Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0002

How to ask someone to go together to a birthday party—in Spanish? With Liliana's and JP's guidance it's pretty easy. Of course, that doesn't mean that the answer is always “yes”! In any case, the keyword is la fiesta de cumpleaños – the birthday party.




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cuál fiesta? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Hola! || ¿Vas || a || la || fiesta? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || hello || (you) go || to || the || party
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| Hello! Are you going to the party?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| Hello! Are you going to the party?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cuál || fiesta? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || which || party
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| What party?
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| What party?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || La || fiesta || de || cumpleaños || de || Javier. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || the || party || of || birthday || of || Javier
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| Javier's birthday party.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| Javier's birthday party.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Sí || voy || a || ir. || ¿Vamos || juntos? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || yes || (I) go || to || go || (we) go || together
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=6| Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=6| Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * ¡hola! || || hi!, hello!
 * ir || || to go
 * (tú) vas || || you go (informal, singular)
 * a || || to
 * la fiesta || || the party
 * ¿cuál? || || what?, which?
 * de || || of
 * el cumpleaños || || the birthday
 * la fiesta de cumpleaños || ||  the birthday party
 * Javier|| || Javier
 * sí || || yes, sure
 * (yo) voy || || I go
 * (yo) voy a ir || || I am going to go
 * (nosotros/-as) vamos || || we go (m./f.)
 * junto/junta || || together
 * juntos/juntas || || together
 * }
 * el cumpleaños || || the birthday
 * la fiesta de cumpleaños || ||  the birthday party
 * Javier|| || Javier
 * sí || || yes, sure
 * (yo) voy || || I go
 * (yo) voy a ir || || I am going to go
 * (nosotros/-as) vamos || || we go (m./f.)
 * junto/junta || || together
 * juntos/juntas || || together
 * }
 * (yo) voy a ir || || I am going to go
 * (nosotros/-as) vamos || || we go (m./f.)
 * junto/junta || || together
 * juntos/juntas || || together
 * }
 * juntos/juntas || || together
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * la piñata || || traditional Mexican game
 * el mariachi ||  || traditional Mexican band or musician
 * el sombrero || || the hat
 * los sombreros || || the hats
 * el trío ||  || the trio
 * el bolero || || the melancholic love song
 * los boleros || || the melancholic love songs
 * hasta || || until
 * luego || || then
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * el bolero || || the melancholic love song
 * los boleros || || the melancholic love songs
 * hasta || || until
 * luego || || then
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * luego || || then
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * }
 * }

====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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