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