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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
DIALOGUE. 3 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Equivalencia en español
Hello sir, how are you? Hello /jelou/ hola
How? how /jau/ Cómo? como
Fine thanks How are you? /jau ar iu/ Cómo estás / como está usted?
Oh, you understand English? But /bat/bot/ Pero
Are /ar/ está/ estás /están/ son / es / eres
Yes, a little not very well You /iu/ usted/ ustedes / tú (pronombre)
Are you Mexican sir? Fine /fain/ bien
thanks /zenks/ Gracias
Yes No (se usa combinado con verbos
Not /nat/
auxiliares y con adverbios)
But you understand English
Very /veri/ muy
very well. Well /wel/ bien
Yes /ies/ si
Hello (es un saludo que se puede usar en
Tennis /tenis/ tenis
cualquier momento)
Basketball /basketbol/ baloncesto
How are you? Se usa para preguntar a Volleyball /voleibol/ voleibol
alguien su estado de ánimo swimming /suimin/ natacion
hockey /joki/ Hockey
Fine o I’m fine/ es una respuesta común para
responder a la pregunta How are you? Y Baseball /beisbol/ beisbol
aunque en muchos casos las personas que Cycling /saiclin/ ciclismo
están aprendiendo inglés suelen contra Golf /golf/ golf
preguntar and you? Esto es poco frecuente chess /ches/ ajedrez
en las conversaciones reales. Más bien
Ping- pong /ping pong/ ping pong
indica poco dominio del idioma
Surfing /serfin/ Surfear
1. Are you American? Yes I’m American but I speak Spanish very well
2. I am American but I speak Spanish very well.
3. I’m Colombian, I live in Currulao but I understand English
4. Do you speak Spanish?
5. You understand Spanish but you don’t live in Colombia.
6. I live in Currulao and I speak Spanish very well
7. You don’t speak Spanish but you are Colombian
8. I study English but I don’t live in Medellin
9. I live in Colombia and I speak Spanish very well.
10. I speak Spanish very well but I don’t live in Colombia. I live in New York.
11. You’re American you don’t speak Spanish.
12. You are not American you are not Mexican, you’re Colombian.
13. You aren’t Mexican and you don’t speak Spanish very well.
14. You are not American but you speak English very well.
15. You’re Mexican but you don’t understand Spanish.
16. You are Mexican but you speak English very well
17. Are you Mexican sir?
18. I’m American but I speak and understand Spanish very well
19. I’m not American but I speak English very well.
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
Fifty Second Hello
Hello Street. How are you?
Good-bye Street Fine, thanks. And you?
Good-bye, ma’am Fifty Second Street I’m fine
Hello Fifty Second Street Are you Mexican?
How are you? East Yes, I’m Mexican
Fine, thanks East Fifty Second Street I’m American
I’m fine, thanks East Fifty Second Street Do you understand English?
¿And you? Park A little. Not very well
I’m Mexican, Miss Park Street But you speak English very well
But I understand a little English ¿East Park Street Thank you
Are you American, ma’am? Where is East Fifty Second Street? Excuse me
You are not Mexican Where Where is East Fifty Second Street,
Do you understand Spanish, Miss? Where is? please?
Yes, but not very well Where is? It’s here
I don’t understand Spanish Where is East Fifty Second Street? And Park Avenue?
I’m sorry. I don’t understand Spanish Where is East Fifty Second Street? It’s over there
You speak Please East 52 Street is not over there
You understand Where is Park Street, please? Park Avenue is over there
You speak Avenue But East 52 Street is here
You speak very well Park Avenue I don’t understand
I speak Where is Park Avenue, please? I’m sorry. I don’t understand
I speak a little Here No problem. Never mind
But It is Good-bye
I don’t understand Is Good-bye
But I don’t speak It Hello, sir
I don’t speak very well It is Hello
I don’t speak very well Here How are you?
I don’t understand It is here Fine, thanks. And you?
I’m not Mexican It’s here I’m fine. Are you Mexican?
I’m sorry. I don’t understand IT IS. It’s here Yes, I’m Mexican
You don’t understand Spanish? It’s here I’m American
You don’t understand Spanish? Where is East Fifty Second Street, Do you understand English?
I understand a little please? A little. Not very well
And I speak a little It’s here But you speak English very well
Not very well You are, IT ISI Thank you
I understand a little Spanish Is it here? Excuse me
But I don’t speak very well Yes, it’s here Where is East 52 Street, please?
I understand English Is it here? It’s here
I’m not American No, it’s not here And Park Avenue?
And you? It’s not here It’s over there
Yes, I’m American Over there East 52 Street is not over there
And I speak English It’s over there Park Avenue is over there
But I don’t speak Spanish IT IS It’s not over there But East 52 Street is here
I’m sorry. I don’t speak Spanish It’s here, sir I don’t understand
Please Park Avenue it’s here I’m sorry. I don’t understand
East Fifty-Second Where is East Fifty Second Street, No problem. Never mind
Where is East Fifty Second Street, please? Good-bye
please? It’s not here, sir Go
Fifty-Second. Second It’s over there
Fifty And Park Avenue is here
Fifty Hello, sir
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
DIALOGUE 5 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Miss, miss? palabra pronunciación Traducción al español
Where? /Jwer/ dónde? Adonde? En dónde?
Sir? /iz/ está / queda / es
is
Where is east fifty second east /ist/ este / oriente / oriental
Street? Please fifty-second /fiftisecond/ cincuenta y dos / quincuagésima segunda.
Street /strit/ Calle
It’s over there
Main /mein/ principal
And park avenue? /mein strit/ calle principal
Main street
It’s here sir Please /pliz/ por favor
Thank you miss It’s /its/ Queda/ está/ es / se encuentra / está
ubicado(a) responde a la pregunta dónde queda?
You’re welcome, good bye sir /ouver der/ allá (para mostrar donde se encuentra algo)
over there
Good bye. Park /park/ parque
Avenue /aveniu/ Avenida
Park Avenue /park aveniu/ La Avenida Parque
Over there. (Se usa para mostrar la /jir/ aquí (para mostrar algo que se encuentra cerca de quien habla)
here
ubicación de algo o alguien que se Thank you /zenk iu/ Le doy las gracias/ se lo agradezco/ gracias
encuentra distante de quien habla) You’re welcome /iur welcom/ De nada/ por nada / no hay de qué.
good bye /gud bai/ Adios
Here (se utiliza para indicar que algo o the /de/ El, Lo, la, las, los (se usa con objetos y animales)
alguien se encuentran cerca de quien the park /de park/ El parque
the school /de skul/ La escuela
habla)
in the morning /in the mornin/ en la mañana
churh /cherch/ Iglesia
It’s (se refiere a algo que fue mencionado
supermarket /supermarket/ supermercado
previamente en la conversación)
bank /baenk/ banco
It’s here (queda aquí) it’s over there library /laibreri/ biblioteca
(queda allá) Bridge /bridch/ puente
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
1. I would like to have something to drink here in my school but I would like to have something to eat over there.
2. I would like to study over there I don’t want to study here.
3. You would like to play in your school.
4. You would like to play soccer you don’t play basketball.
5. Where would you like to play? Would you like to play in your school or in your house?
6. Would you like to play tennis? Or would you like to play soccer?
7. Where would you like to study? Would you like to study in Turbo o Apartado?
8. I would like to live in Currulao but I live in Turbo
9. I would like to study English but I don’t understand English very well
10. Where would you like to have something to eat?
11. Where would you like to have something to drink?
12. Would you like to speak English? I would like to speak Spanish I don’t understand
TOO English very well.
13. I would like to speak English and Spanish very well You’re welcome
Street
14. I would like to study Spanish and English. I understand a little English and I speak Spanish very well.
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
East Fifty Second Street No, thank you. But I’d like to have No, thanks, but I’d like to have
Where is East Fifty Second Street? something to drink something to eat
Please I’m sorry. I don’t understand I’d like to have something to eat
It’s over there Where is East Avenue, please? Where would you like to eat?
And Park Avenue? Do you know? At a restaurant
Is it here? I’m sorry. I don’t know When would you like to have
No, it’s not here It’s not here something to drink?
Thank you, sir And it’s not over there Not now
You’re welcome Would you like to have something Later
Do you speak Spanish? to eat? Where?
You speak Yes, I would When?
You speak very well Yes, I’d like to have something to When would you like to eat, Miss?
I understand a little eat Not now
And I speak a little Where would you like to eat? Later
You want Where would you like to eat? Later, please
You would like Restaurant Where?
Something A restaurant Where would you like to eat?
Do you want to have something to A restaurant At a restaurant
eat? At O.K., at a restaurant
Would you like to have something At a restaurant No, not at a restaurant
to eat? Where would you like to eat? I don’t want to
Would you like to have something At a restaurant? I don’t want to
to eat? Yes, at a restaurant I want to
Yes, I would like to have I’d like to eat, too I’d like to have something to drink
something to eat Too O.K.
Yes, I’d like to have something do to to eat to drink. I’d like to have something to drink,
eat I’d like to eat, too too
I WOULD When? When would like to have
I’d like to have something to eat When? something to drink?
I would - I’d I don’t know Later?
Yes, I’d like to have something to I’d like to eat, too No, now
eat Now Would you like to have something
I’D I WOULD Where would you like to eat? to drink at a restaurant?
Would you like to have something When? Yes, I would
to drink? When would you like to eat? O.K.
Yes, I’d like to have something to Now But I’d like to have something to
drink I’d like to eat too eat too
No, thank you When would you like to eat? Yes, Miss, later
Would you like to have something Not now Thanks, sir
to eat? Later You’re welcome
Yes, I would Later
Yes, I’d like something to eat Would you like to have something
Yes. I would to drink?
