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A0033: It's Expensive
[edit source]Introduction
[edit source]Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns).
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Dialogue
[edit source]hombre: Mi renta es de mil dólares. mujer: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. hombre: Pero todo es caro. mujer: Tienes razón.
Dialogue with Translation
[edit source]hombre: Mi renta es de mil dólares. my rent is of thousand dollars man: My rent is at a thousand dollars.
mujer: ¿En serio? Es muy cara. in serious (it) is very expensive woman: Seriously? It's very expensive.
hombre: Pero todo es caro but everything is expensive man: But everything is expensive.
mujer: Tienes razón. (you) have right woman: You're right.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
[edit | edit source]el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman mi possessive adjective my la renta noun (feminine) the rent ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is de preposition of mil number thousand el dólar noun (masculine) the dollar los dólares noun (plural, masculine) the dollars en preposition in serio/seria adjective (m./f.) serious muy adverb very caro/cara adjective (m./f.) expensive pero conjunction but todo pronoun everything, all tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) la razón noun (feminine) the reason tener razón phrase to be right
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
[edit | edit source]la cara noun (feminine) the face hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
[edit source]This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| 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) |
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.
Mi renta es de mil dólares. My rent is at a thousand dollars. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. Seriously? It's very expensive. Pero todo es caro. But everything is expensive. Tienes razón. You're right.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. Tienes razón.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Everything is very expensive. Todo es muy caro. You are right. My rent is very expensive. Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro. Everything. Todo. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. That is very, very expensive. Es muy, muy caro. Seriously? ¿En serio? Seriously! But everything is very expensive. ¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro. Everything. Todo.
Dialogue Recast
This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Our rent is at a thousand dollars. Nuestra renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. (formal) Tiene razón.
Image Credits
- “Image:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
- “Image:1000 USD note; series of 1934; obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
- “Image:Addesso opie.svg” by Addesso at en.wikipedia (Public Domain)