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Source review decisions: Added × Difficulty rubric versions: 2 × Difficulty: Beginner × Coverage gap value: 3 × Topics: Everyday Statements ×

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Find phrases for everyday situations and conversations. A phrase can belong to several topics.

Keeping a Conversation Going113 Everyday Statements57 Making Plans53 Reactions47 Conversation44 Getting Around Mexico30 Encouragement and Celebration24 Clearing Up Misunderstandings22 Feelings and Check-ins20 Time and Frequency19 Requests17 Boundaries and Disagreements16 Home Together15 Feelings12 Relationships and Family11 Everyday Affection10 Shopping and Paying10 Travel and Directions10 Food and Eating Together8 Health and Getting Help8 Food and Dining6 Romance6 Everyday Conversation4 Wants and Needs4 Talking About Family3 Actions and Encouragement2 Airports and Luggage2 Encouraging Someone2 Everyday Actions2 Health and Safety2 Making Plans with Friends2 Talking About How You Feel2 Walking Directions2 Asking Someone Out1 Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico1 Cooking Together1 Greetings and Introductions1 Missing Someone and Showing Affection1 Natural Reactions and Replies1 Saying No Politely1 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1 Taking a Taxi in Mexico1 Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1 Wants, Needs, and Obligations1 Work and Shifts1

Difficulty4 branches

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

Beginner57 Easy56 Moderate11 Challenging2

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I’m going home.Voy a casa.
“Voy a casa.” means “I’m going home.” in Mexican Spanish. Tell someone the speaker is heading home.
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I have time.Tengo tiempo.
“Tengo tiempo.” means “I have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about availability.
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I don’t need help.No necesito ayuda.
“No necesito ayuda.” means “I don’t need help.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful clear refusal; add gracias for a softer response.
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I don’t have time.No tengo tiempo.
“No tengo tiempo.” means “I don’t have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about lack of availability.
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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.
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I’m home.Estoy en casa.
“Estoy en casa.” means “I’m home.” in Mexican Spanish. Tell family or a partner that you are at home.
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I have no money.No tengo dinero.
“No tengo dinero.” means “I have no money.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain lack of money.
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This is for you.Es para ti.
“Es para ti.” means “This is for you.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer a gift/item or identify its intended recipient.
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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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I’m not doing badly.No estoy mal.
“No estoy mal.” means “I’m not doing badly.” in Mexican Spanish. Understated answer about how you are doing.
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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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It’s not fair.No es justo.
“No es justo.” means “It’s not fair.” in Mexican Spanish. Object to an unfair outcome or treatment.
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It’s not enough.No es suficiente.
“No es suficiente.” means “It’s not enough.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an understood amount or effort is insufficient.
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I don’t have plans.No tengo planes.
“No tengo planes.” means “I don’t have plans.” in Mexican Spanish. Report having no plans when discussing availability.
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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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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 not okay.Eso no está bien.
“Eso no está bien.” means “That’s not okay.” in Mexican Spanish. Disapprove of understood behavior.
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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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At the corner.En la esquina.
“En la esquina.” means “At the corner.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.
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It’s not necessary.No es necesario.
“No es necesario.” means “It’s not necessary.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.
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It’s not clear.No está claro.
“No está claro.” means “It’s not clear.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an explanation, view or instruction is unclear.
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You’re very funny.Eres muy divertido.
“Eres muy divertido.” means “You’re very funny.” in Mexican Spanish. Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.
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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.

Neutral50 Familiar (tú)7

Conversation role3 branches

What the phrase does in a conversation. A phrase can have several standardized roles, such as asking, answering or sharing information.

Answer or explain55 Share information50 Express feelings or opinions40

Situations51 branches

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

Not recorded7 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1 Appreciate a listener’s patience, for example while the speaker practices Spanish.1 Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.1 Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.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 charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.1 Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.1 Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.1 Disapprove of understood behavior.1 Encourage or appreciate someone’s courage in a supportive conversation.1 Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.1 Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1 Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain lack of money.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 Express that listener deserves better treatment or an outcome in an understood situation.1 Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.1 Give a conventional appreciative or supportive best-person compliment. Female listener: Eres la mejor.1 Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1 Identify that something is intended for the speaker.1 Introduce the first point in a sequence.1 Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1 Object to an unfair outcome or treatment.1 Offer a gift/item or identify its intended recipient.1 Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1 Report having no plans when discussing availability.1 Report that an understood situation is unusual.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Report wet clothing after rain or laundry.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Say an explanation, view or instruction is unclear.1 Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.1 Say an understood amount or effort is insufficient.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 State that an understood duty belongs to the listener.1 State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1 Tell family or a partner that you are at home.1 Tell someone the speaker is heading home.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1 Understated answer about how you are doing.1

Gender forms3 branches

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neutral52 both3 masculine2

Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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Not recorded52 object3 listener2

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core26 Expansion24 Not recorded7

Vocabulary families71 branches

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Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday41 Less common9 Not recorded7

Reusability3 branches

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

432 522 33

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

332 216 19

Confusion risk3 branches

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

228 327 12

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–346 4–611

Usefulness score3 branches

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

440 316 51

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–2056 5–101

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

039 1–318

Review dates2 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2350 2026-10-197

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)57

Source batches2 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2350 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 27

Review methods2 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.50 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.7

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded57

Length difficulty factor3 branches