Chapter 19 Flashcards
Coronel, excuse us for not arriving on time.
Coronel, perdone que no llegáramos a
tiempo
Don’t give it a thought. What happened?
No se preocupen. ¿Que les pasó?
It got late on us and we couldn’t get in touch
with you,
one,two
se nos hizo tarde y no pudimos comunicarnos con usted.
We called but the line was busy
Llamamos pero la UD.a estaba ocupada.
I was nearly an hour talking with the Air Attaché.
Estuve como Una hora hablando con el
Agregado A&reo.
This building here ** Does it belong to the
American Mission?
Este edificio, ¿pertenece a la Mision
Americana?
No. It belongs to the War Department of this country.
one
No, es del Ministerio de Gaerra de este
pale.
Look at that C-47 coming in
Mira ese C.4 7 que está aterrizando
Isn’t it the’same one that was taking off when
we were coming?
one,two,three
No es el mismo que despegaba cuando
veníamos?
yes They’re testing the engines.
Sí, están probando los motores.
afterwards I’ll introduce you to the base commander.
one,two
Después les presento al jefe de la base.
1 worked (for a time) at the Embassy.
Trabajé en la Embajada.
1 was working (at that time) at the
Embassy.
Trabajaba en la Embajada.
2 1 went down (once) in tbe elevator.
1 went down (customarily) in the elevator.
Bajé en el ascensor.
Bajaba en el ascensor.
6 1 drank beer (an day).
1 drank beer (every day).
one,two,three
Tomé cerveza.
Tomaba cerveza.
3 I Couldn’t find the house.
I didn’t find the house.
No encontraba la casa.
No encontré la casa.
4 1 left late (that time).
I was leaving late
one,two,three,four,five,six
Salí tarde.
Salia tarde.
1 wrote very little (that time).
1 wrote very little (as a rule).
Escribi muy poco.
Escribia muy poco.
8 1 ate chops (once).
1 ate chops (regularly).
Comi chuletas.
Comía chuletas.
9 1 rented the house (that time).
1 was renting the house (at that time).
Alquilé la casa.
Alquilaba la casa.
1 When 1 arrived, he wasn’t there.
one,two,three
Cuando llegué, él no estaba ahi.
3 1 met a lady who was a friend of his.
1,2,3,4,5,6
Conoci a una senora que era amiga de él.
2 1 saw an apartment that didn’t have (any)
furniture.
Vi un apartamento que no tenía muebles.
4 1 spoke to the girl that 1 wanted to meet.
Hablé con la muchacha que quería conocer.
5 She swept the room that was dirty.
Barrió el cuarto que estaba sucio.
6 I went out with a girl that didn’t speak
English.
Salí con una muchacha que no hablaba
inglés
We saw that lady that wanted to buy the
house.
Vimos a la senora que queria comprar la
casa.
8 He bought a car that didn’t cost mucho
Compro un auto que no costaba mucho.
9 1 opened a trunk that wasn’t mine.
Abri un baúl que no era mío.
10 We cleaned the windows because they
were dirty.
Limpiamos las ventanas porque estaban
sucias.
11 We repeated the sentence because he
didn’t understand it.
Repetimos la frase porque él no la en-
tendía.
.
12 While 1 was having lunch, Juan wrote
the letter.
Mientras yo almorzaba, Juan escribio
la carta.
13 While I was there, nobody went out.
Mientras yo estaba allí no salio nadie.
1 We arrived from Cuba two years ago.
Llegamos de Cuba hace dos años.
2 When we lived there, we didn’t speak
Spanish.
Cuando viviamos allí no hablábamos
español
Every week we went to parties.
Todas las semanas íbamos a fiestas.
4 We used to have lots of fun.
one,two,three,four,five
Nos divertíamos mucho.
5 At that time we had only one child.
entonces teníamos un hijo solamente.
6 We had a girl that took care of him.
one,two,three
Teníamos una muchacha que lo atendía.
7 When we arrived in Cuba, we bought a
house.
Cuando llegamos a Cuba compramos una
casa.
8 It was very large.
one
Era muy grande.
9 It had five bedrooms.
Tenía cinco dormitorios.
10 Before leaving there, 1 fixed it up.
Antes de salir de alla la arregle
11 A friend of mine bought it.
Un amigo mío la compro.
12 Actually, he didn’t pay me very mucho
En realidad no me pago mucho.
13 We lived in Cuba five years.
Vivimos en Cuba cinco años.
14 And we liked it a lot.
y nos gusto mucho.
15 We left there two years ago.
Salimos de allí hace dos años.
We couldn’t get in touch with the boss.
