Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0015

Let's be polite!—Does it matter? Well, yes. At least you should know the difference. JP and Liliana talk us through it by discussing how to be seated in a restaurant. The keyword is: reservación – reservation.




 * align="right"|hombre: || Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Tiene reservación? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || No, no tengo. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || No importa. Síganme por favor. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || No, no tengo. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || No importa. Síganme por favor. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Mesa || para || dos, || si || es || tan || amable. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||table || for || two || if || (you) are || so || kind
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=7| Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=7| Table for two, if you'd be so kind.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿Tiene || reservación? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (you) have || reservation
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Do you have a reservation?
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Do you have a reservation?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || No, || no || tengo. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||no || not || (I) have
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| No, I don't.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| No, I don't.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || No || importa. || Síganme || por favor. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || not || (it) matters || (you) follow me || please
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| It doesn't matter. Follow me please.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * la mesa || || the table
 * para || || for
 * dos || || two
 * si || || if
 * ser || || to be
 * (usted) es || || you are (formal, singular)
 * tan || || so
 * amable || || kind
 * tener || || to have
 * (usted) tiene || || you have (formal, singular)
 * la reservación || || the reservation
 * no || || not, no
 * (yo) tengo || || I have
 * importar || || to matter
 * (él/ella) importa || || he/she(/it) matters
 * seguir || || to follow
 * ¡(ustedes) sigan! || || (you) follow! (formal, plural)
 * ¡(ustedes) síganme! || || (you) follow me! (formal, plural)
 * por favor || || please
 * }
 * (usted) tiene || || you have (formal, singular)
 * la reservación || || the reservation
 * no || || not, no
 * (yo) tengo || || I have
 * importar || || to matter
 * (él/ella) importa || || he/she(/it) matters
 * seguir || || to follow
 * ¡(ustedes) sigan! || || (you) follow! (formal, plural)
 * ¡(ustedes) síganme! || || (you) follow me! (formal, plural)
 * por favor || || please
 * }
 * (él/ella) importa || || he/she(/it) matters
 * seguir || || to follow
 * ¡(ustedes) sigan! || || (you) follow! (formal, plural)
 * ¡(ustedes) síganme! || || (you) follow me! (formal, plural)
 * por favor || || please
 * }
 * ¡(ustedes) síganme! || || (you) follow me! (formal, plural)
 * por favor || || please
 * }
 * }
 * }

===Vocabulary for Audio Lesson===


 * (tú) tienes || || you have (informal, singular)
 * 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.

===Image Credits===
 * “Image:Pied Piper with Children.jpg” by Kate Greenaway (Public Domain)