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At the Bank

Introduction

We are going to a Mexican bank! That must be fun! Well, maybe not that much. But at least we are well prepared after this lesson with Liliana and JP. The keyword is: depósito – deposit.

Audio Lesson


Dialogue

hombre:Quiero hacer un depósito.align="right"|
mujer:¡Llene este formulario!align="right"|
hombre:¿Me presta su pluma?align="right"|
mujer:Claro.align="right"|

Dialogue with Translation

hombre:Quierohacerundepósito.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
(I) want(to) makeadeposit
man:I want to make a deposit.
mujer:¡Lleneesteformulario!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
(you) fill outthisform
woman:Fill out this form!
hombre:¿Meprestasupluma?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
(to) me(you) loanyourpen
man:Do you loan me your pen?
mujer:Claro.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|
clear
woman:Of course.
la pluma – the fountain pen
la pluma – the feather

Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombrenoun (masculine)the man
la mujernoun (feminine)the woman
quererverb (infinitive)to want
(yo) quieroverb (present tense)I want
hacerverb (infinitive)to make
(yo) quiero hacerphraseI want to make
un/unaarticle (m./f.)a
el depósitonoun (masculine)the deposit
llenarverb (infinitive)to fill (up/out)
¡(usted) llene!verb (imperative)(you) fill (out)! (formal, singular)
este/estaadjective (m./f.)this
el formularionoun (masculine)the form
meindirect object pronoun(to/for) me
prestarverb (infinitive)to loan
(usted) prestaverb (present tense)you loan (formal, singular)
supossessive adjectiveyour (formal)
la plumanoun (feminine)the (fountain) pen, the feather
claro/claraadjective (m./f.)clear
¡claro!interjectionof course!

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

¡Llene el vaso de agua!phraseFill up the glass of water!
¡Llene el tanque!phraseFill the gas tank!
la señoritanoun (feminine)the miss
la piñatanoun (feminine)game for children about breaking a pot
los mariachisnoun (plural, masculine)the Mexican musicians
hasta luegophrasesee you later

 

More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.

quererinfinitiveto want
(yo) quieropresent tenseI want
(tú) quieresyou want (informal, singular)
(él/ella) quierehe/she(/it) wants
(usted) quiereyou want (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) queremoswe want (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) queréisyou want (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) quierenthey want (m./f.)
(ustedes) quierenyou want (formal, plural)
 
llenarinfinitiveto fill (out/up)
¡(tú) llena!imperative(you) fill (out/up)! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) llene!(you) fill (out/up)! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) llenemos!(let's) fill (out/up)! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) llenad!(you) fill (out/up)! (informal, plural, m./f.)
¡(ustedes) llenen!(you) fill (out/up)! (formal, plural)
 
meindirect object pronoun(to) me
te(to) you (informal, singular)
le(to) him/her(/it)
le(to) you (formal, singular)
nos(to) us
os(to) you (informal, plural)
les(to) them
les(to) you (formal, plural)
 
prestarinfinitiveto loan
(yo) prestopresent tenseI loan
(tú) prestasyou loan (informal, singular)
(él/ella) prestahe/she(/it) loans
(usted) prestayou loan (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) prestamoswe loan (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) prestáisyou loan (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) prestanthey loan (m./f.)
(ustedes) prestanyou loan (formal, plural)
 
mipossessive adjectivemy
misposs. adjective (plural)my
tupossessive adjectiveyour (informal, singular)
tusposs. adjective (plural)your (informal, singular)
supossessive adjectivehis/her(/its)/their
susposs. adjective (plural)his/her(/its)/their
supossessive adjectiveyour (formal)
susposs. adjective (plural)your (formal)
nuestro/nuestraposs. adjective (m./f.)our
nuestros/nuestrasposs. adj. (plural, m./f.)our
vuestro/vuestraposs. adjective (m./f.)your (informal, plural)
vuestros/vuestrasposs. adj. (plural, m./f.)your (informal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

Quiero hacer un depósito.
I want to make a deposit.
¡Llene este formulario!
Fill out this form!
¿Me presta su pluma?
Do you loan me your pen?
Claro.
Of course.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

I want to make a deposit.
Quiero hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form!
¡Llene este formulario!
Do you loan me your pen?
¿Me presta su pluma?
Of course.
Claro.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

I want to make a deposit.
Quiero hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form!
¡Llene este formulario!
Of course. Do you loan me your pen?
Claro. ¿Me presta su pluma?
Fill out this form!
¡Llene este formulario!
I want to fill out this form!
¡Quiero llenar este formulario!
Fill out this form!
¡Llene este formulario!
Of course.
Claro.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.

We want to make a deposit.
Queremos hacer un depósito.
Fill out this form! (formal, plural)
¡Llenen este formulario!
Do you loan us your pen?
¿Nos presta su pluma?
Of course.
Claro.
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