Speaker 2: Fíjese en los saludos informales. Hi, how's it going?¿ Qué tal? Listen. Hi, Charles.
Speaker 2: How's it going? Not bad. Elena, would you like
Speaker 3: to go to the movies with me on
Speaker 2: Friday? On Friday I can't
Speaker 3: but
Speaker 2: I can go
Speaker 4: on Saturday. No, on Saturday I'm going to Philadelphia. Do
Speaker 4: you like
Speaker 5: to travel? Not very much. I do. I like to travel,
Speaker 5: but it's too expensive.
Speaker 3: En esta conversación, usted oyó Saturday, que significa sábado.
Speaker 2: Hola, Charles
Speaker 3: Cómo va?
Speaker 4: No mal. Elena,¿ me gustaría ir a los películas
Speaker 5: conmigo el viernes? El viernes no puedo, pero puedo ir
Speaker 5: el sábado. No, el sábado
Speaker 4: voy a Filadelfia.¿ Te gusta viajar? No mucho. Lo siento.
Speaker 4: Me gusta viajar,
Speaker 5: pero es demasiado caro. Ahora,¿ cómo se dice en inglés? Hola.
Speaker 3: Hello.¿ Y cómo saludaría informalmente a alguien?
Speaker 5: Hi.
Speaker 3: Hi. Así es como se pregunta,¿ qué tal? Listen and repeat.
Speaker 5: How's it going? Going. How. How's it? How's it going?
Speaker 3: Literalmente significa,¿ Cómo está yendo? Pregunte,¿ Qué tal?
Speaker 5: How's it going?
Speaker 2: Answer,
Speaker 5: Nada mal.
Speaker 2: Not bad. Ask her if she has time for a
Speaker 2: glass of wine.
Speaker 5: Do you have time for a glass of wine?
Speaker 3: She says No sé.¿ Qué hora es?
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: What time is it?
Speaker 2: Answer
Speaker 3: Son las siete y veinte. Literalmente, veinte después de siete.
Speaker 5: It's twenty after seven. After It's twenty after seven.
Speaker 3: Las siete menos veinte o las siete y veinte.
Speaker 4: Twenty to seven or twenty after seven.¿ 20 to 7 or 20 after 7?
Speaker 3: Las 7 y 20.¿ 20
Speaker 5: after 7?
Speaker 3: Entonces no tengo mucho tiempo.
Speaker 4: Then I don't have much time.
Speaker 3: Vayamos al café del jardín. No
Speaker 4: está lejos y podemos ir en metro.
Speaker 3: No está lejos y podemos ir en metro. En el café,
Speaker 3: ella dice, aquí está una carta de una colega mía.
Speaker 4: Here's a letter
Speaker 3: from a colleague of mine. Ask¿ De quién? From whom?
Speaker 3: De una colega mía.
Speaker 4: From a colleague of mine.
Speaker 3: Ella viene de visita.
Speaker 4: She's coming to visit
Speaker 3: Llega el martes.
Speaker 4: She's arriving on Tuesday.
Speaker 3: Y se queda hasta el viernes.
Speaker 4: And she's staying until Friday. Se va el viernes en
Speaker 4: la mañana
Speaker 4: She's leaving Friday morning. She's leaving Friday morning.
Speaker 3: A mi colega le gusta viajar.
Speaker 4: My colleague likes to travel. Travel. My colleague likes to travel.
Speaker 3: Pero su esposo.
Speaker 4: But her husband.
Speaker 3: Try to say. Su esposo prefiere quedarse en casa.
Speaker 4: Her husband would rather stay home
Speaker 3: Se acuerda cómo se dice ir al cine?
Speaker 5: To go to the movies.
Speaker 3: Pregunte si le gustaría ir al cine.¿
Speaker 5: El viernes?¿ Puede ir al cine conmigo el viernes? Can
Speaker 5: you go to the movies with me on Friday?
