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English Material for developing communicative Skills

Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla


DIALOGUE 1. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
ENTENDERLO)
Palabra pronunciación Equivalencia en español
 Excuse me miss. Do you understand
Spanish? Excuse /exkiuz/ disculpar / pedir permiso
Me /mi/ Mi /yo (quien recibe la acción)
 No, Sir I don’t understand Excuse me /exkiuz mi/ Discúlpeme / con permiso / perdone
Spanish. miss /mis/ Señorita (mujer joven)
You /iu/ Usted / tú / ustedes (pronombre)
 I understand a little English your /iur/ Su / para decir que algo es de usted
Sir /ser/ señor
No /nou/ No (para iniciar una oración negativa)
 Are you Mexican? Spanish /spænish / Epañol. idioma, persona o cosa de españa
I /ai/ Yo (pronombre, sujeto de la oración)
 Yes, miss. In /in/ En dentro de una cosa o lugar
A /a/ Un una
And /ænd/ Y
GUÍA DE TRABAJO PARA EL ESTUDIANTE. little /litel/ lirou/ Poco poquito
A little /a lirou/ Un poco un poquito
1. Copie en su cuaderno toda la English /Inglish/ Inglés / idioma persona o cosa de
información contenida en la primera Inglaterra
Mexican /mexikən/ Mexicano(a) persona o cosa de México
página de cada lección de este documento. Yes /ies/ Si (para responder afirmativamente)
De esta forma usted se familiarizará con la understand /anderstænd/ Entender Comprender
escritura de las palabras en inglés are /ar/ Es, eres , estas, está, están, son
Are you? /ar iu/ Eres? Usted es? Tu eres? Ustedes son?
2. Lea y escuche el dialogo hasta que se lo You are /iu ar/ Eres Usted es Tu eres Ustedes son
do /du/ Palabra para preguntar por hechos
aprenda; teniendo en cuenta que usted rutinarios o verdaderos
debe entender lo que dice el dialogo y no Don’t = /dont/ No / (para decir que alguien no realiza
solo memorizarlo sin saber. Do not /du nat/ o hace una actividad rutinaria)
live /liv/ . vivir
3. Lea las oraciones cuidadosamente hasta speak /spiik/ Hablar
study /stadi/ Estudiar
que las entienda directamente en inglés; play /plei/ jugar
sin tener que escribirle la traducción al read /riid/ leer
español. Para eso haga uso de los write /rait/ escribir
vocabularios explicativos que se ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.
encuentran en cada lección.
1. Do you understand Spanish?
4. Recrear el dialogo en clases con la 2. Do you understand English?
ayuda de un compañero o el profesor y 3. Do you live in Currulao?
responder a preguntas de interpretación 4. I don’t live in Currulao, I live in Apartado and I speak Spanish.
5. No. I don’t understand Spanish, I understand English very well.
que le permitirán darse cuenta que tanto
6. I don’t understand Spanish miss, I understand a little English
domina el contenido del documento.
7. I understand English. I don’t understand a little Spanish
5. Usando la información de cada lección 8. I understand a little English, I live in Colombia and I speak Spanish
(toda la lección las dos páginas). Construya 9. I understand a little Spanish. Do you understand Spanish sir?
freses nuevas donde usted pueda aplicar 10. I Live in Currulao, I understand Spanish and I speak a little English.
dicho vocabulario. Emplee la información 11. Do you live in Apartado?
de toda la lección y como mínimo usted 12. You don’t understand Spanish, you understand English
debe hacer 20 oraciones nuevas para cada 13. You are Colombian, you understand Spanish very well
lección que esté sustentando. Para 14. I speak Spanish. I don’t understand English.
realizar las oraciones nuevas basta con que 15. Are you Mexican? Do you understand Spanish miss?
usted entienda la oración de ejemplo y 16. You speak Spanish sir. You live in Colombia you don’t live in Mexico
17. You don’t understand Spanish very well miss. You understand English.
cambie en esta una o dos palabras.
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
Excuse me! No, sir Do you understand Spanish?
Spanish I understand Are you Mexican?
Spanish I don’t understand Yes
Excuse me Don’t Yes
Excuse me I don’t understand Yes
Spanish I don’t understand Miss
Understand. Don’t Yes, Miss
Understand, Understand Do Don’t Are you Mexican?
You understand I don’t understand Yes, Miss
You understand Spanish Do you understand Spanish?
Spanish No, sir No, I don’t understand
You understand I don’t understand Spanish I don’t understand Spanish
You understand Spanish Do you understand? I understand a little English
Do Do you understand Spanish? Excuse me, Miss
You understand No, I don’t understand Do you understand Spanish?
Do you understand? I don’t understand Spanish No, sir
Excuse me! English I don’t understand Spanish
Do you understand? English I understand a little English
Do you understand? I understand Are you Mexican?
Do you understand Spanish? I understand English Yes, Miss
No I don’t understand English Excuse me, Miss
No, sir. You understand English Do you understand?
Sir Excuse me Do you understand English?
No Do you understand English? Do you understand Spanish?
No, sir A little No, sir
Excuse me, sir A little I don’t understand Spanish
Do you understand? I understand a little Do you understand English?
Do you understand Spanish? I understand English Do you understand English, sir?
I A little I understand a little
Understand A little English Are you Mexican?
I understand I understand a little English Yes, Miss
I understand Mexican Do you understand Spanish, sir?
I understand Spanish Mexican Yes. Miss, I understand Spanish
I understand you understand You are Do you understand English?
You understand You are A little
I understand You are Mexican I understand a little English
Excuse me Are you Mexican?
Do you understand? Excuse me
Do you understand Spanish? Do you understand English?

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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla

DIALOGUE2. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)


 Excuse me sir, do you understand Palabra pronunciación Equivalencia en español
me /mi/ mi / yo (pronombre objeto que recibe la acción)
English? sir /ser/ Señor (se usa para referirnos a cualquier baron)
Do you /du iu/ Usted? Pregunta por eventos repetitivos o rutinarios
 A little
You /iu/ Usted, tú, ustedes (pronombre sujeto de la oración)
 Are you Mexican? Understand /anderstaend/ Entender comprender
English /inglish/ inglés (persona, idioma o cosa de Inglaterra)
 Yes, do you understand Spanish miss? A /a/ un / una
 No I don’t, I don’t understand Spanish. A little /a lirou/ un poco, un poquito
Are you? /are iu/ Tú eres? Usted es? Ustedes son?
Country nationality language You are= you’re /Iu ar/=/ iur/
Mexican /mexikən/ Mexicano(a) persona o cosa de mexico
Spain Spanish Spanish Yes Si , para responder afirmativamente
/ies/
Colombia Colombian Spanish Spanish /spænish / Español.( Idioma, persona o cosa de España)
Peru Peruvian Spanish Miss /mis/ Señorita (indica una mujer joven)
Australia Australian English No /nou/ No , (para introducir la negación)
Venezuela Venezuelan Spanish I /ai/ Yo (pronombre personal sujeto de la oración)
Don’t /dont/ No (para decir que alguien no hace algo rutinario)
Japan Japanese Japanese
soccer /Soker/ Futbol , balón pie
Italy Italian Italian Canadian /kanedian/ Canadiense (persona o cosa de Canadá)
France French French Colombian /kolombian/ Colombiano(a) persona o cosa de Colombia
Germany German German Chinese / chainis/ Chino ( idioma ,persona o cosa de china )
The united American English Venezuelan /Venezuelan/ Venezolano(a) (persona o cosa de Venezuela)
States Peruvian /peruvian/ Peruano(a) ( persona o cosa de Perú)
Brazilian /brazilian/ Brasileño(a) ( persona o cosa de Brasil)
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese German /yerman/ Alemán (idioma, persona o cosa de Alemania)
England English English Japanese /yapanis/ Japonés (idioma persona o cosa de Japón)
Finland Finnish Finnish Italian /italian/ Italiano(a) (Idioma persona o cosa de Italia)
Cuba Cuban Spanish American /amerikan/ Estadounidense, norteamericano(a) (persona o
cosa de estados unidos)

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. I understand a little Spanish, I live in Currulao. I don’t understand German


