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A0019: How Do You Spell ‘Beige?’
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]You have a question? Liliana and JP tell us how to ask it. Specifically, they talk about a spelling question; thus, the keyword is be de burro – b as in donkey (b as in Bob).
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Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: Tengo una pregunta. mujer: ¡Dime! hombre: ¿Cómo se escribe beige? mujer: ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. hombre: Gracias.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]hombre: Tengo una pregunta. (I) have a question man: I have a question.
mujer: ¡Dime! tell me woman: Tell me!
hombre: ¿Cómo se escribe beige? how itself/one writes beige man: How do you write beige?
mujer: ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. the color itself/one writes with b of donkey, e, i, g, e woman: The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e.
hombre: Gracias. thanks man: Thanks.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have un/una article (m./f.) a la pregunta noun (feminine) the question decir verb (infinitive) to say ¡(tú) di! verb (imperative) (you) say! (informal, singular) me indirect object pronoun (to) me ¡dime! phrase tell me! ¿cómo? adverb how? se reflexive pronoun itself, one, you escribir verb (infinitive) to write (él/ella) escribe verb (present tense) he/she(/it) writes beige adjective (m./f.) beige el color noun (masculine) the color con preposition with de preposition of el burro noun (masculine) the donkey la be de burro phrase the b as in donkey la e noun (feminine) the e la i noun (feminine) the i la ge noun (feminine) the g gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]¿Cómo se escribe? phrase How do you write? la a noun (feminine) the a la ce noun (feminine) the c la ere noun (feminine) the r la ese noun (feminine) the s Parangaricutirimícuaro noun (masculine) a tongue twister
More Vocabulary
[edit source]This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| ¡(tú) di! | imperative | (you) say! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) diga! | (you) say! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) digamos! | (let's) say! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) decid! | (you) say! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) digan! | (you) say! (formal, plural) | |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (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) | |
| escribir | infinitive | to write |
| (yo) escribo | present tense | I write |
| (tú) escribes | you write (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) escribe | he/she(/it) writes | |
| (usted) escribe | you write (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) escribimos | we write (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) escribís | you write (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) escriben | they write (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) escriben | you write (formal, plural) |
| a, be, ce, che, de, e, | noun (feminine) | letters from a to z |
| efe, ge, hache, i, jota, | ||
| ka, ele, elle, eme, ene, eñe, | ||
| o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, | ||
| u, ve, doble ve, | ||
| equis, i griega, zeta |
Exercises
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.
Tengo una pregunta. I have a question. ¡Dime! Tell me! ¿Cómo se escribe beige? How do you write beige? ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. Gracias. Thanks.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Tell me a question! ¡Dime una pregunta! I have one. Tengo una. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write escribir? ¿Cómo se escribe escribir? One writes e, s, c, r, i, b, i, r. Se escribe e, ese, ce, ere, i, be de burro, i, ere. Thanks. Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We have a question. Tenemos una pregunta. You tell me! (formal, plural) ¡Díganme! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.
Image Credits
- “Image:Gandhi writing 1942.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain)
- “Image:Brush and watercolours.jpg” by Jennifer R. (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
- “Image:Donkey Catalan race.jpg” by David Gaya (GNU Free Documentation License)