Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0127/Print version
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A0127: Flirting
editIntroduction
editLiliana and JP talk about flirting in Latin America and Liliana demonstrates her most powerful weapons. As flirting requires continuous action, this is also the perfect opportunity to introduce the gerund, also known as the ing-form. The keyword is: coquetear – to flirt.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0001: Are you ready yet?, A0002: Birthday party, A0086: Are you single?
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Dialogue
editmujer: ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. hombre: ¿Por qué? mujer: Te ve y te sonríe. hombre: ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue with Translation
editmujer: ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. look at her (she) is flirting woman: Look at her! She is flirting.
hombre: ¿Por qué? why man: Why?
mujer: Te ve y te sonríe. you (she) sees and (to) you (she) smiles woman: She looks at you and she smiles.
hombre: ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. perfect (I) go to talk with her man: Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
editla mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man mirar verb (infinitive) to look ¡(tú) mira! verb (imperative) (you) look! (informal, singular) la direct object pronoun her ¡(tú) mírala! phrase (you) look at her! (informal, singular) estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is coquetear verb (infinitive) to flirt coqueteando verb (gerund) flirting está coqueteando phrase he/she(/it) is flirting ¿por qué? adverb why? te direct object pronoun you ver verb (infinitive) to see (él/ella) ve verb (present tense) he/she(/it) sees y conjunction and te indirect object pronoun (to) you sonreír verb (infinitive) to smile (él/ella) sonríe verb (present tense) he/she(/it) smiles perfecto/perfecta adjective (m./f.) perfect ir verb (infinitive) to go (yo) voy verb (present tense) I go a preposition to hablar verb (infinitive) to talk voy a hablar phrase I'm going to talk con preposition with él/ella pronoun him/her(/it) (after preposition)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
edithablando verb (gerund) talking caminar verb (infinitive) to walk caminando verb (gerund) walking hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
editThis section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| mirar | infinitive | to look |
| ¡(tú) mira! | imperative | (you) look! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) mire! | (you) look! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) miremos! | (let's) look! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) mirad! | (you) look! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) miren! | (you) look! (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.) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| sonreír | infinitive | to smile |
| (yo) sonrío | present tense | I smile |
| (tú) sonríes | you smile (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sonríe | he/she(/it) smiles | |
| (usted) sonríe | you smile (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) sonreímos | we smile (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sonreís | you smile (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) sonríen | they smile (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) sonríen | you smile (formal, plural) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| conmigo | phrase | with me |
| contigo | phrase | with you (singular, informal) |
| con él/ella | phrase | with him/her(/it) |
| con usted | phrase | with you (singular, formal) |
| con nosotros/-as | phrase | with us (m./f.) |
| con vosotros/-as | phrase | with you (plural, informal, m./f.) |
| con ellos/ellas | phrase | with them (m./f.) |
| con ustedes | phrase | with you (plural, formal) |
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.
¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. Look at her! She is flirting. ¿Por qué? Why? Te ve y te sonríe. She looks at you and she smiles. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Look at her! She is flirting. ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. Why? ¿Por qué? She looks at you and she smiles. Te ve y te sonríe. Perfect! I'm going to talk with her. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Look at her! She smiles at you. ¡Mírala! Te sonríe. Why? ¿Por qué? She looks at you and she smiles at you. Te ve y te sonríe. So what? (= and what?) ¿Y qué? ¡She is flirting! ¡Está coqueteando! Perfect! I'm going to talk with her. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Look at him! He is flirting. ¡Miralo! Está coqueteando. Why? ¿Por qué? He looks at you and he smiles. Te ve y te sonríe. Perfect! I'm going to talk with him. ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con él.
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