Yes, I would Yes, I would
Yes, I’d like to have something to I don’t know
eat Later
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
1. When would you like to have something to eat? Would you like to eat now?
2. Where would you like to have something to eat? Would you like to have something to eat here?
3. What would you like to eat?
4. Would you like to eat now? Or would you like to eat later?
5. I would like to eat at a restaurant now but I would like to eat over there.
6. I would like to study English here in my school.
7. You would like to play in your school but would you like to play now?
8. What would you like to study English or Spanish?
9. Where would you like to eat? Here? Or over there at a restaurant?
10. Where would you like to eat? At a restaurant or over there in your house?
11. Where would you like to have something to drink? Would you like to have something to drink here?
12. I would like to have something to eat later but I would like to eat at a restaurant
13. I’d like to eat at a restaurant later I would like to eat now.
14. I’d like to study at a university in Bogota I would like to study English.
15. I’d like to speak English here in Currulao now but I would like to speak Spanish at my school.
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
I’d like to eat At the hotel? It’s over there
Where would you like to eat? O.K. Thank you, sir On Park Avenue
At a restaurant You’re welcome On Park Avenue
I’d like to eat too I’d like to have something to drink What would you like to eat?
When? What would you like to drink? I don’t know
When would you like to eat? Wine O.K. What would you like to
Now Some drink?
I’d like to eat now Some wine I don’t know. And you?
Would you like to have something I’d like some wine Would you like some wine?
to eat, too? At a restaurant Some beer?
Yes, I would What would you like to drink? No, thank you. Not now
No, thank you Would you like some wine? Would you like to have something
But I’d like to have something to Yes, I would to eat?
drink Yes, I’d like some wine No, thanks
I’d like to have something to Some beer You don’t want to eat?
drink, too Some beer Not now, thanks
When? Some wine I’d like some wine
Later I’d like some beer But later
I want to eat later But I would like some wine At the hotel
Where would you like to eat? Where? At the hotel, on Park Avenue
Not now Not at a hotel But I’d like to have something to
Not here At a restaurant, please drink now
Not here But later O.K.
Where? Not now What would you like to eat?
Over there? O.K. I don’t know
No, not over there I’d like to have something to eat O.K. What would you like to
At a restaurant, please I’d like to have something to eat drink?
O.K. too I don’t know. And you?
Thank you, ma’am I’d like to have something to drink Would you like some wine?
You’re welcome Would you like to have something Some beer?
I’d like to eat here to drink? No, thanks. Not now
But I don’t want to No, thank you Would you like to have something
Where would you like to eat? Not now, later to eat?
At the hotel But I would like to have something No, thanks
At a hotel to eat You don’t want to eat?
At the hotel Would you like to eat now? Not now, thanks
At a restaurant Yes, I would I’d like some wine
At a hotel Where would you like to eat? But later
At a hotel At a restaurant, please At the hotel
I’m sorry. I don’t want to O.K. When? At a hotel on Park Avenue
When would you like to eat? Now, please But I’d like to have something to
Where would you like to eat? At the Park Avenue restaurant drink now
What would you like to eat? At the restaurant O.K.
What would you like to eat? At the restaurant
I don’t know At the Park Avenue restaurant
Where would you like to eat? Where is the Park Avenue
At a restaurant? restaurant?
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
No, not now, later please. some beer /som biar/ cerveza (una cantidad determinada cerveza)
too /tuu/ también
Have/ jav/ traduce tener y haber, pero two beers /tu biars dos cervezas
cuando se usa con bebidas y comidas se Two /tu/ dos
traduce como el verbo comer. please /pliz/ por favor
Something to eat /somzin tu it/ algo para comer.
I would like to have some fruits / me Salad /salad/ ensalada
gustaría comer frutas Chicken /chiken/ pollo
Vegetables /vesdchtebols/ Vegetales / verduras
I would like to have some wine / me Pizza /pizza/ pizza
gustaría beber vino Soda /soda/ gaseosa
Hamburger /jamburguer/ hamburguesa
Would you like to have some pizza?
Soup /sup/ sopa
I would like to have some beer here at a Rice /rais/ arroz
restaurant now. Fruit /frut/ Fruta
1. I would like to have some beer now. I would like to have some beer at a restaurant.
2. I’d like to have some wine later but I would like some beer now
3. Would you like to have beer or wine?
4. What would you like to drink? Would you like some Soda?
5. What would you like to eat? Would you like some pizza? It’s very good.
6. When would you like to eat now or later?
7. Would you like to have something to drink at a restaurant?
8. Would you like to play in the school? Would you like to play soccer or volleyball?
9. Where would you like to eat?
10. When would you like to eat?
11. What would you like to study in your school? Would you like to study Spanish or English?
12. When would you like to play soccer?
13. What would you like to eat at your school? Would you like to have rice or Pizza?
14. What would you like to play here in your house? Would you like to play chess or Ping-Pong?
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
TWO BEERS Two beers, please, Miss I don’t know, and you?
To have lunch Wine or beer? Would you like to have something
To have lunch I don’t know to drink?
TO HAVE LUNCH. I’m sorry. I don’t understand Yes, I’d like to have something to
I’d like to have lunch What would you like to eat? drink
I’d like to have something to eat What do you want to eat? Yes, I would
Would you like to eat now? What do you want to do? Would you like to have something
Yes, I’d like to have lunch To do to drink with me?
Where would you like to have What do you want to do? Yes, thanks, I’d like too, but when?
lunch? I’d like to have lunch Now
At the restaurant? What would you like to do? Where? At the hotel?
No, at the hotel I’d like to have something to drink No, not at the hotel, at the
At the hotel on East Street When? restaurant
I’d like to have lunch too Where? At the Park Avenue restaurant
But later At the hotel Where is the Park Avenue
I’d like to have something to eat At a restaurant restaurant?
At the hotel, on East Street At the restaurant I don’t know. Do you know?
I’d like to have lunch What would you like to do? Yes, I know
Would you like to have something Would you like to have lunch? On Park Avenue
to drink now? What do you want to do? What do you want to drink? Wine
Yes, I would I’d like to buy something or beer?
What would you like to drink To buy I’d like some wine
Would you like to have something To do Would you like some beer too?
to drink? What would you like to buy? No, thanks, but I’d like to have
When would you like to have I’d like to buy something something to eat. And you?
something to drink? At the hotel on Park Avenue Yes, I’d like to have something to
What would you like to drink? I’d like to do something eat too
Would you like to have something With whom? Not now. I’d like to eat later
to drink? With you A little later, O.,K.?
Would like some beer? With me O.K., a little later
Two beers, please With me? I’d like to buy something
Two I’d like to do something What would you like to buy?
Two beers What would you like to do? Some wine or some beer?
Beers Would you like to have lunch? And I’d like to eat to have
Beer Beers With me? something to eat
Two beers, please, Miss Would you like to buy something? I’d like to have lunch with you
Would you like some beer? Yes, I’d like to buy something I’d like to have lunch with you too
Or some wine? I’d like to buy some wine
Some wine But with whom?
I’d like some wine With you, sir
I want With me?
I don’t want Yes, with you
I’d like Hello Miss!
I’d like some wine Hello! How are you, sir?
Would you like some wine? Fine, thanks
No, thank you I’m fine, thanks
I’d like some beer What do you want to do now?
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
10. Listen to this English conversation. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES
PARA ENTENDERLO)
John I’d like to have something to Palabra pronunciacion Equivalencia al español
eat with you ok? With /wiz/ con
Or /or/ o/u
Yes, but at what time? At two but /bat/bot/ pero
o’clock? At what time? /at juat taim/ A que hora?
At two o’clock? /at tu oclok/ A las dos en punto?
No, later much later. O’clock /oclok/ en punto
Much /moch/mach/ mucho
Oh, I understand, at eight o’clock Much later /moch leirer/ mucho más tarde
or at nine o’clock? at eight o’clock /at eit oclok/ a las ocho en punto
At nine o’clock? at nain oclok/ a las nueve en punto
Yes, at eight o’clock At nine o’clock /at nain oclok/ A las nueve en punto
Ok. at eight o’clock. What time is it? /juat taim is it/ Qué hora es?
It’s… /its../ son las….( para indicar una hora)
At / at/ traduce en indica una It’s 1:00 /its uan oclok/ es la una en punto
It’s 3:00 /its zri oclok / son las tres en punto
ubicación específica. Tambien se usa In the morning /in de mornin/ en la mañana
con las horas y en la pregunta ( at what In the afternoon /in di afternun/ en la tarde
time?) y con las expresiones (at noon ) y In the evening /in di ivnin/ en la noche
(at midnight) Today /tudei/ hoy
I would like to speak with you at seven Not today /nat tudei/ Hoy no
o’clock. In the morning Not now /nat nau/ Ahora no
12. You know I speak Spanish very well but I would like to speak English now. Would you like to speak
English with me at the school?
13. I know you speak English very well but you don’t want to speak English now I know you want to
speak Spanish.
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
I’d like to do something What time is it? At three o’clock or at four o’clock
What would you like to do? It’s two o’clock I’m going to have something to
I’d like to have something to eat It’s five o’clock drink at nine o’clock
With whom? It’s five o’clock What time is it now?
I’d like to have something to eat What time is it? It’s one o’clock now
with you It’s three o’clock Thank you, I’m going to have lunch
All right It’s three o’clock And I’d like two beers
All right It’s five o’clock Hello
What do you want to do? It’s four o’clock Hello
I want to buy something It’s five o’clock How are you?
I’d like to buy something It’s two o’clock Fine, thanks
I’d like to buy two beers It’s four o’clock I’m fine, thank you
All right Is it four o’clock Excuse me, would you like to have
At what time? Is it two o’clock? lunch with me?
At one o’clock No, it’s three o’clock Yes, thanks
At nine o’clock, O.K.? It’s eight o’clock Yes, I would
No, not at nine o’clock Four o’clock At what time would you like to
At eight o’clock What time is it? eat?
O.K., at two o’clock Five o’clock At eight o’clock?
No, you don’t understand Nine o’clock No, at nine o’clock
Would you like to have something Three o’clock No, not at nine o’clock. At two
to drink? Five o’clock o’clock, O.K.?
No, thank you, but I’d like to have Four o’clock No, not at two o’clock
something to eat What time is it? At three o’clock
I’m sorry, I don’t understand What time is it, please? Three o’clock no, thanks, but at
What would you like to do? I don’t know, but I’d like to have four o’clock, O.K.?
Would you like to have something something to eat No, not at four o’clock, at five
to drink? Not now, later o’clock
Or would you like to have No, I’m going to eat now No, not at five o’clock
something to eat? I’m going to eat now When would you like to have
I don’t know You’re going lunch?
I’d like to have something to eat You are going to eat I don’t know
With Whom? Are you going to eat? Do you want to have lunch?
With me? Yes, I’m going to eat Yes, but when?
