Coffee Break Spanish - Cambio de planes - Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries Episode 8

Episode Date: October 15, 2020

Join us for the latest episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries podcast in which our protagonists, Victoria and Abel, set off for the city of Lugo, via the beautiful parish of Covadonga. All is going well until disaster strikes for the couple after⁠ their car gets a puncture and they are left stranded at the roadside. Will they be rescued b⁠y any kind-hearted locals passing by? Listen to the episode to find out and pay close attention to the discussions between Mark and Anabel as they study the language used in Victoria's diary entry, and delve into the use of the verb olvidar. ¡Vamos!Travel Diaries will be published in one season of ten episodes weekly from 27th August. If you’d like to access lesson notes and a video version which features pauses after each sentence to allow you to practise your pronunciation, check out the full course on the Coffee Break Academy.At Coffee Break Spanish we provide content for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners, along with regular mini lessons on social media. Visit coffeebreakspanish.com for all the information you need to build your confidence in Spanish, whatever your level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Bricks Spanish Travel Diaries Season 1 episode 8. Hello, all, we're back with another episode of the Travel Diaries of Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Annabelle. How are you? I'm very well. And you, how are you?

I'm very and with going to start. Perfect. Well, let's get started. We are following the journeys of Abel and Victoria as they travel through the north of Spain. and they have recently been in Lastres. They found out a little bit about Lastres as they traveled around there. And then on to Jihon and then on to Abilès, where, well, Victoria wasn't expecting to enjoy it quite as much as she did.

And there was one reason, or many reasons why she liked that, and they were Los Duleses, that were their perdition. Well, this time we're going to continue, We're going to, to another province. And also a community

autonomous communities. So there are a number of autonomous communities in Spain. Galicia is one. Galicia is one. The Pais Basco is another. Of course, in between times

they've been in Cantabria and Asturias. But now reaching Galicia on their journey. Well, we're going to start. We're going to

do it. We're a for it. I like I like. Our next part

was Lugo. For fin we've to Galicia although that

also also also that our year that we

had a time we had a long a

but we did we did a car in

Cobodong where we the Percis Lago and the

santuar that maravilla. We've pre-viced to get to Lugo before the hour of the food, but when we were, more or less, at the

middle of the trajectory, weincham. For the purpose, we'd get-a-reve-reepuester, because I had already had forgotten

to let's, so we're we're waiting in a carreterer secondary to that someone us help us

to be at the two hours we were that he was a tractor

the sir he offered to help us and as how it the

hour of the food also also he invited to

his house his his his husband his made

those many those the Coyos. After the food, we'd

have liked to go to Lugo, but they were a pair that that were

we don't we'll we're we're in immediate. Of actually,

we're we're in the finca and we passed time with

the animals. It was very gracious to have a

Abel, roaded of obejas, menuda car of panic had.

At final, marches to Lugo a media time. Well, you're what well

that does. That ends well. Everything worked out in the end, even though

they had a little bit of a problem halfway through. Let's go back through

our text. And of course, as usual, we'll be discussing

the language used this text and help you understand everything and explain any complicated parts. So Annabelle, would you like to begin? Our next period was Lugo. So our next stop was Lugo. Finally, we were arriving in Galicia or Galicia. I never know whether to say Galicia or Galicia. Let's just stick to Galicia, Spanish pronunciation. So finally we were arriving in Galicia, an imperfect tense there. Although that also

also also said that our life was to make a final.

Okay. Although that also meant. So, Kere to mean something. Here we've got that

also meant that also meant that also meant that our journey was arriving at its end. So our journey

was getting close to an end. We had a long trajectory to Lugo but we did a parada in

Cobadonga where we saw the Precios and the sanctuary Okay we had a

long trajectory to Lugo it was a long journey to Lugo so we had a long journey

to Lugo but we made a stop in Covadonga where we saw the Precious

Lago and the Santuario where we saw a the beautiful lakes and the sanctuary El Santuario. What a marvel. What a beautiful place or something like that.

I actually saw there's someone I follow on Instagram. She's an artist, Alitia Aradilla, her name is, a Spanish artist. And she does art demonstrations and videos teaching you how to paint. But she does them all in Spanish. So it's great practice for you learning Spanish. But recently she's done lots of traveling. And recently she was in Coadonga and she was painting in Coadonga. So there are paintings of Coadonga on her Instagram.

