# 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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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¿Yaestáslista? already(you) areready man:Are you ready yet?
    mujer:¡Esperaunmomento! (you) waitamoment woman:Wait a moment!
    hombre:Tranquila.Todavíatenemostiempo. relaxedstill(we) havetime man:Relax! We still have time.
    mujer:Menosmal. 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

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.
    ¿Ya estás lista? Are you ready yet? ¡Espera un momento! Wait a moment! Tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Relax! We still have time. Menos mal. Good./Less bad.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Are you ready yet? ¿Ya estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Do we have time? ¿Tenemos tiempo? We still have time. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Do we still have a moment? ¿Todavía tenemos un momento? We still have a moment. Todavía tenemos un momento. Are you ready? ¿Estás listo/lista? Wait a moment! ¡Espera un momento! Relax! We still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tenemos tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal. Are you already relaxed? ¿Ya estás tranquilo/tranquila?

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Are you ready yet? (formal) ¿Ya está listo/lista (usted)? Wait a moment! (formal) ¡Espere un momento! Relax! I still have time. Tranquilo/tranquila. Todavía tengo tiempo. Good (= less bad). Menos mal.

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