# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0001

Are You Ready yet?

### Introduction

Sometimes people are just too slow! And then they hurry too much! In this lesson JP and Liliana teach us how to create time pressure and how to react to it and—most importantly—to relax. The keyword is tranquila – relaxed (for feminine nouns).
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0013: Doing the laundry, A0041: Cheers!, A0127: Flirting
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0001.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Are you ready yet?” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Ya estás lista?align="right"| mujer:¡Espera un momento!align="right"| hombre:Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo.align="right"| mujer:Menos mal.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¿Yaestáslista?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| already(you) areready man:Are you ready yet?
    mujer:¡Esperaunmomento!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (you) waitamoment woman:Wait a moment!
    hombre:Tranquila.Todavíatenemostiempo.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| relaxedstill(we) havetime man:Relax! We still have time.
    mujer:Menosmal.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| lessbadly woman:Good.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman yaadverbalready estarverb (infinitive)to be (tú) estásverb (present tense)you are (informal, singular) listo/listaadjective (m./f.)ready esperarverb (infinitive)to wait ¡(tú) espera!verb (imperative)(you) wait! (informal, singular) un/unaarticle (m./f.)a el momentonoun (masculine)the moment tranquilo/tranquilaadjective (m./f.)relaxed, calm todavíaadverbstill tenerverb (infinitive)to have (nosotros/-as) tenemosverb (present tense)we have el tiemponoun (masculine)the time menosadverbless maladverbbadly menos malphraseOK, good

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el tiemponoun (masculine)the time, the weather ¿cómo?adverbhow? ¿Cómo está el tiempo?phraseHow is the weather? el climanoun (masculine)the climate, the weather tranquilos/tranquilasadjective (plural, m./f.)relaxed, calm ¡(usted) espere!verb (imperative)(you) wait! (formal, singular) ¡(ustedes) esperen!verb (imperative)(you) wait! (formal, plural)

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| esperar | infinitive | to wait |
| ¡(tú) espera! | imperative | (you) wait! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) espere! | | (you) wait! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) esperemos! | | (let's) wait! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) esperad! | | (you) wait! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) esperen! | | (you) wait! (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) |

### 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.