2. You don’t understand a little Spanish and you don’t live in Colombia
3. Do you understand Spanish? Do you understand English?
4. You don’t understand English. You’re Colombian.
5. I understand a little English and I understand Spanish very well
6. I don’t understand a little English I speak Spanish.
7. Are you Mexican?
8. Are you American?
9. You are Mexican you understand Spanish
10. You are Colombian, you live in Currulao
11. You are not American, you are Colombian. You speak Spanish very well
12. You are not Mexican. You’re American and you speak English very well
13. I speak Spanish. I don’t understand English I live in Currulao
14. You don’t live in Currulao. You live in Medellin and you speak Spanish
15. I don’t study in Apartado. I study in Turbo, I study in Currulao and I understand a little English. I speak Spanish.
I don’t speak English very well.
16. You speak Spanish, you don’t speak English and you don’t understand English very well
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
Spanish I don’t understand Very well
Spanish Hello I understand very well
English Hello, Miss How are you, ma’am?
I understand Hello, Miss Fine, thanks
I understand English Ma’am I’m fine
I understand English Hello, ma’am I understand very well
A Little Hello, sir I don’t understand
A Little English How are you? Do you understand Spanish?
I understand a little English How Yes, I understand Spanish
Do you understand? How I understand English
Do you understand English? You are A little
Do you understand Spanish? You are I’m Mexican
No, sir Are you? I understand a little English
I don’t understand How I understand a little
I don’t understand How are you? Not very well
I don’t understand Spanish Hello, ma’am Not very well
I don’t understand English Hello, Miss I understand a little English
I understand a little don’t How are you I understand a little
understand English Fine, thanks Not very well
I understand Spanish Thanks Hello
I understand a little Spanish Fine Good-bye
You are Fine, thanks Hello, sir
You are Mexican Hello, sir Hello Miss
Are you Mexican? How are you, sir? How are you, sir?
Yes, Miss Fine, thanks Fine, thanks
Sir I’m fine I’m fine, thanks
No, sir How are you? Are you Mexican?
Miss I’m fine, thanks Yes, I’m Mexican
Miss, Miss Good-bye Do you understand English?
Miss Good-bye A little
Excuse me, Miss Hello I understand a little English
I understand English Hello, sir You understand English very well
A little How are you? Thanks, Miss
I understand a little English Fine, Miss Good-bye
Are you Mexican? Thanks Good-bye
Yes, you are Mexican I’m fine Hello, sir
You’re.. You’re Good-bye, ma’am Hello, Miss
You are you’re I don’t understand How are you, sir?
You’re Are you Mexican? Fine, thanks
You’re Mexican Yes, ma’am I’m fine, thanks
I’m Mexican Good-bye ma’am Are you Mexican?
Yes, I’m Mexican Excuse me, ma’am Yes, I’m Mexican
You’re Do you understand? Do you understand English?
You’re Mexican Yes, sir, I understand A little
I’m Mexican Oh, you understand English! I understand a little English
You understand Spanish Yes, I understand English You understand English very well
Do you understand? I understand very well Thanks, Miss
Do you understand Spanish? Well Good-bye
No, sir Very Good-by

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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I don’t live in Currulao but I understand and speak Spanish very well.
2. No. I don’t understand Spanish. I understand English. But I live in Colombia.
3. I don’t understand Spanish miss. But you don’t understand English
4. I understand English very well but I don’t understand Spanish
5. I’m fine thanks
6. Hello. Are you Mexican?
7. Excuse me. Do you understand a little English?
8. I am fine thanks, I’m fine thanks
9. you live in Colombia and you understand Spanish very well
10. Do you play tennis very well?
11. I don’t play tennis but I play basketball very well
12. I understand a little English, but not very well.
13. Hello sir, do you understand Spanish?
14. Hello miss, do you understand English?
15.Hello miss, are you Mexican? Are you American? Are you Colombian?
16.I speak English very well but I understand a little French. But I’m not American. I’m Colombian
17.You don’t understand Spanish but you understand English very well
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
And you? THANKS I’m fine, thanks
English And you Excuse me
I understand English I’m Mexican. And you? THANKS
A little You are Mexican Thanks
I understand a little You are not Mexican Excuse me, sir
I understand a little English I’m not American Please, sir
Not very well And you? Are you Mexican
I don’t understand I’m not American Yes, Miss
You Don’t. But And I don’t understand Spanish
Excuse me But I understand I don’t understand very well
How are you, sir? But I understand English I understand a little
I’m fine, thanks But I understand English Not very well
Thank you I understand a little English I understand a little English
Thank you I don’t understand Miss, Miss
Thank you I don’t understand very well Yes
Thank you Not very well Hello, Miss Hello, sir
Thank you, ma’am And you? How are you?
Thanks Are you American, ma’am? I’m fine, thanks And you, sir?
Hello Are you Mexican? I’m fine
Hello, ma’am Do you understand Spanish? Do you understand Spanish?
Good-bye I’m sorry. I don’t understand No, sir
Good-bye, ma’am Spanish I don’t understand Spanish
Thank you I’m sorry I’m sorry. I don’t understand
How are you? No, I’m sorry Spanish
Fine, thanks I don’t understand Spanish Are you Mexican?
I don’t understand English No, I’m sorry. I don’t understand Yes, Miss, I’m Mexican
Do you understand English? Spanish But I understand English
I understand a little English Please A little
Are you Mexican, sir? Please Not very well
Are you Mexican, Miss Excuse me But you understand English very
Yes, I’m Mexican You’re well
I’m I’m Thanks Thank you, Miss
You’re I don’t understand I’m sorry. I don’t understand
Mexican No, Miss You speak very well
I’m Mexican I don’t understand English You speak very well
Are you Mexican, ma’am? I’m sorry Please, Miss
No, I’m American I’m sorry. I don’t understand Good-bye, sir
American English Good-bye, Miss
American I’m not Mexican Are you Mexican?
I’m American You don’t understand Spanish Yes, Miss, I’m Mexican
Do you understand Spanish? You are not Mexican, Miss But I understand English
A little You are not American, sir A little
Not very well I’m Mexican. ¿And you? Not very well
I’m not American Are you American? But you understand English
I’m not American I’m sorry. I don’t understand very well
And you? How are you? Thanks
And I’m fine, thanks Thank you, Miss
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA
DIALOGUE 4 ENTENDERLO)
Palabra pronunciación Traducción al español
 Excuse me miss, are you American? estadounidense/ Norteamericano/
American /american/
 Yes, I’m American. And you? americano de Estados Unidos
I’m = I am /aim/ /ai am/ soy / estoy / yo soy / yo estoy
 I’m Mexican I’m not /aim nat/ No soy /no estoy/ yo no soy/yo no estoy

 But you understand English? But /bat/bot/ pero


Not /nat/not/ no (se usa con adverbios y auxiliares)
 A little not very well Very /very/ muy
 Oh yes you speak very well Well / wel/ bien
Speak /spik/ hablar
 Thank you miss Thank /zenk/ gracia/ agradecer/ dar las gracias
Thank you /zenk iu/ le agradezco / le doy las gracias/ Se lo
agradezco / gracias
I’m /aim/ es la forma corta de (I am /ai am/), Thaks /zenks/ gracias
la cual se utiliza con más frecuencia sobre Portuguese / porcheguiz/ portugués
todo en las conversaciones y en el lenguaje Polish /polish/ Polaco (idioma, persona o cosa de polonia)
informal). Aunque (I am) es correcto es Dutch /dotch/ Holandés (persona, idioma o cosa de Holanda)
raro escuchar a alguien decir todo el Russian /roshan/ Ruso(persona, idioma o cosa de Rusia)
tiempo (I am) de inmediato lo Korean /korian/ Koreano(persina, idioma o cosa de Korea)
consideran con muy bajo nivel de inglés australian /ostraulian/ Australiano (persona o cosa de Australia)
cuban /Kiuban/ Cubano(a)(persona o cosa de Cuba)
My /mai/ Mi ( para indicar que algo es mío )

