Using Paper in Class | Learn Spanish in English

Spanish lesson set in a contemporary Madrid everyday setting: In a language classroom, one person forgets a notebook, uses paper, writes new words, and checks them after class..

EN → ES / Level: A1

About This Lesson

Use Using Paper in Class to practice Spanish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

Olvidé traer mi cuaderno.

ohl-bee-DAY trah-ER mee kwah-DER-noh. I forgot to bring my notebook.
B

Puedes usar este papel.

PWEH-dess oo-SAR ES-teh pah-PEL. You can use this paper.
A

Gracias. Quiero escribir las palabras nuevas.

GRAH-syahs. KYEH-roh ess-kree-BEER lahs pah-LAH-brahs NWEH-bahs. Thank you. I want to write the new words.
B

Buena idea. Yo también las escribiré.

BWEH-nah ee-DEH-ah. Yoh tahm-BYEN lahs ess-kree-bee-RAY. Good idea. I will write them too.
A

¿Podemos revisarlas después de clase?

poh-DEH-mohs reh-bee-SAR-lahs dess-PWES deh KLAH-seh? Can we check them after class?
B

Podemos leerlas juntos.

poh-DEH-mohs leh-ER-lahs HOON-tohs. We can read them together.

Word by Word

Olvidé Olvidé means “I forgot” here. It describes a completed past action, and a useful pattern is Olvidé + infinitive, as in Olvidé traer.
traer Traer means “to bring” here. It follows Olvidé in Olvidé traer mi cuaderno and says what was forgotten; reuse it with the thing being brought.
mi Mi means “my” here and shows that the cuaderno belongs to the speaker. It comes directly before the noun, as in mi cuaderno.
cuaderno Cuaderno means “notebook” here, the item the speaker forgot to bring. It can follow a possessive such as mi or appear after a verb that identifies what someone brings.
Puedes Puedes means “you can” here and gives the listener permission or an available option. It is followed by an infinitive in Puedes usar este papel.
usar Usar means “to use” here. It follows Puedes to name the possible action, and it can be reused with the thing being used.
este Este means “this” here and points to a specific paper near the speaker. It comes before the noun in este papel.
papel Papel means “paper” here, the material offered for writing. It follows este in este papel and can be the object of usar.
Gracias Gracias means “thank you” here and expresses thanks for the offered paper. It is a common polite response after someone helps or offers something.
Quiero Quiero means “I want” here and introduces the speaker’s intention to write. It is followed by an infinitive in Quiero escribir.
escribir Escribir means “to write” here. It follows Quiero to express the action the speaker wants to do and can be followed by the thing being written.
las Las means “the” in las palabras nuevas and “them” in revisarlas and leerlas; in these uses it refers to the feminine-plural palabras. It can come before a plural feminine noun or attach to an infinitive as infinitive + las.
palabras Palabras means “words” here, specifically the new words the speakers write, check, and read. It appears after las and before nuevas in las palabras nuevas.
nuevas Nuevas means “new” here and describes palabras. It appears after the noun in las palabras nuevas and matches palabras in its feminine plural form.
Buena Buena means “good” here in the response Buena idea. It describes idea and appears before the noun; a reusable pattern is Buena + a feminine singular noun.
idea Idea means “idea” here, referring to the suggestion of writing the words. It follows Buena in Buena idea, a common way to approve a suggestion.
Yo Yo means “I” here and makes the speaker’s subject explicit in Yo también las escribiré. It can be placed before a verb when the speaker wants to identify or emphasize who acts.
también También means “also” or “too” here and shows that the second speaker will write the words as well. It appears before the verb in Yo también las escribiré.
escribiré Escribiré means “I will write” here and states the speaker’s future action. It is the future form related to escribir, and it takes las as the thing to be written in las escribiré.
Podemos Podemos means “we can” here and introduces an action that the two speakers are able to do together. It is followed by an infinitive in Podemos revisarlas and Podemos leerlas.
revisarlas Revisarlas means “to check them” here, referring to the new words. It combines the infinitive revisar with attached las, and it follows Podemos in Podemos revisarlas.
después Después contributes the time meaning “after” in después de clase. The complete time expression is después de clase, and a reusable pattern is después de + noun.
de De links después to the time reference in después de clase, where the whole phrase means “after class.” It commonly appears after después before the noun that identifies the later time.
clase Clase means “class” here and gives the event used as the time reference. It completes después de clase, meaning “after class.”
leerlas Leerlas means “to read them” here, referring to the new words. It combines the infinitive leer with attached las and follows Podemos in Podemos leerlas.
juntos Juntos means “together” here and describes the two speakers reading as a group. It can follow the verb or clause, as in Podemos leerlas juntos.

Grammar Points

poder + infinitivo

Puedes usar este papel.

PWEH-dess oo-SAR ES-teh pah-PEL.

You can use this paper.

The conjugated poder is followed by an infinitive: Puedes usar.

infinitivo + pronombre de objeto directo

Quiero revisarlas después.

KYEH-roh reh-bee-SAR-lahs dess-PWES.

I want to review them afterward.

A direct-object pronoun can attach to an infinitive: revisar + las → revisarlas.

Spanish Vocabulary

cuaderno noun
kwah-DER-noh notebook

mi cuaderno

escribir verb
ess-kree-BEER to write

Quiero escribir las palabras nuevas.

este det
ES-teh this

este papel

gracias intj
GRAH-syahs thank you

Gracias.

nuevo adj
NWEH-boh new nuevas

las palabras nuevas

olvidar verb
ohl-bee-DAR to forget Olvidé

Olvidé traer mi cuaderno.

palabra noun
pah-LAH-brah word palabras

las palabras nuevas

papel noun
pah-PEL paper

este papel

poder verb
poh-DER can; to be able to Puedes

Puedes usar este papel.

querer verb
keh-RER to want Quiero

Quiero escribir las palabras nuevas.

traer verb
trah-ER to bring

Olvidé traer mi cuaderno.

usar verb
oo-SAR to use

Puedes usar este papel.

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I forgot to bring my notebook.

Show AnswerOlvidé traer mi cuaderno.

You can use this paper.

Show AnswerPuedes usar este papel.

Thank you. I want to write the new words.

Show AnswerGracias. Quiero escribir las palabras nuevas.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to forget

Show AnswerOlvidé

thank you

Show Answergracias

to use

Show Answerusar

paper

Show Answerpapel