Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0037

The Baby Is Sleeping A0037 Sh! Don't make that much noise when reading this! And don't miss Liliana and JP talking about babys, prohibitive commands, and kids in general. And don't forget to listen for the keyword: ruido – the noise. A0013: Doing the laundry, A0033: It's expensive, A0035: Is anyone in there? The baby is sleeping A0037 A0037 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido!||align="right"|A0037 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿Por qué?||align="right"|A0037 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || El bebé está dormido.||align="right"|A0037 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡No te preocupes!||align="right"|A0037 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Sh! || ¡No || hagas || ruido! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0037 line 1 |- |align="right"| || sh || not || (you) make || noise |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Sh! Don't make noise! |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿Por qué?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0037 line 2 |- |align="right"| || why |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=1| Why? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || El || bebé || está || dormido. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0037 line 3 |- |align="right"| ||the || baby || is || sleeping |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| The baby is sleeping. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¡No || te || preocupes!||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0037 line 4 |- |align="right"| || no || yourself || worry |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Don't worry. |- |} thumb|right|el bebé/la bebé – the baby|120px thumb|right|dormido/dormida – asleep|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || no || || not |- || hacer || || to make |- || ¡(tú) no hagas! || || (you) don't make! (informal, singular) |- || el ruido || || the noise |- || ¿por qué? || || why? |- || el bebé/la bebé || || the baby |- || estar || || to be |- || (él/ella) está || || he/she(/it) is |- || dormir || || to sleep |- || dormido/dormida || || asleep |- || se || || oneself |- || preocuparse || || to worry (oneself) |- || te || || yourself |- || ¡(tú) no te preocupes! || || (you) don't worry (yourself)! |- |} thumb|right|los chicos – the kids|120px thumb|right|el escuincle/la escuincla – the skinny dog|120px Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || el silencio || || the silence |- || suave || || soft |- || el niño/la niña || || the child |- || los niños/las niñas || || the children |- || el chico/la chica || || the boy/the girl |- || los chicos/las chicas || || the kids/the girls |- || el pequeño/la pequeña || || the little one |- || los pequeños/las pequeñas || || the little ones |- || el mocoso/la mocosa || || the snotty one |- || los mocosos/las mocosas || || the snotty ones |- || el chilpayate/la chilpayata || || the little child (Mexican) |- || el escuincle/la escuincla || || the skinny dog (Aztec) |- || los/las escuincles || || the skinny dogs (Aztec) |- || ¿dónde? || || where? |- || (ellos/ellas) están || || they are |- || ¿Dónde están los escuincles? || || Where are the little dogs? |- || hasta luego || || see you later |- |} hacer to make ¡(tú) no hagas! (you) don't make! (informal, singular) ¡(usted) no haga! (you) don't make! (formal, singular) ¡(nosotros/-as) no hagamos! (let's) don't make! (m./f.) ¡(vosotros/-as) no hagáis! (you) don't make! (informal, plural) ¡(ustedes) no hagan! (you) don't make! (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)   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)   preocuparse to worry (oneself) ¡(tú) no te preocupes! (you) don't worry (yourself)! (informal, singular) ¡(usted) no se preocupe! (you) don't worry! (formal, singular) ¡(nosotros/-as) no nos preocupemos! (let's) don't worry! (m./f.) ¡(vosotros/-as) no os preocupéis! (you) don't worry! (informal, plural) ¡(ustedes) no se preocupen! (you) don't worry! (formal, plural) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Sh! Don't make noise! ¿Por qué? Why? El bebé está dormido. The baby is sleeping. ¡No te preocupes! Don't worry.====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. ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Sh! Don't make noise! ¿Por qué? Why? El bebé está dormido. The baby is sleeping. ¡No te preocupes! Don't worry. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Sh! Don't make noise! ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The baby is sleeping. El bebé está dormido. Don't worry. ¡No te preocupes!====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Sh! Don't make noise! ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The baby is sleeping. El bebé está dormido. Don't worry. ¡No te preocupes! ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Is the baby asleep? ¿El bebé está dormido? No, it's not asleep. No, no está dormido. Why not? ¿Por qué no? Because of ( por) the noise. ¡Por el ruido! Don't make noise! ¡No hagas ruido! Don't worry! The baby is asleep. ¡No te preocupes! El bebé está dormido.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Is the baby asleep? ¿El bebé está dormido? No, it's not asleep. No, no está dormido. Why not? ¿Por qué no? Because of ( por) the noise. ¡Por el ruido! Don't make noise! ¡No hagas ruido! Don't worry! The baby is asleep. ¡No te preocupes! El bebé está dormido. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Sh! Don't make noise! (formal) ¡Sh! ¡No haga ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The babys are sleeping. Los bebés están dormidos. Don't worry. (formal) ¡No se preocupe!====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Sh! Don't make noise! (formal) ¡Sh! ¡No haga ruido! Why? ¿Por qué? The babys are sleeping. Los bebés están dormidos. Don't worry. (formal) ¡No se preocupe! ===Image Credits=== “Image:Baby feet.jpg” by Doreen Dotto (GNU Free Documentation License) “Image:Stas spiacy.1904.jpg” by Stanisław Wyspiański (Public Domain) “Image:Cambodia4kidsorg - Creative Commons (by).jpg” by Beth Kanter (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License) “Image:Signo Itzcuintli.png” from the Codex Laud (Public Domain) A0035 A0037 A0041