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. Where do you live? Do you live here in Currulao?
2. Where do you study? Do you study here in my school?
3. Do you live on Park Avenue? Or on east fifty second Street?
4. I study over there in the E.C.I. I study in the morning
5. I don’t study in Turbo, I study here in Currulao in the morning
6. My school is here in Currulao on Main Street I study English in my school.
7. My house is over there on Main Street and my school is here.
8. My house is not here. My house is oven there
9. Where is the bank? Is the bank here?
10. Where is the church? Is the church over there?
11. My house is here and my school is over there.
12. You don’t live here, you live over there.
13. Your school is here your school is not over there.
14. The supermarket is here in Currulao.
15. I live here but I don’t study here I study over there.
16. The park is over there but I study here on Main Street. I study in the E.C.I
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English Material for developing communicative Skills
Author Paul Pimsleur. Adaptation and compilation Eladio Vergara Padilla
Hello Do you understand? To drink
Do you understand Spanish? Do you know? I would like
I understand a little No, I don’t know I would like to have something to
And I speak a little It’s not over there drink
Not very well Thanks Would you like to have something to
And you? You’re welcome drink?
Do you understand English? I want I don’t know
I’m sorry. I don’t understand I want I would like to have something to
I’m not American You want eat
And I don’t understand I want Would you like to have something to
I’m not American and I don’t I know drink?
understand I don’t know No, thank you
I’m sorry I don’t want But I would like to have something
But you speak very well You want to eat
Thank you Do you want? Would you like to have something to
How are you? You would like drink?
I’m fine, thanks. And you? You would like No, thanks, but I would like to have
East Fifty Second Street To eat something to eat
Park Avenue To eat Hello, ma’am
Where is Park Avenue? You would like to eat How are you?
Please You would like to have something to I’m fine, thanks
Where is East Fifty Second Street, eat East 52 Street
please? Something Where is East 52 Street, please?
It’s here Something Is it here?
East Fifty Second Street it’s here You would like to have something to It’s not here, it’s over there
Is it here? eat Where is Park Avenue, please?
No, it’s over there HAVE I’m sorry. I don’t know
It’s not over there You would like to have something to eat Thanks
And it’s not here Would you like to have something to You’re welcome
East Fifty Second Street is not here eat? I would like to have something to
But Park Avenue is here Would you. Would you like to have eat
Thank you, Miss something to eat? Where?
You’re welcome I would like I don’t know
You’re welcome I want - I would like Would you like to have something to
Where is East Fifty Second Street, I would like drink?
please? I would like to have something to No, thanks, but I would like to have
I don’t know eat something to eat
I don’t know I would like O.K. O.k.
I don’t know I would like something to eat But I don’t want to eat
I don’t know Something O.K. Good-bye, sir
I know I would like to have something to Good-bye
Where is Park Street, please? eat Would you like to have something to
I don’t know Yes, I would like to have something drink?
Oh, I know to eat No, thanks, but I would like to have
It’s over there Would you like to have something to something to eat
Thanks eat? O.K.
You’re welcome I would like to have something to But I don’t want to eat
I know drink O.K.
You know To drink Good-bye, sir Good-bye

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DIALOGUE 6 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA


ENTENDERLO)
 Hello Katie Palabra en inglés pronunciación Equvalencia en españon
 Hello Peter, how are you? Hello /jelou/ hola
 Fine thank you, but I would like to how /jau/ Cómo? Como
have something to drink, and you? are /ar/ Es, está ,son, están, estás,
eres
 Yes, I would like to have something
you /iu/ usted / ustedes / tu
to drink too.
Fine /fain/ bien
 And to eat? Gracias / se lo agradezco /
Thank you /zenk iu/
 Yes, I would like to have something
I would like /ai wud laik/ me gustaría
to eat too. to have something to drink /tu jav somzin tu drink/ beber algo
 Where? Too /tuu/ también
 Park avenue, please Eat /it/ Comer
 Ok to have something to eat /tu jav somzin to it/ comer algo
Where? /juer/ dónde? Adonde?
Would / transforma a la accion en(ría) Park avenue /park aveniu/ avenida Parque
Please /pliz/ por favor
would like / gustaría
Ok /okei/ está bien / de acuerdo
I would like /me gustaría Some water /som worer/ agua
You would like / te gustaría Soda /soda/ gaseosa
would study / estudiaría Coke /(kouk/ cocacola
I would study / estudiaria
Meat /mit/ carne
You would study / estudiaría
I would speak / Hablaria Fish /fish/ pescado
You would study/ estudiaria Rice /rais/ arroz
I would play / jugaría Vegetables /vesdchtebols/ vegetales
I would eat Comería
I would understand Entendería

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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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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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DIALOGO 7 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)


Palabra en inglés Pronunciación Equivalencia en español
 Hello Katie When /wen/ cuándo?
 Hello Peter Would you like? /wud iu laik/ Te gustaría? / le gustaría ¿/ les
gustaría?
 When would you like to eat Katie, now? to eat /tu it/ comer
 No Peter not now later please but I’d now /nau/ ahora
like to have something to drink now not now /nat nau/ ahora no
 Where? later /leiter/leirer/ más tarde
 I don’t know Please /pliz/ por favor
 At a restaurant? But /bot / bat/ pero
I’d like = I would like /aid laik /ai wud laik/ me gustaría
 Yes, Ok
I’d = I would /aid //ai wud/ (ría) I’d like= me gustaría /I’d
speak = hablaría /
I don’t know /ai don’t nou/ no se / yo no se
La expression would like hace preguntas Know /nou/ saber / conocer
you would like le gustaría At a restaurant /at a restaurant/ en un restaurante
Would you like? Te gustaría? Le At /at/ en
gustaría? A /a/e/ un / una
Would you like to live in Cali? Restaurant /restaurant/ restaurante
Would you like to speak Spanish? What? /juat/ qué? / cual?
I would like to speak English, would you At a university /at a universiti/ en una universidad
like to speak English too? Museum /miusin/ museo
I would like to study in Medellin Hotel /joutel/ hotel
Would you like to study in Medellin too? Store /stor/ tienda

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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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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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DIALOGUE 8 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA


 Katie would you like to eat now? ENTENDERLO)
palabra pronunciación Traducción en Español
 No thanks peter not now but I’d
Or /or/ o/u
like to have something to drink? I’d like /aid laik/ me gustaría
 What would you like to drink? What /juat/ qué / cual?
 I don’t know , some wine…no, Beer /biar/ cerveza
some beer Wine /wain/ vino
Some /som//sam/ algo de /una cantidad determinada
 I’d like some beer too, miss two
Know /nou/ saber / conocer
beers please. I don’t know /ai dont nou/ no se / no lo sé / yo no se
 What, something to eat? some wine /som wain/ vino (una cantidad determinada de vino)

 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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO

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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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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DIALOGUE 9 VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)


 Hello Mary, how are you? palabra pronunciación Traducción al español
Fine thanks /fain zenks/ bien gracias
 Fine thanks John
Do /du/ Hacer (cuando es verbo principal)
 Well Mary what do you want to do now? Do you want? /du iu want/ Quieres /usted quiere?
 Oh, I don’t know. And you what do Want /want/ querer
you want to do? to have lunch /tu jav lonch/ almorzar
with /wiz/ con
 I’d like to have lunch now, would you
Me /mi/ yo / mi
like to have lunch with me?
With me /wiz mi/ conmigo
 Yes, I would but I’d like to eat at the With you /wiz iu/ Contigo /con usted /con ustedes
Park Avenue restaurant ok. at the Park Avenue /at de park avenue / en el restaurant de la
 Where is the Park Avenue restaurant? restaurant restaurant/ avenida parque/
the Park Avenue /de park aveniu El restaurante de la avenida
 It’s over there on Park Avenue. restaurant restaurant/ parque.
 Oh, yes I know, ok. On Park Avenue /on park aveniu/ en la avenida Parque
I know /ai nou/ Yo se /se
To have lunch /tu jave lonch/ indica Work /werk/ trabajar
comerse la comidad el medio dia Buy /bai/ comprar
To have breakfast / comerse la primera
To have breakfast /tu jav brekfast/ desayunar
comida del dia
For breakfast, lunch, /for breakfast, lonch, Para / desayunar/ almorzar/
To have dinner / tu jave diner/ comer en la dinner diner/ cenar
tarde o noche For /for/ Por/ para
To want /tu want/ querer .
Bread /bred/ pan
I want to have lunch at one o’clock
potato /poteirou/ Papa
I have lunch at a restaurant in Currulao but
Milk /milk/ leche
I have dinner in Apartado.
Walk /wok/ caminar
I don’t have breakfast in my school
At home /at jom/ En casa

