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Are You Ready yet?
Introduction
Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns).
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Audio Lesson
Dialogue
hombre: ¿Ya estás lista? align="right"| mujer: ¡Espera un momento! align="right"| hombre: Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. align="right"| mujer: Menos mal. align="right"|
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¿Ya estás lista? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| already (you) are ready man: Are you ready yet?
mujer: ¡Espera un momento! align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (you) wait a moment woman: Wait a moment!
hombre: Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| relaxed still (we) have time man: Relax! We still have time.
mujer: Menos mal. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| less badly woman: Good.
el tiempo – the time
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ya adverb already estar verb (infinitive) to be (tú) estás verb (present tense) you are (informal, singular) listo/lista adjective (m./f.) ready esperar verb (infinitive) to wait ¡(tú) espera! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (informal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a el momento noun (masculine) the moment tranquilo/tranquila adjective (m./f.) relaxed, calm todavía adverb still tener verb (infinitive) to have (nosotros/-as) tenemos verb (present tense) we have el tiempo noun (masculine) the time menos adverb less mal adverb badly menos mal phrase OK, good
el tiempo – the weather
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el tiempo noun (masculine) the time, the weather ¿cómo? adverb how? ¿Cómo está el tiempo? phrase How is the weather? el clima noun (masculine) the climate, the weather tranquilos/tranquilas adjective (plural, m./f.) relaxed, calm ¡(usted) espere! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (formal, singular) ¡(ustedes) esperen! verb (imperative) (you) wait! (formal, plural)
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| esperar | infinitive | to wait |
| ¡(tú) espera! | imperative | (you) wait! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) espere! | (you) wait! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) esperemos! | (let's) wait! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) esperad! | (you) wait! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) esperen! | (you) wait! (formal, plural) | |
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) está | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) está | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) están | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) están | you are (formal, plural) | |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Ya estás lista?
Are you ready yet?
¡Espera un momento!
Wait a moment!
Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo.
Relax! We still have time.
Menos mal.
Good./Less bad.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Are you ready yet?
¿Ya estás listo/lista?
Wait a moment!
¡Espera un momento!
Relax! We still have time.
Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo.
Good (= less bad).
Menos mal.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Do we have time?
¿Tenemos tiempo?
We still have time.
Todavía tenemos tiempo.
Do we still have a moment?
¿Todavía tenemos un momento?
We still have a moment.
Todavía tenemos un momento.
Are you ready?
¿Estás listo/lista?
Wait a moment!
¡Espera un momento!
Relax! We still have time.
Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo.
Good (= less bad).
Menos mal.
Are you already relaxed?
¿Ya estás tranquilo/tranquila?
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Are you ready yet? (formal)
¿Ya está listo/lista (usted)?
Wait a moment! (formal)
¡Espere un momento!
Relax! I still have time.
Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tengo tiempo.
Good (= less bad).
Menos mal.
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