*We are asked to fill in the blanks in the sentences with the words given in the chart.*

*Let’s make and translate the table before answering.*
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|VOCABULARY | |
|–|–|
|aislar / *to isolate* |el idioma / *language* |
|bilingüe / *bilingual* |la lengua / *language; tongue* |
|el guaraní / *Guarani* |monolingüe / *monolingual* |
|el/la hablante / *speaker* |vencer / *to conquer* |
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*Let us proceed to answer and translate all the sentences.*

1. Gran parte de los ciudadanos de Bolivia son **hablantes** de español. / *Most of Bolivia’s citizens are Spanish speakers.*

2. Aunque los conquistadores españoles trataron de imponer el **idioma** de su tierra , no se puede decir que los habitantes de Bolivia son **monolingües.** / *Although the Spanish conquistadors tried to impose the language of their land, it cannot be said that the inhabitants of Bolivia are monolingual.*

3. La **lengua** materna de muchos bolivianos no viene de los españoles, sino de los indígenas. / *The mother tongue of many Bolivians does not come from the Spaniards, but from the indigenous people.*

4. Hay muchos bolivianos **aislados** que se comunican en español y quechua o en español y aymara. / *here are many isolated Bolivians who communicate in Spanish and Quechua or in Spanish and Aymara.*

5. El **guaraní** se habla en Paraguay y en partes de Bolivia, Argentina y Brasil. / *Guarani is spoken in Paraguay and parts of Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.*

**HINT:** *some words you have to match the subject pronouns, like “hablante” changes to “hablantes” when it is plural.*