Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0004

Talking about others can be a lot of fun. To get started, JP and Liliana show us how to talk about the nationality of someone. Keywords are ¿Cómo se llama? – What's his/her name?, mexicana – Mexican (woman/girl), and guatemalteca – Guatemalan (woman/girl).




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || De Antigua. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || De Antigua. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Cómo || se || llama || tu || amiga || mexicana? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || how || herself || (she) calls || your || friend || Mexican
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6|How does your Mexican friend call herself?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6|How does your Mexican friend call herself?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Se || llama || Tatiana. || Pero || no || es || mexicana. || Es || guatemalteca. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || herself || (she) calls || Tatiana || but || not || (she) is || Mexican || (she) is || Guatemalan
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=9| She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=9| She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿De verdad? || ¿De || qué || parte || de || Guatemala? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || really || from || what || part || of || Guatemala
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Really? From what part of Guatemala?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| Really? From what part of Guatemala?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || De || Antigua. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || from || Antigua
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| From Antigua.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| From Antigua.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * ¿cómo? || || how?
 * se || || himself/herself/itself
 * llamarse || || to call oneself, to be called
 * (élla) se llama || || she calls herself, she is called, her name is
 * tu|| || your (informal, singular)
 * la amiga || || the friend
 * el amigo || || the friend
 * mexicano/mexicana || || Mexican
 * Tatiana || || Tatiana
 * pero || || but
 * no || || not
 * ser || || to be
 * (él/ella) es || || he/she(/it) is
 * guatemalteco/guatemalteca || || Guatemalan
 * de verdad || || really
 * de || || from, of
 * ¿qué? || || what?, which?
 * la parte || || the part
 * Guatemala || || Guatemala
 * Antigua || || Antigua
 * }
 * pero || || but
 * no || || not
 * ser || || to be
 * (él/ella) es || || he/she(/it) is
 * guatemalteco/guatemalteca || || Guatemalan
 * de verdad || || really
 * de || || from, of
 * ¿qué? || || what?, which?
 * la parte || || the part
 * Guatemala || || Guatemala
 * Antigua || || Antigua
 * }
 * de || || from, of
 * ¿qué? || || what?, which?
 * la parte || || the part
 * Guatemala || || Guatemala
 * Antigua || || Antigua
 * }
 * Guatemala || || Guatemala
 * Antigua || || Antigua
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * (tú) te llamas || || you call yourself, your name is (informal, singular)
 * ¿Cómo te llamas? || || How do you call yourself? What is your name?
 * Volcán de Agua || || Volcán de Agua (Volcano of Water)
 * panameño/panameña || || Panamanian
 * colombiano/colombiana || || Colombian
 * brasileño/brasileña || || Brazilian
 * americano/americana || || American
 * estadounidense || || (US) American
 * }
 * colombiano/colombiana || || Colombian
 * brasileño/brasileña || || Brazilian
 * americano/americana || || American
 * estadounidense || || (US) American
 * }
 * estadounidense || || (US) American
 * }
 * }
 * }

====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.

===Image Credits===
 * “Image:Antigua Santa Catalina 2008 06.JPG” by Raymond Ostertag (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)