Yes, at a restaurant I’m going to have lunch I’m going to have lunch now
Yes, at the Park Avenue restaurant Now Are you going to have lunch with
All right I’m going to have lunch now me?
Do you know? I’m going to eat Yes, I’m going to have lunch with
Do you know where the At five o’clock you
restaurant is? I’m going to eat at five o’clock But when? Later, later
Is it here? Are you going to eat at five
No, it’s not here o’clock?
It’s over there No, a las ocho, de acuerdo?
At what time? No, at eight o’clock, O.K.?
What time is it? But I’m going to have something to
What time is it? drink
It’s nine o’clock When?
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
1. I don’t want to eat with you at six o’clock I want to have something to eat with you now.
2. Alright at eight o’clock is too late. Then I would like to eat with you at six o’clock.
3. Do you want to have something to eat with me at seven o’clock?
4. I don’t want to eat with you now, it’s too late but I would like to have something to eat with you later.
5. I don’t want to play with you. I would like to play with my friends at the school.
6. What do you want to do at seven o’clock? Do you want to study or do you want to play?
7. Do you want to study with me at two o’clock?
8. Where do you want to live now? Do you want to live here in Currulao or you want to live in Medellin?
9. When do you want to play at six o’clock or at seven o’clock?
10. I want to study Spanish in my house at eight o’clock. I don’t want to study at nine o’clock.
11. Where do you want to study at seven o’clock, at your house or at the school?
12. At what time would you like to have lunch at one o’clock or at two o’clock?
13. I don’t want to speak with you at a restaurant, I would like to speak with you at the school and I want to speak
English I don’t want to speak Spanish.
14. I want to speak Spanish I don’t want to speak English but I don’t want to speak with you I want to speak Spanish
with my mother.
15. Where would you like to study would you like to study in Medellin or Bogota?
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
What time is it, please? To have dinner I’d like to have dinner with you
I don’t know I’m going to have dinner tonight tonight
Oh, Yes, I know I’d like to have dinner tonight Not tonight, but tomorrow night
It’s three o’clock Listen and repeat Then at eight o’clock at the Park
It’s five o’clock I’d like to Avenue restaurant
Do you know? I’m going to Tonight I’m going to have some beer
Do you know what time it is? I’d like to have dinner tonight All right
Do you know what time it is? I’m going to have dinner tonight Now a conversation with a man
It’s four o’clock Then at seven o’clock How are you today?
Are you going to have lunch now? At ten o’clock I’m fine, thanks
No, I’m going to eat later At ten o’clock What do you want to do?
At eight o’clock Tonight When? Now?
I’m going to have some wine Tonight I’m going to have dinner at What do you want to do tonight?
I’m going to have some wine later ten o’clock I don’ know. And you?
At nine o’clock Tomorrow Would you like to have something to
At what time? And tomorrow? drink at the hotel?
What time is it now? Tomorrow I’m going to have dinner Yes, I would, but not tonight
It’s three o’clock now with you Then, tomorrow night?
No, it’s five o’clock At four o’clock All right, tomorrow night
I’m going to have lunch at two o’clock No, at six o’clock or at seven o’clock At what time are you going to have
Would you like to have lunch with Not at nine o’clock dinner tonight?
me? Then at ten o’clock. O.K.? At six o’clock
Would you like to have some wine? Tomorrow I’m going to have dinner at six o’clock
All right Tonight And tomorrow?
When? Tomorrow night At seven o’clock
Where? Tomorrow night at seven o’clock Tomorrow I’m going to have dinner at
When? Now? No, at ten o’clock seven o’clock
Not now. Later, please Listen And what time would like to have
Listen and repeat. Repeat something to drink with me?
At six o’clock Today At ten o’clock
At six o’clock, Miss Today I’d like to have something to drink
All right Tomorrow with you at ten o’clock
All right Tomorrow night What would you like to drink?
Or at seven o’clock Tonight I’d like some wine, please
At seven o’clock Today Some beer, please
At six o’clock or at seven o’clock Would you like to have dinner with Some coffee, please
Not at six o’clock me today? I’m sorry, please repeat
Later Not today, tomorrow O.K. , but please listen
O.K.? At what time Good-bye
Then at seven o’clock At six o’clock or at seven o’clock? Good-bye
Then I’m going to have dinner now
Then at eight o’clock Today and tomorrow too
Tonight What time is it now?
Tonight Do you know what time is it
To have dinner It is ten o’clock, Miss
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12. Listen to this telephone conversation. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Hello Mary. It’s Peter, how are you? Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
Hello /jelou/ hola
Hello peter I’m fine thanks and you?
I’m fine /aim fain/ estoy bien
I’m fine too; Mary would you like to to have dinner /tu jav diner/ cenar
have dinner with me tonight? tonight /tunait/ esta noche
Not tonight Peter but tomorrow night Not tonight /nat tunait/ esta noche no
I’d like to. tomorrow /tumorrow/ mañana
tomorrow night /tumorrow nait/ mañana en la noche
Ok at what time? At eight o’clock?
Tomorrow morning /tumorrow mornin/ Mañana en la mañana
Eight o’clock it’s too late. Tomorrow afternoon /tumorrow afternun/ Mañana en la tarde
Then at seven o’clock? At what time? /atjuat taim/ A que hora?
All right tomorrow night at seven
At eight o’clock /at eit oclok/ a las ocho en punto
o’clock at the Park Avenue restaurant Then /den/ entonces
and thank you. at seven o’clock /at seven oclok/ a las siete en punto
Alright /orrait/ de acuerdo /bueno
You’re welcome. Good bye Mary You’re welcome /iur welcome/ de nada
Good bye Peter. Good bye / gudbai/ adiós
Too late /tu leit/ muy tarde
ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.
1. I don’t know what you are going to do tonight but I’d like to study with you at seven o’clock.
2. What are you going to study tonight? Are you going to study English or Spanish?
3. Are you going to speak English in your school tomorrow morning?
4. Where are you going to study tomorrow are you going to study at home or your school?
5. What are you going to play tomorrow night soccer or basketball?
6. When are you going to study now or later?
7. Would you like to live in Currulao? Or you are going to live in Medellin?
8. What would you like to do tomorrow night? Would you like to study with me?
9. Are you going to study at the university or SENA?
10. What are you going to do today are you going to present you English dialogue?
11. You know I’m going to have dinner with you tonight. I’m not going to have dinner with Nancy.
12. What are you going to do today?
13. Are you going to speak with your friends?
14. Are you going to play soccer in your school?
15. I’m going to play with you. I know you want to play with me at seven o’clock or at nine o’clock.
16. I’m not going to close the door it is not very late now.
17. You’re not going to speak English over there, you are going to speak Spanish.
18. Where are you going to study? At SENA or at a university?
19. When are you going to study today or tomorrow?
20. I know you understand English very well, but you would like to speak Spanish. You want to speak Spanish. you
don’t want to speak English.
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ee you tonight But I would like to have dinner You don’t have sixteen pesos?
What time is it? with you tonight I have one dollar
What time is it, please? Listen and repeat How much do I owe you,
It’s eleven o’clock How many dollars? ma’am?
No, it’s eight o’clock How many? Fifteen dollars, sir
How much do I owe you? How many dollars? Listen and repeat
One dollar Listen and repeat And in pesos?
Six dollars How many dollars do you In pesos
Thirteen dollars have? In dollars
No, twelve You have Then
Two or twelve? Continue repeating Fourteen dollars, please
I understand you How many dollars do you I have ten pesos
I don’t understand you have? Do you have five pesos?
I’m sorry, I don’t understand How many dollars do you How much do I owe you?
you have? In dollars, it’s five dollars
Please, listen I have fourteen dollars And in pesos?
Please, repeat Fourteen It’s fifteen pesos, sir
Would you like to have dinner I have It’s fifteen pesos, sir
with me? How many dollars do you I don’t have sixteen dollars
Would you like to have some have? I have fourteen dollars
wine? How many pesos do you have? But not fifteen
When? Today? I have fourteen pesos All right, then fourteen dollars
Or tomorrow? I have fifteen pesos Thank you, ma’am, good-bye
Tonight How many dollars do you How much do I owe you?
Tomorrow night have? Cómo le dice ella Once dólares
At what time? Fifteen You owe me
At six o’clock or at seven I have fifteen dollars You owe me eleven dollars
o’clock? And fourteen pesos And one dollar
Today? TEEN. TEEN. Twelve dollars
Not tomorrow night Fourteen I owe you twelve dollars
Please, listen Sixteen Yes, twelve dollars and two
I’m not going to eat Do you have sixteen dollars? dollars
I’m not going to eat with you No, I have thirteen dollars Fourteen dollars
I’m not going to eat with you But I have fifteen pesos I owe you fourteen dollars
tomorrow night I don’t have Yes, one dollar, please
I don’t have sixteen dollars
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14. Listen to this English conversation a Mexican man is VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
sitting at the bar in a restaurant in New York. He speaks ENTENDERLO)
with the waitress, just listen. Palabra pronunciación Traducción al español
a beer /a biar/ una cerveza
What would you like to drink sir? Have /jav/ tener
Here /jiar/ aqui tiene / tome
I’d like a beer please do you How much? /jau moch/ Cuanto?
have Mexican beer? Owe /ou/ deber
Dollar /dolar/ dolar
Yes sir, here. Two dollars /tu dolars/ dos dolares
Thank you how much do I owe Ten dollars /ten dolars/ dies dolares
For /for/ por /para
you?
it’s /its/ es / está / queda / son
Two dollars please. here’s /jiars/ aqui tiene / tome
pay /pei/ pagar
Ten dollars for a beer? store /stor/ tienda
water /woter/ agua
No sir you don’t understand it’s two salt /solt/ sal
dollars you owe me two dollars sugar /shugar/ azúcar
A / an /a/ /an/ Un . una
I understand now here’s two Mexican beer /mexican biar/ Cerveza mexicana
An American beer /an American biar/ Una cerveza norteamericana
dollars and Thank you.
Colombian beer /kolombian biar/ Cerveza colombiana
You’re welcome Any /eni/ Palabra para enfatizar se usa
en preguntas y negaciones
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Here’s two dollars Listen again I don’t have any dollars That’s not a lot
In dollars Do you have any dollars? THAT’S IT’S
How much do I owe you? I have a lot of dollars That’s not a lot
How much do I owe you in I have seventeen dollars Excuse me, ma’am
dollars? Eighteen Where is Park Avenue?
