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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.

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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.

la mañana – the morning

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

la vaca – the cow

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

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