Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2 Lesson 1 These lessons extend on the ideas from Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 1 http://www.informalspanish.com and Shortcut to Spanish Level 2. http://www.shortcuttospanish2.com The lessons teach you how to use informal Spanish. I wouldn’t recommend using this informal Spanish when you first meet someone, especially if they are older than you. If you do, although they won’t say anything, you may feel a slight tension in the air, because without intending it you have shown disrespect. However, among friends this is the friendly, casual way you will interact. It’s also a good way to speak with children. Shortly, I am going to show you how to use informal Spanish when talking about the past. I will guide you in small steps, so you will find it very easy to understand. In this lesson, you only need to know how to use two verbs informally in the present tense. Plus, you’ll use some of the vocabulary from Shortcut to Spanish level 2, lessons 32, 33 and 34, which are available for free on this page; http://www.spanish-is-easy.com/shortcuttospanishlevel2.html Here’s the two informal verbs for this lesson, Puede – you can (formal) Puedes– you can (informal) Quiere – you want? (formal) Quieres– you want? (informal) That’s it, what could be easier? So, let’s get started, on the next page you will find the script from Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations, Level 2, Lesson 32. Saludos Marcus Santamaria Spanish communication coach

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 1

Say, you can change the dollars Puedes cambiar los dólares to pesos a pesos in the bank en el banco Say, you can change the dollars to pesos in the bank. Puedes cambiar los dólares a pesos en el banco. and also you can change y también puedes cambiar the pesos a dollars los dólares a pesos in the bank en el banco Say, you can change the dollars to pesos in the bank Puedes cambiar los dólares a pesos en el banco and also you can change the pesos a dollars in the bank. y también puedes cambiar los dólares a pesos en el banco. Say, I don´t have pesos No tengo pesos only I have dollars sólo tengo dólares Say, I don’t have pesos only I have dollars No tengo pesos sólo tengo dólares

Reply, there is a currency exchange downtown Hay una casa de cambio en el centro and also you can change y también puedes cambiar the dollars to pesos in the bank los dólares a pesos en el banco Say, thank you Gracias Reply, you’re welcome De nada Listen to, it costs Cuesta Say, it costs Cuesta Ask, how much does it cost? ¿Cuánto cuesta? Ask, how much does it cost the flight? ¿Cuánto cuesta el vuelo? Reply, it costs 3000 pesos. Cuesta tres mil pesos. Say, I don’t have pesos I only have dollars. No tengo pesos sólo tengo dólares. Reply, there is a currency exchange downtown Hay una casa de cambio en el centro and also you can change y también puedes cambiar

the dollars to pesos in the bank los dólares a pesos en el banco Thank you! Gracias! You’re welcome. De nada. Ask, can I pay ¿Puedo pagar with a credit card? con tarjeta de crédito? Ask, can I pay with a credit card? ¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta de crédito? Notice, José Luis didn’t use the word un. This is correct, you can also use un and it will still be correct. Reply you can’t pay no puedes pagar with a credit card. con tarjeta de crédito. Notice, Elena doesn’t use un. This too is correct Spanish. Ask, can I pay with a credit card? ¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta de crédito? Reply, no, you can’t pay with a credit card. No, no puedes pagar con tarjeta de crédito. Ask, do you want to see ¿Quieres ver a film today? una película hoy?

Reply, no, I don’t want to see No, no quiero ver a film today, una película hoy, I want to go to the museum. quiero ir al museo. Ask, do you want to see a film today? ¿Quieres ver una película hoy? Reply, no, I don’t want to see a film today, No, no quiero ver una película hoy, I want to go to the beach. quiero ir a la playa. Ask, when can you pay? ¿Cuándo puedes pagar? Reply, I can pay today Puedo pagar hoy after 3 o’clock. después de las tres. Ask, when can you pay? ¿Cuándo puedes pagar? Reply, I can pay today after 3 o’clock. Puedo pagar hoy después de las tres.

Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2 Lesson 2

Here is the first easy informal verb form for this lesson (usted) tiene – you have (formal) (tú) tienes– you have (informal) Notice the pronouns in parenthesis. Usted is formal, tú is informal. However, in everyday language these pronouns are very often not used, especially with the tú form. That’s why, in this lesson you’ll use the verbs without pronouns in this way; Tiene – you have (formal) Tienes– you have (informal) The reason I teach you this way, without the pronouns, is because it is the Spanish you are going to hear in the real world. In this lesson there is just the one present tense verb to remember, plus you’ll take your…

First Step Making Informal Conversations and Start To Talk About What Happened In The Past If you have complete Shortcut to Spanish level 2, then you are comfortable with Spanish Conversation Booster Pattern 3 and using the power verb haber like this; Ha visitado – you have visited (formal) You just need to remember to use, has, for the informal form (remember h is silent in Spanish). Has visitado – you have visited (informal)

Saludos Marcus Santamaria Spanish communication coach

P.S. I spent years making all the lessons in Shortcut to Spanish tie together so you wouldn’t have to feel lost in Spanish. All the words and structures from each of the Shortcut to Spanish course leads into the next one. This audio course should be a fun challenge but never frustrating or a battle for you to keep up. If at any point you are struggling with this course you’ll want to review the courses that came before it. If you are not able to think of the words quickly enough, review; Shortcut to Spanish http://www.how-to-speak.com and Shortcut to Spanish level 2 www.shortcuttospanish2.com If you feel confused about the informal structures, repeat the lessons from; Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations www.informalspanish.com If you can’t keep up with the past tense verbs, then you can repeat; Shortcut to Spanish level 2. www.shortcuttospanish2.com

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 2

Nivel dos lección dos. Say, you have to study more Spanish Tienes que estudiar más español if you want to visit Mexico si quieres visitar México Reply, I like to study Spanish Me gusta estudiar español Because I like Porque me gusta Listen to a common way to say (the) language El idioma Say, the language El idioma Say, I like the language Me gusta el idioma Say, you have to study more Spanish Tienes que estudiar más español if you want to visit Spain si quieres visitar españa Say, I like to study Spanish Me gusta estudiar español because porque Say, I like the language me gusta el idioma Say, I like to study Spanish because I like the language Me gusta estudiar español porque me gusta el idioma and the people y la gente Say, you have to study more Spanish Tienes que estudiar más español

if you want to visit Peru si quieres visitar Perú Say, I like to study Spanish Me gusta estudiar español because porque I like the language and the people me gusta el idioma y la gente Say, I like to study Spanish because I like the language and the people Me gusta estudiar español porque me gusta el idioma y la gente Ask, have you visited ¿Has visitado Mexico before today? México antes de hoy? Ask, have you visited Mexico before today? ¿Has visitado México antes de hoy? Reply, yes, I went to Mexico Sí, fui a México the last summer el verano pasado It is very impressive Es muy impresionante Reply, yes, I went to Mexico the last summer Sí, fui a México el verano pasado It is very impressive Es muy impresionante Ask, have you visited Mexico before today? ¿Has visitado México antes de hoy? Reply yes, I went to Mexico the last summer Sí, fui a México el verano pasado See you on lesson 3. Nos vemos en la lección tres.

Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2 Lesson 3 Contionuing To Talk Informally About What Happened In The Past Just like in the last lesson, you’ll use the informal version of the Spanish Conversation Booster Pattern 3. In the last lesson you used: Has visitado – you have visited (informal) This lesson, it’s simply the same pattern with other verbs

Exercico 3.1 See if you can translate these informal questions; 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

¿Has comprado? ¿Has terminado? ¿Has rentado? ¿Has optimizado? ¿Has importado? ¿Has hablado?

Respuestas del exercisio 3.1 Translations of “informal questions” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Have Have Have Have Have Have

you you you you you you

bought? finished? rented? optimized? imported? spoken?

Exercico 3.2

Let’s make sure you know this structure, translate these questions to Spanish. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Have Have Have Have Have Have

you you you you you you

bought? finished? rented? optimized? imported? spoken?

Respuestas del exercisio 3.1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

¿Has ¿Has ¿Has ¿Has ¿Has ¿Has

comprador? terminado? rentado? optimizado? importado? hablado?

If you got 5 or more of the answers correct, great! You’re going to fly through this lesson. If you got less than 5 correct, you may want to review from chapter 37 onward in Shortcut to Spanish level 2. If, you don’t yet have Shortcut to Spanish Level 2 it is available from www.shortcuttospanish2.com

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 3

Nivel dos lección tres Ask, what have you bought? ¿Qué has comprado? Say, I bought a hat Compré un sombrero with my credit card con mi tarjeta de credito Say, I bought a hat with my credit card. Compré un sombrero con mi tarjeta de credito. Ask, what have you bought? ¿Qué has comprado? Say, I bought a hat with my credit card. Compré un sombrero con mi tarjeta de credito. Ask, have you finished? ¿Has terminado? Reply, no, need ten minutes more. No, necesito diez minutos más.

