infinitive) to walk caminando verb (gerund) walking hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| mirar | infinitive | to look |
| ¡(tú) mira! | imperative | (you) look! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) mire! | (you) look! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) miremos! | (let's) look! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) mirad! | (you) look! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) miren! | (you) look! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| ver | infinitive | to see |
| (yo) veo | present tense | I see |
| (tú) ves | you see (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) ve | he/she(/it) sees | |
| (usted) ve | you see (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vemos | we see (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) veis | you see (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) ven | they see (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) ven | you see (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| sonreír | infinitive | to smile |
| (yo) sonrío | present tense | I smile |
| (tú) sonríes | you smile (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sonríe | he/she(/it) smiles | |
| (usted) sonríe | you smile (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) sonreímos | we smile (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sonreís | you smile (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) sonríen | they smile (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) sonríen | you smile (formal, plural) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| conmigo | phrase | with me |
| contigo | phrase | with you (singular, informal) |
| con él/ella | phrase | with him/her(/it) |
| con usted | phrase | with you (singular, formal) |
| con nosotros/-as | phrase | with us (m./f.) |
| con vosotros/-as | phrase | with you (plural, informal, m./f.) |
| con ellos/ellas | phrase | with them (m./f.) |
| con ustedes | phrase | with you (plural, formal) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. Look at her! She is flirting. ¿Por qué? Why? Te ve y te sonríe. She looks at you and she smiles. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Look at her! She is flirting. ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. Why? ¿Por qué? She looks at you and she smiles. Te ve y te sonríe. Perfect! I'm going to talk with her. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Look at her! She smiles at you. ¡Mírala! Te sonríe. Why? ¿Por qué? She looks at you and she smiles at you. Te ve y te sonríe. So what? (= and what?) ¿Y qué? ¡She is flirting! ¡Está coqueteando! Perfect! I'm going to talk with her. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Look at him! He is flirting. ¡Miralo! Está coqueteando. Why? ¿Por qué? He looks at you and he smiles. Te ve y te sonríe. Perfect! I'm going to talk with him. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con él.
Image Credits
- “Image:Raquel Nunes-3.jpg” by Sergio *Savaman* Savarese (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)
- “Image:Goya Maja ubrana2.jpg” by Francisco de Goya (Public Domain)
- “Image:Talk face.svg” by Linuxerist and Wiggy! (GNU Free Documentation License)
- “Image:Learning to walk by pushing wheeled toy.jpg” Shaun MItchem (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)
A0131: I Miss Them
Introduction
In this lesson, JP and Liliana teach us how to ask what's wrong, how to express homesickness, how to give an advice, and how to approve of an idea. Well, not all possibilities but enough to get us started. The keyword is extraño – I miss.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0030: Call back later, A0076: Jet-lag, A0096: I am allergic
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Dialogue
hombre: ¿Qué te pasa? mujer: Extraño a mi familia. hombre: ¡Llámalos! mujer: Buena idea.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Qué te pasa? what (to) you (it) happens man: What's happening to you?
mujer: Extraño a mi familia. (I) miss to my family woman: I miss my family.
hombre: ¡Llámalos! call them man: Call them!
mujer: Buena idea. good idea woman: Good idea.
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Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, how? te indirect object pronoun (to) you (informal, singular) pasar verb (infinitive) to happen (él/ella) pasa verb (present tense) he/she(/it) happens extrañar verb (infinitive) to miss (yo) extraño verb (present tense) I miss a preposition to mi possessive adjective my la familia noun (feminine) the family llamar verb (infinitive) to call ¡(tú) llama! verb (imperative) (you) call! (informal, singular) los direct object pronoun them ¡(tú) llámalos! phrase (you) call them! (informal, singular) bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good la idea noun (feminine) the idea
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la comida noun (feminine) the food (yo) extraño la comida phrase I miss the food el país noun (masculine) the country (yo) extraño mi país phrase I'm homesick (yo) extraño Méjico/México phrase I miss Mexico enfermo/enferma adjective (m./f.) sick de preposition of la casa noun (feminine) the house estar verb (infinitive) to be (yo) estoy homesick phrase I'm homesick
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | (to) you (informal, singular) | |
| le | (to) him/her(/it) | |
| le | (to) you (formal, singular) | |
| nos | (to) us | |
| os | (to) you (informal, plural) | |
| les | (to) them | |
| les | (to) you (formal, plural) | |
| pasar | infinitive | to happen |
| (yo) paso | present tense | I happen |
| (tú) pasas | you happen (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) pasa | he/she(/it) happens | |
| (usted) pasa | you happen (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) pasamos | we happen (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) pasáis | you happen (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) pasan | they happen (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) pasan | you happen (formal, plural) | |
| extrañar | infinitive | to miss |
| (yo) extraño | present tense | I miss |
| (tú) extrañas | you miss (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) extraña | he/she(/it) misses | |
| (usted) extraña | you miss (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) extrañamos | we miss (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) extrañáis | you miss (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) extrañan | they miss (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) extrañan | you miss (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | (you) call! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | (let's) call! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | (you) call! (formal, plural) | |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | you (informal, singular) | |
| lo/la | him/her(/it) | |
| lo/la | you (formal, singular, m./f.) | |
| nos | us | |
| os | you (informal, plural) | |
| los/las | them (m./f.) | |
| los/las | you (formal, plural, m./f.) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Qué te pasa? What's happening to you? Extraño a mi familia. I miss my family. ¡Llámalos! Call them! Buena idea. Good idea.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? Well (= good) ... Bueno ... What? ¿Qué? I miss my country and (= y) the food. Extraño mi país y la comida. Well ... Bueno ... ¡And I miss my family! ¡Y extraño a mi familia! Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's happening to you? (formal) ¿Qué le pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! (formal) ¡Llámelos! Good idea. Buena idea.
Image Credits
- “La familia del infante don Luis.jpg” by Francisco de Goya (Public Domain)
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- “Image:CornmealProducts.jpg” by Scott Bauer (Public Domain)
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