Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0001

Are You Ready yet? A0001 Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns). A0013: Doing the laundry, A0041: Cheers!, A0127: Flirting Are you ready yet? A0001 A0001 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Ya estás lista? ||align="right"|A0001 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡Espera un momento! ||align="right"|A0001 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. ||align="right"|A0001 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Menos mal. ||align="right"|A0001 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Ya || estás || lista? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0001 line 1 |- |align="right"| ||already || (you) are || ready |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3|Are you ready yet? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡Espera || un || momento! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0001 line 2 |- |align="right"| || (you) wait || a || moment |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Wait a moment! |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Tranquila. || Todavía || tenemos || tiempo. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0001 line 3 |- |align="right"| || relaxed || still || (we) have || time |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Relax! We still have time. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Menos || mal. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0001 line 4 |- |align="right"| || less || badly |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good. |- |} tiempo (song) thumb|right|el tiempo – the time|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || ya || || already |- || estar || || to be |- || (tú) estás|| || you are (informal, singular) |- || listo/lista || || ready |- || esperar|| || to wait |- || ¡(tú) espera! || || (you) wait! (informal, singular) |- || un/una|| || a |- || el momento || || the moment |- || tranquilo/tranquila || || relaxed, calm |- || todavía || || still |- || tener || || to have |- || (nosotros/-as) tenemos || || we have |- || el tiempo || || the time |- || menos|| || less |- || mal|| || badly |- || menos mal || || OK, good |- |} thumb|right|el tiempo – the weather|160px Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || el tiempo || || the time, the weather |- || ¿cómo? || || how? |- || ¿Cómo está el tiempo? || || How is the weather? |- || el clima|| || the climate, the weather |- || tranquilos/tranquilas || || relaxed, calm |- || ¡(usted) espere! || || (you) wait! (formal, singular) |- || ¡(ustedes) esperen! || || (you) wait! (formal, plural) |- |} esperar to wait ¡(tú) espera! (you) wait! (informal, singular) ¡(usted) espere! (you) wait! (formal, singular) ¡(nosotros/-as) esperemos! (let's) wait! (m./f.) ¡(vosotros/-as) esperad! (you) wait! (informal, plural, m./f.) ¡(ustedes) esperen! (you) wait! (formal, plural)   estar to be (yo) estoy 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)   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. ¿Ya estás lista? Are you ready yet? ¡Espera un momento! Wait a moment! Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Relax! We still have time. Menos mal. Good./Less bad.====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. ¿Ya estás lista? Are you ready yet? ¡Espera un momento! Wait a moment! Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Relax! We still have time. Menos mal. Good./Less bad. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Are you ready yet? ¿Ya estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Are you ready yet? ¿Ya estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Do we have time? ¿Tenemos tiempo? We still have time. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Do we still have a moment? ¿Todavía tenemos un momento? We still have a moment. Todavía tenemos un momento. Are you ready? ¿Estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal. Are you already relaxed? ¿Ya estás tranquilo/tranquila?====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Do we have time? ¿Tenemos tiempo? We still have time. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Do we still have a moment? ¿Todavía tenemos un momento? We still have a moment. Todavía tenemos un momento. Are you ready? ¿Estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal. Are you already relaxed? ¿Ya estás tranquilo/tranquila? ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Are you ready yet? (formal) ¿Ya está listo/lista (usted)? Wait a moment! (formal) ¡Espere un momento! Relax! I still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tengo tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Are you ready yet? (formal) ¿Ya está listo/lista (usted)? Wait a moment! (formal) ¡Espere un momento! Relax! I still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tengo tiempo. Good ( less bad). Menos mal. ===Image Credits=== “Image:BenboisClock.svg” from http://www.clker.com/clipart-13595.html (Public Domain) “Image:Rainbow_over_Becerril.jpg” by César Astudillo (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License) A0131 A0001 A0002