# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0019

How Do You Spell ‘Beige?’

### Introduction

You have a question? Liliana and JP tell us how to ask it. Specifically, they talk about a spelling question; thus, the keyword is be de burro – b as in donkey (b as in Bob).
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0005: Take a picture, A0008: How do you say ...?, A0011: Call me
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0019.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “How do you spell ‘beige?’” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

    hombre:Tengo una pregunta.align="right"| mujer:¡Dime!align="right"| hombre:¿Cómo se escribe beige?align="right"| mujer:¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e.align="right"| hombre:Gracias.align="right"|

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Tengounapregunta.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) haveaquestion man:I have a question.
    mujer:¡Dime!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| tell me woman:Tell me!
    hombre:¿Cómoseescribebeige?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| howitself/onewritesbeige man:How do you write beige?
    mujer:¿El color?Seescribeconbe de burro,e, i, ge, e.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| the coloritself/onewriteswithb of donkey,e, i, g, e woman:The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e.
    hombre:Gracias.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thanks man:Thanks.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman tenerverb (infinitive)to have (yo) tengoverb (present tense)I have un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la preguntanoun (feminine)the question decirverb (infinitive)to say ¡(tú) di!verb (imperative)(you) say! (informal, singular) meindirect object pronoun(to) me ¡dime!phrasetell me! ¿cómo?adverbhow? sereflexive pronounitself, one, you escribirverb (infinitive)to write (él/ella) escribeverb (present tense)he/she(/it) writes beigeadjective (m./f.)beige el colornoun (masculine)the color conprepositionwith deprepositionof el burronoun (masculine)the donkey la be de burrophrasethe b as in donkey la enoun (feminine)the e la inoun (feminine)the i la genoun (feminine)the g graciasphrasethanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    ¿Cómo se escribe?phraseHow do you write? la anoun (feminine)the a la cenoun (feminine)the c la erenoun (feminine)the r la esenoun (feminine)the s Parangaricutirimícuaronoun (masculine)a tongue twister

### 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) |
| decir | infinitive | to say |
| ¡(tú) di! | imperative | (you) say! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) diga! | | (you) say! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) digamos! | | (let's) say! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) decid! | | (you) say! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) digan! | | (you) say! (formal, plural) |
| me | indirect object pronoun | (to) me |
| te | | (to) you (informal, singular) |
| le | | (to) him/her(/it) |
| le | | (to) you (formal, singular) |
| nos | | (to) us |
| os | | (to) you (informal, plural) |
| les | | (to) them |
| les | | (to) you (formal, plural) |
| escribir | infinitive | to write |
| (yo) escribo | present tense | I write |
| (tú) escribes | | you write (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) escribe | | he/she(/it) writes |
| (usted) escribe | | you write (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) escribimos | | we write (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) escribís | | you write (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) escriben | | they write (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) escriben | | you write (formal, plural) |
| a, be, ce, che, de, e, | letters from a to z |
| efe, ge, hache, i, jota, | Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Problems listening to this file? See media help. |
| ka, ele, elle, eme, ene, eñe, | Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Problems listening to this file? See media help. |
| o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, | Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Problems listening to this file? See media help. |
| u, ve, doble ve, | Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Problems listening to this file? See media help. |
| equis, i griega, zeta | Spanish_alphabet.ogg the Spanish letter names Problems listening to this file? See media help. |

### 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.