Practice Roll 1 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You show the document.
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Module 034
You Show and You Explain
Use muestra for polite “you show” and explica for polite “you explain.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
Lesson 1
You show: muestra
Use muestra when politely saying that one person shows something. Use mostrar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
muestra
you show when speaking politely to one person
no muestra
you do not show
¿Muestra...?
Do you show...?
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, muestra by itself can mean polite you show.
Build the meaning step by step
Muestra el documento. = You show the document.
No muestra esto. = You do not show this.
¿Qué muestra? = What do you show?
Use mostrar after helper verbs
Quiere mostrar esto.
Puede mostrar el documento.
Necesita mostrar la reservación.
Lesson 1 Practice Rolls
Interpret with muestra and mostrar
Practice Roll 2 of 30Interpret in English
Muestra esto.
Practice Roll 3 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you show the reservation?
Practice Roll 4 of 30Interpret in English
No muestra el mensaje.
Practice Roll 5 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you show?
Practice Roll 6 of 30Interpret in English
Muestra la información aquí.
Practice Roll 7 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to show this.
Practice Roll 8 of 30Interpret in English
Puede mostrar el documento.
Practice Roll 9 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to show the reservation.
Practice Roll 10 of 30Interpret in English
Muestra lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 11 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to show that.
Practice Roll 12 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cuándo muestra el documento?
Practice Roll 13 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You show it because it is important.
Practice Roll 14 of 30Interpret in English
Muestra el documento y lo abre.
Practice Roll 15 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Why do you show this?
Lesson 2
You explain: explica
Use explica when politely saying that one person explains something. Use explicar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
explica
you explain when speaking politely to one person
no explica
you do not explain
¿Explica...?
Do you explain...?
Use explica for the direct polite action and explicar after a helper verb.
Build the meaning step by step
Explica el documento. = You explain the document.
No explica esto. = You do not explain this.
¿Qué explica? = What do you explain?
Use explicar after helper verbs
Quiere explicar esto.
Puede explicar el documento.
Necesita explicar la reservación.
Lesson 2 Practice Rolls
Interpret with explica and explicar
Practice Roll 16 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You explain the document.
Practice Roll 17 of 30Interpret in English
Explica esto.
Practice Roll 18 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you explain the reservation?
Practice Roll 19 of 30Interpret in English
No explica el mensaje.
Practice Roll 20 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you explain?
Practice Roll 21 of 30Interpret in English
Explica la información aquí.
Practice Roll 22 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to explain this.
Practice Roll 23 of 30Interpret in English
Puede explicar el documento.
Practice Roll 24 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to explain the reservation.
Practice Roll 25 of 30Interpret in English
Explica lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 26 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to explain that.
Practice Roll 27 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cómo explica el documento?
Practice Roll 28 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You explain it because it is important.
Practice Roll 29 of 30Interpret in English
Muestra el documento y lo explica.
Practice Roll 30 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You show the information and explain it here.
Beginner Conversation
Show and explain
A: ¿Qué muestra?
B: Pido el documento.
A: ¿Cuándo lo explica?
B: Lo recibo ahora.
A: ¿Dónde lo explica?
B: Lo recibo aquí.
Language Insights
Muestra versus mostrar; explica versus explicar
Direct polite action
Use muestra and explica when speaking politely to one person about what they request or explain.
After a helper verb
After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives mostrar and explicar.
Module Challenge
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You show the information and explain it here.
Muestra la información y la explica aquí.
Module Summary / Checkpoint / Progress Save
Module 33 checkpoint
You can now use muestra / mostrar and explica / explicar with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and sentence-building blocks.
Your practice progress is saved automatically on this device.