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Birthday Party A0002
How to ask someone to go together to a birthday party—in Spanish? With Liliana's and JP's guidance it's pretty easy. Of course, that doesn't mean that the answer is always “yes”! In any case, the keyword is la fiesta de cumpleaños – the birthday party.
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Birthday Party A0002 A0002 dialogue
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|align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta?||align="right"|A0002 line 1
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|align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cuál fiesta?||align="right"|A0002 line 2
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|align="right"|hombre: || La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier.||align="right"|A0002 line 3
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|align="right"|mujer: || Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?||align="right"|A0002 line 4
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|align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola! || ¿Vas || a || la || fiesta?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0002 line 1
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|align="right"| || hello || (you) go || to || the || party
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|align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| Hello! Are you going to the party?
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|align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cuál || fiesta?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0002 line 2
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|align="right"| || which || party
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|align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| What party?
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|align="right"|hombre: || La || fiesta || de || cumpleaños || de || Javier.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0002 line 3
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|align="right"| || the || party || of || birthday || of || Javier
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|align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| Javier's birthday party.
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|align="right"|mujer: || Sí || voy || a || ir. || ¿Vamos || juntos?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0002 line 4
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|align="right"| || yes || (I) go || to || go || (we) go || together
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|align="right"|woman: ||colspan=6| Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
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thumb|right|el cumpleaños – the birthday|120px
thumb|right|juntos/juntas – together|120px
Vocabulary for Dialogue
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|| el hombre || || the man
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|| la mujer || || the woman
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|| ¡hola! || || hi!, hello!
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|| ir || || to go
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|| (tú) vas || || you go (informal, singular)
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|| a || || to
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|| la fiesta || || the party
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|| ¿cuál? || || what?, which?
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|| de || || of
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|| el cumpleaños || || the birthday
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|| la fiesta de cumpleaños || || the birthday party
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|| Javier|| || Javier
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|| sí || || yes, sure
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|| (yo) voy || || I go
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|| (yo) voy a ir || || I am going to go
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|| (nosotros/-as) vamos || || we go (m./f.)
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|| junto/junta || || together
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|| juntos/juntas || || together
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piñatamariachi
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
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|| la piñata || || traditional Mexican game
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|| el mariachi || || traditional Mexican band or musician
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|| el sombrero || || the hat
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|| los sombreros || || the hats
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|| el trío || || the trio
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|| el bolero || || the melancholic love song
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|| los boleros || || the melancholic love songs
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|| hasta || || until
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|| luego || || then
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|| hasta luego || || see you later
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ir to go (yo) voy I go (tú) vas you go (informal, singular) (él/ella) va he/she(/it) goes (usted) va you go (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) vamos we go (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) vais you go (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) van they go (m./f.) (ustedes) van you go (formal, plural)
====Dialogue Translation====
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Hello! Are you going to the party? ¿Cuál fiesta? What party? La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Javier's birthday party/the birthday party of Javier. Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? Sure/yes I'm going to go. Shall we go together?====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.
¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Hello! Are you going to the party? ¿Cuál fiesta? What party? La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Javier's birthday party/the birthday party of Javier. Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? Sure/yes I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
====Dialogue Recall====
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hello! Do you go to the party? ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do we go together? Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?====Dialogue Recall====
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Hello! Do you go to the party? ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do we go together? Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?
====Dialogue Remix====
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Are you going to go to the party? ¿Vas a ir a la fiesta? Yes, I'm going to go to the party of Javier. Sí, voy a ir a la fiesta de Javier. Are we going to go together to the party? ¿Vamos a ir juntos a la fiesta? What party? ¿Cuál fiesta? Hello? Javier's party. ¿Hola? La fiesta de Javier. Yes, the birthday party of Javier. Sí, la fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Yes. Do we go together to the party? Sí. ¿Vamos juntos a la fiesta? Sure I am going to go to the party. Sí voy a ir a la fiesta.====Dialogue Remix====
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Are you going to go to the party? ¿Vas a ir a la fiesta? Yes, I'm going to go to the party of Javier. Sí, voy a ir a la fiesta de Javier. Are we going to go together to the party? ¿Vamos a ir juntos a la fiesta? What party? ¿Cuál fiesta? Hello? Javier's party. ¿Hola? La fiesta de Javier. Yes, the birthday party of Javier. Sí, la fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Yes. Do we go together to the party? Sí. ¿Vamos juntos a la fiesta? Sure I am going to go to the party. Sí voy a ir a la fiesta.
====Dialogue Recast====
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello! Do you go to the party? (formal) ¡Hola! ¿(Usted) va a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do you go together? (formal, plural) Sí voy a ir. ¿(Ustedes) van juntos?====Dialogue Recast====
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Hello! Do you go to the party? (formal) ¡Hola! ¿(Usted) va a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do you go together? (formal, plural) Sí voy a ir. ¿(Ustedes) van juntos?
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