Learn some Mexican Spanish phone manners
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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 |
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| 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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