Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0131

In this lesson, JP and Liliana teach us how to ask what's wrong, how to express homesickness, how to give an advice, and how to approve of an idea. Well, not all possibilities but enough to get us started. The keyword is extraño – I miss.




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Qué te pasa? ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Extraño a mi familia. ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Llámalos! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Buena idea. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Llámalos! ||align="right"|
 * align="right"|mujer: || Buena idea. ||align="right"|
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¿Qué || te || pasa? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||what || (to) you || (it) happens
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| What's happening to you?
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| What's happening to you?
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Extraño || a || mi || familia. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || (I) miss || to || my || family
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I miss my family.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I miss my family.
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|hombre: || ¡Llámalos! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| ||call them ||
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Call them!
 * }
 * align="right"|man: ||colspan=1| Call them!
 * }
 * }
 * }




 * align="right"|mujer: || Buena || idea. ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
 * align="right"| || good || idea
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good idea.
 * }
 * align="right"|woman: ||colspan=2| Good idea.
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Dialogue



 * el hombre || || the man
 * la mujer || || the woman
 * ¿qué? || || what?, how?
 * te || || (to) you (informal, singular)
 * pasar || || to happen
 * (él/ella) pasa || || he/she(/it) happens
 * extrañar || || to miss
 * (yo) extraño || || I miss
 * a || || to
 * mi || || my
 * la familia || || the family
 * llamar || || to call
 * ¡(tú) llama! || || (you) call! (informal, singular)
 * los || || them
 * ¡(tú) llámalos! || || (you) call them! (informal, singular)
 * bueno/buena || || good
 * la idea || || the idea
 * }
 * mi || || my
 * la familia || || the family
 * llamar || || to call
 * ¡(tú) llama! || || (you) call! (informal, singular)
 * los || || them
 * ¡(tú) llámalos! || || (you) call them! (informal, singular)
 * bueno/buena || || good
 * la idea || || the idea
 * }
 * los || || them
 * ¡(tú) llámalos! || || (you) call them! (informal, singular)
 * bueno/buena || || good
 * la idea || || the idea
 * }
 * la idea || || the idea
 * }
 * }
 * }



Vocabulary for Audio Lesson



 * la comida || || the food
 * (yo) extraño la comida || || I miss the food
 * el país || || the country
 * (yo) extraño mi país || || I'm homesick
 * (yo) extraño Méjico/México || || I miss Mexico
 * enfermo/enferma || || sick
 * de || || of
 * la casa || || the house
 * estar || || to be
 * (yo) estoy homesick || || I'm homesick
 * }
 * enfermo/enferma || || sick
 * de || || of
 * la casa || || the house
 * estar || || to be
 * (yo) estoy homesick || || I'm homesick
 * }
 * estar || || to be
 * (yo) estoy homesick || || I'm homesick
 * }
 * }
 * }

====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===
 * “La familia del infante don Luis.jpg” by Francisco de Goya (Public Domain)
 * “Image:1876 Bell Speaking into Telephone.jpg” by Early Office Museum (Public Domain)
 * “Image:CornmealProducts.jpg” by Scott Bauer (Public Domain)