Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0006

How's It Going? A0006 It's really useful to know how to start a conversation in order to have one! Liliana and JP talk about all we need: greetings, compliments, and how to respond to them. The keyword is guapa – beautiful (for feminine nouns). A0007: Where are you from?, A0016: I feel sick, A0086: Are you single? How's it going? A0006 A0006 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va?||align="right"|A0006 line 1 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal?||align="right"|A0006 line 2 |- |align="right"|hombre: || Todo bien, gracias.||align="right"|A0006 line 3 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Me alegra.||align="right"|A0006 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola, || guapa! || ¿Cómo || te || va? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0006 line 1 |- |align="right"| ||hello || beautiful || how || (for) you || (it) goes |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Bien, || bien. || Y || tú, || ¿qué || tal?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0006 line 2 |- |align="right"| || good || good || and || you || how || so |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=6| Good, good. And you, how are you? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Todo || bien, || gracias. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0006 line 3 |- |align="right"| ||all || good || thanks |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| Everything's fine, thanks. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Me || alegra.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0006 line 4 |- |align="right"| || me || (it) delights |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| That makes me happy. |- |} GuapaGraciasthumb|right|guapo/guapa – handsome, beautiful|120px Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || el hombre || || the man |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || hola || || hello |- || guapo/guapa || || beautiful |- || ¿cómo? || || how? |- || te || || (to/for) you |- || ir || || to go |- || (él/ella) va || || he/she(/it) goes |- || bien || || well, good |- || y || || and |- || tú || || you |- || ¿Qué tal? || || How are you? |- || todo/toda || || all |- || gracias || || thanks |- || me || || (to/for) me |- || alegrar || || to delight |- || (él/ella) alegra || || he/she(/it) delights |- |} tacothumb|right|lindo/linda – nice, pretty|160px Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || hacer || || to make |- || (tú) haces || || you make (informal, singular) |- || ¿Cómo haces tacos? || || How do you make tacos? (informal, singular) |- || poder || || can |- || (tú) puedes || || you can (informal, singular) |- || los || || them |- || ¿Cómo los puedes hacer? || || How can you make them? (informal, singular) |- || lindo/linda || || nice, pretty |- || feo/fea || || ugly |- || ¡Hola, guapo! || || Hello, handsome! |- || hasta luego || || see you later |- |} 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)   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)   alegrar to delight (yo) alegro I delight (tú) alegras you delight (informal, singular) (él/ella) alegra he/she(/it) delights (usted) alegra you delight (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) alegramos we delight (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) alegráis you delight (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) alegran they delight (m./f.) (ustedes) alegran you delight (formal, plural) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Good, good. And you, how are you? Todo bien, gracias. Everything's fine, thanks. Me alegra. That makes me happy.====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, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Good, good. And you, how are you? Todo bien, gracias. Everything's fine, thanks. Me alegra. That makes me happy. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Good, good. And you? How are you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes me happy. Me alegra.====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Good, good. And you? How are you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes me happy. Me alegra. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Hello, handsome (masculine)! ¡Hola, guapo! Hello, ugly (feminine)! How are you? ¡Hola, fea! ¿Cómo te va? (or: ¿Qué tal?) Everything's fine. Thanks, ugly (masculine). And you? Todo bien. Gracias, feo. ¿Y tú? Good. Everything goes fine. Bien. Todo va bien. How good! I'm delighted. ¡Qué bien! Me alegra.====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Hello, handsome (masculine)! ¡Hola, guapo! Hello, ugly (feminine)! How are you? ¡Hola, fea! ¿Cómo te va? (or: ¿Qué tal?) Everything's fine. Thanks, ugly (masculine). And you? Todo bien. Gracias, feo. ¿Y tú? Good. Everything goes fine. Bien. Todo va bien. How good! I'm delighted. ¡Qué bien! Me alegra. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? (formal) ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo le va? Good, good. And you? How are you? (formal) Bien, bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes us happy. Nos alegra.====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? (formal) ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo le va? Good, good. And you? How are you? (formal) Bien, bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes us happy. Nos alegra. ===Image Credits=== “Image:Gael garcia bernal.jpg” by Che at cs.wikipedia (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License) “Image:Lindo Sol em Plataforma.jpg” by Tiago Celestino (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License) A0005 A0006 A0007