Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0033

It's Expensive A0033 Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns). A0013: Doing the laundry, A0037: The baby is sleeping, A0062: At the bank It's expensive A0033 A0033 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Mi renta es de mil dólares.||align="right"|A0033 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿En serio? Es muy cara.||align="right"|A0033 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || Pero todo es caro.||align="right"|A0033 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Tienes razón.||align="right"|A0033 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Mi || renta || es || de || mil || dólares. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0033 line 1 |- |align="right"| ||my || rent || is || of || thousand || dollars |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| My rent is at a thousand dollars. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿En || serio? || Es || muy || cara.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0033 line 2 |- |align="right"| || in || serious || (it) is || very || expensive |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| Seriously? It's very expensive. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Pero || todo || es || caro||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0033 line 3 |- |align="right"| ||but || everything || is || expensive |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| But everything is expensive. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Tienes || razón.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0033 line 4 |- |align="right"| || (you) have || right |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| You're right. |- |} thumb|el dólar – the dollar|160px thumb|mil dólares – one thousand dollars|160px thumb|la cara – the face|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || mi || || my |- || la renta || || the rent |- || ser || || to be |- || (él/ella) es || || he/she(/it) is |- || de || || of |- || mil || || thousand |- || el dólar || || the dollar |- || los dólares || || the dollars |- || en || || in |- || serio/seria || || serious |- || muy || || very |- || caro/cara || || expensive |- || pero || || but |- || todo || || everything, all |- || tener || || to have |- || (tú) tienes || || you have (informal, singular) |- || la razón || || the reason |- || tener razón || || to be right |- |} Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || la cara || || the face |- || hasta luego || || see you later |- |} mi my mis my tu your (informal, singular) tus your (informal, singular) su his/her(/its)/their sus his/her(/its)/their su your (formal) sus your (formal) nuestro/nuestra our nuestros/nuestras our vuestro/vuestra your (informal, plural) vuestros/vuestras your (informal, plural)   ser to be (yo) soy I am (tú) eres you are (informal, singular) (él/ella) es he/she(/it) is (usted) es you are (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) somos we are (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) sois you are (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) son they are (m./f.) (ustedes) son you are (formal, plural)   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) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. Mi renta es de mil dólares. My rent is at a thousand dollars. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. Seriously? It's very expensive. Pero todo es caro. But everything is expensive. Tienes razón. You're right.====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. Mi renta es de mil dólares. My rent is at a thousand dollars. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. Seriously? It's very expensive. Pero todo es caro. But everything is expensive. Tienes razón. You're right. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. Tienes razón.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. Tienes razón. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Everything is very expensive. Todo es muy caro. You are right. My rent is very expensive. Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro. Everything. Todo. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. That is very, very expensive. Es muy, muy caro. Seriously? ¿En serio? Seriously! But everything is very expensive. ¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro. Everything. Todo.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Everything is very expensive. Todo es muy caro. You are right. My rent is very expensive. Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro. Everything. Todo. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. That is very, very expensive. Es muy, muy caro. Seriously? ¿En serio? Seriously! But everything is very expensive. ¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro. Everything. Todo. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Our rent is at a thousand dollars. Nuestra renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. (formal) Tiene razón.====Dialogue Recast==== This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Our rent is at a thousand dollars. Nuestra renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. (formal) Tiene razón. ===Image Credits=== “Image:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain) “Image:1000 USD note; series of 1934; obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain) “Image:Addesso opie.svg” by Addesso at en.wikipedia (Public Domain) A0030 A0033 A0035