# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson 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.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0010: I'm hungry, A0021: I'm sleepy, A0127: Flirting
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0002.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Birthday Party” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¡Hola!¿Vasalafiesta?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| hello(you) gototheparty man:Hello! Are you going to the party?
    mujer:¿Cuálfiesta?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| whichparty woman:What party?
    hombre:LafiestadecumpleañosdeJavier.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| thepartyofbirthdayofJavier man:Javier's birthday party.
    mujer:Sívoyair.¿Vamosjuntos?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| 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

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.