Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0037
The Baby Is Sleeping
Introduction
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.
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Audio Lesson
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Dialogue
hombre: ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! mujer: ¿Por qué? hombre: El bebé está dormido. mujer: ¡No te preocupes!
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido! sh not (you) make noise man: Sh! Don't make noise!
mujer: ¿Por qué? why woman: Why?
hombre: El bebé está dormido. the baby is sleeping man: The baby is sleeping.
mujer: ¡No te preocupes! no yourself worry woman: Don't worry.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman no adverb not hacer verb (infinitive) to make ¡(tú) no hagas! verb (negative imperative) (you) don't make! (informal, singular) el ruido noun (masculine) the noise ¿por qué? adverb why? el bebé/la bebé noun (m./f.) the baby estar verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) está verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is dormir verb (infinitive) to sleep dormido/dormida adjective (m./f.) asleep se reflexive pronoun oneself preocuparse verb (infinitive) to worry (oneself) te reflexive pronoun yourself ¡(tú) no te preocupes! verb (negative imperative) (you) don't worry (yourself)!
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Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el silencio noun (masculine) the silence suave adjective (m./f.) soft el niño/la niña noun (m./f.) the child los niños/las niñas noun (plural, m./f.) the children el chico/la chica noun (m./f.) the boy/the girl los chicos/las chicas noun (plural, m./f.) the kids/the girls el pequeño/la pequeña noun (m./f.) the little one los pequeños/las pequeñas noun (plural, m./f.) the little ones el mocoso/la mocosa noun (m./f.) the snotty one los mocosos/las mocosas noun (plural, m./f.) the snotty ones el chilpayate/la chilpayata noun (m./f.) the little child (Mexican) el escuincle/la escuincla noun (m./f.) the skinny dog (Aztec) los/las escuincles noun (plural, m./f.) the skinny dogs (Aztec) ¿dónde? adverb where? (ellos/ellas) están verb (present tense) they are ¿Dónde están los escuincles? phrase Where are the little dogs? hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| hacer | infinitive | to make |
| ¡(tú) no hagas! | negative imperative | (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 | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | 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 | reflexive pronoun | 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 | infinitive | to worry (oneself) |
| ¡(tú) no te preocupes! | negative imperative | (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) |
Exercises
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 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 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!
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