# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0122

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.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0005: Take a picture, A0023: Going to the market, A0056: What time is the train?
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0122.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Telephone card” Dialogue only (file info)
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### 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:¿Medaunatarjetadeteléfono?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (to) me(you) giveacardoftelephone woman:Will you give me a phone card?
    hombre:¿Parallamadasnacionalesointernacionales?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| forcallsdomesticorinternational man:For domestic or international calls?
    mujer:Internacionales.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| international woman:International calls.
    hombre:Diezeuros.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| teneuros man:Ten euros.
    mujer:Gracias.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thanks woman:Thank you.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man meindirect object pronoun(to) me darverb (infinitive)to give (usted) daverb (present tense)you give (formal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la tarjetanoun (feminine)the card deprepositionof el teléfononoun (masculine)the telephone paraprepositionfor la llamadanoun (feminine)the call la llamadasnoun (plural, feminine)the calls nacionaladjective (m./f.)domestic nacionalesadjective (plural, m./f.)domestic internacionaladjective (m./f.)international internacionalesadjective (plural, m./f.)international dieznumberten el euronoun (masculine)the euro los eurosnoun (plural, masculine)the euros graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el taconoun (masculine)the taco la cervezanoun (feminine)the beer la plumanoun (feminine)the pen euinterjectionyes hasta luegophrasesee 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) |
| uno | 1 |
| dos | 2 |
| tres | 3 |
| cuatro | 4 |
| cinco | 5 |
| seis | 6 |
| siete | 7 |
| ocho | 8 |
| nueve | 9 |
| diez | 10 |
| once | 11 |
| doce | 12 |
| trece | 13 |
| catorce | 14 |
| quince | 15 |
| dieciséis | 16 |
| diecisiete | 17 |
| dieciocho | 18 |
| diecinueve | 19 |
| veinte | 20 |

### Exercises
#### Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.