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I'm Hungry
Introduction
Make sure to eat something before you listen to this lesson. Liliana and JP keep talking about keywords such as hambre – hunger, tengo hambre – I'm hungry, and restaurante italiano – Italian restaurant until they have to stop recording because they are too hungry!
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Audio Lesson
Dialogue
hombre: Tengo hambre. align="right"| mujer: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? align="right"| hombre: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. align="right"| mujer: Buena idea. align="right"|
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: Tengo hambre. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) have hunger man: I'm hungry.
mujer: Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| I too (we) go to eat woman: Me too. Are we going to eat?
hombre: Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| yes (I) want go to a restaurant Italian man: Yes, I want to go to a Italian restaurant.
mujer: Buena idea. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| good idea woman: Good idea.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el hambre noun (feminine) the hunger tener hambre phrase to have hunger, to be hungry (yo) tengo hambre phrase I have hunger, I'm hungry yo subject pronoun I también adverb too, also ir verb (infinitive) to go (nosotros/-as) vamos verb (present tense) we go (m./f.) a preposition to comer verb (infinitive) to eat sí adverb yes querer verb (infinitive) to want, to like, to love (yo) quiero verb (present tense) I want un/una article (m./f.) a, one el restaurante noun (masculine) the restaurant italiano/italiana adjective (m./f.) Italian bueno/buena adjective (m./f.) good la idea noun (feminine) the idea
el tamarindo – the tamarind
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
español/española adjective (m./f.) Spanish francés/francesa adjective (m./f.) French la sed noun (feminine) the thirst tener sed phrase to have thirst, to be thirsty (yo) tengo sed phrase I have thirst, I'm thirsty comida corrida phrase small menu at fixed price el tamarindo noun (masculine) the tamarind hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) | |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | you go (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) va | he/she(/it) goes | |
| (usted) va | you go (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | we go (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) van | they go (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) van | you go (formal, plural) | |
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | you want (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) quiere | he/she(/it) wants | |
| (usted) quiere | you want (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | we want (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | they want (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) quieren | you want (formal, plural) | |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Tengo hambre.
I'm hungry.
Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer?
Me too. Are we going to eat?
Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano.
Yes, I want to go to a Italian restaurant.
Buena idea.
Good idea.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I'm hungry.
Tengo hambre.
Me too. Are we going to eat?
Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer?
Yes, I want to go to an Italian restaurant.
Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano.
Good idea.
Buena idea.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I want to go to a restaurant
Quiero ir a un restaurante.
Good idea! I'm hungry, too.
¡Buena idea! Tengo hambre también.
Are we going to go to a French restaurant?
¿Vamos a ir a un restaurante francés?
I want to eat Spanish food.
Yo quiero comer comida española.
Good. Let's go to a Spanish restaurant.
Bueno. Vamos a un restaurante español.
Let's go!
¡Vamos!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We are hungry.
Tenemos hambre.
We too. Are you going to eat? (informal, plural)
Nosotros también. ¿Vais a comer?
Yes, we want to go to an Italian restaurant.
Sí, queremos ir a un restaurante italiano.
Good idea.
Buena idea.
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