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I want to speak Spanish with you. I don’t want to speak English
2. Do you want to have something to eat here in the restaurant?
3. What do you want to do? Do you want to play or would you like to study?
4. Where do you want to live? Do you want to live here in Currulao or in Medellin?
5. When do you want to play?
6. Do you want to eat in your house or at a restaurant?’
7. Do you want to speak Spanish?
8. Would you like to have lunch with me?
9. Do you want to study with me?
10. I want to study with you later but I don’t want to study here I want to study over there in the school.
11. I want to play with you in my school
12. I want to live in Medellin with my mother I don’t want to live here in Currulao.
13. I would like to have lunch with you; and I want to speak with you later but I don’t want to speak Spanish I want to speak English
14. Where do you want to play soccer now? I would like to play in Apartado because I don’t want to play here in Currulao.
15. What do you want to have for dinner? Would you like to have pizza or burger?
16. Where do you want to have lunch at home or at a restaurant?
17. When would you like to eat now or later?
18. I don’t want to have lunch here I would like to have lunch with you at a restaurant.
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I’d like to buy two beers At what time? But would you like to have
With whom? At what time? something to drink with me?
How are you? One o’clock No, thanks, sir
Do you understand English? At what time? Not now
Where is Park Avenue? One o’clock And not later
Excuse me At one o’clock But at one o’clock, O.K.?
¿Do you know? At a restaurant No, not at one o’clock
Do you know where Park Avenue On Park Avenue At two o’clock?
is? Sabe usted dónde queda la At one o’clock No, thank you. I don’t want to
Avenida Parque? At nine o’clock Later, at eight o’clock
Do you know where Park Avenue At what time? Or at nine o’clock
is? At one o’clock At what time?
Do you know where East Fifty At nine o’clock No, sir, I don’t want to have
Second Street is? Eight something to drink with you
Where is East Fifty Second Street? Eight o’clock Oh, now I understand
Where is the Park Avenue At eight o’clock? Very well, you understand now
restaurant? No, at nine o’clock Yes, you don’t want to have
I’d like to have lunch now Two beers something to drink with me?
Would you like to have lunch, Two o’clock But you would like to have
too? Eight o’clock
O.K. Thank you One o’clock something to drink with me?
You’re welcome Nine o’clock But you would like to have
What would you like to do? At two o’clock something to eat with me?
I’d like to buy something At what time? At a restaurant
When? At one o’clock or at two o’clock? At one o’clock or at two o’clock?
What would you like to buy? I don’t know, but I’d like to eat at a Not at one clock and not at two
With whom? restaurant o’clock
With me? At eight o’clock? Not at eight o’clock and not at
I’d like to buy some wine Not, at nine o’clock nine o’clock
Or some beer At what time? At what time?
I want to buy two beers I don’t know You don’t understand, sir
I’d like to have something to drink I don’t know at what time What don’t I understand?
I’d like to have something to drink At two o’clock. O.K.? You don’t understand English, sir
with you O.K. At a restaurant
But not here Where is the Park Hotel, please?
And not over there, at the hotel Do you know where the hotel is?
No, not at the hotel Do you know where the hotel is?
What do you want to do? It’s over there, on Park Avenue
I’d like to have something to drink Would you like to have lunch with me?
at the restaurant No
O.K. But I’d like to have lunch too I’m sorry, Miss
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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I’d like to have something to drink with you at three o’clock.
2. At what time would you like to play with me?
3. I would like to study English at seven o’clock or much later.
4. I want to play in my school at eight o’clock or later at ten o’clock
5. Would you like to speak Spanish here?
6. Dou you want to study in my school?
7. I want to speak with you at six o’clock or later at seven o’clock
8. Where do you want to study at eight o’clock?
9. What would you like to do at your school later?
10. Where do you want to live later, here in Turbo or in Apartado?
11. I know you don’t understand Spanish very well, you understand English, but I would like to speak
with you at six o’clock at the hotel in Spanish, I don’t want to speak English today.

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
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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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DIALOGUE 11. VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS


 Katie at what time would you like to have CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
something to eat with me? Palabra Pronunciación Equivalente en español
 At one o’clock? At one o’clock at uan oclok/ a la una en punto
at two o’clock /at tu oclok/ a las dos en punto
 No, not at one o’clock at two o’clock? /bat/bot/
but pero / mas bien
 No not at two o’clock but at three o’clock at three o’clock /at zri oclok/ a la tres en punto
at four o’clock /at four oclok/ a las cuatro en punto
 Oh. No, not at three o’clock at four
At five o’clock /at faiv oclok/ a las cinco en punto
o’clock?
All right = alright /orrait/ muy bien / está bien / de
 No, thank you. acuerdo / Correcto/ bueno
 At five o’clock? At eight o’clock /at eiroclok/ a las ocho en punto
at nine o’clock /at nain oclok/ a las nueve en punto
 No, later please
it’s /its/ es / está / queda
 All right. At eight o’clock? too late /tuu leit muy tarde
 No, not at eight o’clock but at nine o’clock I don’t want /ai don’t want/ no quiero
to eat with you /tu it wiz iu/ comer con usted
ok.
Past /past/ pasada /pasado
 No, nine o’clock it’s too late At ten past three /at ten past zri/ a las tres y diez
 I don’t want to eat with you peter. At forty six past ten /at forti siks past ten/ a las diez y cuarenta y seis

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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?

16. I live here in Currulao but I would like to live in Medellin.

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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. At what time would you like to have dinner with me?


2. Where would you like to have dinner tonight?
3. What do you want to do tonight?
4. Do you want to have dinner at a restaurant tomorrow night?
5. I would like to have dinner with you tomorrow night.
6. What would you like to do tonight, would you like to have dinner with me?
7. When do you want to study, tonight or tomorrow night?
8. I want to speak with you at six o’clock at a restaurant
9. At seven o’clock is too late, but tomorrow night at six o’clock is ok.
10. Hello it’s Carlos. What do you want to do now?
11. I want to play basketball and I would like to play with you at seven o’clock in the morning.
12. Where would you like to study at your school or in your house? I don’t want to study with you now, I
would like to study later at eight o’clock or ten o’clock.
13. I’d like to have dinner with you at a restaurant here in Apartado at seven o’clock I don’t want to have
dinner with you at home.
14. Where would you like to have dinner here in Currulao or over there in Apartado?
15. I would like to have something to eat with you tomorrow morning I don’t want to eat with you
tomorrow afternoon
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Tonight How much do I owe you today? Listen and answer
Tomorrow night Eight dollars Hello. How are you?
At six o’clock Eleven dollars Fine, thanks
Not later? Eleven dollars I’m fine, thank you
Then at seven o’clock How much? You speak English very well
Or at eight o’clock How much do I owe you? No, not very well
What time is it now? Twelve dollars Listen and answer
Do you know what time it is? Twelve dollars Would you like to have something to
It’s ten o’clock now Two dollars eat?
No, it’s four o’clock Three dollars No, thanks
What time is it now? Twelve dollars No, thank you
It’s five o’clock Eleven dollars Would you like to have something to
I’m going to eat at five o’clock One dollar drink?
Sin cambiar el orden de las palabras Thirteen dollars Some wine?
pregunte Usted va a comer? Thirteen dollars No, I’d like some beer
You are going to eat? How much do I owe you? Some beer, please
With whom? Twelve dollars O.K.
With you Thirteen dollars When? Today?
I’m going to eat with you Eight dollars No, not today, tomorrow
Yes, I’d like to eat too Eleven dollars Tonight?
I’d like to have dinner with you Ten dollars No, not tonight, tomorrow night
I’d like to have dinner with you Twelve dollars At what time?
tonight At the hotel Two dollars At five o’clock?
At the hotel on Park Avenue Nine dollars No, not at five o’clock, at six o’clock
All right Six dollars Then at seven o’clock?
Are you going to have some wine? How much? No, not at seven o’clock, at eight
No, I’m going to have some beer Seven dollars o’clock,
Today I’m not American I’m sorry. Please, repeat No, at ten o’clock, please
I’m not going to have dinner today Do I owe you five dollars? Not at ten o’clock, at eleven o’clock
You’re not going to have dinner? Do you want five dollars? All right
No, not today Please, listen Tomorrow night at eleven o’clock
I’m not going to have dinner today Do I owe you five dollars? Good-bye
Today I’m going to eat at three o’clock No, ma’am, four dollars How much do I owe you, Miss?
Or at two o’clock And seven dollars It’s thirteen dollars, sir
O.K. then at two o’clock I owe you thirteen dollars No Miss, I owe twelve dollars
Listen and repeat No, not thirteen No, sir, you owe me eleven dollars
How much? How much? Do I owe you twelve dollars? No, not eleven dollars
How much do I owe you? No, eleven dollars I owe you ten dollars
Listen and repeat Please listen No, sir, not ten dollars
I owe you I owe you Do you understand? You owe me nine dollars
How much do I owe you? Yes, now I understand No Miss, not nine dollars, eight dollars
How much do I owe you? I understand you now O.K., then, eight dollars
One dollar One dollar Thank you, sir
How much do I owe you? I owe you one dollar You’re welcome
One dollar, sir Now listen
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13. Listen to this telephone conversation VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
palabra pronunciación Equivalencia en español
 Hello Mary. It’s Jack. going to /goin tu/ ir a
 Hello jack, how are you? I’m going to /aim goin tu/ Voy a
do /du/ hacer (cuando es verbo
 Fine thanks, what are you going to do principal)
tonight Mary? Tonight /tunait esta noche
Not tonight /nat tunait/ esta noche no
 Tonight? Oh, I don’t know
I don’t know /ai don’t now no se /yo no se
 Would you like to have dinner with No thank you /nou zenk iu/ no gracias
I’m not going to /aim nat goin tu/ No voy a
me? At six o’clock?
Yes, I would /ies ai wud/ Si, me gustaría
 No, thank you I’m going to have dinner nos vemos esta noche
See you tonight /si iu tunait/
with Nancy tonight. But, would you
Are you going to? /ar iu goin tu/ Vas a? usted va a?
like to have something to drink at the
You are going to /iu ar going tu/ Vas a /. tu vas a / usted va a.
hotel, later?
You’re not going to /iur nat goin/ No vas a / usted no va a/
 Yes, I would. At what time? ustedes no van a /…
Learn /lern/ aprender
 At nine o’clock or later at ten o’clock
Travel /travel viajar
 Ok, at ten o’clock at the hotel good bye Paint /peint/ pintar
Mary Close /clouz/ cerrar
Chat /chat/ Chatear
 See you tonight Jack need /niid/ Necesitar

