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The Baby Is Sleeping

Introduction

Sh! Don't make that much noise when reading this! And don't miss Liliana and JP talking about babys, prohibitive commands, and kids in general. And don't forget to listen for the keyword: ruido – the noise.

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Audio Lesson

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Dialogue

hombre:	¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido!	noicon
mujer:	¿Por qué?	noicon
hombre:	El bebé está dormido.	noicon
mujer:	¡No te preocupes!	noicon

Dialogue with Translation

hombre:	¡Sh!	¡No	hagas	ruido!	noicon
	sh	not	(you) make	noise
man:	Sh! Don't make noise!

mujer:	¿Por qué?	noicon
	why
woman:	Why?

hombre:	El	bebé	está	dormido.	noicon
	the	baby	is	sleeping
man:	The baby is sleeping.

mujer:	¡No	te	preocupes!	noicon
	no	yourself	worry
woman:	Don't worry.

Vocabulary for Dialogue

el hombre	noun (masculine)	the man
la mujer	noun (feminine)	the woman
no	adverb	not
hacer	verb (infinitive)	to make
¡(tú) no hagas!	verb (negative imperative)	(you) don't make! (informal, singular)
el ruido	noun (masculine)	the noise
¿por qué?	adverb	why?
el bebé/la bebé	noun (m./f.)	the baby
estar	verb (infinitive)	to be
(él/ella) está	verb (present tense)	he/she(/it) is
dormir	verb (infinitive)	to sleep
dormido/dormida	adjective (m./f.)	asleep
se	reflexive pronoun	oneself
preocuparse	verb (infinitive)	to worry (oneself)
te	reflexive pronoun	yourself
¡(tú) no te preocupes!	verb (negative imperative)	(you) don't worry (yourself)!

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

el silencio	noun (masculine)	the silence
suave	adjective (m./f.)	soft
el niño/la niña	noun (m./f.)	the child
los niños/las niñas	noun (plural, m./f.)	the children
el chico/la chica	noun (m./f.)	the boy/the girl
los chicos/las chicas	noun (plural, m./f.)	the kids/the girls
el pequeño/la pequeña	noun (m./f.)	the little one
los pequeños/las pequeñas	noun (plural, m./f.)	the little ones
el mocoso/la mocosa	noun (m./f.)	the snotty one
los mocosos/las mocosas	noun (plural, m./f.)	the snotty ones
el chilpayate/la chilpayata	noun (m./f.)	the little child (Mexican)
el escuincle/la escuincla	noun (m./f.)	the skinny dog (Aztec)
los/las escuincles	noun (plural, m./f.)	the skinny dogs (Aztec)
¿dónde?	adverb	where?
(ellos/ellas) están	verb (present tense)	they are
¿Dónde están los escuincles?	phrase	Where are the little dogs?
hasta luego	phrase	see you later

 

More Vocabulary

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

hacer	infinitive	to make
¡(tú) no hagas!	negative imperative	(you) don't make! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) no haga!		(you) don't make! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) no hagamos!		(let's) don't make! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) no hagáis!		(you) don't make! (informal, plural)
¡(ustedes) no hagan!		(you) don't make! (formal, plural)
estar	infinitive	to be
(yo) estoy	present tense	I am
(tú) estás		you are (informal, singular)
(él/ella) está		he/she(/it) is
(usted) está		you are (formal, singular)
(nosotros/-as) estamos		we are (m./f.)
(vosotros/-as) estáis		you are (informal, plural, m./f.)
(ellos/ellas) están		they are (m./f.)
(ustedes) están		you are (formal, plural)
me	reflexive pronoun	myself
te		yourself (informal, singular)
se		himself/herself(/itself)
se		yourself (formal, singular)
nos		ourselves, each other
os		yourselves, each other (informal, plural)
se		themselves, each other
se		yourselves, each other (formal, plural)
preocuparse	infinitive	to worry (oneself)
¡(tú) no te preocupes!	negative imperative	(you) don't worry (yourself)! (informal, singular)
¡(usted) no se preocupe!		(you) don't worry! (formal, singular)
¡(nosotros/-as) no nos preocupemos!		(let's) don't worry! (m./f.)
¡(vosotros/-as) no os preocupéis!		(you) don't worry! (informal, plural)
¡(ustedes) no se preocupen!		(you) don't worry! (formal, plural)

Exercises

Dialogue Translation

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

¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido!

Sh! Don't make noise!

¿Por qué?

Why?

El bebé está dormido.

The baby is sleeping.

¡No te preocupes!

Don't worry.

Dialogue Recall

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

Sh! Don't make noise!

¡Sh! ¡No hagas ruido!

Why?

¿Por qué?

The baby is sleeping.

El bebé está dormido.

Don't worry.

¡No te preocupes!

Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Lojban.

Is the baby asleep?

¿El bebé está dormido?

No, it's not asleep.

No, no está dormido.

Why not?

¿Por qué no?

Because of (= por) the noise.

¡Por el ruido!

Don't make noise!

¡No hagas ruido!

Don't worry! The baby is asleep.

¡No te preocupes! El bebé está dormido.

Dialogue Recast

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

Sh! Don't make noise! (formal)

¡Sh! ¡No haga ruido!

Why?

¿Por qué?

The babys are sleeping.

Los bebés están dormidos.

Don't worry. (formal)

¡No se preocupe!

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