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She's not Mexican


Introduction

Talking about others can be a lot of fun. To get started, JP and Liliana show us how to talk about the nationality of someone. Keywords are¿Cómo se llama? – What's his/her name?,mexicana – Mexican (woman/girl), andguatemalteca – Guatemalan (woman/girl).

Audio Lesson

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Title: “She's not Mexican”Dialogue only(file info)
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Dialogue

hombre:¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana?
mujer:Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca.
hombre:¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
mujer:De Antigua.

Dialogue with Translation

hombre:¿Cómosellamatuamigamexicana?
howherself(she) callsyourfriendMexican
man:How does your Mexican friend call herself?
mujer:SellamaTatiana.Peronoesmexicana.Esguatemalteca.
herself(she) callsTatianabutnot(she) isMexican(she) isGuatemalan
woman:She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
hombre:¿De verdad?¿DequépartedeGuatemala?
reallyfromwhatpartofGuatemala
man:Really? From what part of Guatemala?
mujer:DeAntigua.
fromAntigua
woman:From Antigua.
Wikipedia has related information atMexico.
Wikipedia has related information atGuatemala.
Wikipedia has related information atAntigua Guatemala.
Antigua, Guatemala

Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombrenoun (masculine)the man
la mujernoun (feminine)the woman
¿cómo?adverbhow?
sereflexive pronounhimself/herself/itself
llamarseverb (infinitive)to call oneself, to be called
(élla) se llamaverb (present tense)she calls herself, she is called, her name is
tupossessive adjectiveyour (informal, singular)
la amiganoun (feminine)the friend
el amigonoun (masculine)the friend
mexicano/mexicanaadjective (m./f.)Mexican
Tatiananoun (feminine)Tatiana
peroconjunctionbut
noadverbnot
serverb (infinitive)to be
(él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is
guatemalteco/guatemaltecaadjective (m./f.)Guatemalan
de verdadphrasereally
deprepositionfrom, of
¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat?, which?
la partenoun (feminine)the part
Guatemalanoun (feminine)Guatemala
Antiguanoun (feminine)Antigua
Wikipedia has related information atVolcan de Agua.
Wikipedia has related information atPanama.
Wikipedia has related information atColombia.

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

(tú) te llamasverb (present tense)you call yourself, your name is (informal, singular)
¿Cómo te llamas?phraseHow do you call yourself? What is your name?
Volcán de Aguanoun (masculine)Volcán de Agua (Volcano of Water)
panameño/panameñaadjective (m./f.)Panamanian
colombiano/colombianaadjective (m./f.)Colombian
brasileño/brasileñaadjective (m./f.)Brazilian
americano/americanaadjective (m./f.)American
estadounidenseadjective (m./f.)(US) American

 

More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exerciseDialogue Recast.

mereflexive pronounmyself
teyourself (informal, singular)
sehimself/herself(/itself)
seyourself (formal, singular)
nosourselves, each other
osyourselves, each other (informal, plural)
sethemselves, each other
seyourselves, each other (formal, plural)
 
llamarseverb (infinitive)to call oneself, to be called
(yo) me llamoverb (present tense)I call myself
(tú) te llamasyou call yourself (informal, singular)
(él/ella) se llamahe/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself)
(usted) se llamayou call yourself (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) nos llamamoswe call ourselves (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) os llamáisyou call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) se llamanthey call themselves (m./f.)
(ustedes) se llamanyou call yourselves (formal, plural)
 
mipossessive adjectivemy
misposs. adjective (plural)my
tupossessive adjectiveyour (informal, singular)
tusposs. adjective (plural)your (informal, singular)
supossessive adjectivehis/her(/its)/their
susposs. adjective (plural)his/her(/its)/their
supossessive adjectiveyour (formal)
susposs. adjective (plural)your (formal)
nuestro/nuestraposs. adjective (m./f.)our
nuestros/nuestrasposs. adj. (plural, m./f.)our
vuestro/vuestraposs. adjective (m./f.)your (informal, plural)
vuestros/vuestrasposs. adj. (plural, m./f.)your (informal, plural)
 
serinfinitiveto be
(yo) soypresent tenseI am
(tú) eresyou are (informal, singular)
(él/ella) eshe/she(/it) is
(usted) esyou are (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) somoswe are (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) soisyou are (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) sonthey are (m./f.)
(ustedes) sonyou are (formal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana?
How does your Mexican friend call herself?
How does your Mexican friend call herself?
Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca.
She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
Really? From what part of Guatemala?
Really? From what part of Guatemala?
De Antigua.
From Antigua.
From Antigua.

Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

What's the name of your Mexican friend?
¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana?
¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana?
Her name is Tatiana. But she isn't Mexican. She is Guatemalan.
Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca.
Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca.
Really? From which part of Guatemala?
¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
From Antigua.
De Antigua.
De Antigua.

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

What's the name of your friend (masculine)?
¿Cómo se llama tu amigo?
¿Cómo se llama tu amigo?
My friend?
¿Mi amigo?
¿Mi amigo?
Your friend from Guatemala.
Tu amigo de Guatemala.
Tu amigo de Guatemala.
He's not Guatemalan.
No es guatemalteco.
No es guatemalteco.
Really? Is he Panamanian?
¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño?
¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño?
No, he's not Panamanian.
No, no es panameño.
No, no es panameño.
He is Colombian, isn't he?
Es colombiano, ¿no?
Es colombiano, ¿no?
No, he's not Colombian.
No, no es colombiano.
No, no es colombiano.
Is he from Mexico?
¿Es de México?
¿Es de México?
No, he's not Mexican.
No, no es mexicano.
No, no es mexicano.
But from which part of America is he?
¿Pero de qué parte de América es?
¿Pero de qué parte de América es?
He is US American.
Es estadounidense.
Es estadounidense.
Really? What's his name?
¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama?
¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama?
His name is John.
Se llama John.
Se llama John.

Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from theMore Vocabulary section.

What's the name of your Mexican friends? (formal)
¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas?
¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas?
Their names are Tatiana, ... But they aren't Mexican. They are Guatemalan.
Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos.
Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos.
Really? From which part of Guatemala?
¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala?
From Antigua.
De Antigua.
De Antigua.


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