Speaker 3: She answers Sí, el viernes está bien. Recuerde que él
Speaker 3: se omite. Yes
Speaker 4: Friday
Speaker 3: is fine. Friday is fine. Say Podemos ir
Speaker 4: We can go.
Speaker 3: Con mi amiga Ana y su esposo.
Speaker 4: With my friend Ana and her husband.
Speaker 3: Say. A ella le gusta ir al cine.
Speaker 4: She likes to go to the movies.
Speaker 3: Pero su esposo prefiere ir a un concierto.¿ Le
Speaker 4: gustaría ir a un
Speaker 3: concierto?¿ Le gustaría ir a un concierto?
Speaker 5: Would you like to go to a concert?¿ El viernes?
Speaker 5: On Friday? O quizá el sábado. Listen and repeat. Or
Speaker 5: maybe on Saturday. Saturday. Err. Saturday. On Saturday. Say. Quizá
Speaker 5: el sábado. Maybe on Saturday.
Speaker 2: She says that yes, she'd like to. Yes, I'd like to.
Speaker 4: I'd like to.
Speaker 2: Now she says,
Speaker 3: Muchísimas gracias.
Speaker 2: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: Thanks a lot. A lot. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Speaker 3: Esta es una manera informal y muy común de decir
Speaker 3: se lo agradezco. Dígalo otra vez. Me gusta ir al cine.
Speaker 4: Pero prefiero ir a un concierto. I'd rather go to
Speaker 4: a concert. A concert.
Speaker 3: Tengo tiempo
Speaker 4: el sábado. I have time on Saturday.
Speaker 3: Muchísimas gracias.
Speaker 4: Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot.
Speaker 3: Cuándo empieza el concierto?
Speaker 2: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: When does the concert start? Start. Start. When does the
Speaker 4: concert start?
Speaker 3: Try to answer El concierto empieza...
Speaker 5: The concert starts. Starts. The concert starts. A las ocho
Speaker 5: y media. Listen and repeat. At eight thirty. Eight thirty.
Speaker 5: At eight thirty.
Speaker 3: Literalmente, A ocho treinta. Cuando la hora cae exactamente quince,
Speaker 3: treinta o cuarenta y cinco minutos después de la hora,
Speaker 3: a menudo se dice ocho quince, ocho treinta, etc. Diga,
Speaker 3: a las ocho y media. Diga que el concierto empieza
Speaker 3: a las ocho y media.
Speaker 5: The concert starts at 8.30. The concert starts at 8.30.
Speaker 3: Say O podemos ir el viernes.
Speaker 5: Or we can go on Friday. Try
Speaker 2: to say
Speaker 3: A las ocho menos
Speaker 5: cuarto At 7.45. At 7.45. El viernes empieza a las 8 menos cuarto.
Speaker 5: On Friday it starts
Speaker 3: at 7.45.¿ Le gustaría ir al concierto conmigo?
Speaker 5: Quieres ir al concierto conmigo? Dile que sí,
Speaker 2: te gustaría. Sí, me
Speaker 4: gustaría.
Speaker 3: Cuándo empieza?
Speaker 4: Cuándo empieza?
Speaker 3: Dice... A las ocho menos cuarto, creo.
Speaker 5: A las siete cuarenta y cinco, creo. A las siete
Speaker 5: cuarenta y cinco, creo.
Speaker 3: Podemos comer algo primero.
Speaker 5: En mi casa. At my place. Place. Place. My place.
Speaker 5: At my place. Place.
Speaker 3: Significa literalmente sitio. En esta expresión se refiere a la
Speaker 3: residencia de una persona, su casa, su apartamento, etc. Diga,
Speaker 3: en mi casa.
Speaker 5: At my place
Speaker 3: Bueno, me gustaría comer algo.
Speaker 4: All right. I'd like to have something to eat
Speaker 3: En
Speaker 2: su casa. Try to say this. At
Speaker 4: your place. Your place.
