# 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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### Dialogue

    mujer:¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? hombre:¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? mujer:Internacionales. hombre:Diez euros. mujer:Gracias.

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Medaunatarjetadeteléfono? (to) me(you) giveacardoftelephone woman:Will you give me a phone card?
    hombre:¿Parallamadasnacionalesointernacionales? forcallsdomesticorinternational man:For domestic or international calls?
    mujer:Internacionales. international woman:International calls.
    hombre:Diezeuros. teneuros man:Ten euros.
    mujer:Gracias. 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

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.
    ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? Will you give me a phone card? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? For domestic or international calls? Internacionales. International calls. Diez euros. Ten euros. Gracias. Thank you.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Will you give me a phone card? ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? For domestic or international calls? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? International calls. Internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Will you give me a card? ¿Me da una tarjeta? A card? ¿Una tarjeta? For international calls. Para llamadas internacionales. A telephone card? ¿Una tarjeta de teléfono? Yes (= sí)! Will you give me a telephone card? ¡Sí! ¿Me da una tarjeta de teléfono? For international calls? ¿Para llamadas internacionales? Yes, for international calls. Sí, para llamadas internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Will you give us a phone card? ¿Nos da una tarjeta de teléfono? For domestic or international calls? ¿Para llamadas nacionales o internacionales? International calls. Internacionales. Ten euros. Diez euros. Thank you. Gracias.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Phone-Card-Scorpio.jpg” by Speedypin (GNU Free Documentation License)
* “Image:Spain 2006 circulating coins.jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )
* “Image:EUR 10 obverse (2002 issue).jpg” by the European Central Bank (ECB) (see http://www.ecb.int/euro/html/reproduction.en.html )