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Dialogue July 12
dialogue
English | Spanish |
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How was your day yesterday? | Como estuvo tu dia ayer? |
How was your weekend? | Como estuvo tu fin de semana? |
My weekend was great (less common) | Mi fin de semana fue bueno |
My weekend was great (more common) | Mi fin de semana fue genial |
What did you do? | Que hiciste? |
I did many things | Hice muchas cosas |
I read a book | Lei un libro |
Which book did you read? | Cual libro leiste? |
I read the Shock of Gray | Lei el Shock of Gray |
Who is the author of the book? | Quien es el autor del libro? |
The author is Ted Fisher | El autor es Ted Fisher |
What else did you do? | Que mas hiciste? |
I did some exercise | Hice un poco de ejercicio |
I did some exercise | Ejercite un poco |
What type of exercise? | Que tipo de ejercicio? |
I went biking | Anduve en bicicleta |
What else | Que mas? |
I watched a video program | Vi un programa de video |
What did you see? | Que viste? |
I saw a program by Eckart Tolle | Vi un programa de Eckart Tolle |
Did you go out? | saliste? |
I went for lunch | Fui a almorzar |
Where did you go for lunch? | Donde fuiste al almuerzo? |
Where did you go for lunch? | Donde fuiste a almorzar? |
I went to an Italian restaurant | Fui a un restaurante Italiano |
What did you eat? | Que comiste? |
I ate salad and grilled fish | Comi ensalada y pescado asado |
What else did you do? | Que mas hiciste? |
I talked with my friends | Hable con mis amigos |
Where are your friends? | Donde estan tus amigos? |
They live in Toronto, Vancouver, Dallas and Atlanta | Ellos viven en Toronto y Vancouver y Dallas y Atlanta |
I forgot | Olvide |
I took a nap | dormi una siesta |
How long did it take you? | Cuanto tiempo demoraste? |
Did you go by car or by bus? | fuiste en auto o bus? |
What type of car do you have? | Que tipo de auto tu tienes? |
How old is your sister? | Cuanto anos tiene tu hermana? |
What is your name? (less common) | Cual es tu nombre? |
What is your name? (more common) | como te llamas? |
What is her name? | Cual es su nombre? |
what does your father do? | Que hace tu padre? |
I am going to go in August | Yo voy a ir en agosto |
What type of movie do you like? | Que tipo de peliculas te encantan? |
I like | me gustan |
I love | me encantan |
I like documentries | me gustan los documentales |
Are you going to your house after this class? | Tu vas a tu casa despues de esta clase? |
I am going to read | voy a leer |
I am going to sleep | voy a dormir |
I am going to walk | voy a caminar |
you are going to read | vas a leer |
he is going to read | va a leer |
We are going to read | vamos a leer |
They are going to read | van a leer |
What are you going to do after you get home | Que vas a hacer despues de llegar a tu casa |
What time are you going to sleep? | Aqui hora tu vas a dormir? |
Are you going to your house after this class? | Tu vas a tu casa despues de esta clase? |
I woke up at 6 am | Me desperte a las seis de la manana |
I had a shower | Me duche |
I made an omelette with vegetables | Hice un omelette con verduras |
I ate breakfast | Comi desayuno |
eat breakfast | desayunar |
I ate breakfast | Desayune |
I prepared for my Spanish class | Me prepare para mi clase de espanol |
I had my Spanish class in the morning | Tuve mi clase de espanol en la manana |
What did you do after that? | Que hiciste despues? |
Then I changed my clothes | Despues me cambie mi ropa |
get ready | alistarse |
I got ready to leave home | Me aliste para salir de casa |
Where did you go? | Donde fuiste? |
I went to the office | Fui a la oficina |
How long were you there? | Cuanto tiempo estuviste alli? |
I was there for about three hours | Estuve alli por tres horas |
What did you do after that? | Que hiciste despues? |
I went to have lunch | Fui a almorzar |
Did you go alone? | Fuiste solo? |
No, I went with a friend | No, fui con mi amigo |
Who did you go with? | Con quien fuiste? |
I went with Ariel | Fui con Ariel |