Speaker 3: Por ahora, con palabras tales como me y su, siga
Speaker 3: usando place en vez de house or home. a menos
Speaker 3: que se le indique otra cosa. Ahora diga, Me gustaría
Speaker 3: comer algo en su casa.
Speaker 4: I'd like to have something to eat at your place.
Speaker 3: Se acuerda cómo se dice después de
Speaker 6: After. After.
Speaker 3: Try to say.¿ Y después del concierto?
Speaker 4: And after the concert. After the concert.
Speaker 3: Podemos tomar algo en mi casa.
Speaker 4: We can have something to drink at my place. Tengo
Speaker 4: vino en casa. Algo de vino. I have some wine
Speaker 4: at home. At home.
Speaker 2: Now ask if she's still going to Washington on Saturday.
Speaker 5: Are you still going to Washington on Saturday?
Speaker 3: She answers Todavía voy a Washington. I'm still going to
Speaker 3: Washington
Speaker 3: Pero no el sábado.
Speaker 4: But not on Saturday. Not on Saturday.
Speaker 3: Quizá el lunes o el martes. Diga o martes.
Speaker 4: Maybe on Monday or Tuesday. Maybe on Monday or Tuesday.
Speaker 3: Creo que me voy el martes en la mañana.
Speaker 4: I think I'm leaving Tuesday morning.
Speaker 3: Try to say Me quedo hasta el viernes.
Speaker 4: I'm staying until Friday.
Speaker 3: Usando a lot. Diga, usted viaja mucho.
Speaker 5: You travel a lot. You travel a lot.
Speaker 3: Pregúntele si le gusta viajar. Do
Speaker 5: you like to travel?
Speaker 3: No siempre. Frecuentemente prefiero quedarme en casa. Ponga frecuentemente primero.
Speaker 4: Often I'd rather stay home. Often I'd rather stay home.
Speaker 3: Sí, usted viaja mucho.¿ Todavía le gustaría ir al concierto
Speaker 3: el sábado?
Speaker 5: Would you still like to go to the concert on Saturday?¿
Speaker 5: Cómo acepta de manera breve? Yes, I would. Say
Speaker 3: Primero podemos comer algo.
Speaker 5: En mi casa.
Speaker 3: Quizá a las cinco y cuarto. Literalmente, a cinco quince.
Speaker 5: Maybe at 5.15? At 5.15.
Speaker 3: She says, De acuerdo. Muchísimas gracias.
Speaker 4: Okay. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot.
Speaker 3: Nos vemos entonces.
Speaker 4: See you then. See you then.
Speaker 3: Ahora, suponga que usted es una mujer mexicana que habla
Speaker 3: con su esposo. Ha estado fuera todo el día y
Speaker 3: acaba de llegar. Salúdelo informalmente y pregúntele,¿ qué tal? Hi
Speaker 4: how's it going? Hi, how's it going?
Speaker 3: Not bad. Ha llegado una carta para él.¿ Qué le
Speaker 3: diría usted al dársela?
Speaker 4: Here's a letter. Here's a letter for you.
Speaker 2: From whom? Say that you think it's from his friend, Carlos.
Speaker 4: I think it's from your friend Carlos
Speaker 3: Su esposo abre la carta y dice, Sí, es de Carlos.
Speaker 3: Viene de visita el lunes.
Speaker 5: Yes, it's from Carlos. He's coming to visit on Monday.
Speaker 3: Llega el lunes en la
Speaker 5: mañana. He's arriving Monday morning.
Speaker 3: Y se va el martes en la noche.
Speaker 5: And he's leaving Tuesday night. Try to
Speaker 3: say, Viene a nuestra casa en taxi.
Speaker 5: He's coming to our place by taxi. To our place.
Speaker 3: A las once y veinte.
Speaker 5: At twenty after eleven. O a las once y media.
Speaker 5: Or eleven thirty. No, viene solo.
Speaker 2: No, he's coming alone.
Speaker 3: Entonces, compremos una camiseta para su hija.
Speaker 4: Entonces, compremos una camiseta para su hija.