Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0019

How Do You Spell ‘Beige?’ A0019 You have a question? Liliana and JP tell us how to ask it. Specifically, they talk about a spelling question; thus, the keyword is be de burro – b as in donkey (b as in Bob). A0005: Take a picture, A0008: How do you say ...?, A0011: Call me How do you spell ‘beige?’ A0019 A0019 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Tengo una pregunta.||align="right"|A0019 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡Dime!||align="right"|A0019 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo se escribe beige?||align="right"|A0019 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e.||align="right"|A0019 line 4 |- |align="right"|hombre: || Gracias.||align="right"|A0019 line 5 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Tengo || una || pregunta. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0019 line 1 |- |align="right"| ||(I) have || a || question |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| I have a question. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡Dime!||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0019 line 2 |- |align="right"| || tell me |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=1| Tell me! |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo || se || escribe || beige? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0019 line 3 |- |align="right"| ||how || itself/one || writes || beige |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| How do you write beige? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿El color? || Se || escribe || con || be de burro, || e, i, ge, e.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0019 line 4 |- |align="right"| || the color|| itself/one || writes || with || b of donkey, || e, i, g, e |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=6| The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Gracias.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0019 line 5 |- |align="right"| ||thanks |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Thanks. |- |} thumb|escribir – to write|120px thumb|el color – the color|120px thumb|el burro – the donkey|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || tener || || to have |- || (yo) tengo || || I have |- || un/una || || a |- || la pregunta || || the question |- || decir || || to say |- || ¡(tú) di! || || (you) say! (informal, singular) |- || me || || (to) me |- || ¡dime! || || tell me! |- || ¿cómo? || || how? |- || se || || itself, one, you |- || escribir || || to write |- || (él/ella) escribe || || he/she(/it) writes |- || beige || || beige |- || el color || || the color |- || con || || with |- || de || || of |- || el burro || || the donkey |- || la be de burro || || the b as in donkey |- || la e || || the e |- || la i || || the i |- || la ge || || the g |- || gracias || || thanks |- |} Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || ¿Cómo se escribe? || || How do you write? |- || la a || || the a |- || la ce || || the c |- || la ere || || the r |- || la ese || || the s |- || Parangaricutirimícuaro || || a tongue twister |- |} tener to have (yo) tengo 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)   decir to say ¡(tú) di! (you) say! (informal, singular) ¡(usted) diga! (you) say! (formal, singular) ¡(nosotros/-as) digamos! (let's) say! (m./f.) ¡(vosotros/-as) decid! (you) say! (informal, plural, m./f.) ¡(ustedes) digan! (you) say! (formal, plural)   me (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)   escribir to write (yo) escribo I write (tú) escribes you write (informal, singular) (él/ella) escribe he/she(/it) writes (usted) escribe you write (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) escribimos we write (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) escribís you write (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) escriben they write (m./f.) (ustedes) escriben you write (formal, plural) a, be, ce, che, de, e, letters from a to z efe, ge, hache, i, jota, Spanish_alphabet.ogg Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Ogg     ka, ele, elle, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, u, ve, doble ve, equis, i griega, zeta ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. Tengo una pregunta. I have a question. ¡Dime! Tell me! ¿Cómo se escribe beige? How do you write beige? ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. Gracias. Thanks.====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. Tengo una pregunta. I have a question. ¡Dime! Tell me! ¿Cómo se escribe beige? How do you write beige? ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. Gracias. Thanks. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Tell me a question! ¡Dime una pregunta! I have one. Tengo una. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write escribir? ¿Cómo se escribe escribir? One writes e, s, c, r, i, b, i, r. Se escribe e, ese, ce, ere, i, be de burro, i, ere. Thanks. Gracias.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Tell me a question! ¡Dime una pregunta! I have one. Tengo una. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write escribir? ¿Cómo se escribe escribir? One writes e, s, c, r, i, b, i, r. Se escribe e, ese, ce, ere, i, be de burro, i, ere. Thanks. Gracias. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. We have a question. Tenemos una pregunta. You tell me! (formal, plural) ¡Díganme! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. We have a question. Tenemos una pregunta. You tell me! (formal, plural) ¡Díganme! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias. ===Image Credits=== “Image:Gandhi writing 1942.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain) “Image:Brush and watercolours.jpg” by Jennifer R. (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License) “Image:Donkey Catalan race.jpg” by David Gaya (GNU Free Documentation License) A0016 A0019 A0021