Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0004

She's not Mexican A0004 Talking about others can be a lot of fun. To get started, JP and Liliana show us how to talk about the nationality of someone. Keywords are ¿Cómo se llama? – What's his/her name?, mexicana – Mexican (woman/girl), and guatemalteca – Guatemalan (woman/girl). A0008: How do you say ...?, A0082: My name is..., A0102: Where is the restroom? She's not Mexican A0004 A0004 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana?||align="right"|A0004 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca.||align="right"|A0004 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?||align="right"|A0004 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || De Antigua.||align="right"|A0004 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo || se || llama || tu || amiga || mexicana?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0004 line 1 |- |align="right"| || how || herself || (she) calls || your || friend || Mexican |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=6|How does your Mexican friend call herself? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Se || llama || Tatiana. || Pero || no || es || mexicana. || Es || guatemalteca.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0004 line 2 |- |align="right"| || herself || (she) calls || Tatiana || but || not || (she) is || Mexican || (she) is || Guatemalan |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=9| She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¿De verdad? || ¿De || qué || parte || de || Guatemala?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0004 line 3 |- |align="right"| || really || from || what || part || of || Guatemala |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Really? From what part of Guatemala? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || De || Antigua.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0004 line 4 |- |align="right"| || from || Antigua |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| From Antigua. |- |} MexicoGuatemalaAntigua Guatemalathumb|right|Antigua, Guatemala|160px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || ¿cómo? || || how? |- || se || || himself/herself/itself |- || llamarse || || to call oneself, to be called |- || (élla) se llama || || she calls herself, she is called, her name is |- || tu|| || your (informal, singular) |- || la amiga || || the friend |- || el amigo || || the friend |- || mexicano/mexicana || || Mexican |- || Tatiana || || Tatiana |- || pero || || but |- || no || || not |- || ser || || to be |- || (él/ella) es || || he/she(/it) is |- || guatemalteco/guatemalteca || || Guatemalan |- || de verdad || || really |- || de || || from, of |- || ¿qué? || || what?, which? |- || la parte || || the part |- || Guatemala || || Guatemala |- || Antigua || || Antigua |- |} Volcan de AguaPanamaColombia Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || (tú) te llamas || || you call yourself, your name is (informal, singular) |- || ¿Cómo te llamas? || || How do you call yourself? What is your name? |- || Volcán de Agua || || Volcán de Agua (Volcano of Water) |- || panameño/panameña || || Panamanian |- || colombiano/colombiana || || Colombian |- || brasileño/brasileña || || Brazilian |- || americano/americana || || American |- || estadounidense || || (US) American |- |} me myself te yourself (informal, singular) se himself/herself(/itself) se yourself (formal, singular) nos ourselves, each other os yourselves, each other (informal, plural) se themselves, each other se yourselves, each other (formal, plural)   llamarse to call oneself, to be called (yo) me llamo I call myself (tú) te llamas you call yourself (informal, singular) (él/ella) se llama he/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself) (usted) se llama you call yourself (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) nos llamamos we call ourselves (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) os llamáis you call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) se llaman they call themselves (m./f.) (ustedes) se llaman you call yourselves (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)   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) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? How does your Mexican friend call herself? Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan. ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? Really? From what part of Guatemala? De Antigua. From Antigua.====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. ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? How does your Mexican friend call herself? Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan. ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? Really? From what part of Guatemala? De Antigua. From Antigua. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. What's the name of your Mexican friend? ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? Her name is Tatiana. But she isn't Mexican. She is Guatemalan. Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. What's the name of your Mexican friend? ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? Her name is Tatiana. But she isn't Mexican. She is Guatemalan. Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. What's the name of your friend (masculine)? ¿Cómo se llama tu amigo? My friend? ¿Mi amigo? Your friend from Guatemala. Tu amigo de Guatemala. He's not Guatemalan. No es guatemalteco. Really? Is he Panamanian? ¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño? No, he's not Panamanian. No, no es panameño. He is Colombian, isn't he? Es colombiano, ¿no? No, he's not Colombian. No, no es colombiano. Is he from Mexico? ¿Es de México? No, he's not Mexican. No, no es mexicano. But from which part of America is he? ¿Pero de qué parte de América es? He is US American. Es estadounidense. Really? What's his name? ¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama? His name is John. Se llama John.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. What's the name of your friend (masculine)? ¿Cómo se llama tu amigo? My friend? ¿Mi amigo? Your friend from Guatemala. Tu amigo de Guatemala. He's not Guatemalan. No es guatemalteco. Really? Is he Panamanian? ¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño? No, he's not Panamanian. No, no es panameño. He is Colombian, isn't he? Es colombiano, ¿no? No, he's not Colombian. No, no es colombiano. Is he from Mexico? ¿Es de México? No, he's not Mexican. No, no es mexicano. But from which part of America is he? ¿Pero de qué parte de América es? He is US American. Es estadounidense. Really? What's his name? ¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama? His name is John. Se llama John. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. What's the name of your Mexican friends? (formal) ¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas? Their names are Tatiana, ... But they aren't Mexican. They are Guatemalan. Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. What's the name of your Mexican friends? (formal) ¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas? Their names are Tatiana, ... But they aren't Mexican. They are Guatemalan. Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua. ===Image Credits=== “Image:Antigua Santa Catalina 2008 06.JPG” by Raymond Ostertag (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License) A0003 A0004 A0005