Listen to this conversation
Hello, how are you?
Fine, thanks. And you?
I'm fine, too. Tell me, when are you going to Washington?
Tomorrow night.
And what are you going to do today
Today I'm going to work. And you?
I'm going to see some friends.
En esta conversación, usted oyó a la mujer decir Tell me. lo que quiere decir dígame. Listen again. Hello, how are you
Fine, thanks. And you? I'm fine, too. Tell me, when are you going to Washington?
Tomorrow night.
And what are you going to do today?
Today I'm going to work. And you?
I'm going to see some friends.
Tell me in English. Buenos días.
Good morning. Ask me how I am. How are you? Answer that you're fine.
I'm fine
Ask me if the stores are open. Are the
stores open? Answer that they're closed. Ask why. Answer because it's late.
Because it's
late. Ask me if I'm going to work. Are you going to work? Say that you don't think so. I don't think so
I don't think so.
Usted cree
que no. You don't think
so. Tell me
again that you don't think
so. I don't think so. Say that you're going to New York. I'm going to New York
Say Puede ser.
Maybe. Maybe
Este es el nombre de otra ciudad norteamericana, Boston. Listen and repeat. Ahora diga
que usted cree que va a Boston. I think
I'm
going
to Boston. I think I'm going to Boston.
Ask what he's going to do there. What are you going to do
there?
Say that you're going to see some friends.
I'm going to see some friends. Unos amigos. A few friends. Say that you have a few friends there. Voy a ver a mis amigos. Y voy a trabajar.
Puede ser.
Maybe.
Se acuerda de cómo se dice el número ochenta en inglés?
Eighty. Eighty
Ochenta y cinco.
Eighty-five
Now try to say... Noventa.
Ninety.
Now
say, ochenta y nueve. Eighty-nine. Pregúnteme,¿ cuánto me debe usted?
How much do I owe
you? How much do I owe you? Answer, noventa dólares. Aquí están 100 dólares. Escucha y repite. Cien dólares. One hundred dollars.
One hundred dollars
En inglés, las palabras para cien y para ciento son iguales. Try to say Ciento cincuenta dólares.
One hundred fifty dollars. One hundred fifty dollars
Now say... Ciento ochenta.
One hundred eighty. One hundred eighty. Ciento noventa. One hundred ninety.
Es demasiado.
It's too much.
ciento setenta one hundred seventy ciento sesenta y cinco
one hundred sixty-five ciento cuarenta y siete
One hundred forty-seven. Pregúnteme cuánto me debe usted.
How much do I
owe
you? Usted no me debe nada. Listen and repeat. You don't owe me anything. Thing Thing Anything. Anything. You don't owe me anything. Say again. Usted no me debe nada. You don't owe me anything. Say. Cien dólares. Say... Say... You don't owe me
anything.¿ Por qué? Why? Porque... Because. Usted no me debe nada.
You don't owe me anything.
Ask me what I want. What do you want? Try
to say. Yo no quiero nada. I don't want anything. I don't want anything. Now try to say Yo no tengo nada. I don't have anything. I don't have anything.¿ Qué
tiene usted?
What do you have?
No tengo
nada. Y no quiero nada. Quiero cien dólares. I want one hundred dollars. Quiero irme. Listen and repeat. I want to leave.
To leave. Say that you want to leave. I want to leave.
How do you say, No quiero irme. I
don't want to leave.
Diga brevemente que no quiere.
I don't want to. I don't
want to. Say, Me voy a ir mañana.
I'm going to leave tomorrow. Vamos a irnos. Listen and repeat. We're going to leave. We're. We're. We're going to leave.
We're es la contracción de We are. Ahora diga Vamos a irnos mañana.
We're going to leave tomorrow. We're. We're going to leave tomorrow. Vamos a irnos juntos. Listen and repeat. We're going to leave together. Together. Er. Gather.
Su pronunciación se parece a la del locutor?
Escucha y repite de
nuevo. Trata de decir Vamos juntos a Boston. Juntos se pone el final de la frase.
Vamos a Boston juntos. Together. We're going to Boston together.
Mi esposa y yo.
Vamos a Boston. Are going to Boston.
Juntos. Together. Mi esposa quiere ver a unos amigos. Y
yo voy a trabajar.
Quiero irme con ustedes.
Quiero irme con ustedes.
Pero no puedo.
Por qué?
Porque... No tengo dinero.
I don't have any money.
No tengo nada.
I don't have anything.
Say Tengo mucho dinero. I
have a lot of money.
Tengo 90 dólares.
I have 90 dollars.
O 100 dólares. Usted puede irse con nosotros.
You can leave with us.
Mañana. Tomorrow. Vamos a Boston.
We're going to Boston.
Juntos. Together. Luego. Then. Vamos a Washington D.F. Puede ser. Nos gustaría ver a nuestra amiga Mary. Ella vive en Washington, D.F.,
She lives in Washington D.C. She lives. Y ella trabaja ahí. And she works there. She works. Ella no tiene coche. Listen and repeat. She doesn't have a car. Doesn't. Doesn't. Doesn't have. She doesn't have. She doesn't have a car.
Doesn't. Es la palabra negativa que se usa para hablar de otra persona. Es una contracción de Does not. Diga otra vez. Ella no tiene coche.
She doesn't have a car.
Try to say Ella no necesita un coche.
She doesn't need a car. She doesn't need a car.
Repita las formas negativa y positiva juntas.
She needs She doesn't need.
Now say again.
Ella no tiene coche. She doesn't have a car. She doesn't have a car.
Pregúntele si él tiene suficiente dinero. Do
you have
enough money? Say Sí, creo que sí
Yes, I think so. Yes, I think so. No necesitamos nada.
Y nuestro amigo no necesita nada.
And our friend doesn't need anything. Doesn't Our friend doesn't need anything.
Vamos a irnos.
We're going to leave.
Mañana por la noche. Tomorrow night. Nos gustaría ver Washington, D.C.
We'd like to see Washington, D.C.
Y a nuestra amiga. And
our friend. Ask if the
department stores are open now
Are the department stores open now? Say, No necesitamos nada. We don't need anything.
Pero queremos comprar algo.
But we want to buy something. Para nuestra amiga Mary
Diga que las tiendas departamentales están cerradas ahora.
The department stores are closed now
Diga que están abiertas mañana.
They're open tomorrow
Say Vamos a irnos mañana.
We're going to leave tomorrow.
Juntos. Together. Say, Boston es caro. Boston is expensive. Pero Washington D.C. es más caro.
But Washington D.C. is more expensive.