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A0005: Take a Picture

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Introduction

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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.

 

Dialogue

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hombre: ¡Señorita!
mujer: ¿Sí?
hombre: ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor?
mujer: ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían!
hombre: Gracias.
 

Dialogue with Translation

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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.
 

Wikipedia has related information at señorita (song)

 
la señorita – the miss

Vocabulary for Dialogue

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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
 

Wikipedia has related information at Don (honorific)

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

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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

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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)


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