Hostage Negotiations: Hostage: A Cat
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Key Phrases
Animal de apoyo emocional
Emotional support animal
No puede llevarse
You can't take
Visitar al veterinario
To visit the vet
Skills You'll Learn
Discussing emotional support animals
Hablar sobre animales de apoyo emocional
Expressing prohibitions
Expresar prohibiciones
Talking about pet care
Hablar sobre cuidados de mascotas
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine a scene where someone is trying to take someone's emotional support animal because they believe the animal wants to be with them. The original owner is trying to convince the other person to return the pet, suggesting a visit to the vet to ensure the pet's well-being.
Señor, no puede simplemente llevarse el animal de apoyo emocional de alguien.
Sir, you can't just take someone's emotional support animal.
Pero este gato me eligió a mí, ¡vino corriendo hacia mí!
But this cat chose me, it ran straight to me!
Podría ser, pero necesita regresar con su dueño.
That might be, but it needs to go back to its owner.
¿Y si el gato realmente prefiere estar conmigo?
What if the cat really prefers to be with me?
Tal vez podemos visitar a un veterinario para hablar de esto.
Maybe we can visit a vet to talk about this.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Señor
seh-NYOHR
Sir
No
noh
No
Puede
PWEH-deh
Can
💬 [Puede] can mean [can], [is able to], or polite [you can]. With [no], it's often a firm prohibition: [No puede] = [You can't] / [You're not allowed to].
See breakdown →No puede
noh PWEH-deh
You can't
💬 Spanish often uses the present tense for rules and permission. So [No puede] can mean not just [you can't] in general, but [you're not allowed to] right now.
See breakdown →Llevarse
yeh-VAHR-seh
To take
💬 The ending [se] matters: [llevar] is [to carry/take], but [llevarse] is often [to take away] or [to take with you]. Compare [No puede llevar al gato] with [No puede llevarse al gato].
See breakdown →Animal
ah-nee-MAHL
Animal
De
deh
Of
Apoyo
ah-POH-yoh
Support
Emocional
eh-moh-SYOH-nahl
Emotional
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