A0076: Jet-Lag

Introduction

The most important thing about jet-lag: there is good jet-lag (when the local time is behind your time because you were flying westwards) and bad jet-lag (when the local time is ahead of your time because you were flying eastwards). Similarly, our keyword has multiple meanings: cambio de horario – change of schedule/change of time zone/jet-lag.

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Dialogue

mujer:	Tengo jet-lag.
hombre:	¿Qué es eso?
mujer:	El cambio de horario.
hombre:	Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más.
mujer:	Cierto.

Dialogue with Translation

mujer:	Tengo	jet-lag.
	(I) have	jet-lag
woman:	I have jet-lag.

hombre:	¿Qué	es	eso?
	what	(it) is	that
man:	What's that?

mujer:	El	cambio	de	horario.
	the	change	of	schedule
woman:	The change of time zone.

hombre:	Ah,	claro,	porque	aquí	son	ocho	horas	más.
	oh	clearly	because	here	(they) are	eight	hours	more
man:	Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.

mujer:	Cierto.
	certain
woman:	True.

Vocabulary for Dialogue

la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
tener	verb (infinitive)	to have
(yo) tengo	verb (present tense)	I have
el jet-lag	noun (masculine)	the jet-lag
¿qué?	interrogative pronoun	what?
ser	verb (infinitive)	to be
(él/ella) es	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) is
ese/esa/eso	pronoun (m./f./neuter)	this, that
el cambio	noun (masculine)	the change
de	preposition	of
el horario	noun (masculine)	the schedule
ah	interjection	oh
claro	adverb	clearly, of course
porque	conjunction	because
aquí	adverb	here
(ellos/ellas) son	verb (present tense)	they are
ocho	number	eight
la hora	noun (feminine)	the hour
las horas	noun (plural, feminine)	the hours
más	adverb	more
cierto/cierta	adjective (m./f.)	certain, true
cierto	phrase	I think so

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Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

clarisimo	adverb	very clearly
el taco	noun (masculine)	the taco
los tacos	noun (plural, masculine)	the tacos
el tequila	noun (masculine)	the tequila
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

More Vocabulary

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)

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)

uno	1
dos	2
tres	3
cuatro	4
cinco	5

seis	6
siete	7
ocho	8
nueve	9
diez	10

once	11
doce	12
trece	13
catorce	14
quince	15

dieciséis	16
diecisiete	17
dieciocho	18
diecinueve	19
veinte	20

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 jet-lag.	I have jet-lag.
¿Qué es eso?	What's that?
El cambio de horario.	The change of time zone.
Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más.	Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
Cierto.	True.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

I have jet-lag.	Tengo jet-lag.
What's that?	¿Qué es eso?
The change of time zone.	El cambio de horario.
Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.	Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más.
True.	Cierto.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

I have eight hours more.	Tengo ocho horas más.
Why?	¿Por qué?
Because of (= por) the change of time zone.	Por el cambio de horario.
What's that?	¿Qué es eso?
Here it's eight hours less (= menos).	Aquí son ocho horas menos.
True.	Cierto.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

We have jet-lag.	Tenemos jet-lag.
What's that?	¿Qué es eso?
The change of time zone.	El cambio de horario.
Oh, of course, because here it's one (= una) hour ahead.	Ah, claro, porque aquí es una hora más.
True.	Cierto.

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