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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I owe you two dollars sir. I don’t owe you ten dollars.
2. I don’t owe you three dollars, I owe you two dollars
3. How much do you owe me, ten dollars or two dollars?
4. How much do you have ten or fifteen dollars?
5. Here’s twenty dollars I would like a Colombian beer. I don’t want a Mexican beer.
6. Here you are a Mexican beer sir. Would you like an American beer too?
7. Here’s a Mexican beer. I don’t have any American beer
8. You owe me ten dollars I would like you to pay me.
9. How much do you owe in the store? Do you owe ten dollars or fifteen dollars?
10. Do you owe me five dollars? I don’t remember.
11. Here’s a Colombian beer you owe me 5000 pesos
12. I’d like a Mexican beer I don’t want a Colombian beer.
13. I’m going to have an American beer I don’t want to have a Mexican beer.
14. Here’s some French wine it is very good. Would you like a little?
15. How much do you owe me ten or five dollar?
16. I don’t know but you owe me some dollars too.
17. I would like to have some beer but I don’t have any money.
18. I would like some American wine. I don’t want any Mexican beer.
19. I’m going to have Mexican beer I’m not going to have American beer.
20. I’m going to live here in Currulao. I want to study in your school I would like to speak English with you

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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. I am going to give you some dollars and some pesos too


2. I don’t have any dollars but I have some pesos.
3. I don’t have any money but I want to buy some beer.
4. Do you have any pesos?
5. How many euros do you have?
6. How many pesos do you have?
7. How many notebooks do you have?
8. How many brothers do you have?
9. How many sisters do you have?
10. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
11. I’m going to give you ten dollars I don’t have a lot of money.
12. Are you going to give me five dollars? I need fifteen dollars. I want to buy some wine.
13. I’m not going to give you any dollars but I’m going to give you some pesos.
14. You don’t have any dollars but i know you have some pesos
15. Do you have any dollars I’d like to buy something and I don’t have any money.
16. I don’t have any dollar, I don’t have any pesos I have some euros
17. I have 50 euros; I want to buy some wine. Would you like to buy some beer too?
18. I don’t have any brothers but I have four sisters. But my sisters don’t speak English.
19. You don’t have any friends here in Currulao but I know you have some friends in Medellin.
20. I want to speak with you I know you don’t speak Spanish but I speak English very well now.
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Please, repeat How much is a beer? Then give me some pesos
I’m sorry, please repeat How much is it? I can’t
Do you have any dollars? How much is it? You can’t
Do you have any wine? How much is a beer? I can
I don’t have any wine How much is it? But I don’t want to
But I have some beer ONE. One beer, one dollar You have pesos
Then give me a beer And the wine, six dollars But I don’t want any
Here’s five pesos How much is it? Two and two is how much?
You don’t have any dollars? I’m sorry, how much is it? One and two is how much?
I have some dollars too Here’s two dollars Three
Give me seventeen dollars Thank you Two and three is how much?
How many? Eighteen? Please, give me three dollars Five
That’s a lot I can Four and four is how much?
No ma’am, sixteen dollars, please I can Eight
Here’s fifteen dollars I can give you Four and two is how much?
It’s fourteen, ma’am I can give you three dollars Six
Then, give me one dollar I can’t Three and four is how much?
How much do I owe you? Cannot. I can Can’t Seven
Not a lot I can – I can’t Six and three is how much?
Do you know what it is? I can’t Nine
No, I don’t I can give you three dollars Nine and one is how much?
DO, YES, I DO – NO, I DON’T I can’t give you any dollars Ten
No, I don’t Can’t Six and seven is how much?
No, I don’t I can’t give you any dollars Thirteen
Ahora escuche y repita esta breve You can Thirteen and two is how much?
respuesta positiva Can you? Fifteen
Yes, I do Yes, I do Can you give me some dollars? Eight and four is how much?
Do you have any wine? Yes, I can Twelve
No, I don’t I can’t Thirteen and three is how much?
Do you have any beer? I don’t want to Sixteen
Yes, I do Do you have any wine? Fifteen and two is how much?
I have a lot of beer Yes, I have some Seventeen
Here’s a beer I have some Seventeen and two is how much?
The beer is for you Do you have any beer? Nineteen
FOUR Yes, I have some Thank you, Miss
For you I have some beer With the young woman
The beer is for you I don’t have any Hello, how are you?
For me? don’t have any Fine, thanks
Is the beer for me? Do you have any dollars? I’m fine, thank you
Yes, the beer is for you Yes, I have some Would you like to have dinner with me?
For me? Is the beer for me? I have a lot Yes, I would
Yes, but the wine is for Charles No, I don’t have any Thanks, I would
Do you have any wine? I don’t have a lot I’d like to have dinner with you
Yes, I do I want some dollars When? Tonight, at seven o’clock?
Yes, I have some You want some dollars All right? All right. Tonight, at
No, I don’t Some dollars? seven o’clock.
I don’t have any You want some dollars I don’t have any wine. Can you buy
Do you want some wine? I can’t some wine?
No, I don’t No, thanks You can’t Yes, I can
Yes, I do, thanks I don’t have any dollars I can buy some for you
O.K. The wine is for you I don’t have any Do you have any dollars?
Thank you very much I want some dollars Yes, I do
Thank you very much I don’t have any Yes, I have some dollars
How much is a beer? I don’t have a lot

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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. I would like to have dinner with you tomorrow.


2. Would you like to have dinner with me now? I want to speak with you at a restaurant here in Apartado
3. I would like to have dinner with you but not tonight, I know it’s too late.
4. When would you like to have lunch with me? Today or tomorrow?
5. What would you like to do tomorrow night? Would you like to have dinner with me at a restaurant here in
Currulao?
6. Do you want to have lunch at a restaurant or at the school? Because I can’t have lunch with you at the
school today.
7. I don’t want to have dinner with you tonight. It’s very late now.
8. I would like to have dinner with you tomorrow night at seven o’clock at a restaurant.
9. Where do you want to have dinner tonight? At six o’clock or later at eight o’clock?
10. Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow at seven o’clock?
11. What are you going to do today are you going to study or to play at your school?
12. When are you going to speak English? You study every day but you don’t understand.
13. I want to study English in Medellin but I can’t. I live here in Currulao and I don’t have anybody in Medellin.
14. Where would you like to play today? Do you want to play at my school or in the park? I would like to play
in my school. But I want to play where you want.

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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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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)

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I am going to buy a book now.
2. The book I’m going to buy is not very expensive.
3. Where are you going to buy the book?
4. When are you going to buy the book?
5. I have some money; I’m going to buy the book now. I want to buy the book over there.
6. Do you want to buy a book here?
7. The book is not expensive. I’m going to give you some money to buy the book right now.
8. How much is the book, twenty or thirty dollars?
9. Give me some money to buy a book!
10. Are you going to buy a book?
11. Where are you going to study tomorrow? Are you going to study in this school?
12. How much is the book you are going to buy? Is it very expensive?
13. How much is the car you want to buy?
14. Where are you going to buy the book you want to buy? Are you going to buy it at a book store in Apartado?
15. When are you going to buy the house you want?
16. Where do you want to buy the house you want to buy?
17. Why do you want to buy that expensive house?
18. When do you want to buy the book?
19. Twenty dollars is not enough money to buy the book I want to buy. I need thirty dollars for the book.
20. I need to buy a book but I don’t have enough money. Can you borrow me some money?
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Fifty My husband would like to have Does your wife want to have
Sixty something to drink something to drink?
Thirty-five My husband would like to have some Do you want to have something to
Twenty-eight wine drink?
Good morning My husband would like to have some DO DOES
That’s not expensive water Does your wife want to have
It’s expensive Water something to drink?
Yes, it is expensive I’d like some water And you? What would you like to
In dollars is expensive My wife would like some water drink?
You speak too fast I’d like some coffee Coffee or water?
I’m sorry. You speak too fast Coffee, please! Your wife can have some water
I don’t understand you My husband would like some coffee and you can have some coffee
Do you have enough money? Water for me Thank you very much
I have forty-one dollars Your wife Where’s your wife?
That’ too much YOU ARE. Your wife is here My wife? I don’t know
No, but it is enough Your husband is here My wife isn’t here
It’s not expensive Where is my husband? Would you like to have dinner with
It’s not too expensive Where’s my husband? me?
In dollars, it’s not too expensive Where’s my wife? I’m sorry. I can’t
Listen and repeat Your wife is not here I’m going to have dinner with my
More expensive IS NOT husband
Here it’s more expensive Listen and repeat I’m going to have dinner with my
Do you have enough money? Isn’t husband tonight
You speak very fast My wife Then, would you like to have
You speak English too fast Your wife isn’t here something to drink?
Here it is more expensive Your husband isn’t here Yes, I would
THAT My husband? What would you like to drink?
Listen and repeat My wife would like some coffee Coffee?
Who is that? My husband would like some water Some coffee, please
Who is that? Do you have any wine You can have some wine
Who’s that? No, I don’t No, it’s too expensive
WHO Who’s that? No ma’am, I don’t Here’s more expensive
Listen and repeat I’m sorry. I don’t have any wine A beer?
That’s my husband Here wine is more expensive Please, give me some coffee
Husband Who’s that? Does your husband want coffee too?
My I’m sorry. You speak too fast I don’t know. My husband isn’t here
Who’s that? Who’s over there? One coffee, please
Listen and repeat That’s my wife Here’s your coffee, ma’am
My wife What does your wife want to do? And there’s my husband
My husband DOES. And your wife?
That’s my wife What does your wife want to do?
My wife is over there My wife would like
My wife would you like to have My wife would like to have something
something to drink to eat
I’d like to have something to drink
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19. A Mexican woman is in a restaurant with VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS


