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No lo que creer! - I can not believe it! Estoy libre - I am free. la película - the movie La película fue divertida. - The movie was funny. La película es divertida. - The movie is funny. La película fue interesante. - The movie was interesting. La película estuvo triste. - The movie was sad. Cuántas veces - How many times?
Cuántas veces jugaste el juego. - How many times did you play the game?
mucho polvo - very dusty
El dormitorio tiene mucho polvo. - The bedroom is very dusty.
(The bedrom has a lot of dust)
las pesadillas- the nightmares
espanto - fright
esta música - this music
Seguro. - Sure.
¿Seguro? - (Are you) Sure?
Extraño vivir sola/o. - Strange to live alone.
¡Definitivamente! - Finally!
el siguiente año - the following year
Quiero aprender hablar frances o Italiano, soy hispano.
I want to learn to speak French or Italian, I am Hispanic.
¿Dónde son las reuniones y en que horario, Gracias - Where are the meetings and at what hour?
¿Qué idioma habla? - What language do you speak?
¿Cómo se dice? - How does one say?
¿Cómo se dice "the elephant" en español? - How do you say, "the elephant" in Spanish?
el elefante - the elephant
an easier way to say it,
"¿Qué haces?" / ¿Qué hace? - What are you doing?
To learn more on "What are you doing? What is she doing?" go to chapter 4 program 5
I was at the recycling plant and a spanish girl who collected cans
around her neighborhood asked the man working at the recycling plant,
"Cómo se hace esto? - How do you do this?
"Cómo se utiliza esta máquina? - How do you use this machine?
Yo tengo otra vida. - I have another life. (novelas, say it dramatically)
La bebida es especial y fuera de este mundo! - The drink is special and out of this world!
¿Dónde estabas? - Where were you?
Al Fin! - At last
Al fin de la calle. - At the end of the street.
When Pablo Escobar was killed in Colombia the headlines read
Al Fin, Cayó! At Last! He Fell! (At Last, He has Fallen!)
Al fin llegaste! - At last, you arrived!
El fin! - The end!
recibo de luz - electric bill
If someone says to you "¡Mucho Gusto! - A pleasure to meet you.
respond with "El gusto es mío! - The pleasure is mine.
I was waiting for one of the workers to fix plastering the wall. I asked him
¿En cuánto tiempo terminas? -When will you be finished?
¿En cuánto tiempo terminas? - In what time will you be finished?
¿Cuándo termina? - When are you finished?
¿Cuánto tiempo de toma para terminar? - How much time will it take for you to finish?
Estás en la luna. - You are in the moon. (DayDreamer)(Crazy)
¿Sabes que estás en la luna? - Did you know that you are in the moon?
Te lo repito. - I'll repeat that to you.
Te lo repito, esa pera que estás comiendo no está madura.
I repeat that to you, the pear that you are eating is not ripe.
At the doctor's office
Office women: Do you have your co-pay?
Patient: ¿Cúanto es? - How much is it?
A women said to her kid.
No te preocupes. - Don't (you) worry.
A quick conversation at the fast food restaurant.
Cashier: "¿Qué quiere?" - What do you want?
Customer: "Quiero el numero cuatro." - I want the number four.
Cashier ¿Para aquí o para llevar? - For here or to go?
Customer: Para llevar - (for) to go
I was in Las Vegas speaking Spanish to a Spanish concierge and when we departed she said to me.
Watching Soccer in Spanish at a bar.
Jugadores - players
ronquidos - snoring
(heard and saw the word on a commercial)
At the restaurant, we tried to guess the bar tenders age.
We guessed his age to be 24 years old,
but he was 35 years old and then he responded.....
La vida me trata muy bien. - Life treats me very well.
Fumar no es bueno para su salud. - Smoking is not good for your health.
or
El humo no es bueno para su salud. - Smoking is not good for your health.
Kids were watching Dora the Explorer and I heard this..
sube and baja
sube - go up
baja - go down
There was an e-mail that said this:
¿Esto es lo que quieren imponer en el MUNDO?
Is this what they want to impose in the world?
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