# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0131

I Miss Them

### Introduction

In this lesson, JP and Liliana teach us how to ask what's wrong, how to express homesickness, how to give an advice, and how to approve of an idea. Well, not all possibilities but enough to get us started. The keyword is extraño – I miss.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0030: Call back later, A0076: Jet-lag, A0096: I am allergic
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0131.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “I miss them” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Qué te pasa?align="right"| mujer:Extraño a mi familia.align="right"| hombre:¡Llámalos!align="right"| mujer:Buena idea.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¿Quétepasa?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| what(to) you(it) happens man:What's happening to you?
    mujer:Extrañoamifamilia.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) misstomyfamily woman:I miss my family.
    hombre:¡Llámalos!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| call them man:Call them!
    mujer:Buenaidea.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| goodidea woman:Good idea.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat?, how? teindirect object pronoun(to) you (informal, singular) pasarverb (infinitive)to happen (él/ella) pasaverb (present tense)he/she(/it) happens extrañarverb (infinitive)to miss (yo) extrañoverb (present tense)I miss aprepositionto mipossessive adjectivemy la familianoun (feminine)the family llamarverb (infinitive)to call ¡(tú) llama!verb (imperative)(you) call! (informal, singular) losdirect object pronounthem ¡(tú) llámalos!phrase(you) call them! (informal, singular) bueno/buenaadjective (m./f.)good la ideanoun (feminine)the idea

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la comidanoun (feminine)the food (yo) extraño la comidaphraseI miss the food el paísnoun (masculine)the country (yo) extraño mi paísphraseI'm homesick (yo) extraño Méjico/MéxicophraseI miss Mexico enfermo/enfermaadjective (m./f.)sick deprepositionof la casanoun (feminine)the house estarverb (infinitive)to be (yo) estoy homesickphraseI'm homesick

### 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) |
| pasar | infinitive | to happen |
| (yo) paso | present tense | I happen |
| (tú) pasas | | you happen (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) pasa | | he/she(/it) happens |
| (usted) pasa | | you happen (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) pasamos | | we happen (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) pasáis | | you happen (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) pasan | | they happen (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) pasan | | you happen (formal, plural) |
| extrañar | infinitive | to miss |
| (yo) extraño | present tense | I miss |
| (tú) extrañas | | you miss (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) extraña | | he/she(/it) misses |
| (usted) extraña | | you miss (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) extrañamos | | we miss (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) extrañáis | | you miss (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) extrañan | | they miss (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) extrañan | | you miss (formal, plural) |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| llamar | infinitive | to call |
| ¡(tú) llama! | imperative | (you) call! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) llame! | | (you) call! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) llamemos! | | (let's) call! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) llamad! | | (you) call! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) llamen! | | (you) call! (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

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.