Where did you go for lunch? (noun) | Donde fueron para el almuerzo? |
Where did you go for lunch? (verb) | Donde fueron a almorzar? |
We went to El Torres | Fuimos a Confiteria Torres |
What did you eat there? | Que comieron alli? |
I had a vegetarian pizza | Comi pizza vegetariana |
vegetarian | vegetariana |
How was it? | Como estuvo? |
It was delicious | Estuvo deliciosa |
delicios | deliciosa |
What did you drink? | Que bebieron? |
I did not drink anything | No bebi nada |
Would you like anything? | Quieres algo? |
Would you like something? | Quieres algo? |
anything | nada |
Did you have dessert? | Comieron postres? |
Yes, I did | Yo si |
What did you have for dessert? | Que comiste para el postre? |
pomegranate | granada |
ice cream, popsicle, sorbet | helado |
I had pomegranate sorbet | Comi helado de granada |
How far was the restaurant from your office? | A que distancia esta el restaurante de tu oficina? |
How long (time) | A cuanto tiempo |
How long (distance) | A que distancia esta |
It was a ten minute walk | Esta a diez minutos caminando |
It took ten minutes | Tomo diez minutos |
What did you do after having lunch? | Que hiciste despues de almorzar? |
I went for a short walk | Fui a dar un paseo |
What did you do after that? | Que hiciste despues de eso? |
I went back to the office | Volvi a la oficina |
I had two meetings | Tuve dos reuniones |
I made a few phone calls | Hice algunas llamadas |
Then I came home | Despues vine a casa |
I ate a carrot | Comi una zanahoria |
I put on some warm clothes | Me puse ropa gruesa |
Then my friend and I went out | Despues mi amiga y yo salimos |
Where did you go? | A donde fuiste? |
First we went to eat, because my friend was hungry | Primero fuimos a comer porque mi amiga tenia hambre |
I was hungry also | Tenia hambre tambien |
Where did you go? | A donde fueron? |
We went to barrea Besta Villa | Fuimos a barrio Bellavista |
How did you go there? | Como fueron alli? |
How did you go there? (common) | En que fueron? (in what did you go?) |
We went by metro | Fuimos en metro |
How long did it take to get there? | Cuanto tiempo tardaron en llegar alli? |
It took about 25 minutes | Tardamos en llegar aproximadamente veinticinco minutos |
Was it easy to get there? | Es facil llegar alli? |
Yes, we got there easily | Si llegamos alli facilmente |
Yes, it was easy to get there | Si fue facil llegar alli |
Where did you eat? | A donde comieron? |
We ate at Rocco's Pizza | Comimos en Rocco's Pizza |
How did you find this place? (singular) | Como encontraste este lugar? |
How did you find this place? (plural) | Como encontraron este lugar? |
We walked around | Dimos una vuelta |
Then we asked someone | Entonces preguntamos a alguien |
Was the restaurant busy? | Estaba muy ocupado el restaurante? |
No, it was not very busy | No estaba muy ocupado |
What did you order? | Que pidieron? |
We ordered a pizza | Pedimos una pizza |
What did you have in your pizza? | Con que ingredientes? |
We had onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese, red peppers and pineapple | Tenia cebolla, champinones, tomates, queso, pimenton rojo y pina |
Did you have any ham or meat with it? | Tenia jamon o carne? |
No,we did not have any ham or meat | No tenia jamon o carne |
How was the pizza? | Como estaba la pizza? (description, so imperfect tense) |
It was delicious | Estaba deliciosa |
But it was not very hot | Pero no estaba muy caliente |
What did you drink? (singular) | Que bebiste? |
What did you drink? (plural) | Que bebieron? |
I did not drink anything | No bebi nada |
My friend had a Coke | Mi amiga bebio una coca |
Did you have dessert? | Comieron postres? |
No, we did not have dessert there | No comimos postre alli |
But we went to another place for dessert | Pero fuimos a otro lugar por el postre |
Which place? | cual lugar? |
An Italian ice cream place | Un lugar de helados Italianos |
What did you have there? | Que comieron alli? |
We had mango ice cream | Comimos helado de mango |
My friend had strawberry icecream | Mi amiga comio helado de frutilla |
