Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0007

Yes, this is about the easiest way to find something to talk about: asking where people are from. Invaluable small talk strategies offered by Liliana and JP. Keywords are Perú – Peru and Colombia – Colombia.




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿De dónde eres? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Yo soy de Colombia. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Qué bien! ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|mujer: || Yo soy de Colombia. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Qué bien! ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿De || dónde || eres? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || from || where || (you) are
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Where are you from?
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Where are you from?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Soy || de || Perú. || ¿Y || tú? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||(I) am || from || Peru || and || you
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| I'm from Peru. And you?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| I'm from Peru. And you?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Yo || soy || de || Colombia. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || I || am || from || Colombia
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I'm from Colombia.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I'm from Colombia.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Qué || bien! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||how || good
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| How nice!
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| How nice!
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * la mujer || || the woman
 * el hombre || || the man
 * de || || from, of
 * ¿dónde? || || where?
 * ¿de dónde? || || from where?
 * ser || || to be
 * (tú) eres || || you are (informal, singular)
 * (yo) soy || || I am
 * Perú || || Peru
 * y || || and
 * tú || || you (informal, singular)
 * yo || || I
 * Colombia || || Colombia
 * ¿qué? || || how?, what?
 * bien || || well, good
 * }
 * Perú || || Peru
 * y || || and
 * tú || || you (informal, singular)
 * yo || || I
 * Colombia || || Colombia
 * ¿qué? || || how?, what?
 * bien || || well, good
 * }
 * Colombia || || Colombia
 * ¿qué? || || how?, what?
 * bien || || well, good
 * }
 * bien || || well, good
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * el ceviche || || the citrus-marinated seafood salad
 * los incas || || the Incas
 * Machu Picchu || || a Inca city
 * Gabriel García Márquez || || a Colombian writer
 * Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll || || a Colombian goddess
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * Gabriel García Márquez || || a Colombian writer
 * Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll || || a Colombian goddess
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * 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.