Rentar/alquilar I chose to teach you rentar instead of alquilar. Why? It’s so close to English it makes it straightforward for you to use Spanish right away, even when I introduce the past tense. Here’s some of the regional variations; In Mexico you’ll find rentar is often used. However, outside of Mexico alquilar is the word you’ll hear the most. If you are in Chile, you may find arrendar is used more than either rentar or alquilar.

Ask, have you rented a house ¿Has rentado una casa for the summer? por el verano? Ask, have you rented a house for the summer? ¿Has rentado una casa por el verano? Reply, yes, I rented Sí, renté a house in Acapulco una casa en Acapulco Say, yes, I rented a house in Acapulco Sí, renté una casa en Acapulco Ask have you rented a house for the summer? ¿Has rentado una casa por el verano? Reply, yes, I rented a house in Acapulco. Sí, renté una casa en Acapulco. Ask have you optimizad ¿Has optimizado the computor? la computadora? No, I don´t know how No, no sé como to do it. hacerlo No, I don´t know how to do it. No, no sé como hacerlo. Ask, have you optimized your computor? ¿Has optimizado la computadora? No, I don´t know how to do it. No, no sé como hacerlo.

Ask, have you finished ¿Has terminado The clase? la clase? Have you finished the class? ¿Has terminado la clase? No, still No aún we have tenemos ten minutes more. diez minutos más No, still we have No, aún tenemos ten minutes more diez minutos más No, still we have ten minutes more. No, aún tenemos diez minutos más. Have you finished the class? ¿Has terminado la clase? No, still we have ten minutes more. No, aún tenemos diez minutos más. Have you imported ¿Has importado For car we’ll use the word, coche. I live in Mexico and carro is very common. But, perhaps coche is used more often in more Spanish speaking countries . So, we’ll use Coche for the rest of the audio series. Say the car El coche Ask, have you imported the car? ¿Has importado el coche?

Reply, yes, I imported Sí importé the car el coche the last month el mes pasado I have the documents tengo los documento in the house. en la casa Ask, have you imported the car? ¿Has importado el coche? Reply Yes, I imported the car Sí, importé el coche I have the documents in the house tengo los documento en la casa Ask, have you spoken with Roberto ¿Has hablado con Roberto about the plans? sobre los planes? Ask, have you spoken with Roberto about the plans? ¿Has hablado con Roberto sobre los planes? Reply, yes, I spoke with Roberto Sí, hablé con Roberto last night anoche Ask, have you spoken with Roberto about the plans? ¿Has hablado con Roberto sobre los planes? Reply yes I spoke with Roberto last niche Sí hablé con Roberto anoche

and he wants to participate y quiere participar See you on lesson 4. Nos vemos en la lección cuatro.

Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2 Lesson 4

Just a reminder of one structure to get you started. Below are the formal and informal structures for asking, do you like; ¿Le gusta? ¿Te gusta?

Do you like? (formal) Do you like (informal)

This structure was covered in depth in, Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 1, www.informalspanish.com and is repeated again in this lesson. Again, you’ll get plenty of practice using Spanish Conversation Booster Pattern 3 with more of the verbs from Shortcut to Spanish level 2.

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 4

Nivel dos lección cuatro If you finish a sentence with the word before, antes de, you leave off the preposition de. To ask have you visited Mexico before you say; ¿Has visitado México antes? Ask, have you visited Mexico before? ¿Has visitado México antes? Reply, I went to Mexico Fui a México in Spanish to say honeymoon, you say; moon of honey. Luna de miel Say, honeymoon Luna de miel Say, in my honeymoon En mi luna de miel Ask, have you visited Mexico before? ¿Has visitado México antes? Reply, yes, I went to Mexico in my honeymoon Sí, fui a México en mi luna de miel. Ask, do you have the map? ¿Tienes el mapa? Reply, no, but No, pero I know where it is sé dondé esta Ask, have you visited ¿Has visitado the plant la planta this year? este año?

Ask, have you visited the plant this year? ¿Has visitado la planta este año? Reply, yes, I went Sí fui In January En enero Ask, have you visited the plant this year? ¿Has visitado la planta este año? Reply, yes, I went in January Sí, fui en enero Ask, what have you bought? ¿Qué has comprado? Reply, I bought Compré a bottle of Kahlua una botella de Kahlua Ask, what have you bought? ¿Qué has comprado? I bought A bottel of Kahlua Compré una botella de Kahlua Ask, have you finished the bottle? ¿Has terminado la botella? Reply, no, still there is more. No, aún hay más. Ask, do you like the music? ¿Te gusta la música? Reply no, I don’t like it. No, no me gusta. Ask, have you paid the rent? ¿Has pagado la renta? Say I paid yesterday. Pagué ayer. Remember, to pay, and, to pay for, are the same (in Spanish) . pagar

