Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson 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).
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Audio Lesson
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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
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. 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.
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