# A0006: How's It Going?
### Introduction

It's really useful to know how to start a conversation in order to have one! Liliana and JP talk about all we need: greetings, compliments, and how to respond to them. The keyword is guapa – beautiful (for feminine nouns).
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? mujer:Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? hombre:Todo bien, gracias. mujer:Me alegra.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¡Hola,guapa!¿Cómoteva? hellobeautifulhow(for) you(it) goes man:Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you?
    mujer:Bien, bien.Ytú,¿quétal? goodgoodandyouhowso woman:Good, good. And you, how are you?
    hombre:Todobien,gracias. allgoodthanks man:Everything's fine, thanks.
    mujer:Mealegra. me(it) delights woman:That makes me happy.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman holainterjectionhello guapo/guapaadjective (m./f.)beautiful ¿cómo?adverbhow? teindirect object pronoun(to/for) you irverb (infinitive)to go (él/ella) vaverb (present tense)he/she(/it) goes bienadverbwell, good yconjunctionand túsubject pronounyou ¿Qué tal?phraseHow are you? todo/todaadjective (m./f.)all graciasphrasethanks meindirect object pronoun(to/for) me alegrarverb (infinitive)to delight (él/ella) alegraverb (present tense)he/she(/it) delights

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    hacerverb (infinitive)to make (tú) hacesverb (present tense)you make (informal, singular) ¿Cómo haces tacos?phraseHow do you make tacos? (informal, singular) poderverb (infinitive)can (tú) puedesverb (present tense)you can (informal, singular) losdirect object pronounthem ¿Cómo los puedes hacer?phraseHow can you make them? (informal, singular) lindo/lindaadjective (m./f.)nice, pretty feo/feaadjective (m./f.)ugly ¡Hola, guapo!phraseHello, handsome! hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| 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) |
| 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) |
| alegrar | infinitive | to delight |
| (yo) alegro | present tense | I delight |
| (tú) alegras | | you delight (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) alegra | | he/she(/it) delights |
| (usted) alegra | | you delight (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) alegramos | | we delight (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) alegráis | | you delight (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) alegran | | they delight (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) alegran | | you delight (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, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Hello, beautiful! How is it going for you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Good, good. And you, how are you? Todo bien, gracias. Everything's fine, thanks. Me alegra. That makes me happy.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo te va? Good, good. And you? How are you? Bien, bien. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes me happy. Me alegra.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Hello, handsome (masculine)! ¡Hola, guapo! Hello, ugly (feminine)! How are you? ¡Hola, fea! ¿Cómo te va? (or: ¿Qué tal?) Everything's fine. Thanks, ugly (masculine). And you? Todo bien. Gracias, feo. ¿Y tú? Good. Everything goes fine. Bien. Todo va bien. How good! I'm delighted. ¡Qué bien! Me alegra.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    Hello, beautiful (feminine)! How is it going for you? (formal) ¡Hola, guapa! ¿Cómo le va? Good, good. And you? How are you? (formal) Bien, bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Qué tal? Everything's fine, thanks. Todo bien, gracias. That makes us happy. Nos alegra.

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