her Husband, she is speaking with the waiter. CLAVES PARA ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
Listen. Good evening /gud ivnin / buenas noches
/gurivnin/
 Good evening, would you like to Well then /wel den/ bien entonces / bueno
have something to eat? entonces
 No, thank you not now, Yes, please /ies pliz/ si por favor
 Well then, would you like to have What do you have? /juat du iu jav/ Que tienes?/que tienen
something to drink? Can /can/ poder
You can have wine /iu can jav wain/ puede beber vino
 Yes, please what do you have? /nou nat wain/
No, not wine vino no
 You can have wine, beer.
some beer /som biar/ cerveza
 Marcos would you like to have No wine thanks /nou wain zenks/ vino no gracias
some wine? My /mai/ mi
 No, not wine some beer, I’d like a Your /iur/ Su (de usted)
beer. His /jis/ Su (de él)
 No wine thanks. My husband Husband /jasband/ esposo
would like to have a beer Wife /waif/ esposa
 And for you ma ‘am? ma ‘am /meam/ señora
 I’m going to have some coffee. coffee /cofi/ Café (bebida)
 Ok then one coffee and one beer. Some coffee. /som cofi café
one /uan/ uno

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. I want to have some coffee. I don’t want to have any beer.


2. You can have some wine at a restaurant, or you can have some beer.
3. You can have some beer here.
4. Do you have any coffee?
5. Do you have any beer?
6. I would like to have some coffee here now.
7. My husband would like to have some beer at the hotel.
8. My wife would like to have some coffee at the restaurant.
9. I don’t want to have any coffee; I’d like to have some beer.
10. What do you want to drink? Would you like to have some wine or beer?
11. I would like to have a beer I don’t want to have any coffee
12. My friend would like to have some wine but I would like to have some coffee I don’t want any beer
13. My mother would like to live in Medellin but I would like to live in Currulao. Medellin is too expensive.
14. I would like to live in Bogota I want to go to the university there and I want to get a good job in Bogota
15. My mother would like to live in Apartado, but I want to live in Medellin I don’t want to study in Apartado.
16. His mother lives here in Currulao but she speaks English very well. She understands a little Spanish but
she speaks English.
17. Your wife speaks French but she understand Spanish too.

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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)

Johnson’s House. Listen. Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español


Mrs. /misis/ señora
 Mrs. Johnson? Mrs. Johnson /misis yonson/ La señora Johnson
Mr. /mister/ Señor
 Oh mister Montero come in Mr. Montero /mister montero/ El señor Montero/señor Montero
please, how are you? come in /com in/ entre
I’d like to speak to Mr /aid laik to speak to me gustaria hablar con el señor
 Fine, thanks and you? mister/
 I’m Fine too thank you. My husband /mai jasband/ mi esposo
Pleased to meet /plist to mit you encantado en conocerle señor
 Mrs. Johnson I’d like to speak to you Mr. mister/
Mr. Johnson, is he here? Pleased to meet you /plist tu mit iu/ encantado en conocerlo(a) mucho
gusto en conocerlo(a)
 My husband? Yes he is, Charles, Nice to meet you /nais tu mit iu/ encantado en conocerlo(a) mucho
gusto en conocerlo(a)
here’s Mr. Montero.
Pleased /plist / encantado / mucho gusto / es un
 Pleased to meet you Mr. Johnson. placer /complacido
 Pleased to meet you Mr. Montero. Meet /mit/ conocer / reunirse con /
encontrarse con
 Would you like something to She /shi/ ella
He /ji/ él
drink Mr. Montero? Beer, wine?
New York /niu york/ Nueva York
 No, thanks but I would like some my wife /mai waif/ mi esposa
coffee please She isn’t with me /shi isint wiz mi/ no esta conmigo
She is in Mexico /shi in in mexicou/ Ella está en México / está en México
 Mr. Montero where is Mrs. Father /fader/ Padre
Montero? Is she here in New York She isn’t/he isn’t /shi isint /ji isint/ No está / no es (ella) (él)
with you?
Morher /mader/moder/ Madre
 No my wife isn’t with me, she is in Cousin /casin/ Primo(a)
Mexico. Brother /broder/ Hermano
sister /sister/ Hermana
friend /frend/ Amigo(a)
1.
ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.
1. I would like to speak with Mr. Smith, is he here now?
2. No, Mr. Smith is not in; he is in his house now.
3. My wife is in her house in Currulao.
4. My husband is in Mexico today.
5. Pleased to meet you Mr…. Can you come with me I want you to know where your desk is?
6. I’d like to speak with Mrs. …. She is the new manager here in this Company
7. I’d like to speak with Mrs. Cardona. Is she here in Currulao?
8. Where is your wife, is she here in Mexico or New York?
9. My wife isn’t in Mexico, she is in New York.
10. My friend is in Mexico now. He lives there since 2021
11. I’d like to speak with your friend. Is he here now ?
12. Would you like something to drink wine, beer, coffee?
13. My wife is here in Currulao with me. She is in the hotel.
14. My mother would like to speak with you. She is in the school now.
15. I would like to speak English but my family would like to speak Spanish.
16. My friend is not here in my school now he is in Medellin. She studies here but she is in Medellin now.
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New York Mexico We have three children That’s my wife
Listen again Listen and repeat How many children do you have?
Come in Two boys We have three children
Come in, please Two boys We have two boys
Pleased to meet you, Mr. How many children do you have? They’re big
Johnson We have two boys and one girl And one girl
Pleased to meet you, Mrs. We have one girl Is she big?
Johnson We’d like a boy No
Pleased to meet you, Ms. ONE No, she’s not big
Johnson We’d like a boy No, she isn’t
Hello, Miss Johnson But we have She is not big
Would you like to have But we have three girls She isn’t big
something to drink? How many children? The boys are very big
What you have? Three children? Are the boys very big?
I have coffee or water We have five children Are they very big?
What does your husband want to Three boys and two girls Yes, they’re big
drink? That’s a lot Now enter the question
Does he want some water, or We have one girl and one boy Are you Mexican, Mr. Martinez?
would you like some coffee? Listen and repeat Yes, I’m Mexican
He’d like some coffee The boy is big And where do you live in
Here coffee is more expensive The girl is big México?
Where’s your husband? Is the boy big? I live in Guadalajara
My husband? Yes, he’s big He’s not big My wife and I live in Guadalajara
I don’t know He isn’t big Is the girl big? Do you have any children?
I don’t know where he is She’s not big She isn’t big Yes, we have three children
My husband isn’t here The boy is very big Yes, we do
Where’s your wife? How many children do you have? Yes, we have three
Where’s she? I have four children Do you have any boys?
She’s with your husband No, we have four children Yes, we have two boys
Where do you live? The boys are big And one girl?
We live in México The boys are big Yes, we have one girl
Listen and repeat They are big When are the children? Are they
Do you have any children? They’re big here with you?
Do you have any children THEY ARE THERE OVER THERE Yes, they’re here
Yes, we have children They’re big And your wife, where’s she?
We don’t have any children They’re here Yes, she’s here too
How many dollars do you have? Are they here? My wife is here with me
How many children? They’re not over there You speak English very well, sir
How many children do you have? Who’s over there? No, not very well, but thank you

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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?

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. How many miles is it to Apartado?


