A0027: The Neighbor

Introduction

Yes, there is something for everyone: Here comes the anti-social dialogue! On the other hand, talking about neighbors is a pretty social activity, isn't it? In any case, the keyword is: tampoco – not either.

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Dialogue

mujer:	Ahí viene el vecino.
hombre:	¿Lo conoces?
mujer:	No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú?
hombre:	Tampoco.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	Ahí	viene	el	vecino.
	there	(he) comes	the	neighbor
woman:	Here comes the neighbor.

hombre:	¿Lo	conoces?
	him	(you) know
man:	Do you know him?

mujer:	No,	no	lo	conozco.	¿Y	tú?
	no	not	him	(I) know	and	you
woman:	No, I don't know him. How about you?

hombre:	Tampoco.
	not either
man:	Me neither.

Wikipedia has related information at vecino

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
ahí	adverb	there
venir	verb (infinitive)	to come
(él/ella) viene	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) comes
el vecino	noun (masculine)	the (male) neighbor
lo	direct object pronoun	him
conocer	verb (infinitive)	to know
(tú) conoces	verb (present tense)	you know (informal, singular)
no	adverb	no, not
(yo) conozco	verb (present tense)	I know
y	conjunction	and
tú	subject pronoun	you
tampoco	adverb	not either

Wikipedia has related information at vecindad

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

la vecina	noun (feminine)	the (female) neighbor
la	direct object pronoun	her
yo tampoco	phrase	me neither
tener	verb (infinitive)	to have
(yo) tengo	verb (present tense)	I have
el dinero	noun (masculine)	the money
no tengo dinero	phrase	I don't have money
el fraccionamiento	noun (masculine)	residential area
la vecindad	noun (masculine)	neighborhood sharing a court yard

More Vocabulary

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

venir	infinitive	to come
(yo) vengo	present tense	I come
(tú) vienes		you come (informal, singular)
(él/ella) viene		he/she(/it) comes
(usted) viene		you come (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) venimos		we come (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) venís		you come (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) vienen		they come (m./f.)
(ustedes) vienen		you come (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.)

conocer	infinitive	to know (a person)
(yo) conozco	present tense	I know
(tú) conoces		you know (informal, singular)
(él/ella) conoce		he/she(/it) knows
(usted) conoce		you know (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) conocemos		we know (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) conocéis		you know (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) conocen		they know (m./f.)
(ustedes) conocen		you know (formal, 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.

Ahí viene el vecino.	Here comes the neighbor.
¿Lo conoces?	Do you know him?
No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú?	No, I don't know him. How about you?
Tampoco.	Me neither.

Dialogue Recall

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

Here comes the neighbor.	Ahí viene el vecino.
Do you know him?	¿Lo conoces?
No, I don't know him. How about you?	No, no lo conozco. ¿Y tú?
Me neither.	(Yo) tampoco.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

There the neighbor comes.	Ahí el vecino viene.
I don't know him. Do you know him?	No lo conozco. ¿Lo conoces?
I don't know him either.	No lo conozco tampoco.
And the (female) neighbor?	¿Y la vecina?
I don't know her. What about you?	No la conozco. ¿Y tú?
Neither do I know her.	Yo tampoco la conozco.

Dialogue Recast

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

Here comes the neighbor.	Ahí viene el vecino.
Do you know him? (formal)	¿Lo conoce?
No, I don't know him. How about you? (formal)	No, no lo conozco. ¿Y usted?
Me neither.	(Yo) tampoco.

Image Credits

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