Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0008
How Do You Say ...?
Introduction
Did you ever wonder how to say a particular word in Spanish? In this lesson, JP and Liliana tell us how to ask: “How do you say ... in Spanish?”—in Spanish that is. And that's also one of the keywords: el español – the Spanish language. The other keyword is: el inglés – the English language.
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? mujer: Se dice internet. hombre: ¿Igual que en inglés? mujer: Sí, igual.
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español? listen how itself/one says internet in Spanish man: Hey! How do you say internet in Spanish?
mujer: Se dice internet. itself/one says internet woman: You say internet.
hombre: ¿Igual que en inglés? equal as in English man: The same as in English?
mujer: Sí, igual. yes equal woman: Yes, the same.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman oír verb (infinitive) to hear ¡(tú) oye! verb (imperative) (you) hear, listen! (informal, singular) ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun itself, one, you decir verb (infinitive) to say (él/ella) dice verb (present tense) he/she(/it) says el internet noun (masculine) the internet en preposition in el español noun (masculine) the Spanish igual adjective (m./f.) equal, same que conjunction as, than el inglés noun (masculine) the English sí adverb yes
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
¿Cómo se dice ...? phrase How do you say ...? la pluma noun (feminine) the pen el anglicismo noun (masculine) the anglicism los anglicismos noun (plural, masculine) the anglicisms hacer verb (infinitive) to make hacer clic phrase to click el perro caliente phrase the hot dog ser verb (infinitive) to be (él) es verb (present tense) he is muy adverb very Él es muy nerd. phrase He is a nerd. este/esta pronoun (m./f.) that la situación noun (feminine) the situation friky adjective (m./f.) freaky Esta situación es muy friky. phrase That situation is very freaky.
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| oír | infinitive | to hear |
| ¡(tú) oye! | imperative | (you) hear! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) oiga! | (you) hear! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) oigamos! | (let's) hear! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) oíd! | (you) hear! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) oigan! | (you) hear! (formal, plural) | |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| (yo) digo | present tense | I say |
| (tú) dices | you say (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) dice | he/she(/it) says | |
| (usted) dice | you say (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) decimos | we say (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) decís | you say (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dicen | they say (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dicen | you say (formal, plural) |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español?
Hey! How do you say internet in Spanish?
Se dice internet.
You say internet.
¿Igual que en inglés?
The same as in English?
Sí, igual.
Yes, the same.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Listen! How do you say internet in Spanish?
¡Oye! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español?
You say internet.
Se dice internet.
The same as in English?
¿Igual que en inglés?
Yes, the same.
Sí, igual.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
How do you say tequila in Spanish?
¿Cómo se dice tequila en español?
How?
¿Cómo? (short for ¿Cómo dice? – What do you say? (formal))
How do you say tequila?
¿Cómo se dice tequila?
Tequila. It is Spanish!
Tequila. ¡Es español!
One says tequila in Spanish?
¿Se dice tequila en español?
Yes, you say tequila.
Sí, se dice tequila.
The same as in English!
¡Igual que en inglés!
Yes, the same.
Sí, igual.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Listen! How do you say internet in Spanish? (formal)
¡Oiga! ¿Cómo se dice internet en español?
You say internet.
Se dice internet.
The same as in English?
¿Igual que en inglés?
Yes, the same.
Sí, igual.
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