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Telephone Card
Introduction
In this lesson Liliana and JP tell us all about phone cards, in particular how to buy one in Spanish—and why you should. The keyword is: tarjeta de teléfono – phone card.
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Audio Lesson
Dialogue
mujer: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? align="right"| hombre: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? align="right"| mujer: Internacionales. align="right"| hombre: Diez euros. align="right"| mujer: Gracias. align="right"|
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (to) me (you) give a card of telephone woman: Will you give me a phone card?
hombre: ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| for calls domestic or international man: For domestic or international calls?
mujer: Internacionales. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| international woman: International calls.
hombre: Diez euros. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| ten euros man: Ten euros.
mujer: Gracias. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thanks woman: Thank you.
diez euros – ten euros
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man me indirect object pronoun (to) me dar verb (infinitive) to give (usted) da verb (present tense) you give (formal, singular) un/una article (m./f.) a la tarjeta noun (feminine) the card de preposition of el teléfono noun (masculine) the telephone para preposition for la llamada noun (feminine) the call la llamadas noun (plural, feminine) the calls nacional adjective (m./f.) domestic nacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) domestic internacional adjective (m./f.) international internacionales adjective (plural, m./f.) international diez number ten el euro noun (masculine) the euro los euros noun (plural, masculine) the euros gracias phrase thanks
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
el taco noun (masculine) the taco la cerveza noun (feminine) the beer la pluma noun (feminine) the pen eu interjection yes hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | indirect 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) | |
| dar | infinitive | to give |
| (yo) doy | present tense | I give |
| (tú) das | you give (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) da | he/she(/it) gives | |
| (usted) da | you give (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) damos | we give (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) dais | you give (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) dan | they give (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) dan | you give (formal, plural) | |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
Will you give me a phone card?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
For domestic or international calls?
Internacionales.
International calls.
Diez euros.
Ten euros.
Gracias.
Thank you.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Will you give me a phone card?
¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For domestic or international calls?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
International calls.
Internacionales.
Ten euros.
Diez euros.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Will you give me a card?
¿Me da una tarjeta?
A card?
¿Una tarjeta?
For international calls.
Para llamadas internacionales.
A telephone card?
¿Una tarjeta de teléfono?
Yes (= sí)! Will you give me a telephone card?
¡Sí! ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For international calls?
¿Para llamadas internacionales?
Yes, for international calls.
Sí, para llamadas internacionales.
Ten euros.
Diez euros.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
Will you give us a phone card?
¿Nos da una tarjeta de teléfono?
For domestic or international calls?
¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales?
International calls.
Internacionales.
Ten euros.
Diez euros.
Thank you.
Gracias.
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