2. Where are you going tomorrow?
3. Are your mother and father here in Currulao with you?
4. How many books do you have?
5. How many students speak English in your school?
6. How many sisters do you have?
7. Do you live in The United States?
8. We are going to Medellin tomorrow we want to buy some wine in Medellin
9. We are going to buy a book. The book we are going to buy is not very expensive.
10. They are going to buy a house in Currulao they want to buy a big house.
11. She is going to study English in Apartado she speaks a little English now.
12. They don’t understand Spanish but they are going to learn Spanish because they live in Bogota.
13. I’m going to speak Spanish and English because I understand English very well.
14. My mother lives in Currulao but she speaks English and Spanish.
15. They don’t understand English because they don’t study enough.
16. They live in Currulao but they don’t understand Spanish
17. We don’t speak Spanish, we speak English.
18. Do you have any children Mr. Ramirez?
19. How many friends do you have in Medellin?
In our family
20. We’re going to buy a new car here in Medellin but we don’t have enough money then we have to
work to earn the money we need. Ask How many people are there?
Ask In your family
21. I want to learn Spanish and English but I don’t want to study a lot. And you know, I would like
to learn German too
22. I don’t have any friends in Medellin but I have some friends in Bogota they speak English very
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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)

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. Do you have a car?


2. Do you study English here in Currulao?
3. I don’t ha any car in my house but I have a bicycle
4. I have two English teachers but I don’t understand English
5. I speak Spanish but my mother understands English very well.
6. Gas is very expensive in Colombia
7. Is gas expensive in Brazil?
8. Gas is not expensive in The United States.
9. How much is a gallon of gas in Colombia?
10. How much is a gallon of gas in The United States?
11. How much do you have?
12. I have twenty dollars that’s not a lot
13. Twenty dollars that’s very little to buy gas in Colombia.
14. I want to buy two gallons of gas here.
15. That’s a gas station you can buy gas there.
16. Where do you want to buy a car?
17. Where do you want to buy gas?
18. Gas is not expansive in the United States but in Colombia it is very expansive you cannot have a car if
you don’t have enough money.
19. Gas is not expensive in the United States but it is very expensive in Colombia.
20. Cars are very expensive in Colombia but they aren’t expensive in Europe.
21. I want to visit my friends in Medellin. I don’t want to go to Bogota.
22. Well I want to go to Bogota I want to study at National University there I want to be an Engineer.

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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

long Island? Road /roud/ Camino


Is this the road? / is dis de roud/ Este es el camino?
 No, it isn’t the road you want is
to Long Island /tu lon ailand/ A Long Island
over there. it isn’t /it isint/ no es / no esta
 I’m sorry I don’t understand. Which the road you want /de roud iu want/ el camino que usted desea/
usted quiere
is the road to long Island? I’m sorry / aim sorri/ lo siento
 It’s over there. Go straight ahead Which is? /juich is/ Cúal es ?
then to the left. Which? /juich/ cúal?
 How far is long Island? Go straight ahead /gou strait ajed/ valla derecho / siga derecho

 Not far. thirty or forty miles. Go /gou/ ir


How far? /jau far/ Que tan lejos?
 Thanks
Then to the left /den tu de left/ Luego a la izquierda
 You’re welcome. Left /left/ Izquierdo(a)
is long Island? / is lon ailand/ Queda long Island?
Because (indica la razón de un Not far /nat far/ no queda lejos
determinado evento) thirty /zerti/ treinta
She speaks English because she is forty /forti/ cuarenta
American. miles /mails/ millas
Learn /learn/ aprender
I study in Currulao because I live in Get /guet/ Lograr/ llegar/
Currulao. conseguir/ obtener.

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. Which is the road to Apartado?


2. Which is the road to Bogota?
3. Which is the road to Turbo?
4. Is this the road to Apartado?
5. Is this the road to Turbo?
6. How far is the road to Apartado?
7. How far is the road to Medellin?
8. How many miles is it to Medellin?
9. Where is the road to Carepa?
10. The road you want is over there on the right.
11. The road you want is here.
12. Go straight ahead then to the left.
13. Excuse me where is the E.C.I School please?
14. The school you want is over there on the left
15. The church you want is in the park in Currulao, go straight ahead then to the left.
16. The student you want is over there at the school.
17. The car you want is very expansive you have to work a lot to buy it.
18. Where is the house you want to buy?
19. Where is the school you want to study?
20. Which is the language you want to learn? Do you want to study French or Spanish?
21. I want to buy a book but the book I want is very expensive and I don’t have enough money now, then I have to wait a
few days to buy the book.
22. I cannot buy the book because the stores are closed so I have to wait now but I can buy the book tomorrow.
In English How do you say Miles
23. I don’t have any money now so I can’t buy some wine.
Ask How many miles ?
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Is this the road to Long Island? Now say The store Ask why?
Ask Which is the road to LI? Department Store Because my wife wants to buy
Now ask If is this road to LI Say again Department Store something
Is this the road to LI? The stores are closed Listen and repeat
New York Say that stores are closed My wife wants to buy something
Is this the road to New York? The stores are closed She wants to buy something
Which is the road to NY? Say that the Department Stores Ask Where?
Say To the right are closed Try to say In a Department Stores
Say Go to the right The Department Stores are closed Ask if The store are open
Say the road you want is to the Now ask Why? Are the stores open?
right Answer Because SMALL
The road you want it’s to the right Because the stores are closed The small stores are closed
Ask Ask The stores are closed The bigger stores are open
Is the road I want to the right? Are the stores closed? The Department Stores are open
Or to the left? No, they’re open now
Say Go to the left How do you say Open They’re open now
Then, to the right And how do you say Closed They’re open tonight
And then Say They’re closed now They’re open late tonight
Straight ahead Ask the Department Stores are Ask And tomorrow?
Ask How far it is open Tomorrow they’re closed
How far is it to NY? Are the Department Stores open? Ask Where are the Department
Say It’s not far Say the Department Stores are Stores?
It’s seventy miles open now Answer They’re on Park Avenue
Try to say It’s eighty miles The smaller stores are closed Go to the left, and then straight
That’s the road you want How do you ask What time is it? ahead
Say I need some gas Answer It’s nine o’clock Say my wife wants to buy
How much is it? Ask The stores are open something.
One dollar per gallon Are the stores open? My wife wants to buy something in
But in NY gas is more expensive Answer No, they’re closed a Department Store
It’s two dollars per gallon Ask Why? What does she want to buy?
How do you say I can Answer Because Something for our a little boy
Now ask Can I? How do you say Later Do you have enough money?
Ask Can I buy something? Now try to say Because it’s late Answer I have eighty dollars
In New York? Try to say It’s not late but that’s not enough
No, you can’t But the stores are closed New York is expensive
Why not? Say NY is far and my wife
Ask Why not? Say Eight-five miles My wife needs a lot of money
Because Say Eight-five miles and the stores New York is expensive and my wife
Say Because are closed my wife needs a lot of money
Try to ask Why? Because Say I want to buy something
Ask again Why? My husband wants to buy something
Try to say Because I need some WANT
money My husband wants to buy something
Now try to say He needs some money
I need eighty dollars
The stores How do you ask What time is it?
Say again The stores Is it late
A store Answer It’s ten o’clock

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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)

