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INTRODUCTION
Becky: On the phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand the basic vocabulary on the phone in Spanish.

Lesson focus

Becky: Here’s the informal way to say “Hello”, while answering the phone in Spanish.
Laura: [Normal] Bueno.
Becky: This expression has only one word that literally means “good”
Laura: [Normal] bueno [Slow] bueno
Becky: Listen again to the expression used in Mexico to answer the phone, that is equivalent to “Hello”.
Laura: [Slow] Bueno. [Normal] Bueno.
Becky: Ok, now let’s see the way to say “This is + name.”, for example “This is Laura.”
Laura: [Normal] Habla Laura.
Becky: First is a word meaning “speak “
Laura: [Normal] habla [Slow] habla
Becky: Last is the person’s name, in this case Laura
Laura: [Normal] Laura
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “This is Laura.”
Laura: [Slow] Habla Laura. [Normal] Habla Laura.
Becky: Next up is the way to say “May I talk to + name?”, for example “May I talk to Jorge?”
Laura: [Normal] ¿Puedo hablar con Jorge?
Becky: First is a word meaning “may I”
Laura: [Normal] puedo [Slow] puedo
Becky: Next is the word meaning “talk”
Laura: [Normal] hablar [Slow] hablar
Becky: Next is the word meaning “with”
Laura: [Normal] con [Slow] con
Becky: Last is the name of the person that we are trying to reach, in this case Jorge
Laura: [Normal] Jorge
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “May I talk to Jorge?”
Laura: [Slow] ¿Puedo hablar con Jorge? [Normal] ¿Puedo hablar con Jorge?
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say “I’ll call again later.”
Laura: [Normal] Hablo al rato.
Becky: First is a word meaning “I speak “
Laura: [Normal] hablo [Slow] hablo
Becky: Next is the word meaning “to the”
Laura: [Normal] al [Slow] al
Becky: Last is the word meaning “while”
Laura: [Normal] rato [Slow] rato
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “I’ll call again later.”
Laura: [Slow] Hablo al rato. [Normal] Hablo al rato.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight.
Laura: Even if the expression bueno, doesn’t make much sense literally, it is the most common way to answer the phone in Mexico.

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson and for the series. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in another series! Bye!
Laura: Hasta pronto!

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