Here Nineteen Do you know where Park Avenue
It’s here. I have nineteen pesos is?
Here’s one dollar And I have a lot of dollars too Is it over there?
Here is Here’s. How many dollars do you have? Or is it here?
Here’s one dollar Eighteen It’s over there
Here’s thirteen dollars No, seventeen Thank you, ma’am
Here’s fourteen dollars Please, give me a dollar You’re welcome
I have twelve dollars I don’t have any beer I’d like a beer, please
Not fifteen I’d like to buy some beer Here’s a beer, Miss
All right, here’s sixteen dollars I don’t have any beer How much do I owe you?
Do you have one dollar, sir? I have some beer You owe me five dollars
Do you want one dollar? Here’s a beer That’s a lot
Here’s one dollar I’d like a beer I’d like to buy something
Here’s a dollar Here’s a beer Do you have any dollars?
ONE Now give me seventeen dollars, I have a lot of pesos
Here’s a dollar please But I don’t have any dollars
A No, give me seven dollars How many pesos do you want?
How many pesos do you have? I’d like to buy some wine Please, give me eleven pesos
I don’t have any pesos Here’s the wine No, give me seventeen or
I don’t have any pesos Here’s a beer eighteen pesos
I have a lot of dollars Six dollars Oh! Eighteen or nineteen
I have a lot of dollars Sixteen That’s a lot
But I don’t have any pesos Fourteen I’m going to give you ten pesos
You don’t have any pesos? Eighteen I’m going to give
You are not Mexican Fifteen I’m going to give you
I’m Mexican Nineteen Te voy a dar diez pesos
I have some dollars Thirteen I’m going to give you ten pesos
Some dollars Seventeen But I don’t have any dollars
I have some pesos Do you have any pesos? What are you going to do?
But I don’t have any dollars No, I don’t have any pesos You don’t have any dollars
Give me some dollars, please And dollars? Then I’m going to buy some
Please, give me some pesos A lot dollars
O.K., I have a lot of pesos How many? Please, give me some pesos
Here’s eleven pesos Twelve
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15 listen to this conversation mister Martinez is VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
speaking with Mrs. Martinez ENTENDERLO)
Palabra pronunciación Traducción al español
Where are you going? /juer ar iu goin/ Para dónde vas?
Good bye Carlos
I’m going to /aim goin tu../ voy para / voy a
Good bye? Where are you going? I’m not going to /aim nat goin tu../ No voy para / no voy a
buy /bai/ comprar
I’m going to buy some wine you don’t have /iu don’t jav/ usted no tiene
I know /ai now/ yo se
I have some pesos /ai jav som pesos/ tengo pesos
But you don’t have any dollars
I don’t have any dollars /ai dont jav eni dolars/ No tengo dólares
I know I don’t have any dollars but I How many? /jau meni/ Cuantos? / Cuantas?
Fourteen /fortin/ catorce
have some pesos
Fifteen /fiftin/ quince
How many pesos do you have? give /guiv/ Dar
give me /guiv me/ dame / deme
Oh, fourteen or fifteen here /jiar/ aqui / aquí tiene / tome
Euro /iurou/ euro (moneda de la unión europea)
I’m going to give you some dollars Euros /iurous euros
Brother /broder/ hemano
too, here
sister /sister/ Hermana
Can /kan/ Poder (tener la capacidad)
Thank you Carlos.
because /bicóz/ porque
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16. Listen to this English telephone conversation VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES
Mary is speaking with Charles. Listen PARA ENTENDERLO)
palabra Pronunciación Equivalencia en español
Hello Charles. It’s Mary. to have dinner /tu jav diner/ cenar
Hello Mary. How are you? with me /wiz me/ conmigo
Fine thanks, Charles would you When? /wuen/ Cuándo?
like to have dinner with me? Not tonight /nat tonait/ Esta noche no
When? Not tonight. It’s very late Late /leit/ tarde
now. very late /veri leit/ muy tarde
No, tomorrow night at seven Now /nau/ ahora
tomorrow night /tumorrow nait/ mañana en la noche
o’clock. Tomorrow at seven /tu morrow at seven/ Mañana a las siete
Ok tomorrow at seven. With you /wiz iu / Con usted / contigo
Thank you Charles good bye. Morning /morning/ mañana (del día)
Good bye Mary. Afternoon /afternun/ tarde (del día)
Enough /inaf/ suficiente
It’s / its/ esta expression tiene multiples
Ten /ten / Diez
usos en una conversasion Telefonica se
usa para indicar quien está hablando
At eleven /At ileven//arileven/ A las once
cuando la otra persona no lo tiene claro At six /at siks/ A las seis
It’s Jose / soy José Four /for/ Cuatro
Is it Camilo? Eres Camilo / usted es At four /at for/ A las cuatro
Camilo? At eight /at eit/ areit/ A las ocho
Can’t =cannot /kænt/ =/kanat/ No poder
so /sou/ Así / por lo tanto /entonces
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Here It is enough Sixteen and four is how much?
It’s for you Is it enough? Twenty
What is it? No, it’s not enough Twenty and six is how much?
I don’t know Thirty-five. That’s enough Twenty-six
It’s for you It’s too much Twenty-eight and four is how
For me? Is it too much? much?
Thank you Yes, is too much money Thirty-two
Hello! Give me forty dollars Thirty-two and two is how much?
How much do I owe you? Forty dollars Thirty-four
You owe me five dollars FORTY FOR TY Thirty-four and twelve is how
Do you have five dollars? Fourteen Forty much?
Yes, I do Fourteen dollars Forty six
Now, I don’t Give me forty dollars Thirty-three and ten is how much?
I don’t have any dollars Give me forty-seven dollars Forty-three
In pesos, how much is it? Forty-six. That’s enough Twenty-five and eleven is how
Give me some dollars, please Is it enough? much?
I don’t have any No, it’s not enough Thirty-six
I can give pesos I’d like forty-eight dollars Hey, hey, stop, stop, that’s
I don’t want any No, thirty-eight enough
Not pesos No, twenty-eight Hello!
No, I can’t How many dollars do you want? Excuse me, but you have any
Here’s seventeen dollars Give me some dollars money?
That’s a lot I don’t have any dollars Yes, I do
That’s a lot of money Please, give me some money Yes, I have some money
That’s a lot of money I don’t have any money Do you have a lot?
Eighteen dollars? That’s a lot of Do you have any money? Yes, I do
money No, I don’t have any money Yes, I have a lot
It’s too much I’d like some money I’m going to have a beer
TOO. TOO MUCH Please, give me some money Would you like to have a beer with
It’s too much I can’t me?
It’s too much money I don’t have any Yes, I would
How much money do you have? Yes, you have some I’d like to have a beer with you
I have twenty dollars You have a lot But I don’t have any. Can you buy
You have twenty dollars All right, here’s twenty-five dollars some for me?
No twenty-four Here’s twenty-five dollars for you Yes, I can
I have twenty-five dollars Thanks, that’s enough I can buy some
It’s a lot of money Two and three is how much? I can by some for you
Twenty-eight Five Can you buy some wine too?
You have too much money Two and three is five Yes, I can
I have thirty dollars Five and three is how much? I can buy some wine too
I have thirty dollars Eight Do you have enough money?
I have thirty-nine dollars Eight and five is how much? Yes, I do
No, twenty-nine dollars Thirteen Yes, I have enough
That’s a lot of money Eleven and four is how much? I have enough money
THAT’S THAT IS. Fifteen Then I’m going with you, O.K.?
Is that too much? Thirteen and four is how much? Yes, O.K.
No, but it is enough Seventeen
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17. Listen to this conversation. Mr. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Martinez is speaking with Mrs. Martinez
Palabra Pronunciación Equivalencia en español
they are in the United States.
Today /tudei/ hoy
have /jav/ tener
What are you going to do today?
Money /moni/ Dinero
Me? I’m going to buy something.
any money /eni moni/ dinero
Do you have any money? Do you have /du iu jav eni Tienes dinero? Usted tiene
Yes I do, but not a lot any money? moni/ dinero?
How much do you have? not a lot /nat a lat/ no es mucho / no mucho
Oh fifteen or twenty dollars that’s How much? /jau moch Cuánto? Cuánta?
do you have? /du iu jav/ Tiene usted ? usted tiene?
not enough. or /or/ o /u
Ok here’s thirty dollars for you. twenty /tuenti/tueni/ veinte
Thank you very much. That /daet/ Eso, ese, esa, aquel, aquello
That’s /daets/ eso es / eso está / eso queda
Have es el verbo tener/ haber that’s enogh /datsenaf/ Es suficiente / eso es suficiente
