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Lesson 2.2.2 · Comunicación

💬 Talking, Asking & Writing

The verbs and nouns of every conversation: ask, answer, say, talk — plus the words you exchange (palabra, frase, mensaje, carta).

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

Asking & answering

Verb / noun pairs: preguntar → pregunta, responder → respuesta. 'Decir' is irregular: yo digo, tú dices.

preguntar[preh-goon-TAR]

to ask

la pregunta[lah preh-GOON-tah]

the question

responder[res-pon-DER]

to answer

la respuesta[lah res-PWES-tah]

the answer

decir[deh-SEER]

to say

hablar[ah-BLAR]

to talk

Example sentences

  • Yo pregunto todos los días.

    I ask every day.

  • ¿Dónde está la pregunta?

    Where is the question?

  • Me gusta responder en la tarde.

    I like to answer in the afternoon.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Quieres preguntar conmigo?

Do you want to ask with me?

B

Me gusta la pregunta.

I like the question.

02

Words exchanged

From the smallest unit to the longest: palabra → frase → conversación. 'Carta' is a paper letter; 'mensaje' covers texts and DMs.

la palabra[lah pah-LAH-brah]

the word

la frase[lah FRAH-seh]

the sentence

la conversación[lah kon-ber-sah-SYON]

the conversation

la carta[lah KAR-tah]

the letter

el mensaje[el men-SAH-heh]

the message

Example sentences

  • Necesito la palabra, por favor.

    I need the word, please.

  • ¿Dónde está la frase?

    Where is the sentence?

  • Me gusta la conversación.

    I like the conversation.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la palabra?

Where is the word?

B

Me gusta la frase.

I like the sentence.

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

01 / 11New card

Recall from English

the word

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
What does this mean?

hablar

02
How do you say this?

the message

03
What does this mean?

la pregunta

04
How do you say this?

the word

05
What does this mean?

decir

06
What does this mean?

la frase

07

Fill the blank

Me gusta _____ en la tarde.

I like to answer in the afternoon.

08

Fill the blank

¿Dónde está la _____?

Where is the sentence?

Score: 0 / 8

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