No pudimos comunicarnos con el jefe.
2 We couldn’t get in touch with you (fam).
No pudimos comunicarnos contigo.
3 We couldn’t sit down at the party.
No pudimos sentarnos en la fiesta.
4 We couldn’t pay attention to the date.
No pudimos fijarnos en la fecha.
5 We couldn’t (go) bathing without
permission.
No pudimos bañarnos sin permiso.
6 We couldn’t shave right away.
7 We couldn’t leave right away.
one,two
No pudimos afeitarnos en seguida.
No pudimos irnos en seguida
We called, but everything was occupied.
Llamamos, pero todo estaba ocupado.
2 We arrived, but the house was empty.
one,two
Llegamos, pero la casa estaba desocupada.
3 We arrived, but everything was taken.
one,two
Llegamos, pero todo estaba tomado.
4 We arrived, but everyone was (aH were)
tired
one,two,three
Llegamos, pero todos estaban cansados
We returned, but the tables were taken.
Volvimos, pero las mesas estaban tomadas.
6 We returned, but the building was rented.
Volvimos, pero el edificio estaba alquilado.
7 We returned, but the car was
already bought.
Volvimos, pero el auto ya estaba comprado
Isn’t it the same one that was taking off
as (when) we were arriving?
No es el mismo que despegaba cuando
llegabamos ?
2 Isn’t it the same one that was landing as
(when) we were arriving?
¿No es el mismo que aterrizaba cuando
llegabamos ?
3 Isn’t it the other one that was leaving
as (when) we were coming?
¿No es el otro que salia cuando veniamos?
4 Isn’t it the other one that was coming as
(when) we were leaving?
¿No es el otro que venia cuando saliamos?
¿
5 Isn’t it the other one (f) that was arriving
as (when) we were leaving?
No es la otra que llegaba cuando saliamos?
6 Isn’t it the lady who was coming down as
(when) we were leaving?
¿No es la señora que bajaba cuando saliamos?
7 Isn’t it the man who was going up when
we were coming down
¿No es el hombre que subia cuando bajabamos
Yes They’re testing the plane.
Sí. Están probando e I avión.
2 Yes They’re testing the car
Sí. Están probando el coche.
3 Yes They’re fixing the engine.
1,2,3
Sí. Están arreglando el motor.
4 Yes They’re fixing the street.
Sí. Están arreglando la calle.
5 Yes They’re checking the caro
sí. Están revisando el coche.
6 Yes They’re checking the bill.
Sí. Están revisando la cuenta.
7 Yes They’re making (out) the bill
Sí. Están haciendo la cuenta
Could we go get acquainted with it?
one,two
¿Podríamos ir a conocerlo?
¿
2 Could we go look at it?
Podríamos ir a mirarlo?
3 Could we go out to see it?
¿Podríamos salir a verlo?
¿
4 Could we go out and buy it?
Podríamos salir a comprarlo
Could we come and do it?
¿Podriamos venir a hacerlo?
¿
6 Could we come and look far it?
one,two
Podriamos venir a buscarlo?
¿
7 Could we go down and fix it?
Podriamos bajar a arreglarlo
Afterwards, I’ll introduce you to the head
(boss) of the office.
Despues les presento al jefe de la
oficina.
2 Afterwards, I’U introduce you to the
gentleman of the house.
Despues les presento al señor de la casa.
3 Afterwards, I’ll bring you today’s paper
Despues les traigo el periódico de hoy.
4 Before, I’ll bring you the suitcases.
Antes les traigo las maletas.
5 Before, Ill bring (take) you the letters.
Antes les llevo las cartas.
6 Then, I’ll bring (take) you the coffee.
one,two,three
Entonces les llevo el cafe
7 Then, I’ll give them the information.
Entonces les doy la informacion
When is he coming?
Cuándo viene?
2 Is he coming tomorrow?
¿Viene mañana?
3 Who are you going to the party with?
¿Con quien va a la fiesta?
4 Are you going with the little chubby girl?
one,two,three
¿Va con la gordita?
5 How are you all going?
¿Como van?
6 Are you going all going by car?
¿Van en auto?
7 When are you leaving?
one,two
¿Cuándo sale?
8 Are you leaving tomorrow?
¿Sale mañana?
9 When do you eat?
Cuándo come Ud.?
¿
0 Do you eat at six?
Come a las seis?
¿
11 Where do you work?
Donde trabaja?
12 Do you work downtown?
¿Trabaja en el centro?
13 Who do you study with?
Con quien estudia?
Do you study with Carmen?
1
Estudia con Carmen?
5 Do you drink cuba libre?
¿Toma cuba libre?
