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A0112: What Is Your Telephone Number?
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]This lesson is full of useful phrases: how to ask for a phone number, how to give one's phone number, how to say that you are going to call, etc. Moreover, Liliana and JP discuss differences between continents and generations with respect to phoning. And all that in just 13 minutes! The keyword had to be a bit shorter than usual: móvil – mobile.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0056: What time is the train?, A0072: Here is my card, A0092: How old are you?
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Dialogue
[edit source]mujer: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? hombre: Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. mujer: OK, te llamo en la noche. hombre: Vale.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]mujer: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? what (it) is your number of telephone woman: What's your phone number?
hombre: Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. my number of cell phone (it) is the six five two twelve fifty-six fifty-six man: My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56.
mujer: OK, te llamo en la noche. OK you (I) call in the night woman: OK, I call you at night.
hombre: Vale. worthy man: Great.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man ¿cuál? interrogative pronoun what?, which? ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is tu possessive adjective your (informal, singular) el número noun (masculine) the number de preposition of el teléfono noun (masculine) the telephone mi possessive adjective my el móvil noun (masculine) the mobile phone el/la article (m./f.) the seis number 6 cinco number 5 doce number 12 cincuenta y seis number 56 OK phrase OK te direct object pronoun you (informal, singular) llamar verb (infinitive) too call (yo) llamo verb (present tense) I call en preposition in la noche noun (feminine) the night valer verb (infinitive) to be worth vale phrase great, OK
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]igual adjective (m./f.) equal el cellular noun (masculine) the cell phone el cell noun (masculine) the cell phone el número de cellular phrase the cell phone number hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
[edit source]This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (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) |
| 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.) | |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| (yo) llamo | present tense | I call |
| (tú) llamas | you call (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) llama | he/she(/it) calls | |
| (usted) llama | you call (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) llamamos | we call (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) llamáis | you call (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) llaman | they call (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) llaman | you call (formal, plural) | |
| uno | number | one |
| un/una | article (m./f.) | a |
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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.
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? What's your phone number? Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. OK, te llamo en la noche. OK, I call you at night. Vale. Great.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
What's your phone number? ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, I call you at night. OK, te llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What's your phone number? ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, OK! 6, ...? ¡Vale, vale! Seis, ...? It's the 6-52-... Es el seis, cincuenta y dos, ... 6-52 or (= o) 6-5-2? ¿Seis, cincuenta y dos o seis, cinco, dos? It's the same. Es igual. OK. Vale. The number is 6-5-2-1-2-5-6-5-6. OK? El número es el seis, cinco, dos, uno, dos, cinco, seis, cinco, seis. ¿Vale? OK. I call you tonight. Vale, te llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
What's your phone number? (formal) ¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? My cell phone number is 6-5-2-12-56-56. Mi número de móvil es el seis, cinco, dos, doce, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y seis. OK, I call you at night. (formal) OK, lo/la llamo en la noche. Great. Vale.
Image Credits
- “Image:CellPhone.png” by Mnoon (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
- “Image:I-56.svg” by Ltljltlj (Public Domain)
- “Image:El Pilar de Zaragoza Noche 2005-03-25.jpg” by Juan García (GNU Free Documentation License)