Talking on the phone
Phone calls: asking, confirming and leaving messages
Context
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Recepción
Empresa Tecnológica, buenos días, ¿con quién hablo?
Tecnológica Company, good morning, who am I speaking with?
Cliente
Hola, habla Carolina Pérez. ¿Me comunica con el señor Rojas?
Hello, this is Carolina Pérez speaking. Could you connect me with Mr. Rojas?
Recepción
Un momento, por favor. ¿De parte de quién?
One moment, please. Who is calling?
Cliente
De parte de Carolina Pérez, de la agencia de viajes.
Carolina Pérez, from the travel agency.
Recepción
Lo siento, la línea está ocupada. ¿Desea dejar un mensaje?
I am sorry, the line is busy. Would you like to leave a message?
Cliente
Sí, dígale que me llame al número nueve ocho uno dos.
Yes, tell him to call me at nine eight one two.
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Vocabulary
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el teléfono
Mi teléfono no tiene batería.
Short: 'el celu' (cellphone) in Latin America.
the telephone
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¿Me comunica con la oficina central?
'¿Me comunica con...?' is the classic phone request.
to connect (a call)
Saveel mensaje
Dejé un mensaje en su contestadora.
'Dejar un mensaje' = to leave a message.
the message
SaveGrammar in 1 minute
Dígame / dígale que + subjunctive
Phone and message instructions use the command form: 'dígale que me llame' (tell him to call me), 'dígame su nombre'. After 'que' in these indirect commands, use the subjunctive: llame, llame, venga.
Dígale que me llame mañana. Dígame su número de teléfono.
Subjunctive after 'que' in commands: que me llame, que venga.
¿De parte de quién?
Standard phone phrases: '¿De parte de quién?' (who's calling?), '¿Me comunica con...?' (can you connect me with...?), 'Un momento, por favor', 'No cuelgue' (don't hang up).
—¿De parte de quién? —De parte de Carolina.
Learn these as fixed phone formulas.
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What does the receptionist say?
Listen and choose the correct option.
What does the receptionist say?
¿Me … con el señor Rojas?
Write the missing word or words.
Accents optional: write "como estas" and it works.
matching
Connect each Spanish word with its English meaning.
Call the office, ask to speak with Mr. Rojas, and leave a m…
Write your answer in Spanish.
Call the office, ask to speak with Mr. Rojas, and leave a message asking him to call you.
Suggested answer: ¿Me comunica con el señor Rojas? Dígale que me llame, por favor.
Un momento, por favor. ¿De parte de quién?
Listen and repeat the sentence out loud.
Un momento, por favor. ¿De parte de quién?
One moment, please. Who is calling?
Listen, pause and repeat out loud. Repeat 3 times until it sounds natural.
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