And I had mango ice cream | Y yo comi helado de mango |
Was it cold? (description) | Hacia frio? |
Yes, it was quite cold | Si, hacia bastante frio |
But I had warm clothes on | Pero me puse ropa gruesa |
What did you do after that? | Que hiciste entonces? |
We walked around for some time | Dimos una vuelta por un rato |
We went to many shops | Fuimos a muchas tiendas |
What type of shops? | Que tipo de tiendas? |
Souvenir shops | Tiendas de regalo |
Did you like anything in these shops? | A ti te gusto alguna cosa en estas tiendas? |
No, I did not | No, a mi no me gusto nada |
No, I did not find anything | No, encontre nada |
Did your friend like anything? | A ella le gusta cualquier cosa? |
Did you like the lamps? | A ti te gustaron las lamparas? |
No, I didn’t like them | A mi no me gustaron las lamparas |
No, I didn’t like any | A mi no me gustaron nada |
Yes, she liked many things | Si, a ella le gustaron muchas cosas |
She tried a few things | Se probo unas pocas cosas |
She found something | Encontro algo |
She bought a magnet | Compro un iman |
She also tried on some jewelry | Se probo algunas joyas tambien |
She bought a ring | Compro un anillo |
How much did it cost? | Cuanto costo? |
It cost 15,000 pesos | Costo quince mil pesos |
Did you get a discount? | Obtuvieron un descuento? |
Yes, we got a ten percent discount | Si, obtuvimos descuento de diez por ciento |
How did you pay? | Como pagaron? |
Did you pay by credit card? | Pagaron con tarjeta de credito? |
No, he did not accept a credit card | No, el no acepto una tarjeta de credito |
So, I paid by cash | Entonces pague con efectivo |
Yesterday was an interesting day for me | Ayer fue un dia interesante para mi |
What did you do? | Que hiciste? |
I did not go to work | No fui a trabajar |
Instead I went for a medical checkup | En lugar, fui a un chequeo medico |
What checkup did you go for? | Para que chequeo fuiste? |
I went for an endoscopy | Fui para una endoscopia |
Where did you go? | A donde fuiste? |
I went to Clinica Alemana | Fui a la clinica alemana |
How did you go there? | En que fuiste? (NOT como fuiste alli) |
I went by car | Fui en auto |
At what time did you go? | A que hora fuiste? |
I left home at 9 am | Sali de casa a las nueve de la manana |
How long did it take you to get there? | Cuanto tiempo tardaste para llegar alli? |
It only took 20 minutes | Solo tarde veinte minutos |
Did you go alone? | Fuiste solo? |
No, I went with a friend | No, fui con mi amiga |
Who did you go with? | Con quien fuiste? |
I went with Paula | Fui con Paula |
How was the experience? | Como fue la experiencia? |
It was very interesting | Fue muy interesante |
Tell me more | Dime mas (imperative form of decir) |
They measured my blood pressure | Ellos midieron mi presión arterial |
How was your blood pressure? | Como estaba tu presion arterial? |
It was normal | Estaba normal |
It was 120 by 80 | Estaba en ciento veinte y ochenta |
Then they sedated me | Entonces ellos me sedaron |
I fell asleep almost right away | Me quede dormido immediatamente |
They put a tube down my throat and my stomach | Ellos pusieron un tubo en mi garganta y estomago |
What were the results? | Cuales fueron reultados? |
The results were normal | Los resultados fueron normales |
When I woke up, I waited for the doctor for a long time | Cuando me desperte, espere al doctor por mucho tiempo |
They could not find the doctor | No pudieron encontrar al doctor |
Then they brought another doctor | Entonces trajeron otro doctor |
He explained the results to me | Me explico los resultados |
He was a very funny doctor | Era un doctor muy gracioso |
I liked him | A mi me gusto |
I got home at 2 pm | Llegue la casa a las dos de la tarde |
And I felt dizzy and sleepy | Me senti mareado y con sueno |
So I went for a nap | Entonces dormi una siesta |
My friend came in the evening with some food | Mi amiga llego en la tarde con comida |
We had dinner together at home | Comimos cena juntos en la casa |
It was lovely | Fue genial |
It was lovely | Fui muy agradable |
I am sleepy | Tengo sueno |