Note: In the dialogue there are some expressions that do not have a lot of meaning in
themselves,they are just used in colloquial Spanish as ‘discourse markers’. They are:
bueno OK
oye attracts attention, emphasizes what comes next
pues allows you to think what to say next; also means ‘OK, then, in that case’, used in order to
acknowledge the last thing said and then move on
venga signals you want to bring the conversation to an end
vale OK
The verbs used in this unit will be dealt with in detail in Units 3 and 4.
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