Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0006
How's It Going?
Introduction
It's really useful to know how to start a conversation in order to have one! Liliana and JP talk about all we need: greetings, compliments, and how to respond to them. The keyword is guapa – beautiful (for feminine nouns).
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0007: Where are you from?, A0016: I feel sick, A0086: Are you single?
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? mujer: Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? hombre: Todo bien, gracias. mujer: Me alegra.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? hello beautiful how (for) you (it) goes man: Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you?
mujer: Bien, bien. Y tú, ¿qué tal? good good and you how so woman: Good, good. And you, how are you?
hombre: Todo bien, gracias. all good thanks man: Everything's fine, thanks.
mujer: Me alegra. me (it) delights woman: That makes me happy.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman hola interjection hello guapo/guapa adjective (m./f.) beautiful ¿cómo? adverb how? te indirect object pronoun (to/for) you ir verb (infinitive) to go (él/ella) va verb (present tense) he/she(/it) goes bien adverb well, good y conjunction and tú subject pronoun you ¿Qué tal? phrase How are you? todo/toda adjective (m./f.) all gracias phrase thanks me indirect object pronoun (to/for) me alegrar verb (infinitive) to delight (él/ella) alegra verb (present tense) he/she(/it) delights
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
hacer verb (infinitive) to make (tú) haces verb (present tense) you make (informal, singular) ¿Cómo haces tacos? phrase How do you make tacos? (informal, singular) poder verb (infinitive) can (tú) puedes verb (present tense) you can (informal, singular) los direct object pronoun them ¿Cómo los puedes hacer? phrase How can you make them? (informal, singular) lindo/linda adjective (m./f.) nice, pretty feo/fea adjective (m./f.) ugly ¡Hola, guapo! phrase Hello, handsome! 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) | |
| 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) | |
| alegrar | infinitive | to delight |
| (yo) alegro | present tense | I delight |
| (tú) alegras | you delight (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) alegra | he/she(/it) delights | |
| (usted) alegra | you delight (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) alegramos | we delight (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) alegráis | you delight (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) alegran | they delight (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) alegran | you delight (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va?
Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you?
Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal?
Good, good. And you, how are you?
Todo bien, gracias.
Everything's fine, thanks.
Me alegra.
That makes me happy.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you?
¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va?
Good, good. And you? How are you?
Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal?
Everything's fine, thanks.
Todo bien, gracias.
That makes me happy.
Me alegra.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Hello, handsome (masculine)!
¡Hola, guapo!
Hello, ugly (feminine)! How are you?
¡Hola, fea! ¿Cómo te va? (or: ¿Qué tal?)
Everything's fine. Thanks, ugly (masculine). And you?
Todo bien. Gracias, feo. ¿Y tú?
Good. Everything goes fine.
Bien. Todo va bien.
How good! I'm delighted.
¡Qué bien! Me alegra.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? (formal)
¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo le va?
Good, good. And you? How are you? (formal)
Bien, bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Qué tal?
Everything's fine, thanks.
Todo bien, gracias.
That makes us happy.
Nos alegra.
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