Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0011
Call Me
Introduction
In this lesson, Liliana and JP tell us how to say goodbye and a lot of other very useful phrases, such as “right?”, “when?”, “let's see”, “I don't know”, “call me!”, and “OK”. The keyword is one of them: llámame – call me.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0019: How do you spell beige?, A0030: Call back later, A0086: Are you single?
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Audio Lesson
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| Title: “Call Me” Dialogue only (file info) | |
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Dialogue
hombre: Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? mujer: ¿A qué hora? hombre: A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. mujer: Vale. Hasta mañana.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Nos vemos mañana, ¿no? (to) each other we see tomorrow no man: We see each other tomorrow, right?
mujer: ¿A qué hora? at what hour woman: At what time?
hombre: A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde. to see no (I) know (you) call me more late man: Let's see. I don't know. Call me later.
mujer: Vale. Hasta mañana. (it) is valid until tomorrow woman: OK, see you tomorrow.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman nos reflexive pronoun (to) ourselves, each other ver verb (infinitive) to see (nosotros/-as) vemos verb (present tense) we see (m./f.) nos vemos phrase we see each other mañana adverb tomorrow la mañana noun (feminine) the morning no adverb no a preposition at, to ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what?, which? la hora noun (feminine) the hour, the time a ver phrase let's see saber verb (infinitive) to know (yo) sé verb (present tense) I know llamar verb (infinitive) to call me direct object pronoun me ¡(tú) llama! verb (imperative) (you) call! (informal, singular) ¡(tú) llámame! phrase (you) call me! (informal, singular) más adverb more tarde adverb late más tarde phrase later valer verb (infinitive) to be valid, to be worthy (él/ella) vale verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is valid, worthy vale interjection OK hasta preposition until
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
la vaca noun (feminine) the cow la uve noun (feminine) the v el burro noun (masculine) the donkey be de burro phrase b as in burro be grande phrase big b hasta luego phrase see you
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal) | |
| 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) | |
| saber | infinitive | to know |
| (yo) sé | present tense | I know |
| (tú) sabes | you know (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sabe | he/she(/it) knows | |
| (usted) sabe | you know (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) sabemos | we know (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sabéis | you know (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) saben | they know (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) saben | you know (formal, plural) | |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | (you) call! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | (let's) call! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | (you) call! (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.) | |
| valer | infinitive | to be valid, worthy |
| (yo) valgo | present tense | I'm valid |
| (tú) vales | you are valid (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) vale | he/she(/it) is valid | |
| (usted) vale | you are valid (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) valemos | we are valid (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) valéis | you are valid (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) valen | they are valid (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) valen | you are valid (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Nos vemos mañana, ¿no?
We see each other tomorrow, right?
¿A qué hora?
At what time?
A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde.
Let's see. I don't know. Call me later.
Vale. Hasta mañana.
OK, see you tomorrow.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
We see each other tomorrow, right?
Nos vemos mañana, ¿no?
At what time?
¿A qué hora?
Let's see. I don't know. Call me later.
A ver, no sé. Llámame más tarde.
OK, see you tomorrow.
Vale. Hasta mañana.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
When do we see each other?
¿A qué hora nos vemos?
Let's see. We see each other tomorrow.
A ver. Nos vemos mañana.
At what time?
¿A qué hora?
I don't know.
No sé.
OK. Call me.
Vale. Llámame.
OK. When?
Vale. ¿A qué hora?
I don't know! Later!
¡No sé! ¡Más tarde!
Tomorrow?
¿Mañana?
No!
¡No!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
They see each other tomorrow, right?
Se ven mañana, ¿no?
At what time?
¿A qué hora?
Let's see. They don't know. Call me later. (formal)
A ver, no saben. Llámeme más tarde.
OK, see you tomorrow.
Vale. Hasta mañana.
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