Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0035

You never know who is in a bathroom! Thus, better check before you enter. JP and Liliana talk about how to do this and all the other things that can happen in Mexican bathrooms ... The key sentence is: está ocupado – it's busy/someone's in here.




 * align="right"|mujer: || Está ocupado. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || Ah, disculpe. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || No hay problema. Puede pasar. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|mujer: || No hay problema. Puede pasar. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Está || ocupado. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (it) is || busy
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| It's busy.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| It's busy.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || Ah, || disculpe. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||oh || (you) pardon (me)
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=2| Oh, sorry.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=2| Oh, sorry.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || No || hay || problema. || Puede || pasar. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || not || there is || problem || (you) can || pass
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| There's no problem. You can go in.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| There's no problem. You can go in.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * la mujer || || the woman
 * el hombre || || the man
 * estar || || to be
 * ocupar || || to occupy
 * ocupado || || occupied
 * ocupado/ocupada || || busy, taken
 * ah || || oh
 * disculpar || || to pardon
 * ¡(usted) disculpe! || || you pardon! (formal, singular)
 * no || || not
 * hay || || there is, there are
 * el problema || || the problem
 * poder || || to be able
 * (usted) puede || || you can (formal, singular)
 * pasar || || to pass
 * (usted) puede pasar || || you can go ahead
 * }
 * ¡(usted) disculpe! || || you pardon! (formal, singular)
 * no || || not
 * hay || || there is, there are
 * el problema || || the problem
 * poder || || to be able
 * (usted) puede || || you can (formal, singular)
 * pasar || || to pass
 * (usted) puede pasar || || you can go ahead
 * }
 * (usted) puede || || you can (formal, singular)
 * pasar || || to pass
 * (usted) puede pasar || || you can go ahead
 * }
 * (usted) puede pasar || || you can go ahead
 * }
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * el baño || || the bathroom
 * comer || || to eat
 * bailar || || to dance
 * vomitar || || to vomit
 * la dama || || the lady
 * las damas || || the ladies
 * el caballero || || the gentleman
 * los caballeros || || the gentlemen
 * ¿está ocupado? || || is it busy/taken?
 * }
 * las damas || || the ladies
 * el caballero || || the gentleman
 * los caballeros || || the gentlemen
 * ¿está ocupado? || || is it busy/taken?
 * }
 * los caballeros || || the gentlemen
 * ¿está ocupado? || || is it busy/taken?
 * }
 * }
 * }

====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:Door Knob with Lock USA.jpg” by Stilfehler (GNU Lesser General Public License)
 * “Image:Toilet women.svg” by Lateiner (GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License)
 * “Image:Aiga toiletsq men.svg” from the AIGA symbol signs collection (Public Domain)