# 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).
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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:Tengounapregunta. (I) haveaquestion man:I have a question.
    mujer:¡Dime! tell me woman:Tell me!
    hombre:¿Cómoseescribebeige? howitself/onewritesbeige man:How do you write beige?
    mujer:¿El color?Seescribeconbe de burro,e, i, ge, e. 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. 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,
* efe, ge, hache, i, jota,
* ka, ele, elle, eme, ene, eñe,
* o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te,
* u, ve, doble ve,
* equis, i griega, zeta

### 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.
    Tengo una pregunta. I have a question. ¡Dime! Tell me! ¿Cómo se escribe beige? How do you write beige? ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. Gracias. Thanks.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    Tell me a question! ¡Dime una pregunta! I have one. Tengo una. Tell me! ¡Dime! How do you write escribir? ¿Cómo se escribe escribir? One writes e, s, c, r, i, b, i, r. Se escribe e, ese, ce, ere, i, be de burro, i, ere. Thanks. Gracias.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    We have a question. Tenemos una pregunta. You tell me! (formal, plural) ¡Díganme! How do you write beige? ¿Cómo se escribe beige? The color? You write it with b as in Bob, e, i, g, e. ¿El color? Se escribe con be de burro, e, i, ge, e. Thanks. Gracias.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Gandhi writing 1942.jpg” by an unknown photographer (Public Domain)
* “Image:Brush and watercolours.jpg” by Jennifer R. (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
* “Image:Donkey Catalan race.jpg” by David Gaya (GNU Free Documentation License)