I have some wine Not enough ./nat inaf/ So es suficiente /no suficiente
Five dollars is /faiv dolars is nat Cinco dolares no son suficiente
I don’t have any money
not enough inaf/
Do you have to study today? here’s /jiars/ aquí tiene / tome
I know you don’t have to study tomorrow thirty /zerti/zeri/ treinta
for /for/ por / para
but you have to study today at six o’clock For you ./for iu/ Para usted
I don’t have any wine but I have some beer Car /car/ carro
Cell phone /cel fon/ teléfono celular
would you like a little beer? House /jaus/ casa
1. Where would you like to have dinner? Would you like to eat at home or at a restaurant?
2. Where do you have your money?
3. What would you like for dinner? Would you like Potatoes or rice?
4. Do you have any money?
5. Here’s twenty dollars for you. I don’t have a lot of money.
6. How much money do you have, do you have enough?
7. Twenty dollars is not enough to buy some wine
8. I have enough money to buy a book. But I don’t have enough money to buy an English dictionary.
9. Do you have any dollars?
10. Where are you going to buy some wine?
11. What are you going to do with your money?
12. Where are you going to buy the book?
13. I need some money I have to go to the bank
14. What would you like to buy for dinner?
15. I don’t want to buy the book here I want to buy the book in Apartado.
16. I don’t have enough money. I’m not going to buy the car. The car I want to buy is very expensive.
17. Do you have enough money to buy a house?
18. I’m going to buy a new cell phone in Apartado tomorrow.
19. I want to buy a house in Medellin, I want to live there. Because I want to study in Medellin.
20. I want to study at a big university here in Medellin but I don’t know what University is good for me.
21. I want you to buy a car but I know you don’t have enough money to buy a car.
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Thirty-three Sixty-one And I don’t understand you
Forty-four Fifty-seven Expensive
Twenty-three Good morning The wine is very expensive
Thirteen Give me six dollars, please In dollars, is very expensive
Thirty-seven Give me sixteen dollars And you speak English very fast
Good morning Can give me sixty dollars? Here’s two beers. You
Good morning How much do I owe you? No, I want Mexican beer
Where are you going? You owe me Oh! Sorry, I owe you money too
I’m going to have lunch You owe me thirty-eight dollars How much do I owe you? Thirty
At a restaurant Fifty-three dollars dollars
Or at the hotel Is that too much? No, forty dollars
Good morning Yes, that’s too much You owe me forty dollars
Do you have any money? It’s too expensive All right, Then here’s thirty one
No, I don’t It’s not too expensive dollars
I have some It’s very expensive No you owe me forty-one dollars
I have enough It’s not very expensive I understand
I have a lot Yes, it’s very expensive I owe you forty dollars
I can give you It’s not very expensive No, not forty, fifty
I can give you some money Fifty dollars OK, Here’s forty-six dollars
I can give some I’m going to give you fifty dollars No, not forty-six, fifty-six
But I can’t give you a lot Here’s fifty dollars for you It’s fifty-six
You can’t? No, give me sixty dollars You owe me fifty-six dollars
Do you have any dollars for me? I can’t give you sixty dollars Fifty-three? OK. Here’s fifty-three
Yes, I do I don’t have enough money dollars
I have enough dollars It’s not expensive No, sixty-three dollars, please
I have some for you In dollars it’s not expensive You don’t understand English
Here’s a dollar Yes, it’s expensive Yes, I understand very well
Here’s forty-five dollars It’s too expensive I don’t speak Spanish
Thank you very much In pesos, it’s too expensive No, I understand English
Is that enough? You speak English Do I speak too fast?
That’s too much You speak very well No, you don’t speak too fast
That’s too much money You speak very fast No, you don’t
I have twenty-one dollars You speak very fast You owe me some money
TWENTY I’m sorry, you speak too fast How much do I owe you?
Twenty-one I don’t speak fast Thirty-one dollars, OK?
Twenty-five Yes, you speak very fast No, you owe me sixty-one
Good morning You speak English very fast Please, give me sixty-one dollars
East Fifty Second Street You speak English too fast Thank you, that’s enough
Fifty You speak too fast
Sixty And I don’t understand you
Fifty I’m sorry. You speak too fast
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18 Mrs. Martinez is speaking VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
to Mister Martinez
A /a/ un / una
A book /a buk/ un libro
Marcos?
How much is the book? /jau moch is de buk/ Cuánto vale el libro?
Yes, what do you want?
not very expensive /nat very expensiv/ no muy caro
I’m going to buy something, It’s /its/ es / está / queda
Marcos. Expensive /expensiv/ caro
It’s not /its not/its nat/ no es/ no esta/ no queda
Oh, what are you going to buy? (refiriéndonos a una cosa o animal)
Twenty dollar /tuenti dolars/ veinte dolares
A book, I’m going to buy a book.
that’s not too much /dats nat tu moch/ no es mucho / no es demasiado
And how much is the book? That /dat/ eso, esa, aquel aquella
Then /den/ entonces
It’s not very expensive, twenty Please /pliz/ por favor
dollar. Give me some money /guiv me som moni/ Dame algo de dinero / dame
dinero
Twenty dollar? that’s not too
Enough /inaf/ suficiente
much I have some money too /ai jav som moni tu/ tambien tengo dinero
Then please give me some Right now /rait naw/ ahora mismo / de una /
inmediatamente
money. The book I want /de buk ai want/ el libro que quiero
Ok, here’s fifteen dollars, is that The house you want /de jausiu want/ la casa que usted quiere.
enough? The car I want to buy /de car ai want to bai/ el carro que quiero comprar
Read /rid/ leer
Yes, that’s enough, I have some The book I’m going to /de buk aim goin tu rid/ El libro que voy a leer
money too thanks Marcos; I’m read
going to buy the book now, good Lend /lend/ Prestarle a alguien(dar prestado)
bye. borrow Borrou/ Prestarle a uno (pedir prestado)
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Good evening He’d like some coffee Yes, he does
Fast He would like some coffee We live here
You speak English very fast Or water We live here
Does your husband speak fast
He’d like some coffee We live in Guadalajara
too?
Yes, too fast She’d like some water We’d like to have something to
But my husband doesn’t here Listen and repeat drink
It’s too expensive Come in What would you like to drink?
Fifty dollars Come in We’d like some coffee
Sixty dollars Pleased to meet you Does your wife want coffee too?
Forty-five dollars Pleased to meet you Yes, she does
Sixty-one dollars
Please, come in My husband and I
Sixty-six dollars?
Twenty-one Come in, please We’d like some water
Sixty-eight? That’s too expensive Pleased to meet you My husband and I we’d like some
In dollars is too expensive PLEASED water
Here is more expensive Pleased to meet you She’d like some water
I’m going to give you What would you like to drink? But he’d like some coffee
I’m going to give you fifty-three Come in No, we’d like some wine
dollars Pleased to meet you Here wine is more expensive
That’s not enough money And your wife? Come in, please
Who’s that? What would she like to drink? Good morning, ma’am
That’s my husband I’m Rosa Montero Good morning
Where’s your wife? Mucho gusto en conocerla I’m Charles Johnson
My wife? I don’t know Pleased to meet you Pleased to meet you, Mr.
Where’s your husband? Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Johnson
My husband isn’t here Montero I’m Rosa Montero
My husband is over there Johnson? Mrs. Montero, does your
He’s over there Hello, Mrs. Johnson husband here?
My husband? He’s over there Where do you live? Dígale que no. Él no está aquí.
HE IS Live You live I live Use ISN’T
He’s over there MISS. No, he isn’t here
He’s Pleased to meet you, Miss I’m sorry, he isn’t here
She’s Johnson Where are you live in México?
My wife? She’s over there Please, come in We live in Guadalajara
Is she over there? Where do you live? And you, sir? Where do you live?
She is not over there. She’s here In Guadalajara I live in New York
What would your husband like to I live in Guadalajara Who’s that?
drink? I live in Guadalajara Pedro, Mr. Johnson is here
What would you like to drink? Do you live here? Mister Johnson? My husband
I’d like Yes, on Park Avenue Pedro Pleased to meet you
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20. Listen to this conversation. Mister VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
Montero arrives at Mr. and Mrs. ENTENDERLO)
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21. Listen to this Conversation. Mr. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
Martinez is speaking with Mrs. Johnson. Mr. ENTENDERLO)
Martinez is speaking with Mrs. Johnson. Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
Who are you? /ju ar iu/ Quién eres? quien es usted?
Hello sir, who are you? who /ju/ Quién?
I’m Pedro Martinez. I’m = I am /aim/ ai am/ Soy /estoy / yo soy /yo estoy
Oh, you are Mr. Martinez, pleased to you are Mr… /iu ar mister/ Usted es el señor…
pleased to meet you /plist tum it Gusto en conocerlo
meet you, come in please.
iu/
Thank you ma’am is Mr. Johnson here? He’s /jis/ Es/ está /Él es /él está/
No, he’s not here now. Can you wait? He’s not here now No está aquí en este momento
Yes, I can wait. can /Kan/ poder
Wait /weit/ esperar
Well Mr. Martinez is Mrs. Martinez in
I can wait /ai can weit/ puedo esperar
New York with you? your /iur/ Su /Sus /tus (de usted)
Yes she is children /children/ Hijos /niños
And are your children here too? Your children /iur children/ Sus hijos /sus niños(tus hijos)
They /dei/ Ellos / ellas
No, they’re in Mexico
Are /ar/ Son / están
How many children do you have? they’re = They are /der//dei ar/ Están/ son (ellos/as/ son /están)
We have three boys Who /jhu/ quien? quien
How many? /jau meni/ Cuantos ?/ cuantas?
You don’t have any girls? Do you have? /du iu jav/ Tienes? / tiene? Tiene usted? Usted tiene?
No we don’t, we don’t have any girls. We have /wi jave/ Tenemos
Pleased to meet you tambien se usa nice to meet you /
We /ui/ Nosotros / nosotras
Boy /boi/ Niño / hijo/ (baron)
encantado en conocerlo(a) se utiliza cuando le
Adopt /adapt/ Adoptar
presentan una persona a alguien
The United States /de iunarid steis/ Los Estados Unidos
This is Camilo Guzman
Child /chaild/ Niño(a)
Pleased to meet you Mr. Guzman
Nice to meet you Mr. Guzman
Who’s /juz/ Quién es? Quien está?
1. We don’t live in Currulao, we live in Apartado. But we study in Currulao we don’t study in apartado
2. I have three children. They live in Currulao and they speak Spanish very well.
3. Do you have any brothers and sister?
4. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
5. My parents are in Currulao, they are in Currulao, but they don’t speak Spanish.
6. My father understands English, he speaks Spanish but he understands English very well
7. He works in Currulao,
8. My mother lives here, she lives with my father.
9. Mrs. Cardona speaks Spanish and English, she speaks two languages
10. My children are here in Currulao with me.
11. My children are not here they’re in Medellin with my wife
12. My friends are Bogota now, they’re in Bogota with my mother
13. My wife is in Currulao but she is going to Medellin tomorrow.
14. My wife and I have three boys. We don’t have any girls but we want to adopt a girls later.
15. My husband is not here in Colombia he is in the United States
16. I know you live here in Currulao but you don’t speak Spanish very well.
17. My friend and I speak English we don’t speak Spanish.
18. How many languages do you speak?
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WAIT The girl’s here Your four big girls
Wait, listen again The girl is big Your four girls are big
Come in Come in, please The girl’s big Our girl is big too
Pleased to meet you The big girl is here She’s here with us
Hello, Miss Johnson The big boy is here With us
Hello, Ms. Johnson And the little girl? She’s here with us
Ms. Johnson The little boy Where’s the bathroom?
Where do you live? The little boy Excuse me, where’s the
We live in Guadalajara The boy is little bathroom?
