# A0076: Jet-Lag
### Introduction

The most important thing about jet-lag: there is good jet-lag (when the local time is behind your time because you were flying westwards) and bad jet-lag (when the local time is ahead of your time because you were flying eastwards). Similarly, our keyword has multiple meanings: cambio de horario – change of schedule/change of time zone/jet-lag.
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### Dialogue

    mujer:Tengo jet-lag. hombre:¿Qué es eso? mujer:El cambio de horario. hombre:Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. mujer:Cierto.

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:Tengo jet-lag. (I) havejet-lag woman:I have jet-lag.
    hombre:¿Quéeseso? what(it) isthat man:What's that?
    mujer:Elcambiodehorario. thechangeofschedule woman:The change of time zone.
    hombre:Ah,claro,porqueaquísonochohorasmás. ohclearlybecausehere(they) areeighthoursmore man:Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
    mujer:Cierto. certain woman:True.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man tenerverb (infinitive)to have (yo) tengoverb (present tense)I have el jet-lagnoun (masculine)the jet-lag ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? serverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is ese/esa/esopronoun (m./f./neuter)this, that el cambionoun (masculine)the change deprepositionof el horarionoun (masculine)the schedule ahinterjectionoh claroadverbclearly, of course porqueconjunctionbecause aquíadverbhere (ellos/ellas) sonverb (present tense)they are ochonumbereight la horanoun (feminine)the hour las horasnoun (plural, feminine)the hours másadverbmore cierto/ciertaadjective (m./f.)certain, true ciertophraseI think so

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    clarisimoadverbvery clearly el taconoun (masculine)the taco los tacosnoun (plural, masculine)the tacos el tequilanoun (masculine)the tequila hasta luegophrasesee you later

### 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) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | | you are (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) es | | he/she(/it) is |
| (usted) es | | you are (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | | we are (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) son | | they are (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) son | | you are (formal, plural) |
| uno | 1 |
| dos | 2 |
| tres | 3 |
| cuatro | 4 |
| cinco | 5 |
| seis | 6 |
| siete | 7 |
| ocho | 8 |
| nueve | 9 |
| diez | 10 |
| once | 11 |
| doce | 12 |
| trece | 13 |
| catorce | 14 |
| quince | 15 |
| dieciséis | 16 |
| diecisiete | 17 |
| dieciocho | 18 |
| diecinueve | 19 |
| veinte | 20 |

### 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 jet-lag. I have jet-lag. ¿Qué es eso? What's that? El cambio de horario. The change of time zone. Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead. Cierto. True.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    I have jet-lag. Tengo jet-lag. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? The change of time zone. El cambio de horario. Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead. Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. True. Cierto.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    I have eight hours more. Tengo ocho horas más. Why? ¿Por qué? Because of (= por) the change of time zone. Por el cambio de horario. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? Here it's eight hours less (= menos). Aquí son ocho horas menos. True. Cierto.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    We have jet-lag. Tenemos jet-lag. What's that? ¿Qué es eso? The change of time zone. El cambio de horario. Oh, of course, because here it's one (= una) hour ahead. Ah, claro, porque aquí es una hora más. True. Cierto.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Wikimania2007 schedule check.jpg” by Kat Walsh (GNU Free Documentation License)
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