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LA POLICÍA Y EL
Warm up (1minute)
DELITO
What’s the Spanish for
“big” and “small”? Police and crime
(pp.64–5)
Say “The room is big” While in Spain, if you are the victim of a crime, you
and “The bed is small.” should go to the police station to report it, or in an
(pp.64–5) emergency you can dial 112. You may have to explain
your complaint in Spanish, so some basic vocabulary
is useful.

Words to remember: crime (4 minutes)
Familiarize yourself with these words. Necesito un
abogado.
el robo robbery netheseetoh oon
el rroboh abogagaogao doh
ab
ab
I need a lawyer.
la denuncia police report
lah denoontheeah
el ladrón thief
el ladron
la policía police
lah poleetheeah
la declaración statement
la la
lah deklarathyonyonh deklarathyonh deklarath
el testigo witness
el testeegoh goh teegoh tee
el abogado lawyer
el abogagal abogal abo doh
e e

Useful phrases (3 minutes)
Learn these phrases and then test yourself.
Me han robado. I’ve been robbed. la cámara
may an rrobadoh de fotos
lah kamarah
day fofotos
¿Qué han robado? What was stolen? camera
kay an rrobadoh

¿Vió quién lo hizo? Did you see who la cartera
byoh kyain loh eethoh did it? la karterah
wallet
¿Cuándo ocurrió? When did
kwandoh okoorryohyohdoh okoorryohdoh okoorr it happen?