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A0030: Call back later

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Introduction

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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).

 

Dialogue

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hombre: ¿Hola?
mujer: ¿Está Mauricio?
hombre: No, no está. Llámalo más tarde.
mujer: Muy bien. Gracias.
 

Dialogue with Translation

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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.
 

Wikipedia has related information at Special:PrefixIndex/Mauricio

 
llamar – to call

Vocabulary for Dialogue

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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
 
salado/salada – salty

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

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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

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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)


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