Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0001

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Are You Ready yet?

Introduction

Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns).

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Audio Lesson

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	Title: “Are you ready yet?” Dialogue only (file info)
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Dialogue

	hombre:	¿Ya estás lista?
	mujer:	¡Espera un momento!
	hombre:	Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo.
	mujer:	Menos mal.

Dialogue with Translation

	hombre:	¿Ya	estás	lista?
		already	(you) are	ready
	man:	Are you ready yet?

	mujer:	¡Espera	un	momento!
		(you) wait	a	moment
	woman:	Wait a moment!

	hombre:	Tranquila.	Todavía	tenemos	tiempo.
		relaxed	still	(we) have	time
	man:	Relax! We still have time.

	mujer:	Menos	mal.
		less	badly
	woman:	Good.

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Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
ya	adverb	already
estar	verb (infinitive)	to be
(tú) estás	verb (present tense)	you are (informal, singular)
listo/lista	adjective (m./f.)	ready
esperar	verb (infinitive)	to wait
¡(tú) espera!	verb (imperative)	(you) wait! (informal, singular)
un/una	article (m./f.)	a
el momento	noun (masculine)	the moment
tranquilo/tranquila	adjective (m./f.)	relaxed, calm
todavía	adverb	still
tener	verb (infinitive)	to have
(nosotros/-as) tenemos	verb (present tense)	we have
el tiempo	noun (masculine)	the time
menos	adverb	less
mal	adverb	badly
menos mal	phrase	OK, good

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

el tiempo	noun (masculine)	the time, the weather
¿cómo?	adverb	how?
¿Cómo está el tiempo?	phrase	How is the weather?
el clima	noun (masculine)	the climate, the weather
tranquilos/tranquilas	adjective (plural, m./f.)	relaxed, calm
¡(usted) espere!	verb (imperative)	(you) wait! (formal, singular)
¡(ustedes) esperen!	verb (imperative)	(you) wait! (formal, plural)

 

More Vocabulary

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

esperar	infinitive	to wait
¡(tú) espera!	imperative	(you) wait! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) espere!		(you) wait! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) esperemos!		(let's) wait! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) esperad!		(you) wait! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) esperen!		(you) wait! (formal, plural)
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)
tener	infinitive	to have
(yo) tengo	present tense	I have
(tú) tienes		you have (informal, singular)
(él/ella) tiene		he/she(/it) has
(usted) tiene		you have (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) tenemos		we have (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) tenéis		you have (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) tienen		they have (m./f.)
(ustedes) tienen		you have (formal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

Dialogue Recall

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

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Dialogue Recast

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

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