# A0035: Is Anyone in There?
### Introduction

You never know who is in a bathroom! Thus, better check before you enter. JP and Liliana talk about how to do this and all the other things that can happen in Mexican bathrooms ... The key sentence is: está ocupado – it's busy/someone's in here.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0062: At the bank, A0102: Where is the restroom?
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### Dialogue

    mujer:Está ocupado. hombre:Ah, disculpe. mujer:No hay problema. Puede pasar.

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:Estáocupado. (it) isbusy woman:It's busy.
    hombre:Ah,disculpe. oh(you) pardon (me) man:Oh, sorry.
    mujer:Nohayproblema.Puedepasar. notthere isproblem(you) canpass woman:There's no problem. You can go in.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man estarverb (infinitive)to be ocuparverb (infinitive)to occupy ocupadoverb (participle)occupied ocupado/ocupadaadjective (m./f.)busy, taken ahinterjectionoh disculparverb (infinitive)to pardon ¡(usted) disculpe!verb (imperative)you pardon! (formal, singular) noadverbnot hayverb (present tense)there is, there are el problemanoun (masculine)the problem poderverb (infinitive)to be able (usted) puedeverb (present tense)you can (formal, singular) pasarverb (infinitive)to pass (usted) puede pasarphraseyou can go ahead

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el bañonoun (masculine)the bathroom comerverb (infinitive)to eat bailarverb (infinitive)to dance vomitarverb (infinitive)to vomit la damanoun (feminine)the lady las damasnoun (plural, feminine)the ladies el caballeronoun (masculine)the gentleman los caballerosnoun (plural, masculine)the gentlemen ¿está ocupado?phraseis it busy/taken?

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| estar | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) estoy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) estás | | you are (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) está | | he/she(/it) is |
| (usted) está | | you are (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) estamos | | we are (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) estáis | | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) están | | they are (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) están | | you are (formal, plural) |
| disculpar | infinitive | to pardon |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) pardon! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | | (you) pardon! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | | (let's) pardon! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | | (you) pardon! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | | (you) pardon! (formal, plural) |
| poder | infinitive | to be able |
| (yo) puedo | present tense | I can |
| (tú) puedes | | you can (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) puede | | he/she(/it) can |
| (usted) puede | | you can (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) podemos | | we can (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) podéis | | you can (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) pueden | | they can (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) pueden | | you can (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.
    Está ocupado. It's busy. Ah, disculpe. Oh, sorry. No hay problema. Puede pasar. There's no problem. You can go in.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    It's busy. Está ocupado. Oh, sorry. (formal) Ah, disculpe. There's no problem. You can go in. (formal) No hay problema. Puede pasar.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Is the bathroom busy? ¿El baño está ocupado? It's busy! ¡Está ocupado! No problem. No hay problema. You cannot enter! (formal) ¡No puede pasar! Oh, sorry! (formal) Ah, disculpe.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    It's busy. Está ocupado. Oh, sorry. (informal) Ah, disculpa. There's no problem. You can go in. (informal) No hay problema. Puedes pasar.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Door Knob with Lock USA.jpg” by Stilfehler (GNU Lesser General Public License)
* “Image:Toilet women.svg” by Lateiner (GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License)
* “Image:Aiga toiletsq men.svg” from the AIGA symbol signs collection (Public Domain)