Learn how to ask "What are you doing?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: What are you doing? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what someone is doing in Spanish. |
Lesson focus |
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| Becky: Here’s the informal way to ask “What are you doing?” in Spanish. |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Qué haces? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “what” |
| Laura: [Normal] qué [Slow] qué |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “you do” |
| Laura: [Normal] haces [Slow] haces |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning “What are you doing?” |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Qué haces? [Normal] ¿Qué haces? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you’re speaking to a stranger. Here’s the formal way to ask, “What are you doing?” |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Qué está usted haciendo? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “what” |
| Laura: [Normal] qué [Slow] qué |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “are” |
| Laura: [Normal] está [Slow] está |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “you” using the formal register. |
| Laura: [Normal] usted [Slow] usted |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “doing” |
| Laura: [Normal] haciendo [Slow] haciendo |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning “What are you doing?” |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Qué está usted haciendo? [Normal] ¿Qué está usted haciendo? |
| Becky: Here’s a response meaning “I am studying.” |
| Laura: [Normal] Estoy estudiando. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “I am” |
| Laura: [Normal] Estoy [Slow] Estoy |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “studying” |
| Laura: [Normal] estudiando [Slow] estudiando |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, “I am studying.” |
| Laura: [Slow] Estoy estudiando. [Normal] Estoy estudiando. |
| Becky: Here’s a response meaning, “I’m doing nothing special.” |
| Laura: [Normal] Nada en especial. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “nothing” |
| Laura: [Normal] nada [Slow] nada |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “in” |
| Laura: [Normal] en [Slow] en |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “special” |
| Laura: [Normal] especial [Slow] especial |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, “I’m doing nothing special.” |
| Laura: [Slow] Nada en especial. [Normal] Nada en especial. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Laura: If you don’t feel like giving an explanation of what you’re doing, you can just say no es asunto tuyo which means "It’s none of your business". But just between friends! |
Outro |
| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Laura: Hasta pronto. |
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