A boy One boy The boy’s little Family Family
How many children do you have? My boy is little Two family
Two boys Our boy is little Our family
We have two boys Our boy Dónde está su familia?
We have two boys Our boy isn’t big Where’s your family?
The boys are big He’s little My family?
They’re big Really? Yes, really The little children are in México
They’re over there Where’s your girl? The big girl is here with us
The boys are over there Our big girl or our little girl? You have a big family
And your wife? Where’s she? The big girl Good morning, Mrs. Johnson
She’s over there too Our big girl is over there Good morning, sir
My husband? He’s over there She’s very big Well, who’s the little boy?
Do you have any girl? Really? Is he your little boy?
Yes, we have three girls Our little girl is here Yes, he’s our little boy
Yes, we do Would she like to have Our little boy
We can something to drink? Can he understand English?
We can wait Yes, she’d like some water No, he can’t
Can you wait? Yes, she would He can’t understand English
You can wait We want But she can wait How many boys do you have?
We want a lot of children Come in, please We have two boys
Wait! Pleased to meet you, Miss And do you have any girl?
We don’t want a lot of children Johnson Yes, we do
We live in México Pleased to meet you, Mr. Martinez Yes, we have one girl
My wife and I live in México Would you like to have A little girl?
With the children something to drink? Yes, a little girl
The children are in México Yes, we’d like some coffee, A little boy want something
They’re in México please What does he want?
Where are they? But we can wait He’d like to have something to
The girls are here Where’s the bathroom, please? drink
The girls are big It’s over there Where’s the bathroom, please?
The big girls The bathroom is over there The bathroom is over there
The big girl is here Really? Thank you very much
The girls are big The little boy
The big girls Our four boys
Where are they? The big girl
The girl is here The four big girls
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22. Listen to this conversation listen VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Pleased to meet you Mrs. Martinez is Palabra Pronunciación Traducciojn al español
your husband here in New York too? Three /zri/ tres
Yes he is and the children are with us We /ui/ Nosotros(as)
too Boy /boi/ Niño / hijo (baron)
How many children do you have? Is /iz/ Es / está / queda
Three, we have three children, one Your /iur/ Su / tu/ tus sus (de usted)
boy and two girls. That’s my boy /dats mai boi/ Ese es mi niño
He’s very big /jis veri big/ Es muy grande
Is that your boy over there?
Girl /guerl/ Niña (hija)
Yes that’s my boy.
The girls are little /de guerls ar lirou/ Las niñas son pequeñas
He’s very big! Are your girls big too?
They /dei/ Ellos / ellas
No the girls are little.
They’re= they are /der/ /dei ar/ Esllos estan / estan / son / ellols son
Where are they now?
At the hotel /at de joutel/ En el hotel
They’re at the hotel with my husband. Deparment /deparment/ Departamento
Store /stor/ Tienda almacen
Sujeto Posesivo Objeto
Bus /bas/ Autobus / bus
I my me
Uiversity /iuniversiri//iuniversiti/ Universidad
you your you
We our us This /dis/ Este, esto, esta
They their Them This is my… /dis iz mai/ Este es mi…
He his him Is this? /iz dis/ Este es? Este está? Esta es? Esta está?
she her her This is /dis iz/ Este es/ esta es/ esta está/ este está
it its it Us /az/ Nosotros(as) pronombre objeto
With us /uidaz/ Con osotros(as)
This /dis/ Este /esto Them /dem/ Ellos (pronombre complemento)
That /dat/ Eso aquello/aquel With them /wizdem/ Con ellos
these /diiz/ Estos /estas Him /jim/ Él (pronombre complement)
those /douz/ Esos With him /uiz jim/ Con él
esas/aquellos(as) Her /jer/ Ella( pronombre complemento objeto de la accion)
With her /wiz jer/ Con ella
1. My husband is in Currulao with me, he speaks Spanish but he speaks English, too
2. We have a little girl she lives in Apartado, she wants to study English.
3. They have a big boy he is in Currulao he speaks two languages. He speaks Spanish and English.
4. Is this your school?
5. Do you have a little sister? Or a little brother?
6. Is that your boy over there?
7. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
8. How many friends do you have?
9. Where are your parents, are they here in Colombia with you? Hello
10. This is my friend, she lives in Bogota but she speaks English very well. Pleased to meet you
11. My father is very big, he plays soccer and basketball. Ask me How I am
12. That is my school I study there every day in the morning. How are you?
13. They’re my friends they speak English very well. Ask me again How I am
How are you?
14. My parents understand Spanish but they speak English very well.
Ask me Where’s the bathroom?
15. They live in Bogota they work transmilenio but they don’t understand Spanish.
16. My children speak Spanish and English they are here in Currulao with me.
17. My friend is here in Colombia with us.
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Say in English A big boy Say again There are three people in Ask Is it enough
A big boy my family Say Thirty gallons? That’s too much
Listen again How many people are there in your I’d like ten dollars worth of gas, please
Say Hello family? Listen and repeat again
Excuse me, where’s the bathroom? Say There are six people in your family Ten dollars worth
Ask me again There are six people in my family I’d like ten dollars worth of gas, please
Where’s the bathroom? In my car WORTH
Say We have a big boy Say in English Car Please, give me ten dollars worth of
Our boy is big Tell me you have a car gas
Say A little girl I have a car Ask Do you have enough gas?
We have a little girl too Now ask me If I have a car No, I don’t
Say Our girl isn’t big Do you have a car? No, I don’t have any gas
Ask me How many children I have In English How do you say If Say I’m going to buy some gas
How many children do you have? Ask me If my car is here Try to ask How much gas?
Ask me again Is your car here? How much gas do you want?
How many children do you have? Ask me If my family is in the US Say I’m going to buy
Say You have three children Is your family in the US Fifteen dollars worth of gas
I have three children Say The children are here with us Mile
We have three children Ask me How many people there are in Ask How many miles?
Are they big? my family Answer Fifty miles
Yes they’re big How many people are there in you Then I’m going to buy some gas
Ask where they are family? Please, give me sixteen dollars worth of
Where are they? Say There are five people in our family gas
Say They’re here with us Tell me you have a car Say Wait
Ask me Where’s the bathroom? We have a car Say That’s enough gas
Say The bathroom is over there Tell me you have a big car It is enough for fifty miles
The bathroom is over there We have a big car Long Island
It’s over there Say Enough I’m going to Long Island
Ask in English Really? Say Big enough Long Island
Say I can wait Tell me My car is big enough I’m going to Long Island
My family is in the US For our family Say again I’m going to Long Island
Say again My family’s in the US If you want How many miles is it to Long Island?
Now say your family is in México Say Three people Ask again How many miles is it to
My family is in México Say If you want Long Island?
Say your family is with you Say There are three people Answer Sixty miles
My family’s with me In our family It’s sixty miles to LI
Now say Our family’s with us Do you have a car? Ask How many miles it is
How many people ? Yes, I have a car How many miles is it to LI?
Ask in English How many people? Yes, we have a car Sixty-five miles
How many people are there? Yes, we do It’s sixty-five miles to LI
Ask How many people are there? We’d like some gas Really?
Say In your family Say again We’d like some gas Say I have a big car
Ask How many people are there? Say Give me some gas, please And I have a lot of gas in the car
Ask How many people are there in Ten gallons of gas, please Say And we’re going to LI
your family? Say Fifteen gallons of gas, please Say in English Car
There are three people Try do ask How many gallons? Our car
In my family Say We’d like twenty gallons
How many are there? Twenty gallons of gas, please
There are three Say Wait
How many people are there? Try to say That’s a lot of gas
There are three people Say That’s too much
It’s enough
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23. Listen to this conversation, Mr. Martinez is VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
speaking with Mrs. Johnson Palabra Pronunciación Traducciojn al español
How many? /jau meni/ Cuantos? cuantas?
How many children do you have my wife /mai waif/ Mi esposa
Mr. Martinez? a little girl /a lirou guerl/ Una niña pequeña
a little boy /a lirou boi/ Un niño pequeño
Two, my wife and I have two they /dei/ Ellos / ellas
Children, a little girl and a little boy. Long Islan /long ailan/ Long Islan
The United States /de iunarid steis/ Los Estados Unidos
Are they here in the United States we are going to /ui ar goin tu/ Vamos para / vamos a
with you? we /ui/ Nosotros (as)
How many miles? /jau meni mails/ Cuantas millas
Yes they are, and tomorrow we are
It /it/ Eso / esa
going to Long Island. How many How many miles is it? /jau meni mails iz it/ Cuantas millas hay?
miles is it to long Island? it’s sixty miles /its siksti mail/ Son sesenta millas
Sixty miles, it’s sixty miles to long Sixty miles /siksti mail/ Sesenta millas
Because /bicoz/ porque
Island
Also /olso/ Tambien
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EXPENSIVE, MORE – MORE Ask Which is the road to LI?
Ask How many people are there in EXPENSIVE SMALL SMALLER It’s straight ahead
your family? I want a smaller car Say Straight ahead
Answer Five people Now ask Do you have enough gas? Say Wait
There are five people in our family Please, give me sixteen dollars Try to say That’s not the road to LI
We have three children worth of gas The road to LI it’s over there
One boy and two girls Wait Ask Straight ahead?
A boy and two girls Give me fifteen dollars worth of gas Say Yes, straight ahead
Try to say The girls are here in the US Where are you going, Miss? Ask me how much gas he wants
With us I’m going to LI How much gas do you want?
The girls are here in the US with us Say I’m going to LI tomorrow Say
Our little boy is in México Ask How many miles? Please, give me sixteen dollars
Really? How many miles is it? worth of gas
Say Our family is big It’s far Say Thank you very much
Try to say We have a big family How do you say It’s far Thank you ma’am
Say this again We have a big family LI it’s far You’re welcome
Now try to say We don’t have a big How do you say It’s far How do you say in English Wait
family LI it’s far Ask Is LI far?
Say There are three people in our How do you say LI it’s far Answer
family Ask me if LI is far No, it’s not far
We have a small family Is LI far? How do you say Seventy-eight miles
SMALL LITTLE SMALL. We have a Say I don’t know I’ts seventy-eight miles to LI
small family Seventy miles Is this the road to LI?
Try to say And we have a small car How do you say Seventy miles How do you ask Is this the road to
Ask the bathroom is Seventeen miles LI?
