Vocabulario
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hour (hora)
¿What hora will you be home?
Probably en dos horas. I can leave my oficina early.
¿At what hora will the lechero deliver the leche?
Not until cinco hora.
¿At what hora will the lechero deliver the leche?
En una hora.
children (niños)
La mujer has cinco niños.
All her niños like leche.
Her niños drink dos galones de leche a día.
¿How many niños in your classroom?
I have 24 niños.
¿When los niños are bad they are sent to la oficina?
When niños are bad they are sent to the oficina.
¿Are your niños going to el aeropuerto with you?
Yes, we are all taking un taxi to el aeropuerto.
The doctora has been treating a lot of niños lately.
Aparently they had been drinking some bad leche.
But don’t blame the lechero.
La mujer has cinco niños.
All her niños like leche.
Her niños drink dos galones de leche a día.
That is a lot of leche for each niño.
The doctora has been treating a lot of niños lately.
Apparently they had been drinking some bad leche.
But don’t blame the lechero. El lechero has nothing to do with the quality of the leche.
The children (los niños)
Those are los niños of that mujer over there.
Look at los niños. ¿Are they sus hijos?
Oh dear, I just realized that los niños are my hijos.
their children (sus niños)
Sus niños are very polite.
Mis niños really like the niños of the lechero.
Sus niños always seem to have ice cream treats.
a taxi (una taxi)
airport (aeropuerto)
¿Do we have to take un taxi to el aeropuerto?
It is easier to take el taxi than el autobus.
¿Why don’t we drive our coche to el aeropuerto?
I would rather take un taxi than our coche.
We would have to pay for parking at el aeropuerto if we drove our coche.
Si, you are right. Let’s take un taxi to el aeropuerto.
Sus niños shouldn’t take un taxi by themselves.
The youngest niño is dos and the oldest niño is only cinco.
Yes but they have un niño who is much older. That niño is 19.
¿Are your niños going to el aeropuerto with you?
Yes, we are all taking un taxi to el aeropuerto.
She is always asking questions.
¿Is there a lounge in el aeropuerto?
¿Should we drive our coche to el aeropuerto?
¿Can we park el coche at el aeropuerto?
¿Is there a Holiday Inn near el aeropuerto?
¿Should we take the shuttle to el aeropuerto?
Pregunta after pregunta.
All she does is ask preguntas.
Mexico City (la Ciudad de México)
¿Do you know anything about la Ciudad de México?
Si. I lived in la Ciudad de México.
There is a very nice aeropuerto in la Ciudad de México.
¿Did you know that la Ciudad de México has over 20 million people.
¿Can we take el autobus from la Ciudad de México to Puebla?
Yes, you can catch el autobus right at el aeropuerto.
story (cuento)
¿Would you tell me un cuento?
Sure. ¿What cuento would you like to hear?
¿Would you tell me el cuento of the Three Bears: Los Tres Osos?
I love children’s cuentos. And I love the cuento of Los Tres Osos.
He told sus niños a very scary cuento.
I would never tell mis niños un cuento like that.
sleep (dormir)
¿What time do you usually go to dormir?
Ten oclock. I have to dormir at least 8 hours a night.
When we were traveling, we had to dormir in el aeropuerto.
¿Do you ever dormir in your oficina?
bed (cama)
I wish I had a cama in my oficina. Then I could dormir whenever I was tired.
Mis niños each have their own cama.
Dos niños. Dos camas
We wanted to find a hotel room with dos camas.
This cama is too hard. This cama is too soft. But this cama is just right.
Don’t forget to make your cama.
La cama was too small. His feet extended past the end of la cama. The sheets were even smaller. They didn’t even cover the cama.
me too (yo también)
I like leche. Yo también.
I like the lechero. Yo también.
I like sus niños. Yo también.
I like that aeropuerto. Yo también.
excited (emocionado(a))
The lechero was very emocionado.
The mujer was very emocionada tambien.
The whole crowd was emocionado at the concert.
¿Did you see how emocionado the father was when the doctora delivered the baby of la mujer?
temperature (temperatura)
¿Would you turn up the temperatura?
I like the temperatura in Costa Rica.
If you don’t like the temperatura, put on a coat.
fantastic (fantástico)
at what time (a qué hora)
¿A qué hora should we go to the aeroepuerto?
En cinco horas.
A qué hora should we leave to go to the theater?
En dos horas.
clock, watch (reloj)
¿Do you have a reloj?
No, but there is a reloj over there on the wall, la pared.
And there is a reloj on the microwave–la microonda.
Oh, and there is also a reloj on the stove–laestufa.
I like this, we have a reloj on the microwave.
Wow! A reloj on la pared, a reloj on la microonda
And a reloj on la estufa. You have a lot of relojs.
No wonder you don’t feel as though you have to wear a reloj.
Sus niños can already tell time. They each have their own reloj.
The lechero should get a reloj. Maybe he would bring the leche on time.
flight (vuelo)
¿A que hora does the vuelo leave? ¿What vuelo are we taking?
I don’t know–no sé.
I think we are taking the vuelo that is going to la Ciudad de Mexico, and then another vuelo to Puebla.
Oh yes, here it is. Our vuelo leaves at dos horas.
We need to go to the airport to catch our vuelo to Mexico.
¿Did you have a nice vuelo?
¿Will they serve us dinner on this vuelo?