So how would you ask; have you paid for the food? ¿Has pagado la comida? Reply, yes, I paid for the food Sí pagué la comida Ask, have you paid for the class? ¿Has pagado la clase? Reply, yes, I paid for class. Sí pagué la class. Ask, have you found the calculator? ¿Has encontrado la calculadora? Reply, no, I don´t know where it is. No, no sé donde esta. Ask, have you studied the map? ¿Has estudiado el mapa? Reply, yes I know to where Sí, sé a donde we are going vamos Ask, have you studied the map? ¿Has estudiado el mapa? Reply, yes, I know to where we are going. Sí, sé a donde vamos. Ask, have you bought ¿Has comprado the tequila for dad? el tequila para papá? Ask, have you bought the tequila for dad? ¿Has comprado el tequila para papá? Reply, yes, I bought Sí Compré a bottle of Don Julio una botella de Don Julio Ask, have you bought the tequila for dad? ¿Has comprado el tequila para papá?

Reply, yes, I bought a bottle of Don Julio. Sí, compré una botella de Don Julio. Ask, have you visited Mexico before? ¿Has visitado México antes? Reply, I went to Mexico Fui a México on my honeymoon en mi luna de miel Ask, have you visited Mexico before? ¿Has visitado México antes? Reply, I went to Mexico in my honeymoon Fui a México en mi luna de mile See you on lesson 5 Nos vemos en la lección cinco.

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 5

Nivel dos lección cinco Ask, have you reserved ¿Has reservado the table? la mesa? ask have you reserved the table? ¿Has reservado la mesa? Reply, yes, I reserved Sí, reservé a table una mesa for four persons para cuatro personas Say, yes, I reserved a table Sí, reservé una mesa for four persons para cuatro personas Ask, have you reserved the table? ¿Has reservado la mesa? Reply, yes, I reserved a table for four persons. Sí, reservé una mesa para cuatro personas. Ask, have you visited the plant? ¿Has visitado la planta? Reply, yes, I went Sí, fui In January En enero Ask have you visited the plant? ¿Has visitado la planta?

Say, yes I went in January. Sí, fui en enero. Ask, have you forgotten? ¿Has olvidado? Reply, no, I didn’t forget No, no olvidé Say, this food has a lot of chili. Esta comida tiene mucho chile. I am sorry, I can’t eat it. lo siento, no puedo comerla.

Why comerla and not comerlo? It in this sentence refers to the food; la comida is a feminine word so; to eat it = comerla (la comida)* If you practiced with the audio and got it wrong, don’t worry. It’s common to make these mistakes. The good news is it’s almost never a barrier to communication. Over time, your sense of what is correct in Spanish will develop. After a while, just like you instinctively know correct English, when you hear these mistakes in Spanish, they just won’t sound right to you. You start to develop an ear for Spanish. Interacting with the audio is a great way to accelerate developing your ear. Also a little daily reading in Spanish helps you develop the sense of correctness, in a more natural and effective way than endlessly analyzing grammar. Adelante (onward) Let’s continue the conversation about the chili. * This structure is covered in lesson 22 of Shortcut to Spanish level 1 and lesson 43 in Shortcut to Spanish level 2. Ask, can I change it? ¿Puedo cambiarla? Reply, there is no problem, you can change it. No hay problema, puedes cambiarla. Ask, can you change ¿Puedes cambiar

the music please? la música por favor? Ask, can you change the music please? ¿Puedes cambiar la música por favor? Reply, don’t you like it? ¿No te gusta? Say, no, I don´t like it. No, no me gusta. Ask, what do you need to buy? ¿Qué necesitas comprar? Reply, I need to buy Necesito comprar a phone card una tarjeta de telefono in order to call my mom para llamar a mi mamá Ask, what do you need to buy? ¿Qué necesitas comprar? Reply, I need to buy a phone card. Necesito comprar una tarjeta de telefono. in order to call my mom para llamar a mi mamá see you on lesson 6. Nos vemos en la lección seis.

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 6

Nivel dos lección seis Ask have you reserved ¿Has reservado a table? una mesa? Ask, have you reserved a table? ¿Has reservado una mesa? Reply, yes I called the restaurant Sí llamé al restaurante

Why use al? In the sentence, llamé al restaurante, Al = contraction of personal a and el Why use the personal a*? When we say that we are calling the restaurant, we really mean that we are calling the people who work in the restaurant. Therefore, we need to use the personal a. *

See explanations of “personal a” on pages 48 and 139 of the Shortcut to Spanish level 2 action guide.

and I reserved a table y reservé una mesa for tonight para esta noche Ask, are you going to pay in cash ¿Vas a pagar en efectivo or with a credit card? O con una tarjeta de crédito? Reply, I am going to pay in cash. Voy a pagar en efectivo.

