Learn the uses of the demonstrative adjectives
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: Jessie here - Spending time at the Spanish library. In this lesson, you learn how to ask and explain where people or things are such as he is at home. |
| Javier: Él está en casa. Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place on the phone. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Maria and Harvey’s mother. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. MADRE DE JAVI: ¿Diga? |
| 2. MARIA: Soy María. ¿Está Javi? |
| 3. MADRE DE JAVI: Ahora no está. |
| 4. MARIA: ¿Sabe dónde está? |
| 5. MADRE DE JAVI: Está en la biblioteca. |
| Now let’s listen to it one time slowly. |
| 1. MADRE DE JAVI: ¿Diga? |
| 2. MARIA: Soy María. ¿Está Javi? |
| 3. MADRE DE JAVI: Ahora no está. |
| 4. MARIA: ¿Sabe dónde está? |
| 5. MADRE DE JAVI: Está en la biblioteca. |
| Jessie: And now with the translation. |
| 1. MADRE DE JAVI: ¿Diga? |
| 1. JAVI'S MOTHER: Yes? |
| 2. MARIA: Soy María. ¿Está Javi? |
| 2. MARIA: This is María. Is Javi there? |
| 3. MADRE DE JAVI: Ahora no está. |
| 3. JAVI'S MOTHER: He's not here right now. |
| 4. MARIA: ¿Sabe dónde está? |
| 4. MARIA: Do you know where he is? |
| 5. MADRE DE JAVI: Está en la biblioteca. |
| 5. JAVI'S MOTHER: He's at the library. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Javier: ¿Sí, diga? |
| Jessie: So this is how you normally answer the phone in Spain. |
| Javier: Yes ¿diga? |
| Jessie: This is actually the polite command form of the verb that means to say or to tell. |
| Javier: That verb is - decir |
| Jessie: And this is very common in Spain. In other Spanish speaking countries, you might hear |
| Javier: ¿bueno? |
| Jessie: Which means good or well. In English, we usually say hello when answering the phone but the phrase is quite different. You don’t answer the phone with - hola, in Spanish. So be careful. |
| Javier: Yes I think it’s best to stick with - ¿diga? |
| Jessie: Okay, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word is |
| Javier: estar |
| Jessie: To be |
| Javier: es-tar, estar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: diga |
| Jessie: Tell me |
| Javier: di-ga, diga |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: saber |
| Jessie: To know, to know how |
| Javier: sa-ber, saber |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: ahora |
| Jessie: Now, just now, right away |
| Javier: ah-o-ra, ahora |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: biblioteca |
| Jessie: Library |
| Javier: bi-blio-te-ca, biblioteca |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: dónde |
| Jessie: Where |
| Javier: dón-de, dónde |
| Jessie: Last is |
| Javier: soy |
| Jessie: I am |
| Javier: soy, soy |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Jessie: Let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is. |
| Javier: saber |
| Jessie: In a regular verb that can be translated as, To know. It’s used to talk about having knowledge about something. However it can’t be used to talk about knowing someone. That requires a different verb. |
| Javier: To talk about knowing someone, you use - conocer |
| Jessie: Okay now this verb doesn’t follow the rules for regular verbs. So let’s see how to conjugate it. |
| Javier: Yo sé |
| Jessie: I know. |
| Javier: Tú sabes |
| Jessie: You know. |
| Javier: Él sabe |
| Jessie: He knows |
| Javier: Nosotros sabemos |
| Jessie: We know. |
| Javier: Vosotros sabeís |
| Jessie: You all know. |
| Javier: Ellos saben |
| Jessie: They know. All right, the next one is |
| Javier: biblioteca |
| Jessie: Library. |
| Javier: But be careful because library is not the word - librería |
| Jessie: It sounds really similar. |
| Javier: Yes but - librería, means bookstore, not library. And so it is easy to make a mistake. |
| Jessie: Yes good to know. So the word for library again is |
| Javier: biblioteca |
| Jessie: And the last one |
| Javier: ahora |
| Jessie: Now. An adverb that indicates this moment, now-a-days or the present time. Some examples. |
| Javier: Ahora estoy corriendo. |
| Jessie: I am running now. It also means immediately before or immediately after the moment it’s used. |
| Javier: Ahora lo hago. |
| Jessie: I will do it now. |
| Javier: Or - Ahora acabo de hablar con ellos. |
| Jessie: I just talked with them now. All right, let’s move on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the use of the verb to be - estar, to express where people or things are located. In the last lesson, we saw how the verb - estar, works to express feelings and also to talk about temporary situations. Let’s review how to conjugate this verb. |
| Javier: Yo estoy |
| Jessie: I am |
| Javier: Tú estás |
| Jessie: You are |
| Javier: Él está |
| Jessie: He is |
| Javier: Nosotros estamos |
| Jessie: We are |
| Javier: Vosotros estáis |
| Jessie: You all are |
| Javier: Ellos están |
| Jessie: They are. So as we just mentioned earlier, estar - is used to talk about the location of a person or object. We saw this in the dialogue when Maria called Javi’s house. When his mother answered the phone, she asked. |
| Javier: ¿Está Javi? |
| Jessie: Is Javi there? The response is No. So then Maria asks where she can find him. |
| Javier: ¿Sabe dónde está? |
| Jessie: Do you know where he is. |
| Javier: dónde - translates as where. |
| Jessie: And then the mother answers |
| Javier: Está en la biblioteca. |
| Jessie: He is in the library. Know how you use the verb - estar, to say where someone is. Okay let’s practice with some examples now. Listeners, listen and repeat. I am at the station. |
| Javier: Estoy en la estación. |
| Jessie: She is in California. |
| Javier: Ella está en California. |
| Jessie: Is my cell phone at your house? |
| Javier: ¿Está mi movil en tu casa? |
| Jessie: No, it’s not at my house. |
| Javier: No, no está en mi casa. |
| Jessie: Now let’s review the pattern for asking where something or someone is too. |
| Javier: It’s ¿Dónde está? plus the item or person. |
| Jessie: For example, where is my book? |
| Javier: ¿Dónde está mi libro? |
| Jessie: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Javier: ¿Dónde está mi libro? |
| Jessie: Or how about where is Andy? |
| Javier: ¿Dónde está Andy? |
| Jessie: Listeners please repeat. |
| Javier: ¿Dónde está Andy? |
| Jessie: Great. Now let’s recap this lesson. We studied the verb - estar, to express location and also we learned how to ask where things and people are. For example. |
| Javier: ¿Dónde está Pedro? |
| Jessie: Where is Pedro? |
Outro |
| Jessie: Well that is all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Make sure to read the lesson notes for more information. |
| Jessie: Yes, don’t forget. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto. |
| Jessie: See you all next time. |
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