MODULE 35 — BOTH LESSONS AND ALL 30 EXPANDED PRACTICE ROLLS ARE DIRECTLY EMBEDDED BELOW
MODULE 35 VERIFIED BUILD — NEW DOUBLE-LENGTH PRACTICE GOLD STANDARD
Module 035

You Keep and You Leave

Use guarda for polite “you keep/save” and deja for polite “you leave/let.” Every practice roll now recycles approximately twice as much previously learned language.

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Lesson 1

You keep or save: guarda

Use guarda when politely saying that one person keeps or saves something. Use guardar after familiar helper forms.

One new building block

guarda
you keep or save when speaking politely to one person
no guarda
you do not keep or save
¿Guarda...?
Do you keep or save...?

Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, guarda by itself can mean polite you keep or you save.

Build the meaning step by step

Guarda el documento importante. = You keep the important document.
No guarda esto aquí. = You do not keep this here.
¿Qué guarda antes de salir? = What do you keep before leaving?
Use guardar after helper verbs
Quiere guardar el documento antes de regresar.
Puede guardar la información y enviarla después.
Necesita guardar la reservación porque es importante.
Lesson 1 Practice Rolls

Interpret with guarda and guardar

Practice Roll 1 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You keep the important document here because you need to read it before you return tomorrow.
Practice Roll 2 of 30Interpret in English
Guarda la información, escribe el mensaje y lo envía cuando termina el trabajo.
Practice Roll 3 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you keep the reservation after you pay for it, or do you leave it here?
Practice Roll 4 of 30Interpret in English
No guarda esto porque quiere cambiarlo antes de mostrarlo y explicarlo.
Practice Roll 5 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you keep when you enter, and what do you send before you leave?
Practice Roll 6 of 30Interpret in English
Guarda el mensaje aquí, abre el documento y busca la información que necesita.
Practice Roll 7 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to keep this because you can use it when you explain the reservation to her.
Practice Roll 8 of 30Interpret in English
Puede guardar el documento, leerlo después y responder cuando recibe el mensaje.
Practice Roll 9 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to keep the information before you buy the document and pay for the reservation.
Practice Roll 10 of 30Interpret in English
Guarda lo que necesita, deja lo que no usa y regresa cuando termina.
Practice Roll 11 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to keep that because you cannot open it, read it, or change it.
Practice Roll 12 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cuándo guarda el documento que recibe y dónde lo pone antes de salir?
Practice Roll 13 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You keep it because it is important, and then you show it, explain it, and send it.
Practice Roll 14 of 30Interpret in English
Guarda el documento, cierra la puerta y espera aquí mientras ella escribe el mensaje.
Practice Roll 15 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Why do you keep this if you do not understand it and do not know how to use it?
Lesson 2

You leave or let: deja

Use deja when politely saying that one person leaves something or lets an action happen. Use dejar after familiar helper forms.

One new building block

deja
you leave or let when speaking politely to one person
no deja
you do not leave or let
¿Deja...?
Do you leave or let...?

Use deja for the direct polite action and dejar after quiere, puede, or necesita.

Build the meaning step by step

Deja el mensaje aquí. = You leave the message here.
No deja la reservación ahora. = You do not leave the reservation now.
¿Qué deja antes de regresar? = What do you leave before returning?
Use dejar after helper verbs
Quiere dejar el mensaje antes de salir.
Puede dejar el documento aquí y regresar mañana.
Necesita dejar la información para que ella la use.
Lesson 2 Practice Rolls

Interpret with deja and dejar

Practice Roll 16 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You leave the message here because she needs to read it before she begins the work.
Practice Roll 17 of 30Interpret in English
Deja la reservación, paga por el documento y guarda la información para mañana.
Practice Roll 18 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you leave the document after you read it, or do you carry it when you go?
Practice Roll 19 of 30Interpret in English
No deja el mensaje porque quiere explicarlo antes de enviarlo.
Practice Roll 20 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you leave when you finish, and what do you carry when you return?
Practice Roll 21 of 30Interpret in English
Deja la información aquí, cierra el documento y responde cuando ella pregunta.
Practice Roll 22 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to leave this here so that she can find it, use it, and change it.
Practice Roll 23 of 30Interpret in English
Puede dejar el documento, enviar el mensaje y regresar después de pagar.
Practice Roll 24 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to leave the reservation before you enter, ask for help, and begin the work.
Practice Roll 25 of 30Interpret in English
Deja lo que no necesita, guarda lo que usa y lleva el mensaje cuando sale.
Practice Roll 26 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to leave that because she needs to receive it and read it today.
Practice Roll 27 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cómo deja el documento aquí si no puede abrir la puerta ni entrar?
Practice Roll 28 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You leave it because she asks for it, and then she receives it, reads it, and answers.
Practice Roll 29 of 30Interpret in English
Guarda la información que necesita, deja el mensaje aquí y regresa cuando termina.
Practice Roll 30 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You keep the important document, leave the reservation here, and send the message before you return.
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

Guarda versus guardar; deja versus dejar

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 expanded actions

Interpret: You show the information and explain it here.

Muestra la información y la explica aquí.
Module Summary / Checkpoint / Progress Save

Module 35 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.