# A0033: It's Expensive
### Introduction

Beware! This is the taboo lesson: rents, salaries, politics, religion, sex, and ... mamas! Liliana and JP give invaluable information about US-American and Latin-American culture. The keywords are: cara – expensive (for feminine nouns) and caro – expensive (for masculine nouns).
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Mi renta es de mil dólares. mujer:¿En serio? Es muy cara. hombre:Pero todo es caro. mujer:Tienes razón.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Mirentaesdemildólares. myrentisofthousanddollars man:My rent is at a thousand dollars.
    mujer:¿Enserio?Esmuycara. inserious(it) isveryexpensive woman:Seriously? It's very expensive.
    hombre:Perotodoescaro buteverythingisexpensive man:But everything is expensive.
    mujer:Tienesrazón. (you) haveright woman:You're right.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman mipossessive adjectivemy la rentanoun (feminine)the rent serverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is deprepositionof milnumberthousand el dólarnoun (masculine)the dollar los dólaresnoun (plural, masculine)the dollars enprepositionin serio/seriaadjective (m./f.)serious muyadverbvery caro/caraadjective (m./f.)expensive peroconjunctionbut todopronouneverything, all tenerverb (infinitive)to have (tú) tienesverb (present tense)you have (informal, singular) la razónnoun (feminine)the reason tener razónphraseto be right

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la caranoun (feminine)the face hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | | you are (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) es | | he/she(/it) is |
| (usted) es | | you are (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | | we are (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) son | | they are (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) son | | you are (formal, plural) |
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | | you have (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) tiene | | he/she(/it) has |
| (usted) tiene | | you have (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | | we have (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | | they have (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) tienen | | you have (formal, plural) |

### 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.
    Mi renta es de mil dólares. My rent is at a thousand dollars. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. Seriously? It's very expensive. Pero todo es caro. But everything is expensive. Tienes razón. You're right.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. Tienes razón.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Everything is very expensive. Todo es muy caro. You are right. My rent is very expensive. Tienes razón. Mi renta es muy caro. Everything. Todo. My rent is at a thousand dollars. Mi renta es de mil dólares. That is very, very expensive. Es muy, muy caro. Seriously? ¿En serio? Seriously! But everything is very expensive. ¡En serio! Pero todo es muy caro. Everything. Todo.

#### Dialogue Recast

This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Our rent is at a thousand dollars. Nuestra renta es de mil dólares. Seriously? It's very expensive. ¿En serio? Es muy cara. But everything is expensive. Pero todo es caro. You're right. (formal) Tiene razón.

### Image Credits

* “Image:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
* “Image:1000 USD note; series of 1934; obverse.jpg” by the United States government (Public Domain)
* “Image:Addesso opie.svg” by Addesso at en.wikipedia (Public Domain)