Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0033

Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns).




 * align="right"|hombre: || Mi renta es de mil dólares. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿En serio? Es muy cara. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Pero todo es caro. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Tienes razón. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || Pero todo es caro. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Tienes razón. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Mi || renta || es || de || mil || dólares. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||my || rent || is || of || thousand || dollars
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| My rent is at a thousand dollars.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| My rent is at a thousand dollars.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¿En || serio? || Es || muy || cara. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || in || serious || (it) is || very || expensive
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| Seriously? It's very expensive.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| Seriously? It's very expensive.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Pero || todo || es || caro ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||but || everything || is || expensive
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| But everything is expensive.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=4| But everything is expensive.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Tienes || razón. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (you) have || right
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| You're right.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| You're right.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * mi || || my
 * la renta || || the rent
 * ser || || to be
 * (él/ella) es || || he/she(/it) is
 * de || || of
 * mil || || thousand
 * el dólar || || the dollar
 * los dólares || || the dollars
 * en || || in
 * serio/seria || || serious
 * muy || || very
 * caro/cara || || expensive
 * pero || || but
 * todo || || everything, all
 * tener || || to have
 * (tú) tienes || || you have (informal, singular)
 * la razón || || the reason
 * tener razón || || to be right
 * }
 * en || || in
 * serio/seria || || serious
 * muy || || very
 * caro/cara || || expensive
 * pero || || but
 * todo || || everything, all
 * tener || || to have
 * (tú) tienes || || you have (informal, singular)
 * la razón || || the reason
 * tener razón || || to be right
 * }
 * tener || || to have
 * (tú) tienes || || you have (informal, singular)
 * la razón || || the reason
 * tener razón || || to be right
 * }
 * la razón || || the reason
 * tener razón || || to be right
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * la cara || || the face
 * 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 exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

===Image Credits===
 * “Image:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
 * “Image:1000 USD note; series of 1934; obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
 * “Image:Addesso opie.svg” by Addesso at en.wikipedia (Public Domain)