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Lesson Transcript

INTRODUCTION
Becky: Possession. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about possession in Spanish.

Lesson focus
Becky: Here’s the informal way to say “Do you have a pen?” in Spanish.
Laura: [Normal] ¿Tienes una pluma?
Becky: First is a word meaning “you have”
Laura: [Normal] tienes [Slow] tienes
Becky: Next is the word meaning “a”
Laura: [Normal] una [Slow] una
Becky: Last is the word meaning “pen”
Laura: [Normal] pluma [Slow] pluma
Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning “Do you have a pen?”
Laura: [Slow] ¿Tienes una pluma? [Normal] ¿Tienes una pluma?
Becky: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say “Do you have a pen?”
Laura: [Normal] ¿Tiene una pluma?
Becky: First is a word meaning “you have” in the formal register.
Laura: [Normal] tiene [Slow] tiene
Becky: Next is the word meaning “a”
Laura: [Normal] una [Slow] una
Becky: Last is the word meaning “pen”
Laura: [Normal] pluma [Slow] pluma
Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning “Do you have a pen?”
Laura: [Slow] ¿Tiene una pluma? [Normal] ¿Tiene una pluma?
Becky: Next up is the formal way to say “Yes, here you are.”
Laura: [Normal] Sí, aquí tiene.
Becky: First is a word meaning “yes”
Laura: [Normal] sí [Slow] sí
Becky: Next is the word meaning “here”
Laura: [Normal] aquí [Slow] aquí
Becky: Last is the word meaning “you have” in the formal register.
Laura: [Normal] tiene [Slow] tiene
Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning “Yes, here you are.”
Laura: [Slow] Sí, aquí tiene. [Normal] Sí, aquí tiene.
Becky: Finally is a way to say “Yes, but it is red. “
Laura: [Normal] Sí, pero es roja.
Becky: First is a word meaning “yes”
Laura: [Normal] sí [Slow] sí
Becky: Next is the word meaning “but”
Laura: [Normal] pero [Slow] pero
Becky: Next is the word meaning “it is”
Laura: [Normal] es [Slow] es
Becky: Last is the word meaning “red”
Laura: [Normal] roja [Slow] roja
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “Yes, but it is red.”
Laura: [Slow] Sí, pero es roja. [Normal] Sí, pero es roja.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight.
Laura: This same pattern of Tienes + noun can be used to talk about subjective things as well, such as hunger or sleep. ¿Tienes hambre? and ¿Tienes sueño? Meaning [are you hungry/are you sleepy] are questions you will hear often.

Outro
Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Laura: Hasta pronto.

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