# A0030: Call back later
### Introduction

Making a phone call in Spanish can be somewhat challenging. (I'll never forget my first phone call in Spanish; that's for sure.) Thus, the information provided by Liliana and JP in this lesson is particular useful. The keywords are: está – he/she is (in), no está – he/she is not (in).
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0011: Call me, A0027: The Neighbor, A0131: I miss them
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Hola? mujer:¿Está Mauricio? hombre:No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. mujer:Muy bien. Gracias.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¿Hola? hello man:Hello?
    mujer:¿Está Mauricio? (he) is (in)Mauricio woman:Is Mauricio in?
    hombre:No,noestá.Llámalomástarde. nonot(he) is (in)call himmorelate man:No, he's not in. Call him back later.
    mujer:Muybien.Gracias. verywellthanks woman:Fine. Thank you.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman ¿hola?interjectionhello? estarverb (infinitive)to be (at a location) (él/ella) estáverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is Mauricionoun (masculine) noadverbno, not llamarverb (infinitive)to call ¡llama!verb (imperative)you call! (informal, singular) lodirect object pronounhim, it ¡llámalo!verb (imperative)you call him! (informal, singular) másadverbmore tardeadverblate más tardephraselater muyadverbvery bienadverbwell graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la tardenoun (feminine)the afternoon bonito/bonitaarticle (m./f.)pretty salado/saladaarticle (m./f.)salty está bienphrasealright la llamadanoun (feminine)the phone call sereflexive pronounoneself llamarseverb (infinitive)to call oneself, to be called mereflexive pronounmyself (yo) me llamoverb (present tense)I call myself, my name is ¡aló!interjectionhello! ¡bueno!interjectiongood! ¡dime!phrasetell me! ¡diga!phrasespeak! (formal) ¡dímelo!phrasetell it to me! hasta luegophrasesee you later

### 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) |
| 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.) |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| (yo) digo | present tense | I say |
| (tú) dices | | you say (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) dice | | he/she(/it) says |
| (usted) dice | | you say (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) decimos | | we say (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) decís | | you say (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) dicen | | they say (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) dicen | | you say (formal, plural) |

### Exercises

Cover the right column, translate from English to Spanish and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers.

#### Dialogue Translation

    ¿Hola? Hello? ¿Está Mauricio? Is Mauricio in? No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. No, he's not in. Call him back later. Muy bien. Gracias. Fine. Thank you.

#### Dialogue Recall

    Hello? ¿Hola? Is Mauricio in? ¿Está Mauricio? No, he's not in. Call him back later. No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. Fine. Thanks. Muy bien. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Remix

    Tell me! ¡Dime! Hello? ¿Hola? Hello! Tell it to me! ¡Hola! ¡Dímelo! Mauricio? ¿Mauricio? No, Mauricio is not in. No, Mauricio no está. Mauricio is not in? ¿No está Mauricio? No, he's not in. Call him back later. No, no está. Llámalo más tarde. Alright. Thanks. Muy bien/está bien. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Recast

This exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Hello? ¿Hola? Is Ana in? ¿Está Ana? No, she's not in. Call her back later. No, no está. Llámala más tarde. Fine. Thank you. Muy bien. Gracias.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Gandhi telephoning.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain)
* “Image:Tablesalt2.jpg” by BenB4 (GNU Free Documentation License)