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. I want to buy a present for you here in Currulao but I don’t know what to buy. Can you tell me
what would you like me to buy you?
2. What time is it now?
3. I’m going to buy a book for my friend but the stores are not already open. Can you tell me what time it is?
4. The stores are open now it is only six o’clock but they are closed at eight o’clock.
5. Why do you want to go to the school? It is closed now it’s too late.
6. Why do you want to learn English? Do you want to travel out of your cou
7. Why do you want to study in this school?
8. It’s not very late, it’s only eight o’clock, and the stores are open now.
9. The stores over there are not open now, they are not open there.
10. They are open in the morning they aren’t open in the night.
11. Do you know what time it is? Do you know where the school is? Do you know where the park is?
12. Do you know where I can study English?
IT’S ONLY EIGHT O’CLOCK,
Now answer the questions
13. I know what time it is. It is ten o’clock the stores are not open now.
Good morning, how are you
14. I’m going to speak English in my school I want to speak Spanish and English with my people
from the United States today?
15. I want to understand when people from other countries speak with Fine, thanks
me.
I’m fine, thank you
16. Can you play soccer with us, we are going to play today at seven o’clock at my school, I want you
to play with us because you play soccer very well. How’s your wife?
17. I want to live in Apartado because I want to study at the university I don’t want to stay here in
Currulao when I finish my school.
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She’s fine, too Say again I’m going to see some Try to say He works in New York
Thank you friends Try to say I think he works in New
Ask How she is In English How do you say Friend York
How are you? Say Some friends Try to say He lives in New York
And you, Miss? How do you say To see I think he lives in New York
How are you Say I’m going to see Ask Then are you going to see
Try to say I’m going to see some friends Charles
Not very well In W, DC I think so
Ask Why? A few friends I’m going to see Charles
Because I’d like to buy something Say again A few friends If he works in W,DC
And I can’t Try to say I have a few friends But I’m going to work too and I’m
Why? there going to see a few friends
Because the stores are closed And I’m going to work I’m going to see a few friends
Really? Ask If she is going to work Say Please, give me a few dollars
Yes, they’re closed Are you going to work? Why?
It’s late A little Because I’m going to
It’s too late I’m going to see a few friends Washington, DC
But they’re open tomorrow Try to say My friends My friend Mary lives there
You can buy something And say Some friends She works there
tomorrow in the Department I’m going to see my friends How far is Washington DC?
Store And I’m going to work It’s eighty miles
What do you want to buy? Say I’m going to work a little Are you going today?
Say My husband wants to buy And I’m going to see a few I don’t know, maybe
something for our little girl friends I don’t think so
Try to say Then go to the Maybe But I’d like to see Washington
Department Store on Park Are you going to work? And I have some friends there
Avenue Maybe Is this the road to Washington,
Tomorrow the stores are open Yes, I think so DC?
Ask Where Park Avenue is In English How do you say I think The road you want is to the right
Where’s Park Avenue? so To the left?
It’s over there Now try to say I don’t think so No, go to the right and then
Go to the right. Then to the left Ask she’s going to see Leo straight ahead
Say My husband needs some Are you going to see Leo? Are the Department Stores open now?
money I don’t think so No it’s late. I think the
I need some money too Maybe Department Stores are closed
Why? Ask if Leo works in W Say That it’s not late
Washington DC Because I’m Does Leo work in Washington? It’s not late
going to Washington, DC Does Leo work in Washington Yes, it is late and I think the
You’re going to Washington? DC? stores are closed
What are you going to do there? I think so. I don’t know
Ask again what are you going to Are you going to see Leo?
do there? No, I don’t think so
I’m going to see some friends Maybe.
A few friends Does Leo work in W?
I don’t think so
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VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA


27 listen to this conversation ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
 Hello, how are you? tell me /tel mi/ dime / digame
Tell us /telaz/ teloz/ díganos / dinos
 Fine thanks and you? Tell /tel/ decir
Tell him /tel jim/ dígale / dile
 I’m Fine too; tell me when are Tell her /tel jer/ dígale / dile
you going to Washington? Tell them /tel dem/ dígale / dile
Today /tudei/ hoy
 Tomorrow night Work /werk/ trabajar
to see /tu si/ ver / visitar
 And what are you going to do some friends /som frends/ unos amigos
today? to visit / tu visit/ visitar
homework /jomuerk/ tarea
 Today I’m going to work, and to travel /tu travel/ viajar
you? to leave /tu liiv/ partir /dejar
to talk /tu tok/ conversar / hablar
 I’m going to see some friends to love /tu lav/ /tu lov/ amar /querer/

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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)

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

1. I am not very well / I’m not very well


2. I have worked a lot today I want go to my house now.
3. Maybe I ‘m going to Apartado at six o’clock would you like to go with me?
4. Maybe I am going to speak with you tomorrow night. I want to practice my English you know you speak very well.
5. I would like to go with you to Turbo at seven o’clock in the morning you know I have go to the bank.
6. You know. I ‘m going to speak with my friend now. Would you like to go with me at seven o’clock?
7. You know I speak English very well I want to speak with you now.
8. You know my friend speaks Spanish he lives in Colombia and he speaks Spanish very well.
9. Today I am going to play soccer with my friend in my school. He plays soccer in my team.
10. Are you going to buy a car? Do you have enough money to buy that expensive car?
11. I’ve lived in Currulao for three years but I want to live in Apartado now I want to live with my mother, she lives in
Apartado now and I want to live with her.
12. I want to study in this school because there is a very good English teacher here. His name is Roger Gomez and he
speaks English very well.
13. We’ve lived in Currulao for five years. I’ve studied in Currulao too, but I want to go to Medellin I would like to study
WRONG,
at a university there in Medellin. Medellin is a big city and there are many universities there. You know here in Uraba
there are only a few Universities and I don’t want to stay here all my life. In English say Together
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We’re going to Washington, DC Ask If is an English word We’re going to leave tomorrow
We’re going to leave together Is it an English word? together
Say Yes, I think so Our friend lives in Boston
Maybe I think is an English word He works there too
Ask the woman how much money What does that mean? Try to say He needs eighty
she has Now Ask Are you American? hundred dollars
How much money do you have? Try to say Yes, we’re American He doesn’t have a car
Answer I have one hundred dollars Now try to say We have an He doesn’t need a car but he
Say I don’t have anything American car wants to buy a car
Please, give me ninety dollars AN AMERICAN He wants to buy an American car
Answer I don’t want to We have an American car We don’t need anything
I want to leave In English how do you say Word? ut we’d like to see our friend
Ask where she wants to go Say the word Shoot We’d like to stay in Boston for
Where you want to go? Ask what does that mean three days
I’m going to Boston with my What does that mean? Ask How long he’s going to stay
friends Say We’re here How long are you going to stay in
How do you say I don’t think so Days Boston?
Maybe A few days We’d like to stay for three days
Say I think I’m going to Boston Say again A few days We don’t have much time
I want to see Boston, and then I’m We’re here for a few days We can’t stay
going to work FOR We’re here for a few days We can’t stay for five days
Maybe Try to ask how many days? Shoot
I don’t think so Say For three or four days Ask What does that mean?
Say My wife wants to buy We’re here for three or four days What does that mean, Miss/
something How long? SHOOT
But she doesn’t have any dollars Ask again The word SHOOT
She doesn’t need anything How long? Try to say I don’t know what that
We don’t need anything For a few days means
But she’d like to buy something for How long are you going to stay? Say
our children Ask what does that mean? We’d like to stay
I’m leaving now What does stay mean? Say We’d like to stay in the US
Please, give me ninety five dollars? STAY But We don’t have much time
Here’s one hundred dollars The word STAY Say My wife wants to leave
You can leave now Stay mean She wants to see our children
Shoot! Oh! Now I understand But we’re here together
What does that mean? Ask again How long? Shoot
What does that mean? Now try to ask Ask what that means
SHOOT How long are you going to stay? What does that mean SHOOT?
The word shoot for a few days The word SHOOT
Say again The word We’re going to stay for a few days What does that mean?
Say Shoot Because we don’t have a lot of That’s what she means
The word shoot time Oh! Shoot!
Ask What does that mean? We don’t have much time
It’s an English word MUCH TIME
AN A English word We don’t have much time
It’s an English word Then we’re going to Boston
Say t’s an English word
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VOCABULARIO CONTENIDO EN EL DIALOGO (PALABRAS CLAVES PARA


29. Listen ENTENDERLO)
Palabra Pronunciación Traducción al español
 Hi Nancy, how are you? Hi /jai/ hola
 Hi Carlos I’m Fine, thank Not bad /nat bad/ Bien ( nada mal)
you, and, how are you? Country /contri/ pais
These /diz/ estos /estas
 Not bad.
Those /douz/ esos /esas /a quellos/ aquellas
Relatives /relativz/ familiars / parientes
I live with them, they live
with me. Word /word/ palabra
Language /languich/ idioma /lengua
I speak with you, you listen Life /laif/ vida
Phone /foun/ hablar por telefono
to me.
Him /jim/ él (quien recibe la acción / objeto de la oración)
Them /dem/ ellos /ellas/ quienes reciben la acción/ objeto)
They live with us, we live
with them I speak with them /ai spik wiz dem/ Hablo con ellos /ellas
I live with him /ai liv wiz jim/ vivo con él
I live with my mother, she Her /jer/ Ella / (su) de ella
lives with me and I live with her.
Well /uel/ Bueno / bien
language /languich/ Idioma Lengua

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.


1. How are you?

2. I’m fine thank you and how are you?

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.

13. How are you today? Are you fine?

14. Well I understand Spanish but I also speak English I study in Currulao. But I understand English very well.
15. My mother speaks Spanish but I speak Spanish and English, I speak two languages. But she only speaks one 57
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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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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

very much /very moch/ mucho


much
Need /niid/ Necesitar
What /juat/ que? Cual ?
 What are you going to do tomorrow? Are you going to?/ ar iu goin tu/ vas a? / vas para ? / van a?
van para?
 Tomorrow, I’m going to see Place /pleis/ Lugar / Sitio
I’m going to see some friends /aim gointu sii som frends/ voy a visitar a unos amigos
some friends. My friends, Lea
my friends /mai frends mis amigos
and Mary See /si/ ver /visitar
Why /juai/ por que?
Because /bicóz/ porque.

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO DONDE SE USA LA INFORMACIÓN DEL DIALOGO.

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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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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