Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0001

Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns).




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Ya estás lista? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¡Espera un momento! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Menos mal. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Menos mal. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Ya || estás || lista? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||already || (you) are || ready
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3|Are you ready yet?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3|Are you ready yet?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¡Espera || un || momento! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (you) wait || a || moment
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Wait a moment!
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Wait a moment!
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Tranquila. || Todavía || tenemos || tiempo. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || relaxed || still || (we) have || time
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Relax! We still have time.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Relax! We still have time.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Menos || mal. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || less || badly
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * ya || || already
 * estar || || to be
 * (tú) estás|| || you are (informal, singular)
 * listo/lista ||  || ready
 * esperar|| || to wait
 * ¡(tú) espera! ||  || (you) wait! (informal, singular)
 * un/una|| || a
 * el momento ||  || the moment
 * tranquilo/tranquila || || relaxed, calm
 * todavía || || still
 * tener ||  || to have
 * (nosotros/-as) tenemos ||  || we have
 * el tiempo || || the time
 * menos|| || less
 * mal|| || badly
 * menos mal ||  || OK, good
 * }
 * el momento ||  || the moment
 * tranquilo/tranquila || || relaxed, calm
 * todavía || || still
 * tener ||  || to have
 * (nosotros/-as) tenemos ||  || we have
 * el tiempo || || the time
 * menos|| || less
 * mal|| || badly
 * menos mal ||  || OK, good
 * }
 * el tiempo || || the time
 * menos|| || less
 * mal|| || badly
 * menos mal ||  || OK, good
 * }
 * menos mal ||  || OK, good
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * el tiempo || || the time, the weather
 * ¿cómo? || || how?
 * ¿Cómo está el tiempo? || || How is the weather?
 * el clima|| || the climate, the weather
 * tranquilos/tranquilas || || relaxed, calm
 * ¡(usted) espere! ||  || (you) wait! (formal, singular)
 * ¡(ustedes) esperen! ||  || (you) wait! (formal, plural)
 * }
 * tranquilos/tranquilas || || relaxed, calm
 * ¡(usted) espere! ||  || (you) wait! (formal, singular)
 * ¡(ustedes) esperen! ||  || (you) wait! (formal, plural)
 * }
 * ¡(ustedes) esperen! ||  || (you) wait! (formal, plural)
 * }
 * }
 * }

====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ====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. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

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