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Jet-Lag
Introduction
The most important thing about jet-lag: there is good jet-lag (when the local time is behind your time because you were flying westwards) and bad jet-lag (when the local time is ahead of your time because you were flying eastwards). Similarly, our keyword has multiple meanings: cambio de horario – change of schedule/change of time zone/jet-lag.
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Audio Lesson
Dialogue
mujer: Tengo jet-lag. align="right"| hombre: ¿Qué es eso? align="right"| mujer: El cambio de horario. align="right"| hombre: Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. align="right"| mujer: Cierto. align="right"|
Dialogue with Translation
mujer: Tengo jet-lag. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) have jet-lag woman: I have jet-lag.
hombre: ¿Qué es eso? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| what (it) is that man: What's that?
mujer: El cambio de horario. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| the change of schedule woman: The change of time zone.
hombre: Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| oh clearly because here (they) are eight hours more man: Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
mujer: Cierto. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| certain woman: True.
el horario – the schedule
el cambio de horario – the change of time zone
Vocabulary for Dialogue
la mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man tener verb (infinitive) to have (yo) tengo verb (present tense) I have el jet-lag noun (masculine) the jet-lag ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is ese/esa/eso pronoun (m./f./neuter) this, that el cambio noun (masculine) the change de preposition of el horario noun (masculine) the schedule ah interjection oh claro adverb clearly, of course porque conjunction because aquí adverb here (ellos/ellas) son verb (present tense) they are ocho number eight la hora noun (feminine) the hour las horas noun (plural, feminine) the hours más adverb more cierto/cierta adjective (m./f.) certain, true cierto phrase I think so
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
clarisimo adverb very clearly el taco noun (masculine) the taco los tacos noun (plural, masculine) the tacos el tequila noun (masculine) the tequila hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Tengo jet-lag.
I have jet-lag.
¿Qué es eso?
What's that?
El cambio de horario.
The change of time zone.
Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más.
Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
Cierto.
True.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
I have jet-lag.
Tengo jet-lag.
What's that?
¿Qué es eso?
The change of time zone.
El cambio de horario.
Oh, of course, because here it's eight hours ahead.
Ah, claro, porque aquí son ocho horas más.
True.
Cierto.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
I have eight hours more.
Tengo ocho horas más.
Why?
¿Por qué?
Because of (= por) the change of time zone.
Por el cambio de horario.
What's that?
¿Qué es eso?
Here it's eight hours less (= menos).
Aquí son ocho horas menos.
True.
Cierto.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
We have jet-lag.
Tenemos jet-lag.
What's that?
¿Qué es eso?
The change of time zone.
El cambio de horario.
Oh, of course, because here it's one (= una) hour ahead.
Ah, claro, porque aquí es una hora más.
True.
Cierto.
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