# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0010

I'm Hungry

### Introduction

Make sure to eat something before you listen to this lesson. Liliana and JP keep talking about keywords such as hambre – hunger, tengo hambre – I'm hungry, and restaurante italiano – Italian restaurant until they have to stop recording because they are too hungry!
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0002: Birthday party, A0015: Table for two, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0066: Bottle of water
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0010.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “I'm Hungry” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Tengo hambre.align="right"| mujer:Yo también. ¿Vamos a comer?align="right"| hombre:Sí, quiero ir a un restaurante italiano.align="right"| mujer:Buena idea.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Tengohambre.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) havehunger man:I'm hungry.
    mujer:Yotambién.¿Vamosacomer?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| Itoo(we) gotoeat woman:Me too. Are we going to eat?
    hombre:Sí,quieroiraunrestauranteitaliano.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| yes(I) wantgotoarestaurantItalian man:Yes, I want to go to an Italian restaurant.
    mujer:Buenaidea.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| goodidea woman:Good idea.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman tenerverb (infinitive)to have (yo) tengoverb (present tense)I have el hambrenoun (feminine)the hunger tener hambrephraseto have hunger, to be hungry (yo) tengo hambrephraseI have hunger, I'm hungry yosubject pronounI tambiénadverbtoo, also irverb (infinitive)to go (nosotros/-as) vamosverb (present tense)we go (m./f.) aprepositionto comerverb (infinitive)to eat síadverbyes quererverb (infinitive)to want, to like, to love (yo) quieroverb (present tense)I want un/unaarticle (m./f.)a, one el restaurantenoun (masculine)the restaurant italiano/italianaadjective (m./f.)Italian bueno/buenaadjective (m./f.)good la ideanoun (feminine)the idea

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    español/españolaadjective (m./f.)Spanish francés/francesaadjective (m./f.)French la sednoun (feminine)the thirst tener sedphraseto have thirst, to be thirsty (yo) tengo sedphraseI have thirst, I'm thirsty comida corridaphrasesmall menu at fixed price el tamarindonoun (masculine)the tamarind hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |
| ir | infinitive | to go |
| (yo) voy | present tense | I go |
| (tú) vas | | you go (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) va | | he/she(/it) goes |
| (usted) va | | you go (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) vamos | | we go (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) vais | | you go (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) van | | they go (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) van | | you go (formal, plural) |
| 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) |

### 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.