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INTRODUCTION
In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you to a phrase that will provide you with the tools learned from the people around.
Now, bringing a dictionary is a great idea, but don’t forget that you can use Spanish to learn in a more fun and interactive way.
GRAMMAR POINT
In Spanish, “Can you write it down, please?” is ¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
Let’s break it down by syllable: ¿Me lo pue-de es-cri-bir, por fa-vor?
And now, let’s hear it once again, ¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
The first word, me, means “to me.”
me
This is followed by lo, which in Spanish is “it.”
lo
Then we have puede, which means “you can.”
puede
Let’s break it down by syllable: pue-de.
And one more time, puede.
Then we have escribir, which means “to write.”
escribir
Let’s break it down by syllable: es-cri-bir.
And one more time, escribir.
Finally, we have por favor, which as you know means “please.”
por favor
So all together, we have, ¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
Literally, this means “Can you write it to me, please?” and is translated as “Can you write it down, please?”
In Spanish, “Can you pronounce this is ¿Cómo se dice esto?
¿Cómo se dice esto?
Let’s break it down by syllable: ¿Có-mo se di-ce es-to?
Now, let’s hear it once again, ¿Cómo se dice esto?
The first word, cómo means “how.”
Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: có-mo.
And cómo.
This is followed by se, which in Spanish is a pronoun.
se
Then we have dice, which means “it says.”
dice
Let’s hear it again, dice.
Finally, we have esto, which means “this.”
esto
And esto.
So, all together, we have - ¿Cómo se dice esto?
Literally, this means “How is this said?” though it should be translated as “Can you pronounce this, please?”
When asking somebody to write something down, you will need to give the person paper and pencil or ballpen. In case you don’t have one or all of these items, you will have to ask for them or if the person you’re asking to doesn’t have the items either, he or she will probably ask you.
Either way, the phrase for this is ¿Tiene papel y boli? which means “Do you have paper and a pen?” or ¿Tiene lápiz y papel? which means “Do you have a pencil and paper?”
Let’s read it again, ¿Tiene papel y boli?
One more time, ¿Tiene papel y boli?
And ¿Tiene lápiz y papel?
And one more time, ¿Tiene lápiz y papel?
The word given for “ballpen” boli is a very common short form for bolígrafo.
bolígrafo

Outro

Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte. That means “good luck” in Spanish.
Okay, here we go!
“Can you write it down, please?” - ¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
¿Me lo puede escribir, por favor?
“Can you pronounce this, please?” - ¿Cómo se dice esto?
¿Cómo se dice esto?
¿Cómo se dice esto?
“Do you have paper and ballpen?” - ¿Tiene papel y boli?
¿Tiene papel y boli?
¿Tiene papel y boli?
“Do you have a pencil and paper?” - ¿Tiene lápiz y papel?
¿Tiene lápiz y papel?
¿Tiene lápiz y papel?

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