Where’s the bathroom, please? How does she say Seventy-three Say No, No, it’s not the road to LI
How do you say Say Seventy-five Ask Which is the road to LI?
It’s over there Say No, seventy-one Answer
In English How do you say In English It’s seventy-one miles The road to LI it’s straight ahead
How do you say Gas Say Wait Ask Do you have enough gas?
Now say Ten gallons, please Say You speak too fast How do you say I have a lot of gas
It’s enough Say Seventy-four I have a small car
or forty miles And now say Sixty-four I’d like a bigger car
It’s enough for forty miles It’s far Say But Long Island isn’t far
Ask me if it is enough How does she say LI it’s far Good morning ma’am
Is that enough? Ask Do you have enough gas? How much gas do you want
wait Yes, I do Fifteen dollars I want of gas
I’d like thirty gallons I have a small car Ask Which is the road to LI?
Say Twenty dollars worth of gas, please Try to say I want a bigger car Is this the road to LI?
Say My car is too big I want a more expensive car Yes, it is
Ask me if I have a big car Which is the road to LI? How many miles is it to LI?
Do you have a big car? Road Road The road It’s not to far. Sixty or seventy miles
Yes, I do Try to say The road to LI Thanks, Thank you very much
I want a small car Which is the road to LI? You have a big family
I want a smaller car Ask again Which is the road to LI? Say, Yes, there are seven people in
Say Try to say LI? LI? It’s far our family Good bye, sir.
I want a smaller car Ask How many miles? PER GALLON Listen again
More expensive How many miles is it to LI? Now tell me that you are Mexican
Answer It’s seventy-five miles
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24. Listen to this conversation Mr. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Martinez is speaking with Mrs. Johnson
Palabra Pronunciación Traducciojn al español
Is gas expensive? /is gas ikspensiv/ La gasolina es cara?
Gas /gaes/ Gasolina /la gasolina
Is gas expensive in the United
it’s not / is not/ no es / no está
States? very expensive /very ikspensiv/ muy cara
How much? /jau moch/ Cuánto? / cuánta?
No it’s not very expensive. per gallon /per galon/ por galón
How much is it per gallon? per /per/ por
Do you have? /du iu jav/ Usted tiene?..
Can /can/ poder
I don’t know, but not too much
Cannot = can’t /canat/kent/ no poder
You cannot / you can’t you kanat/ you kent/ no puedes / usted no puede
Do you have a car? a car /a car/ un carro
If /if/ Si (se usa para indicar
Yes I do. condicion)
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I’m Mexican Say No, seventy-five miles That’s the road to Long Island
Tell me that you live in Guadalajara How do you say I want some gas How far is it?
I live in Guadalajara I need some gas It’s seventy miles
Tell me that you’re going to the US Say again I need some gas Say That you need some gas
I’m going to the US How do you say You need I need some gas
Tell me that you have a car Now try to ask Do you need gas? Say Please, give me twenty gallons
I have a car Yes, I do How much do I owe you?
Tell me that you have a small car Yes, I need some gas One dollar per gallon
I have a small car Say Please, give me fifteen dollars That’s twenty dollars
I’d like a bigger car worth of gas Here’s twenty dollars
Tell me that you’re going to the US That’s enough Ask If is this the road to LI
with your family Now say We have a small car Is this the road to Long Island?
I’m going to the US with my family Try to say We need a bigger car The road you want is to the right
Ask How many people there are in Ask Do you have a big family? Then, go to the left
my family Yes, we do How do you say Wait
How many people are there in your How many people are there in your I don’t understand
family? family? You speak too fast
There are three people in our family There’re six people in our family Please, repeat
We have a small family Say Excuse me If you want
Say Our family is bigger Excuse me, which is the road to LI? And don’t speak too fast
There are five people in our family Is this the road to Long Island? Which is the road to Long Island?
Ask me if gas is expensive in the US Say Yes, it’s straight ahead Is this the road to Long Island?
Is gas expensive in the US? It’s to the right No, the road you want
No, gas isn’t very expensive in the Say again It’s to the right The road you want it’s over there
US Go to the right Go to the right, then go to the left
Ask how much it is. Say It’s not straight ahead and then seventy miles straight
How much is it? Go to the right ahead
One dollar per gallon You want Long Island isn’t far
Say again One dollar per gallon Try to say The road you want is to How many miles?
Ask How many dollars I want the right How many miles is it?
How many dollars do you want? Ask To the right? It’s seventy-five miles
Say I want twenty gallons Or straight ahead? I need some gas
Wait That’s too much Go straight ahead Is gas expensive?
Here it’s more expensive Ask Really? Wait! No, it’s one dollar per gallon and
Two dollars per gallon The road you want is to the left you have a small car
It’s two dollars per gallon Say To the left Then, I’d like twelve dollars worth of
Is Long Island far? The road you want is to the left gas
How far is it? Try to The road I want But, which is the road to Long
How far is it Long Island? Now try to ask Is the road I want to Island?
Not very far the left? To the left or to the right?
It’s not very far Answer No, it’s straight ahead Or straight ahead
Say The road to Long Island Say Not to the left Answer I don’t know
Ask Which is the road to Long Now say Go to the left And now
Island? That’s the road you want Good bye
Say It’s straight ahead Say Go to the right Good bye, sir
In English How do you say Far Go to the left and then straight
How do you say Straight ahead ahead
How far is it? Ask And then?
Seventy miles Answer And then straight ahead
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25. Listen to this conversation VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Excuse me miss, Is this the road to Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
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26. Listen to this Conversation VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
Carlos wait, where are you Wait / weit/ esperar
going? Where /juer/ donde / adonde / para adonde
Are you going to? /ar iu gointu/ Vas? Usted va? Ustedes van?
I’m going to /aim goin tu/ voy a /voy para
I’m going to the department
the department /de department stor/ El Centro comercial
store on Park Avenue. store
on Park Avenue /an park aveniu/ en la avenida parque
Why? Why? /juai/ Por qué?
Because /bicoz/ porque
Because I want to buy Want /want/ querer
buy /bai/ comprar
something for my wife, do Something /somzin/ algo
you know what time it is? Are for my wife /for mai waif/ para mi esposa
the stores open? do you know? /du iu now/ Usted sabe?
what time it is? /jua ttaim iris/ Cuál es la hora? Qué hora es?
Yes they are, it’s not too late Are the stores open? / ar de stors open/ Las tiendas estan abiertas?
it’s only eight o’clock. Open /oupen/ abierto /abrir
Closed /kloust/ Cerrado(a)
they are /dei ar/ estan/ son
Thanks Good bye Katie
it’s not too late /its nat tu leit/ no es muy tarde
it’s /its/ es / son
Good bye Carlos Only /onli/ solamente
It’s only /Its onli/ Solamente son (es)
1. I want to see some friends in Medellin they speak English because they are from the United
States but they live here in Colombia.
2. I’m going to see some friends here in Currulao, they study in my school.
3. I am going to speak with my friends they live in Turbo and they speak Spanish very well.
4. They are going to see her mother she is in the hotel now.
5. She speaks Spanish she is going to speak with me at the school tomorrow.
6. My brother lives in Bogota he speaks Spanish very well but he understand a little English
7. I don’t understand Spanish very well but I can speak a little English
8. I work here in Currulao and I’m going to work now. I work in a school here in Currulao.
9. I don’t have much time I am going to study now. I’m going to study English.
10. You have much time because you don’t study in the morning so you can practice soccer in the
morning.
11. Tell me what are you going to study in your school? Are you going to study Spanish or
English?
12. What are you going to study tomorrow?
13. Are you going to study or work tomorrow?
14. Are you going to speak Spanish or English now?
15. I am not going to study in Apartado tomorrow; I am going to study today.
16. Are you going to travel to Medellin tomorrow, or are you going to stay here?
17. Tell us. Do you speak English? Or we have to tell someone else to go to the meeting with the
Americans.
18. Today we have to see some Americans in my school we are going to speak English with them.
They speak English but they speak Spanish too. They speak Spanish very well.
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Ninety-two But I can’t
TELL ME, Ninety-nine Why?
Tell me in Good morning Now say Eighty-nine Because I don’t have any money
Ask me how I am How much do I owe you? I don’t have anything
Answer Ninety dollars Say I have a lot of money
How are you? Here’s one hundred dollars I have ninety dollars
Answer that you are fine Say One hundred dollars Or one hundred dollars
I’m fine Say One hundred fifty dollars You can leave with us
Ask If the stores are open One hundred eighty Tomorrow we’re going to Boston
Are the stores open? One hundred ninety together
Answer that they’re closed That’s too much Then we’re going to W, DC
They’re closed One hundred seventy Maybe
Ask Why One hundred sixty-five We’d like to see our friend Mary
Why? One hundred forty-seven She lives in W, DC
Answer Because it’s late How much do owe you And she works there
Because it’s late You don’t owe me anything She doesn’t have a car
Ask me that you are going to work You don’t owe me anything She doesn’t have a car
Are you going to work? One hundred dollars Try to say She doesn’t need a car
Say that you don’t think so Say Ninety dollars SHE NEEDS and SHE DOESN’T NEED
I don’t think so Say You don’t owe me anything Now say again She doesn’t have a
Say You think Why? car
Say You think Because you don’t owe me anything Do you have enough money?
Say You don’t think so Ask me what I want Say Yes, I think so
Tell me again What do you want? Try to say We don’t need anything
You don’t think so Try to say I don’t have anything And our friend doesn’t need
I don’t think so Now try to say I don’t want anything anything
Say that you going to NY What do you have? We’re going to leave
I’m going to New York I don’t have anything Tomorrow night we’d like to see W,
Say Maybe And I don’t want anything DC
Boston I want one hundred dollars And our friend
Say that you’re going to Boston I want to leave Ask If the Department Stores are
I’m going to Boston Say That you want to leave open now
I think I’m going to Boston I want to leave Are the Department Stores open
Ask that you’re going to do there How do you say I don’t want to now?
