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You are told about your child's behaviour: what to say in Spanish
You are told about your child's behaviour.
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How it's done. Behaviour is discussed calmly and specifically: habla mucho en clase, se distrae; answer politely, ask what to do and agree on the next meeting.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Maks habla bastante en clase y a veces molesta a sus compañeros.Mahks AH-bluh buhs-TAHN-teh en KLAH-seh ee uh BEH-ses moh-LES-tuh uh soos kom-puh-NYEH-ros.
Maks talks quite a lot in class and sometimes disturbs his classmates.
They might also say:
Maks charla mucho y distrae a los demás.
Mahks CHAHR-luh MOO-choh ee dees-TRAH-eh uh los deh-MAHS.
Maks chatters a lot and distracts the others.
YOU REPLY
Lo siento. Hablaré con él en casa.
Loh SYAYN-toh. Uh-bluh-REH kohn el en KAH-suh.
I'm sorry. I'll talk to him at home.
THEY SAY
Gracias. Es un niño muy listo, pero necesita aprender a esperar.GRAH-syuhs. Es oon NEE-nyoh mooy LEES-toh, PEH-roh neh-seh-SEE-tuh uh-prayn-DEHR uh es-peh-RAHR.
Thank you. He's a very clever boy, but needs to learn to wait.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Gracias por decírmelo.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. GRAH-syuhs por deh-SEER-meh-loh.
Understood. Thanks for telling me.
THEY SAY
De nada. Entre todos le ayudaremos.Deh NAH-duh. AYN-treh TOH-dos leh uh-oo-duh-REH-mos.
You're welcome. Together we'll help him.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
habla
AH-bluh
verb
speaks
bastante
buhs-TAHN-teh
adverb
quite, enough
clase
KLAH-seh
noun
class, lesson
veces
BEH-ses
noun
times
molesta
moh-LES-tuh
verb
bothers
compañeros
kom-puh-NYEH-ros
noun
colleagues, mates
30 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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