Ask, are you going to pay in cash or with a credit card? ¿Vas a pagar en efectivo o con una tarjeta de crédito? Reply, I am going to pay in cash. Voy a pagar en efectivo. Ask, when are you going to go to Spain? ¿Cuándo vas a ir a España? Reply, I am going to go on Wednesday. Voy a ir el miércoles. Ask, do you speak Spanish? ¿Hablas español? Reply, more or less. Mas o menos. Ask, have you finished? ¿Has terminado? Reply, yes, I finshed on Wednesday.. Sí, terminé el miércoles. Ask, when do you finish? ¿Cuándo terminas? Reply, I finish on Wednesday. Termino el miércoles Ask, what have you bought? ¿Qué has comprado? Reply, I bought a bottle of water. Compré una botella de agua. Ask, have you visted Spain? ¿Has visitado España? Reply, yes, I went to Spain Sí, fui a España the last year el año pasado Reply, I went to Spain the last year Fui a España el año pasado and I want to go y quiero ir

again in summer. otra vez en verano Ask, have you vcisted Spain? ¿Has visitado España? Reply, I went to Spain the last year Fui a España el año pasado and I want too go again in summer. y quiero ir otra vez en verano. Ask, have you paid ¿Has pagado the rent this month? la renta este mes? Ask, have you paid the rent this month? ¿Has pagado la renta este mes? Reply, yes, I paid yesterday Sí, pague ayer with a check. con un cheque Ask, have you paid the rent this month? ¿Has pagado la renta este mes? Reply, yes, I paid yesterday with a check. Sí, pague ayer con un cheque. Ask, when do you want to go? ¿Cuándo quieres ir? Reply, I want to go on wednesday. Quiero ir el miércoles. See you on lesson 7. Nos vemos en la lección siete.

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Shortcut to Informal Spanish Conversations Level 2, Lesson 7

Nivel dos lección siete Ask, have you gone back? ¿Has regresado? Reply, yes, I went back Sí regresé The last year el año pasado Say, I went back the last year. Regresé el año pasado. Ask, have you gone back? ¿Has regresado? to Mexico this year a México este año? Ask, have you gone back to Mexico this year? ¿Has regresado a México este año? Reply, yes I went back Sí regresé in May en mayo say, I went back in May. Regresé en mayo. Ask, have you gone back to Mexico this year? ¿Has regresado a México este año? say, I went back in May. Regresé en mayo. Ask, what days do you work? ¿Qué días trabajas? Say, I work from Monday to Wednseday Trabajo de lunes a miércoles

but only in mornings pero solo en las mañanas on Monday and Tuesday el lunes y martes and all the day y todo el dia on wednesday el miercoles Ask, what days do you work? ¿Qué días trabajas? Say, I work from Monday to Wednseday Trabajo de lunes a miércoles but only in mornings on Monday and Tuesday pero solo en las mañanas el lunes y martes and all the day on Wednesday y todo el dia el miércoles Ask, have you worked? ¿Has trabajado? with compuers before? con computadoras antes? Ask, have yyou worked with compuers befote? ¿Has trabajado con computadoras antes? Reply, yes, I worked Sí, trabajé with computer for three years con computadoras por 3 años. Ask, have you worked with compuers befote? ¿Has trabajado con computadoras antes? Reply, yes I worked with computers for three years. Sí, trabajé con computadoras por 3 años. In Spain the word ordenador is used instead of compuradora

Let’s make that exchange again, this time as we would in Spain. Ask, have yyou worked with compuers befote? ¿Has trabajado con ordenadores antes? Reply, yes I worked with computers for three years. Sí, trabajé con ordenadores por 3 años. Ask, are you going to sign the contract? ¿Vas a firmar el contrato? Reply, no I am not going to sign it. No, no voy a firmarlo. Ask, can you signn ¿Puedes firmar? Here please aquí por favor? Ask, can you sign here please? ¿Puedes firmar aquí por favor? Ask, have you signed the check? ¿Has firmado el cheque? Reply, yes, I signed the check Sí, firmé el cheque. Ask, have you signed the contract? ¿Has firmado el contrato? Reply, yes, I signed Sí, firmé the contract on Tuesday el contrato el martes Ask, have you signed the check? ¿Has firmado el cheque? Reply, yes, I signed the check Sí, firmé el cheque. See you on lesson 8 Nos vemos en la lección ocho.