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A0127: Flirting

Introduction

Liliana and JP talk about flirting in Latin America and Liliana demonstrates her most powerful weapons. As flirting requires continuous action, this is also the perfect opportunity to introduce the gerund, also known as the ing-form. The keyword is: coquetear – to flirt.

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Dialogue

mujer:	¡Mírala! Está coqueteando.
hombre:	¿Por qué?
mujer:	Te ve y te sonríe.
hombre:	¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	¡Mírala!	Está	coqueteando.
	look at her	(she) is	flirting
woman:	Look at her! She is flirting.

hombre:	¿Por qué?
	why
man:	Why?

mujer:	Te	ve	y	te	sonríe.
	you	(she) sees	and	(to) you	(she) smiles
woman:	She looks at you and she smiles.

hombre:	¡Perfecto!	Voy	a	hablar	con	ella.
	perfect	(I) go	to	talk	with	her
man:	Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.

está coqueteando – she is flirting

te ve y te sonríe – she looks at you and she smiles at you

hablar – to talk

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
mirar	verb (infinitive)	to look
¡(tú) mira!	verb (imperative)	(you) look! (informal, singular)
la	direct object pronoun	her
¡(tú) mírala!	phrase	(you) look at her! (informal, singular)
estar	verb (infinitive)	to be
(él/ella) está	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) is
coquetear	verb (infinitive)	to flirt
coqueteando	verb (gerund)	flirting
está coqueteando	phrase	he/she(/it) is flirting
¿por qué?	adverb	why?
te	direct object pronoun	you
ver	verb (infinitive)	to see
(él/ella) ve	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) sees
y	conjunction	and
te	indirect object pronoun	(to) you
sonreír	verb (infinitive)	to smile
(él/ella) sonríe	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) smiles
perfecto/perfecta	adjective (m./f.)	perfect
ir	verb (infinitive)	to go
(yo) voy	verb (present tense)	I go
a	preposition	to
hablar	verb (infinitive)	to talk
voy a hablar	phrase	I'm going to talk
con	preposition	with
él/ella	pronoun	him/her(/it) (after preposition)

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

hablando	verb (gerund)	talking
caminar	verb (infinitive)	to walk
caminando	verb (gerund)	walking
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

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

mirar	infinitive	to look
¡(tú) mira!	imperative	(you) look! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) mire!		(you) look! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) miremos!		(let's) look! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) mirad!		(you) look! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) miren!		(you) look! (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.)
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)
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)
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)
sonreír	infinitive	to smile
(yo) sonrío	present tense	I smile
(tú) sonríes		you smile (informal, singular)
(él/ella) sonríe		he/she(/it) smiles
(usted) sonríe		you smile (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) sonreímos		we smile (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) sonreís		you smile (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) sonríen		they smile (m./f.)
(ustedes) sonríen		you smile (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)
conmigo	phrase	with me
contigo	phrase	with you (singular, informal)
con él/ella	phrase	with him/her(/it)
con usted	phrase	with you (singular, formal)
con nosotros/-as	phrase	with us (m./f.)
con vosotros/-as	phrase	with you (plural, informal, m./f.)
con ellos/ellas	phrase	with them (m./f.)
con ustedes	phrase	with you (plural, formal)

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.

¡Mírala! Está coqueteando.	Look at her! She is flirting.
¿Por qué?	Why?
Te ve y te sonríe.	She looks at you and she smiles.
¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.	Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.

Dialogue Recall

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

Look at her! She is flirting.	¡Mírala! Está coqueteando.
Why?	¿Por qué?
She looks at you and she smiles.	Te ve y te sonríe.
Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.	¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

Look at her! She smiles at you.	¡Mírala! Te sonríe.
Why?	¿Por qué?
She looks at you and she smiles at you.	Te ve y te sonríe.
So what? (= and what?)	¿Y qué?
¡She is flirting!	¡Está coqueteando!
Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.	¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella.

Dialogue Recast

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

Look at him! He is flirting.	¡Miralo! Está coqueteando.
Why?	¿Por qué?
He looks at you and he smiles.	Te ve y te sonríe.
Perfect! I'm going to talk with him.	¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con él.

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