Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0127

Liliana and JP talk about flirting in Latin America and Liliana demonstrates her most powerful weapons. As flirting requires continuous action, this is also the perfect opportunity to introduce the gerund, also known as the ing-form. The keyword is: coquetear – to flirt.




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¡Mírala! Está coqueteando. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Por qué? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Te ve y te sonríe. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|mujer: || Te ve y te sonríe. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Perfecto! Voy a hablar con ella. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || ¡Mírala! || Está || coqueteando. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || look at her || (she) is || flirting
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Look at her! She is flirting.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Look at her! She is flirting.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Por qué? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||why
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Why?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Why?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Te || ve || y || te || sonríe. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || you || (she) sees || and || (to) you || (she) smiles
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| She looks at you and she smiles.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=5| She looks at you and she smiles.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Perfecto! || Voy || a || hablar || con || ella. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||perfect || (I) go || to || talk || with || her
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=6| Perfect! I'm going to talk with her.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * la mujer || || the woman
 * el hombre || || the man
 * mirar || || to look
 * ¡(tú) mira! || || (you) look! (informal, singular)
 * la || || her
 * ¡(tú) mírala! || || (you) look at her! (informal, singular)
 * estar || || to be
 * (él/ella) está || || he/she(/it) is
 * coquetear || || to flirt
 * coqueteando || || flirting
 * está coqueteando || || he/she(/it) is flirting
 * ¿por qué? || || why?
 * te || || you
 * ver || || to see
 * (él/ella) ve || || he/she(/it) sees
 * y || || and
 * te || || (to) you
 * sonreír || || to smile
 * (él/ella) sonríe || || he/she(/it) smiles
 * perfecto/perfecta || || perfect
 * ir || || to go
 * (yo) voy || || I go
 * a || || to
 * hablar || || to talk
 * voy a hablar || || I'm going to talk
 * con || || with
 * él/ella || || him/her(/it) (after preposition)
 * }
 * (él/ella) ve || || he/she(/it) sees
 * y || || and
 * te || || (to) you
 * sonreír || || to smile
 * (él/ella) sonríe || || he/she(/it) smiles
 * perfecto/perfecta || || perfect
 * ir || || to go
 * (yo) voy || || I go
 * a || || to
 * hablar || || to talk
 * voy a hablar || || I'm going to talk
 * con || || with
 * él/ella || || him/her(/it) (after preposition)
 * }
 * (yo) voy || || I go
 * a || || to
 * hablar || || to talk
 * voy a hablar || || I'm going to talk
 * con || || with
 * él/ella || || him/her(/it) (after preposition)
 * }
 * voy a hablar || || I'm going to talk
 * con || || with
 * él/ella || || him/her(/it) (after preposition)
 * }
 * él/ella || || him/her(/it) (after preposition)
 * }
 * }

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * hablando || || talking
 * caminar || || to walk
 * caminando || || walking
 * hasta luego || || see you later
 * }
 * caminando || || walking
 * 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.

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