Learn how to talk about possessions
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Possession. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about possession in Spanish. |
Lesson focus |
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| Becky: Here’s the informal way to say “Do you have a pen?” in Spanish. |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Tienes una pluma? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “you have” |
| Laura: [Normal] tienes [Slow] tienes |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “a” |
| Laura: [Normal] una [Slow] una |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “pen” |
| Laura: [Normal] pluma [Slow] pluma |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning “Do you have a pen?” |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Tienes una pluma? [Normal] ¿Tienes una pluma? |
| Becky: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say “Do you have a pen?” |
| Laura: [Normal] ¿Tiene una pluma? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “you have” in the formal register. |
| Laura: [Normal] tiene [Slow] tiene |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “a” |
| Laura: [Normal] una [Slow] una |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “pen” |
| Laura: [Normal] pluma [Slow] pluma |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning “Do you have a pen?” |
| Laura: [Slow] ¿Tiene una pluma? [Normal] ¿Tiene una pluma? |
| Becky: Next up is the formal way to say “Yes, here you are.” |
| Laura: [Normal] Sí, aquí tiene. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “yes” |
| Laura: [Normal] sí [Slow] sí |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “here” |
| Laura: [Normal] aquí [Slow] aquí |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “you have” in the formal register. |
| Laura: [Normal] tiene [Slow] tiene |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning “Yes, here you are.” |
| Laura: [Slow] Sí, aquí tiene. [Normal] Sí, aquí tiene. |
| Becky: Finally is a way to say “Yes, but it is red. “ |
| Laura: [Normal] Sí, pero es roja. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “yes” |
| Laura: [Normal] sí [Slow] sí |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “but” |
| Laura: [Normal] pero [Slow] pero |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning “it is” |
| Laura: [Normal] es [Slow] es |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “red” |
| Laura: [Normal] roja [Slow] roja |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “Yes, but it is red.” |
| Laura: [Slow] Sí, pero es roja. [Normal] Sí, pero es roja. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Laura: This same pattern of Tienes + noun can be used to talk about subjective things as well, such as hunger or sleep. ¿Tienes hambre? and ¿Tienes sueño? Meaning [are you hungry/are you sleepy] are questions you will hear often. |
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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