What are you going to do there? leave Say We don’t need anything, but we
Say that you are going to see some I don’t want to want to buy something for our
friends Say I’m going to leave tomorrow friend Mary
I’m going to see some friends We’re going to leave Say That’s too late
A few friends WE’RE WE ARE. It’s too late
Say that you have a few friends We’re going to leave tomorrow The Department Stores are closed
there We’re going to leave together now
I have a few friends there Together They’re open tomorrow
I’m going to see my friends and I’m Try to say Say We’re going to leave tomorrow
going to work We’re going to Boston together together
Maybe My wife and I are going to Boston Say Boston is expensive, but
Eighty together Washington, DC, is more expensive
Eight-five My wife wants to see a few friends
Now try to say Ninety And I’m going to work
Ninety-five Say I want to leave with you
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28. Now listen well VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Hi Katie, how are you? Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
Not very well /nat very wel/ no muy bien
Hi Charles I’m fine thanks, and What’s wrong? /juats ron/ Que sucede ?
you? I don’t know /ai dont now/ no se / no lo se
Maybe /meibi/ tal vez / quizás / de pronto
you’ve worked /iuv werkt/ has trabajado
Not very well
have /jav/ haber/tener
too much ./tu moch/ Demaciado/ mucho
Why? What’s wrong?
You know /iu now/ sabes
I’m going to /aim goin tu/ voy para / voy a
Oh I don’t know Today /tudei/ hoy
my family lives there /mai family livs der/ mi familia vive alla
Maybe you’ve worked too
My / mai/ Mi ( de mi propiedad)
much.
His /jis/ Su ( de él )
to go with me /tu gou wiz mi/ ir conmigo
Yes, Maybe I am leaving /aim livin/ salgo
Leave /liv/ salir/ partir(de un lugar)
You know I’m going to Boston You’ve =you have /iuv/ /iu jav/ tu has /has
today, my family lives there; I’ve =I have /aiv//ai jav/ yo he /he
would you like to go with me? I We’ve= we have /wiv/ ui jav/ hemos
am leaving at five o’clock. We’ve played /wiv pleid/ hemos jugado
They’ve= they have /deiv / dei jav/ Han
Yes, I would. Thanks a lot. They’ve lived… /deiv livd/ Han vivido
A lot /a lot/ Mucho(s) /mucha(s)
Team /tim/ equipo
There are /derar/ Hay (para cosas contables)
There is /deris/ Hay (para cosas no contables)
3. Not bad
4. Do you understand them when they speak English? Because I don’t understand them very well.
5. Well I don’t understand them a lot but I understand a few words. My English is not very good.
6. Do you understand him when he speaks Spanish? His Spanish is not good enough.
7. I speak a little Spanish and they speak very fast I don’t understand them very well.
8. I speak English and Spanish, I am going to speak these two languages very well.
9. Are you going to study here? I don’t want this school I prefer that school over there.
10. I want you to study in this school because my friends Study here. They live here in Currulao and they study in this
school.
11. I want you to play with my friends in my school they play soccer very well.
12. Are you going to see my friend in Currulao? Her name is Viviana Montiel and she speaks English and Spanish.
14. Well I understand Spanish but I also speak English I study in Currulao. But I understand English very well.
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Now ask What’s that mean I’ve been here Say My husband doesn’t have wine
What does that mean? I HAVE I bought some wine for my
The word BAD I’ve been here for a few weeks husband
That means MAL Say again I’ve been here for a few The newspaper is for me and the
Try to say weeks wine is for him
Not bad How long have you been in How do you say For him
Say that you understand now Boston? Say again The wine is for him
I understand now Yesterday I bought some coffee too
I don’t understand Say Yesterday The coffee is for my friend Mary
I’m sorry. I don’t understand Since yesterday The coffee is for her
Say again Not bad Say again Since yesterday Say It’s for her
Now say We’re here for a few days Try to say WE’VE Say The wine is for him
We’re here for a few days We’ve been here since yesterday Say The coffee is for her
Ask How long What did you buy yesterday? Do you like wine?
How long? DID. What did you buy yesterday? Ask again
How long are you going to stay? I bought something Do you like wine?
Say We’re going to stay for a few What did you buy yesterday? Now try to say Yes, I like wine
days Say Say I like I’d like
Then we’re going to leave I bought something Say I like wine
We’re going to Boston together Did buy Bought Now say I’d like some wine
We don’t have much time Ask What did you do yesterday? Ask Would you like some wine?
I have two hundred dollars, but I Try do you ask What did you do Answer No, thanks
don’t need anything yesterday? Why not?
My husband doesn’t need Answer I bought something I don’t want anything, but my
anything and we don’t have much What did you buy? husband would like a beer
time Something to drink Say
We’re going to stay for a few days I bought something to drink Here’s a beer
A few weeks I bought some wine and a It’s for him
Ask what that mean newspaper How do you say It’s for her
What does that mean? Ask does that mean Answer her questions
WEEKS What does that mean? I’m pleased to meet you, Mr. Martinez
The word WEEKS NEWSPAPER How long have you been here?
That means The word NEWSPAPER Since yesterday I’ve been here
Try to say That’s mean since yesterday
One week Say Newspaper What did you do yesterday?
How long? I bought a newspaper I bought something for my wife
For one week An American newspaper How long are you going to stay in
We’re going to stay for one week Yes, an American newspaper Boston?
together And I bought something to drink For a few weeks
Then we’re going to leave Ask How long have you been here? I’m going to stay for a few weeks
How long have you been here? Answer Since yesterday I’d like to stay for four weeks
HAVE BEEN How long have you I’ve been here since yesterday But I don’t have much time
been here? What did you do yesterday? Do you like Boston?
FOR I bought some wine Yes, I do
For a few weeks Some expensive wine I like Boston very much}
How long have you been here? And an American newspaper
Try to say I have been here Try to say That’s not bad
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Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
30. Rosa and Charles are in a VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
restaurant Listen to this Palabra en inglés Pronunciación Traducción al español
conversation Tell me /tel mi dime
How long? /jau lon/ Cuanto tiempo?
stay /stei/ quedarse/ permanecer/ estar
Tell me Rosa how long are you
For /for por
going to stay in New York? a few /a fiu/ unos cuantos / unos pocos
few /fiu/ pocos
dias
For a few days, I don’t have days /deis/
I don’t have /ai don’t jav/ no tengo
much time much time /moch taim/ mucho tiempo
Do you like New York? Do you like? /du iu laik/ A usted le gusta / te gusta?
I like / ai laik / me gusta / me agrada
Yes I do. I like New York very Like /laik/ gustarle a uno / agradarle a uno
1. Tell me when are you going to study English? Because I would like to speak English with you.
2. Tell me what are you going to do now? Are you going to the School or to the park?
3. Tell me are you going to speak with your mother? Or you are not going to tell her anything.
4. Tell me where are you going to study now? Are you going to study in your School or in your house?
5. Do you like your school?
6. Tell me. Do you like Currulao? Or would you like to live in other place?
7. Do you like to speak Spanish or English?
8. Where do want to live now? Do you want to live here in curulao or Medellin?
9. I don’t have any time to speak with you now. I need to study an English dialogue I have to say tomorrow.
10. I like to speak with my friends. We study in Currulao and we speak English and Spanish. They don’t speak much English but
they understand a little.
11. Where do you want to study when you finish your school?
12. What time do you want to study English at seven o’clock or at eight o’clock?
13. When do you want to play? In the morning or afternoon?
14. Are you going to stay here in Currulao for a few days or you are going to go to Medellin now?
15. Tell me how long are you going to study today? Because I cannot stay here for a very long time. You know I live in Apartado.
16. I’m not going to stay here for a long time I don’t have much time and I have to go to Apartado now.
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Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
In English How do you say word Did you buy an American Ask When did you arrive in New
THE WORD newspaper? York?
Try to say that word Answer I bought We arrived yesterday
Say A lot of things Say We arrived yesterday morning
That word? It’s an English word Ask again Did you buy anything? Try to say I arrived
Ask What does that word mean? Say Yes, I bought a lot of things I arrived in NY with my family
Try to ask I bought an American newspaper for With my three children
How do you say? my husband How do you say With my two boys
Say again That word Say I bought a newspaper for him My little girl
Ask How do you say that word? and I bought something to drink And my husband
In English Ask And you? We arrived together
Now say It’s an English word Ask What did you do yesterday? Ask A what time?
Ask What does that mean? Ask Did you buy anything? Answer We arrived at eight o’clock
Say We’re Mexican Ask If he bought a lot of things Say I arrived yesterday morning
We’ve been here for a few weeks Did you buy a lot of things? I arrived at nine o’clock
Ask How long? Did you buy anything for your wife? Ask And you, when did you arrive in NY?
How long have you been here? Did you buy some wine for her? Answer
Answer For a few weeks No, I didn’t Yesterday morning
Say again We’ve been here for a few Now say I don’t need anything At eight o’clock
weeks I’m not going to buy And when did you arrive in
How do you say We’ve been here Try to say I’m not going to buy America?
since yesterday anything Answer We arrived yesterday
Now say We’re going to stay for a I don’t want to buy anything We’re going to stay x
few days And how do you say For one week
Ask For how many days? We’re not going to buy anything And then we’re going to leave
Answer For a few days We don’t want to buy anything How do you say Tomorrow
Say We’re going to stay for a few And you? Now try to say We’re going to leave
days Did you buy anything? tomorrow morning
We don’t have much time Try to say We bought a lot of things Ask If she likes NY
Try to say We’ve been here since yesterday Do you like NY?
I like the US Say We’ve been here since for two Say that Yes, you do
Ask If you like NY days Yes, I do
Do you like NY? And we bought a lot of things Yes, I like NY
Yes, I like NY When? But we don’t have much time and
I like NY very much Yesterday we’re going to leave
You’re going to stay how long? Say Not bad Tomorrow morning
How many days? You arrived Ask If she bought anything
For one week How do you say You arrived Did you buy anything?
Say That’s not bad Did you arrive? She said that bought a lot of things
Say gain We’ve been here since Now try to ask When did you arrive? I bought a lot of things
yesterday Try to say We arrived yesterday Ask What she bought
Now ask What did you do Did you arrive Arrived What did you buy?
yesterday? Say again We arrived yesterday Answer An American newspaper for
Did you buy anything? Yesterday morning my husband
ANYTHING Good morning Say I bought a newspaper for him
How do you ask Did you buy How do you say Yesterday morning And I bought something
anything? How do you say You arrived For my friend
Ask What did you buy? Ask again When did you arrive? We’re going to leave tomorrow
Ask Ask again When did you arrive? morning
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