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3 · Answer or explain · Beginner · Keeping a Conversation Going

Greetings, introductions, follow-up questions, opinions, reasons and conversational replies.

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Beginner

Usefulness

2 37 24

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Coverage gap value: 3 × Conversation role: Answer or explain × Difficulty: Beginner × Topics: Keeping a Conversation Going ×

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Poquito’s learning difficulty bands reflect length, vocabulary, grammar and idiom. These are editorial estimates, not CEFR levels.

Beginner63 Easy43 Moderate7 Challenging1

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No.No.
“No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.
BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
I have a question.Tengo una pregunta.
“Tengo una pregunta.” means “I have a question.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful for starting a question or asking for clarification.
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I have time.Tengo tiempo.
“Tengo tiempo.” means “I have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about availability.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
I am alone.Estoy solo.
“Estoy solo.” means “I am alone.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
It’s difficult.Está difícil.
“Está difícil.” means “It’s difficult.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.
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It’s too much.Es demasiado.
“Es demasiado.” means “It’s too much.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an amount or demand is excessive.
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Right here.Justo aquí.
“Justo aquí.” means “Right here.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the exact desired location visually.
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Someday.Algún día.
“Algún día.” means “Someday.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.
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They aren’t here.Ellos no están aquí. / Ellas no están aquí.
“Ellos no están aquí. / Ellas no están aquí.” means “They aren’t here.” in Mexican Spanish. Choose ellos for a male or mixed group, ellas for an all-female group.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
So far.Hasta ahora.
“Hasta ahora.” means “So far.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.
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I don’t have a job.No tengo trabajo.
“No tengo trabajo.” means “I don’t have a job.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the speaker is not employed.
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I don’t have anything.No tengo nada.
“No tengo nada.” means “I don’t have anything.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.
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Any questions?¿Alguna pregunta?
“¿Alguna pregunta?” means “Any questions?” in Mexican Spanish. Invite questions after explaining something.
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It’s different.Es diferente.
“Es diferente.” means “It’s different.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that two understood items/situations differ.
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Exactly!¡Exacto!
“¡Exacto!” means “Exactly!” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm that someone has stated something exactly right.
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Right away.Enseguida.
“Enseguida.” means “Right away.” in Mexican Spanish. Promise prompt action.
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Maybe.Quizás.
“Quizás.” means “Maybe.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a tentative answer to a suggestion or yes/no question.
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It’s for me.Es para mí.
“Es para mí.” means “It’s for me.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify that something is intended for the speaker.
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At least...Al menos...
“Al menos...” means “At least...” in Mexican Spanish. Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
I want it.Lo quiero. / La quiero.
“Lo quiero. / La quiero.” means “I want it.” in Mexican Spanish. Lo/la agree with the thing wanted; select one alternative.
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You are lucky.Tienes suerte.
“Tienes suerte.” means “You are lucky.” in Mexican Spanish. React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.
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First of all...Antes que nada...
“Antes que nada...” means “First of all...” in Mexican Spanish. Introduce the first point in a sequence.
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That’s worse.Eso está peor.
“Eso está peor.” means “That’s worse.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.
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That’s normal.Eso es normal.
“Eso es normal.” means “That’s normal.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.
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Technical Specs

Formality and register2 branches

How a phrase addresses someone: Neutral, Familiar (tú), or Formal (usted). Politeness also depends on wording and context; tú can be polite.

Neutral61 Familiar (tú)2

Situations52 branches

The specific setting recorded by the editorial review. Not every phrase has a named situation.

Not recorded12 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1 Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1 Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Confirm that someone has stated something exactly right.1 Confirm two options/references are the same thing, not ask if they are.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1 Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1 Describe an unexpected sudden event.1 Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.1 Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.1 Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.1 Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1 Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.1 Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.1 Explain that the speaker has to wait.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain that two understood items/situations differ.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.1 Give a direct negative answer.1 Give a tentative answer to a suggestion or yes/no question.1 Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.1 Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1 Identify that something is intended for the speaker.1 Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1 Identify the exact desired location visually.1 Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1 Introduce the first point in a sequence.1 Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1 Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.1 Promise prompt action.1 React to a frightening thing or event.1 React to an unexpected coincidental encounter or shared circumstance.1 React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.1 Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1 Report that an understood situation is unusual.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Say an amount or demand is excessive.1 Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.1 Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1 Say there is no available space for an understood item or task.1 Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1 Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1

Gender forms4 branches

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neutral53 masculine6 both2 feminine2

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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Not recorded57 object3 speaker2 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core28 Expansion23 Not recorded12

Vocabulary families77 branches

Browse recorded word families shared by phrases. These editorial family labels may not be dictionary headwords.

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

Everyday, less common and specialized vocabulary, considered separately from grammatical difficulty.

Everyday42 Not recorded12 Less common9

Reusability3 branches

Editorial score for how broadly an expression can be reused; higher scores indicate more reuse.

434 521 38

Ambiguity risk3 branches

Editorial score for how strongly meaning can depend on context; higher values indicate more ambiguity.

329 220 114

Confusion risk3 branches

Editorial estimate of the chance of confusing the expression with another; higher values indicate more risk.

330 228 15

Spanish word count2 branches

Explore shorter and longer expressions using the recorded Spanish word count.

1–352 4–611

Usefulness score3 branches

The detailed editorial usefulness score, distinct from the three usefulness labels.

437 324 52

Difficulty score2 branches

Scores run from 5 to 100. These ten-point ranges show the finer distribution within difficulty bands.

11–2058 5–105

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

Recorded number of vocabulary-family contributions; it is not a learner’s vocabulary size.

039 1–324

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2351 2026-10-198 2026-10-182 2026-10-101 2026-10-161

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)63

Source batches5 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2351 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 28 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot2 25 conversational statements screenshot1 Not recorded1

Review methods4 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Individual editorial meaning/context/grammar review; difficulty-v2 vocabulary/reuse recomputed against reconciled 1414-card deck. Supplemental ratings are editorial estimates, not recall or CEFR measurements.51 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.10 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap1 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1

Difficulty rubric versions1 branches

The version of the editorial difficulty rubric used for a phrase.

263

Source review decisions2 branches

The recorded action taken when a phrase was reviewed in a source batch.

Added62 Not recorded1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded63

Length difficulty factor4 branches