# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0096

I Am Allergic

### Introduction

Not only do we learn how to say that we are allergic, but JP also tells us about all the things that we could be allergic to. Although Liliana finds it hard to believe. The keyword is alérgico – allergic.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0106: Room service, A0116: Do you want a mint?, A0131: I miss them
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0096.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “I am allergic” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Quiero el pastel de chocolate.align="right"| mujer:Está bien.align="right"| hombre:¿El pastel tiene nueces?align="right"| mujer:No, no tiene.align="right"| hombre:¿Segura? Porque soy alérgico.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Quieroelpasteldechocolate.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) wantthecakeofchocolate man:I want the chocolate cake.
    mujer:Estábien.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (it) iswell woman:That's fine.
    hombre:¿Elpasteltienenueces?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thecake(it) hasnuts man:Does the cake have nuts?
    mujer:No,notiene.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| nonot(it) has woman:No, it doesn't have any.
    hombre:¿Segura?Porquesoyalérgico.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| surebecause(I) amallergic man:Are you sure? Because I am allergic.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman quererverb (infinitive)to want, to love (yo) quieroverb (present tense)I want el pastelnoun (masculine)the cake los pastelesnoun (plural, masculine)the cakes deprepositionof el chocolatenoun (masculine)the chocolate estarverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) estáverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is bienadverbwell, good tenerverb (infinitive)to have (él/ella) tieneverb (present tense)he/she(/it) has la nueznoun (feminine)the nut las nuecesnoun (plural, feminine)the nuts noadverbno, not seguro/seguraadjective (m./f.)sure porqueconjunctionbecause serverb (infinitive)to be (yo) soyverb (present tense)I am alérgico/alérgicaadjective (m./f.)allergic

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la zanahorianoun (feminine)the carrot las zanahoriasnoun (plural, feminine)the carrots la manzananoun (feminine)the apple las manzanasnoun (plural, feminine)the apples tresnumberthree la lechenoun (feminine)the milk las lechesnoun (plural, feminine)the milks el pastel de tres lechesphrasethe three cream cake suaveadjective (m./f.)smooth, soft el perdónnoun (masculine)the pardon hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| querer | infinitive | to want |
| (yo) quiero | present tense | I want |
| (tú) quieres | | you want (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) quiere | | he/she(/it) wants |
| (usted) quiere | | you want (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) queremos | | we want (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) queréis | | you want (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) quieren | | they want (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) quieren | | you want (formal, plural) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |

### 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.