Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0122/Print version

A0122: Telephone Card

Introduction

In this lesson Liliana and JP tell us all about phone cards, in particular how to buy one in Spanish—and why you should. The keyword is: tarjeta de teléfono – phone card.

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Dialogue

mujer:	¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
hombre:	¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
mujer:	Internacionales.
hombre:	Diez euros.
mujer:	Gracias.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	¿Me	da	una	tarjeta	de	teléfono?
	(to) me	(you) give	a	card	of	telephone
woman:	Will you give me a phone card?

hombre:	¿Para	llamadas	nacionales	o	internacionales?
	for	calls	domestic	or	international
man:	For domestic or international calls?

mujer:	Internacionales.
	international
woman:	International calls.

hombre:	Diez	euros.
	ten	euros
man:	Ten euros.

mujer:	Gracias.
	thanks
woman:	Thank you.

diez euros – ten euros

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
me	indirect object pronoun	(to) me
dar	verb (infinitive)	to give
(usted) da	verb (present tense)	you give (formal, singular)
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
la tarjeta	noun (feminine)	the card
de	preposition	of
el teléfono	noun (masculine)	the telephone
para	preposition	for
la llamada	noun (feminine)	the call
la llamadas	noun (plural, feminine)	the calls
nacional	adjective (m./f.)	domestic
nacionales	adjective (plural, m./f.)	domestic
internacional	adjective (m./f.)	international
internacionales	adjective (plural, m./f.)	international
diez	number	ten
el euro	noun (masculine)	the euro
los euros	noun (plural, masculine)	the euros
gracias	phrase	thanks

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

el taco	noun (masculine)	the taco
la cerveza	noun (feminine)	the beer
la pluma	noun (feminine)	the pen
eu	interjection	yes
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

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

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)
dar	infinitive	to give
(yo) doy	present tense	I give
(tú) das		you give (informal, singular)
(él/ella) da		he/she(/it) gives
(usted) da		you give (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) damos		we give (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) dais		you give (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) dan		they give (m./f.)
(ustedes) dan		you give (formal, plural)

uno 1 dos 2 tres 3 cuatro 4 cinco 5

seis 6 siete 7 ocho 8 nueve 9 diez 10

once 11 doce 12 trece 13 catorce 14 quince 15

dieciséis 16 diecisiete 17 dieciocho 18 diecinueve 19 veinte 20

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.

¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?	Will you give me a phone card?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?	For domestic or international calls?
Internacionales.	International calls.
Diez euros.	Ten euros.
Gracias.	Thank you.

Dialogue Recall

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

Will you give me a phone card?	¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For domestic or international calls?	¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
International calls.	Internacionales.
Ten euros.	Diez euros.
Thank you.	Gracias.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Will you give me a card?	¿Me da una tarjeta?
A card?	¿Una tarjeta?
For international calls.	Para llamadas internacionales.
A telephone card?	¿Una tarjeta de teléfono?
Yes (= sí)! Will you give me a telephone card?	¡Sí! ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For international calls?	¿Para llamadas internacionales?
Yes, for international calls.	Sí, para llamadas internacionales.
Ten euros.	Diez euros.
Thank you.	Gracias.

Dialogue Recast

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

Will you give us a phone card?	¿Nos da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For domestic or international calls?	¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
International calls.	Internacionales.
Ten euros.	Diez euros.
Thank you.	Gracias.

Image Credits

• “Image:Phone-Card-Scorpio.jpg” by Speedypin (GNU Free Documentation License)
• “Image:Spain 2006 circulating coins.jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )
• “Image:EUR 10 obverse (2002 issue).jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )