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You ask about homework: what to say in Spanish
You ask about homework.
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How it's done. Homework is deberes (or tareas): the teacher writes it in the notebook (agenda); parents check but do not do it for the child.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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YOU START
¿Cuántos deberes tiene que hacer Olena al día?
Koo-AHN-tos deh-BEH-res TYEH-neh keh uh-SEHR Oh-LEH-nuh ahl DEE-uh?
How much homework does Olena have to do each day?
THEY SAY
Unos treinta minutos, todos los días.OO-nos TRAYN-tuh mee-NOO-tos, TOH-dos los DEE-uhs.
About thirty minutes, every day.
They might also say:
Media hora diaria, más o menos.
MEH-dyuh OH-ruh DYAH-ryuh, mahs oh MEH-nos.
Half an hour a day, more or less.
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YOU REPLY
¿Dónde los apunta?
DOHN-deh los uh-POON-tuh?
Where does she write them down?
THEY SAY
En la agenda. Hay que firmarla cada día.En lah uh-KHAYN-duh. Igh keh feer-MAHR-luh KAH-duh DEE-uh.
In the agenda. It must be signed every day.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. La firmo cada noche. Gracias.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. Lah FEER-moh KAH-duh NOH-cheh. GRAH-syuhs.
Understood. I'll sign it every night. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Así estamos todos informados.Deh NAH-duh. Uh-SEE es-TAH-mos TOH-dos een-for-MAH-dos.
You're welcome. That way we are all informed.
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
deberes
deh-BEH-res
noun
homework
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
hacer
uh-SEHR
verb
to do, to make
día
DEE-uh
noun
day
minutos
mee-NOO-tos
noun
minutes
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
23 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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