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A0062: At the Bank

Introduction

We are going to a Mexican bank! That must be fun! Well, maybe not that much. But at least we are well prepared after this lesson with Liliana and JP. The keyword is: depósito – deposit.

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Dialogue

hombre:	Quiero hacer un depósito.
mujer:	¡Llene este formulario!
hombre:	¿Me presta su pluma?
mujer:	Claro.

Dialogue with Translation

hombre:	Quiero	hacer	un	depósito.
	(I) want	(to) make	a	deposit
man:	I want to make a deposit.

mujer:	¡Llene	este	formulario!
	(you) fill out	this	form
woman:	Fill out this form!

hombre:	¿Me	presta	su	pluma?
	(to) me	(you) loan	your	pen
man:	Do you loan me your pen?

mujer:	Claro.
	clear
woman:	Of course.

la pluma – the fountain pen

la pluma – the feather

Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
querer	verb (infinitive)	to want
(yo) quiero	verb (present tense)	I want
hacer	verb (infinitive)	to make
(yo) quiero hacer	phrase	I want to make
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
el depósito	noun (masculine)	the deposit
llenar	verb (infinitive)	to fill (up/out)
¡(usted) llene!	verb (imperative)	(you) fill (out)! (formal, singular)
este/esta	adjective (m./f.)	this
el formulario	noun (masculine)	the form
me	indirect object pronoun	(to/for) me
prestar	verb (infinitive)	to loan
(usted) presta	verb (present tense)	you loan (formal, singular)
su	possessive adjective	your (formal)
la pluma	noun (feminine)	the (fountain) pen, the feather
claro/clara	adjective (m./f.)	clear
¡claro!	interjection	of course!

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

¡Llene el vaso de agua!	phrase	Fill up the glass of water!
¡Llene el tanque!	phrase	Fill the gas tank!
la señorita	noun (feminine)	the miss
la piñata	noun (feminine)	game for children about breaking a pot
los mariachis	noun (plural, masculine)	the Mexican musicians
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.

querer	infinitive	to want
(yo) quiero	present tense	I want
(tú) quieres		you want (informal, singular)
(él/ella) quiere		he/she(/it) wants
(usted) quiere		you want (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) queremos		we want (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) queréis		you want (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) quieren		they want (m./f.)
(ustedes) quieren		you want (formal, plural)
llenar	infinitive	to fill (out/up)
¡(tú) llena!	imperative	(you) fill (out/up)! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) llene!		(you) fill (out/up)! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) llenemos!		(let's) fill (out/up)! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) llenad!		(you) fill (out/up)! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) llenen!		(you) fill (out/up)! (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)
prestar	infinitive	to loan
(yo) presto	present tense	I loan
(tú) prestas		you loan (informal, singular)
(él/ella) presta		he/she(/it) loans
(usted) presta		you loan (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) prestamos		we loan (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) prestáis		you loan (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) prestan		they loan (m./f.)
(ustedes) prestan		you loan (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)

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.

Quiero hacer un depósito.	I want to make a deposit.
¡Llene este formulario!	Fill out this form!
¿Me presta su pluma?	Do you loan me your pen?
Claro.	Of course.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

I want to make a deposit.	Quiero hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form!	¡Llene este formulario!
Do you loan me your pen?	¿Me presta su pluma?
Of course.	Claro.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

I want to make a deposit.	Quiero hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form!	¡Llene este formulario!
Of course. Do you loan me your pen?	Claro. ¿Me presta su pluma?
Fill out this form!	¡Llene este formulario!
I want to fill out this form!	¡Quiero llenar este formulario!
Fill out this form!	¡Llene este formulario!
Of course.	Claro.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

We want to make a deposit.	Queremos hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form! (formal, plural)	¡Llenen este formulario!
Do you loan us your pen?	¿Nos presta su pluma?
Of course.	Claro.

Image Credits

• “Image:Fuellfederhalter.jpg” by Jakob Richter (GNU Free Documentation License)
• “Image:A single white feather closeup.jpg” by Joao Estevao Andrade de Freitas (Public Domain)