# A0002: Birthday Party
### Introduction

How to ask someone to go together to a birthday party—in Spanish? With Liliana's and JP's guidance it's pretty easy. Of course, that doesn't mean that the answer is always “yes”! In any case, the keyword is la fiesta de cumpleaños – the birthday party.
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? mujer:¿Cuál fiesta? hombre:La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. mujer:Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¡Hola!¿Vasalafiesta? hello(you) gototheparty man:Hello! Are you going to the party?
    mujer:¿Cuálfiesta? whichparty woman:What party?
    hombre:LafiestadecumpleañosdeJavier. thepartyofbirthdayofJavier man:Javier's birthday party.
    mujer:Sívoyair.¿Vamosjuntos? yes(I) gotogo(we) gotogether woman:Sure I'm going to go. Shall we go together?

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman ¡hola!interjectionhi!, hello! irverb (infinitive)to go (tú) vasverb (present tense)you go (informal, singular) aprepositionto la fiestanoun (feminine)the party ¿cuál?interrogative pronounwhat?, which? deprepositionof el cumpleañosnoun (masculine)the birthday la fiesta de cumpleañosphrasethe birthday party Javiernoun (masculine)Javier síadverbyes, sure (yo) voyverb (present tense)I go (yo) voy a irphraseI am going to go (nosotros/-as) vamosverb (present tense)we go (m./f.) junto/juntaadjective (m./f.)together juntos/juntasadjective (plural, m./f.)together

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    la piñatanoun (feminine)traditional Mexican game el mariachinoun (masculine)traditional Mexican band or musician el sombreronoun (masculine)the hat los sombrerosnoun (plural, masculine)the hats el tríonoun (masculine)the trio el boleronoun (masculine)the melancholic love song los bolerosnoun (plural, masculine)the melancholic love songs hastaprepositionuntil luegoadverbthen hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |

### 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.
    ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Hello! Are you going to the party? ¿Cuál fiesta? What party? La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Javier's birthday party/the birthday party of Javier. Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos? Sure/yes I'm going to go. Shall we go together?

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Hello! Do you go to the party? ¡Hola! ¿Vas a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do we go together? Sí voy a ir. ¿Vamos juntos?

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Are you going to go to the party? ¿Vas a ir a la fiesta? Yes, I'm going to go to the party of Javier. Sí, voy a ir a la fiesta de Javier. Are we going to go together to the party? ¿Vamos a ir juntos a la fiesta? What party? ¿Cuál fiesta? Hello? Javier's party. ¿Hola? La fiesta de Javier. Yes, the birthday party of Javier. Sí, la fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Yes. Do we go together to the party? Sí. ¿Vamos juntos a la fiesta? Sure I am going to go to the party. Sí voy a ir a la fiesta.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Hello! Do you go to the party? (formal) ¡Hola! ¿(Usted) va a la fiesta? Which party? ¿Cuál fiesta? The birthday party of Javier. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Javier. Sure I'm going to go. Do you go together? (formal, plural) Sí voy a ir. ¿(Ustedes) van juntos?

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