Answer and explanation:
By solving this exercise we’ll be practising two pretty important parts of a new language acquisition: on one hand, it will help us practising and improving our vocabulary inventory, which is a fundamental part of being a competent speaker; and on the other, we’ll be in contact with the culture that speaks the language that we’re learning; this is really important because different social groups have different ways of expressing their thoughts and beliefs, so it is presumable that if we are not contextualized we’ll probably be in trouble with some word’s meanings.
WHAT IS A TELENOVELA?
A telenovela (soap opera) is a fictional story made to being watched by television; it is thought to be presented in episodes and it is common to watch them in T.V; telenovelas are related to dramatic situations in which the protagonist of the entire program have many problems and difficult situations that maintain the audience interested in the narrative. In Hispanic culture has telenovelas really present and there exists a lot of these television programs, whose argument is usually the same: a girl/boy that is poor and, by some coincidences, his life change a lot.
TOP FIVE OF SPANISH TELENOVELAS :
- Lo que la vida me robó
- Yo soy Betty la fea
- La usurpadora
- Amar a muerte
- Mi pecado
Now, we´re asked to write a telenovela’s dialogue in Spanish. It will involve a romantic situation among Mirta, Daniel and Raúl; notice how we’re using verbs in past tense.
MIRTA: Daniel, ¿qué haces aquí? Pensé que no CONOCÍAS este lugar
DANIEL: Siempre QUISE salir contigo a una cita romántica como la que estás teniendo en este momento, pero ¿quién es él?
RAÚL: Yo soy Raúl, el esposo de Mirta, la verdadera pregunta es ¿quién eres tú?
DANIEL: ¿Esposo? ¡No lo puedo creer! En el fondo siempre SUPE que eras una mentirosa Mirta, pero jamás pensé que me traicionarías de esta manera
MIRTA: Raúl, esto no es lo que parece… es mejor que nos vayamos, CONOCÍ a este hombre en el trabajo y se obsesionó conmigo… ahora actúa como un loco
DANIEL: ¿No PUDISTE inventar una mejor excusa? Dile a tu esposo que TUVIMOS una relación y que desde que me CONOCISTE me QUISISTE como a nadie en el mundo.