# A0005: Take a Picture
### Introduction

Asking strangers for a favor can be pretty difficult for the less extrovert of us—even in our native language. But with a few Spanish words it's actually not that hard as Liliana and JP show us in this lesson. The keyphrase is tomar una foto – to take a picture.
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¡Señorita! mujer:¿Sí? hombre:¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? mujer:¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! hombre:Gracias.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¡Señorita! miss man:Miss!
    mujer:¿Sí? yes woman:Yes?
    hombre:¡Disculpe!¿Nospodríatomarunafotopor favor? (you) excuse(for) us(you) couldtakeaphotoplease man:Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us?
    mujer:¿Cómono?¡Sonrían! hownot(you) smile woman:How could I not? Smile!
    hombre:Gracias. thanks man:Thanks.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman la señoritanoun (feminine)the miss síadverbyes disculparverb (infinitive)to excuse ¡(usted) disculpe!verb (imperative)(you) excuse! (formal) nosindirect object pronoun(to/for) us poderverb (infinitive)can (usted) podríaverb (conditional tense)you could (formal) tomarverb (infinitive)to take un/unaarticle (m./f.)a la fotografíanoun (feminine)the photo la fotonoun (feminine)the photo por favorphraseplease ¿cómo?adverbhow? noadverbnot, no sonreírverb (infinitive)to smile ¡(ustedes) sonrían!verb (imperative)(you) smile! (formal, plural) graciasnoun (plural, feminine)thanks

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el señornoun (masculine)the mister la tareanoun (feminine)the exercise la señoranoun (feminine)the mistress Don Pedrophrasevery respectful form of address Doña Paulaphrasevery respectful form of address hasta luegophrasesee you soon

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| poder | infinitive | can |
| (yo) podría | conditional tense | I could |
| (tú) podrías | | you could (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) podría | | he/she(/it) could |
| (usted) podría | | you could (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) podríamos | | we could (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) podríais | | you could (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) podrían | | they could (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) podrían | | you could (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) |
| disculpar | infinitive | to excuse |
| ¡(tú) disculpa! | imperative | (you) excuse! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) disculpe! | | (you) excuse! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) disculpemos! | | (let's) excuse! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) disculpad! | | (you) excuse! (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| ¡(ustedes) disculpen! | | (you) excuse! (formal, plural) |
| sonreír | infinitive | to smile |
| ¡(tú) sonríe! | imperative | (you) smile! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) sonría! | | (you) smile! (formal, singular) |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) sonriamos! | | (let's) smile! (m./f.) |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) sonreíd! | | (you) smile! (informal, plural) |
| ¡(ustedes) sonrían! | | (you) smile! (formal, plural) |
| tomar | infinitive | to take |
| (yo) tomo | present tense | I take |
| (tú) tomas | | you take (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) toma | | he/she(/it) takes |
| (usted) toma | | you take (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) tomamos | | we take (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) tomáis | | you take (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) toman | | they take (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) toman | | you take (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.
    ¡Señorita! Miss! ¿Sí? Yes? ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? Excuse me, could you please take a picture for us? ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! Of course./How could I not? Smile! Gracias. Thanks.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Miss! ¡Señorita! Yes? ¿Sí? Excuse me! Could you take a photo for us, please? (formal) ¡Disculpe! ¿Nos podría tomar una foto por favor? Of course! Smile! (formal) ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonrían! Thanks. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Sir! Excuse me! ¡Señor! ¡Disculpe! Yes? ¿Sí? Could you take a picture for us? ¿Nos podría tomar una foto? No! ¡No! Sir, please! Señor, ¡por favor! Yes, of course. Sí, ¿cómo no? Thanks! Gracias! Sir, miss, smile. Señor, señorita, sonrían.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Miss! ¡Señorita! Yes? ¿Sí? Excuse me! Could you take a photo for me, please? (informal) ¡Disculpa! ¿Me podrías tomar una foto por favor? Of course! Smile! (informal) ¿Cómo no? ¡Sonríe! Thanks. Gracias.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Miss Rep Dominicana 07 Ada Aimee.jpg” by Jose Rosengurtt (GNU Free Documentation License)