Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0131

I Miss Them A0131 In this lesson, JP and Liliana teach us how to ask what's wrong, how to express homesickness, how to give an advice, and how to approve of an idea. Well, not all possibilities but enough to get us started. The keyword is extraño – I miss. A0030: Call back later, A0076: Jet-lag, A0096: I am allergic I miss them A0131 A0131 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Qué te pasa?||align="right"|A0131 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Extraño a mi familia.||align="right"|A0131 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Llámalos!||align="right"|A0131 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Buena idea.||align="right"|A0131 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Qué || te || pasa?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0131 line 1 |- |align="right"| ||what || (to) you || (it) happens |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| What's happening to you? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Extraño || a || mi || familia.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0131 line 2 |- |align="right"| || (I) miss || to || my || family |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I miss my family. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Llámalos! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0131 line 3 |- |align="right"| ||call them || |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Call them! |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Buena || idea.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0131 line 4 |- |align="right"| || good || idea |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good idea. |- |} thumb|la familia – the family|160px thumb|llamar – to call|160px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || ¿qué? || || what?, how? |- || te || || (to) you (informal, singular) |- || pasar || || to happen |- || (él/ella) pasa || || he/she(/it) happens |- || extrañar || || to miss |- || (yo) extraño || || I miss |- || a || || to |- || mi || || my |- || la familia || || the family |- || llamar || || to call |- || ¡(tú) llama! || || (you) call! (informal, singular) |- || los || || them |- || ¡(tú) llámalos! || || (you) call them! (informal, singular) |- || bueno/buena || || good |- || la idea || || the idea |- |} thumb|la comida – the food|140px Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || la comida || || the food |- || (yo) extraño la comida || || I miss the food |- || el país || || the country |- || (yo) extraño mi país || || I'm homesick |- || (yo) extraño Méjico/México || || I miss Mexico |- || enfermo/enferma || || sick |- || de || || of |- || la casa || || the house |- || estar || || to be |- || (yo) estoy homesick || || I'm homesick |- |} 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)   pasar to happen (yo) paso I happen (tú) pasas you happen (informal, singular) (él/ella) pasa he/she(/it) happens (usted) pasa you happen (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) pasamos we happen (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) pasáis you happen (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) pasan they happen (m./f.) (ustedes) pasan you happen (formal, plural)   extrañar to miss (yo) extraño I miss (tú) extrañas you miss (informal, singular) (él/ella) extraña he/she(/it) misses (usted) extraña you miss (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) extrañamos we miss (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) extrañáis you miss (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) extrañan they miss (m./f.) (ustedes) extrañan you miss (formal, plural)   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)   llamar to call ¡(tú) llama! (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 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.) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¿Qué te pasa? What's happening to you? Extraño a mi familia. I miss my family. ¡Llámalos! Call them! Buena idea. Good idea.====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. ¿Qué te pasa? What's happening to you? Extraño a mi familia. I miss my family. ¡Llámalos! Call them! Buena idea. Good idea. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? Well ( good) ... Bueno ... What? ¿Qué? I miss my country and ( y) the food. Extraño mi país y la comida. Well ... Bueno ... ¡And I miss my family! ¡Y extraño a mi familia! Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. What's happening to you? ¿Qué te pasa? Well ( good) ... Bueno ... What? ¿Qué? I miss my country and ( y) the food. Extraño mi país y la comida. Well ... Bueno ... ¡And I miss my family! ¡Y extraño a mi familia! Call them! ¡Llámalos! Good idea. Buena idea. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. What's happening to you? (formal) ¿Qué le pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! (formal) ¡Llámelos! Good idea. Buena idea.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. What's happening to you? (formal) ¿Qué le pasa? I miss my family. Extraño a mi familia. Call them! (formal) ¡Llámelos! Good idea. Buena idea. ===Image Credits=== “La familia del infante don Luis.jpg” by Francisco de Goya (Public Domain) “Image:1876 Bell Speaking into Telephone.jpg” by Early Office Museum (Public Domain) “Image:CornmealProducts.jpg” by Scott Bauer (Public Domain) A0127 A0131 A0001