Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0005

Asking strangers for a favor can be pretty difficult for the less extrovert of us—even in our native language. But with a few Spanish words it's actually not that hard as Liliana and JP show us in this lesson. The keyphrase is tomar una foto – to take a picture.




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Señorita! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Sí? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Gracias. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Gracias. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || Gracias. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Señorita! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||miss
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Miss!
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Miss!
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Sí? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || yes
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=1| Yes?
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=1| Yes?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Disculpe! || ¿Nos || podría || tomar || una || foto || por favor? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||(you) excuse || (for) us || (you) could || take || a || photo || please
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=7| Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=7| Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Cómo || no? || ¡Sonrían! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || how || not || (you) smile
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| How could I not? Smile!
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| How could I not? Smile!
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Gracias. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||thanks
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Thanks.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Thanks.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * la señorita || || the miss
 * sí || || yes
 * disculpar || || to excuse
 * ¡(usted) disculpe! || || (you) excuse! (formal)
 * nos || || (to/for) us
 * poder || || can
 * (usted) podría || || you could (formal)
 * tomar || || to take
 * un/una || || a
 * la fotografía || || the photo
 * la foto || || the photo
 * por favor || || please
 * ¿cómo? || || how?
 * no || || not, no
 * sonreír || || to smile
 * ¡(ustedes) sonrían! || || (you) smile! (formal, plural)
 * gracias || || thanks
 * }
 * un/una || || a
 * la fotografía || || the photo
 * la foto || || the photo
 * por favor || || please
 * ¿cómo? || || how?
 * no || || not, no
 * sonreír || || to smile
 * ¡(ustedes) sonrían! || || (you) smile! (formal, plural)
 * gracias || || thanks
 * }
 * no || || not, no
 * sonreír || || to smile
 * ¡(ustedes) sonrían! || || (you) smile! (formal, plural)
 * gracias || || thanks
 * }
 * ¡(ustedes) sonrían! || || (you) smile! (formal, plural)
 * gracias || || thanks
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * el señor || || the mister
 * la tarea || || the exercise
 * la señora || || the mistress
 * Don Pedro || || very respectful form of address
 * Doña Paula || || very respectful form of address
 * hasta luego || || see you soon
 * }
 * Don Pedro || || very respectful form of address
 * Doña Paula || || very respectful form of address
 * hasta luego || || see you soon
 * }
 * hasta luego || || see you soon
 * }
 * }

====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:Miss Rep Dominicana 07 Ada Aimee.jpg” by Jose Rosengurtt (GNU Free Documentation License)