# A0013: Doing the Laundry
### Introduction

Searching for something can be quite frustrating; thus, it's usually better to ask. Liliana and JP teach us how. Moreover, we learn about an easy way to express the future, how to say “there is” in Spanish, and more. The keywords are: no sé – I don't know; and ¿dónde? – where?
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0001: Are you ready yet?, A0035: Is anyone in there?, A0037: The baby is sleeping
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? mujer:Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. hombre:¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? mujer:No sé. ¡Búscalo!

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Voyalavarlaropa.¿Haydetergente? (I) gotowashtheclothesthere isdetergent man:I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent?
    mujer:Síhay,abajoenlacocina. yesthere isdowninthekitchen woman:Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen.
    hombre:¿Dónde?¿Enquéparte? whereinwhatpart man:Where? In what part?
    mujer:Nosé.¡Búscalo! no(I) know(you) search it woman:I don't know. Look for it.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman irverb (infinitive)to go (yo) voyverb (present tense)I go aprepositionto lavarverb (infinitive)to wash voy a lavarphraseI'm going to wash la ropanoun (feminine)the clothes hayverb (present tense)there is, there are el detergentenoun (masculine)the detergent síadverbyes abajoadverbdown, below, downstairs enprepositionin la cocinanoun (feminine)the kitchen ¿dónde?adverbwhere? ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? la partenoun (feminine)the part noadverbno saberverb (infinitive)to know (yo) séverb (present tense)I know buscarverb (infinitive)to search ¡(tú) busca!verb (imperative)(you) search! (informal, singular) lodirect object pronounhim, it ¡(tú) búscalo!phrase(you) look for it! (informal, singular)

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la comidanoun (feminine)the food la gasolinanoun (feminine)the gasoline las mujeresnoun (plural, feminine)the women guapo/guapaadjective (m./f.)beautiful guapos/guapasadjective (plural, m./f.)beautiful la mujer guapaphrasethe beautiful woman las mujeres guapasphrasethe beautiful women comerverb (infinitive)to eat voy a comerphraseI'm going to eat bailarverb (infinitive)to dance el cinenoun (masculine)the cinema al (= a el)phraseto the voy al cinephraseI'm going to the movies el teatronoun (masculine)the theater voy al teatrophraseI'm going to the theater hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | | you go (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) va | | he/she(/it) goes |
| (usted) va | | you go (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | | we go (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) van | | they go (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) van | | you go (formal, plural) |
| saber | infinitive | to know |
| (yo) sé | present tense | I know |
| (tú) sabes | | you know (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) sabe | | he/she(/it) knows |
| (usted) sabe | | you know (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) sabemos | | we know (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) sabéis | | you know (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) saben | | they know (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) saben | | you know (formal, plural) |
| buscar | infinitive | to search |
| ¡(tú) busca! | imperative | (you) search! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) busque! | | (you) search! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) busquemos! | | (let's) search! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) buscad! | | (you) search! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) busquen! | | (you) search! (formal, plural) |
| me | direct object pronoun | me |
| te | | you (informal, singular) |
| lo/la | | him/her(/it) |
| lo/la | | you (formal, singular, m./f.) |
| nos | | us |
| os | | you (informal, plural) |
| los/las | | them (m./f.) |
| los/las | | you (formal, plural, m./f.) |

### Exercises
#### Dialogue Translation

Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? Where? In what part? No sé. ¡Búscalo! I don't know. Look for it.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    I'm going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Voy a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Where? In what part? ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? I don't know. Look for it. No sé. ¡Búscalo!

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    I'm going to wash the clothes in the kitchen. Voy a lavar la ropa en la cocina. There is no detergent. No hay detergente. I'm going to look for it. Voy a buscarlo. What? ¿Qué? The detergent. El detergente. There is no detergent! ¡No hay detergente! Yes, I'm going to look for it. Sí, voy a buscarlo. Where? ¿Dónde? Downstairs in the kitchen. Abajo en la cocina. In what part? ¿En qué parte? I don't know. No sé. Look for it. ¡Búscalo!

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    We're going to wash clothes. Is there detergent? Vamos a lavar la ropa. ¿Hay detergente? Yes, there is, downstairs in the kitchen. Sí hay, abajo en la cocina. Where? In what part? ¿Dónde? ¿En qué parte? You don't know (informal). Let us look for it! No sabes. ¡Busquémoslo!

### Image Credits

* “Image:Santa Claus clothes.jpg” by Paul L (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License)
* “Image:2005-11 Bocholt Textilmuseum 04.JPG” by Ziko-C (GNU Free Documentation License)