So check out Alicia Aradilla on Instagram. There you go. Grand recommendation. Thank you, Mark. That was a good. We've previsto. We had to get to Lugo before the hour of the food. But when we were more or less to the middle of the

Camino, pinchamos. Ay, aye, aye, aye. Okay, tenial most previsto. Now, we saw this previously when we've got Tener with a past participle. Teniamos previsto. We had planned to arrive in Lugo, get to Lugo, before lunchtime.

So before lunchtime, so before kind of one, two o'clock or something like that. But when we were, more or less or minus to the trip, but when we were going along on a more or less, It's the middle of the journey. So right in the middle of the journey, Pintamos.

So the verb Pintzar means to have a puncture, to get a puncture. In this case, Pintamos, we got a puncture using the preterate of PINCAR. For sure, no llevavisor

because I had been avoided met her. So we stood waiting in a carreterer secondaria to that someone

would be helpase. Okay, for sure, and I think this is the of course in that ironic sense, you know, of course, it would turn out that. I mean, I think, no we've got a row of repuesto. So a wheel, so a row is a wheel, and repuesto, something is

a replacement wheel, so a spare wheel, no javamos a row of repuesto, because I had forgotten to put it in, because I had forgotten to put it in, to put it in the car, the spare wheel. We'll come back to this in just a moment. So we were waiting

and we were waiting and Stubimus Esperando that's a closed thing in the past. It's an action in the past that happened at a start and an end and that's why we're using the preterate of to start. Estubimus Esperando

in a carre secondary they were waiting on a country road, a secondary road, road, a que a someone to help us. And that's like an a paraque, a que, ake, a someone no's audey, that's the reason for the subjunctive there.

Okay, let's talk about Obidar, because Obidar can be a very useful verb, but it's a little bit tricky to use. Let's begin with perhaps the most simple form of Obvidar, when you just say, Obidar, and then the thing that you've I'll be that's

okay the last week I left literally I forgot the keys in the office but it's really when you're leaving

things there yeah so you let's another example for favor yes sure

I'll I'll bid the quaterno in house perfect so there you left the

notebook the exercise book at home I I'll be the quaterno in house. Right. So that's

Olivar plus the object. Now there's a different way of using this. And that's when you Obidarsse de Algo. And that's a little less about leaving

something somewhere. It's more about forgetting something. So forget a fact or forgetting a phone number or something like that. So could I say, for example,

me olivet of your number of telephone? That's what? And other example? I'm I'll hear

the last episode of coffee break Spanish Perfecto So there we've got a great

example I forgot to do something Obidars to do something and we

could also take it a stage further and we could say that something

was the case for example me I I did that

you had a new gato I forgot that you

had a new cat Perfecto. A strange example, but anyway. But there is a third version of this, and this is the version that we're seeing in the text. And it's a little more complicated because we have to swap the subject and the object. Okay. So, Anabel, can you give us a simple example using this?

Se me olvido, Acerlo. Okay. I forgot to do it. Se me olvido, Acerlo. And the olvido, there is the third person. So the subject of this is

doing it to me was forgotten or something like that. Let's go back to our libe that we left in the office. I could say, Se me oligern las javas in the officeina. So they themselves to me were forgotten the keys in the office. It's a little bit complicated to say that way. But note what the verb agrees with is las javas. So the keys forgot themselves to whom to me in the office.

Se me olivieres in the office. And it's that form that we're seeing in the text. Because se me had oligado meterla. Because se me had already oligado meterla, the spare wheel had been forgotten to be put in or something like that. It was a little complicated.

It sounds a little funny when we see it that way. But I think if we come back to a simple example, like, Se Me Obidated on the Chavez in the Oficina, that's how we can see how this works. I hope that makes sense. It's a little complicated, Anabel, no? It's a little bit,

quite complicated. And the truth is that not only for the students of the Spanish, but also for the Hispanics, no? Yes, I'm sorry, I'm Sudando of

Sudeau. Very difficult. But no impossible. No impossible, sure, clear, okay, so she had forgotten the, to put in the spare wheel.

So they were waiting on a secondary road on a country road for someone to help them to that someone to help them, a key and with that cliffhanger, we're going to take a short break.

We wanted to let you know that there's a premium version of the Travel Diaries course and this includes a set of lesson notes where you'll be able to read the text from each of the diaries and work through the vocabulary and any explanations that we've provided. There's also a video version of the text where we've left space for you to repeat

the words and phrases used, giving you an opportunity to practice your speaking and your pronunciation. For more information about this, head to coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, I don't actually think it was just the cliffhanger that made us take a break there. I think we a break after all that. Obvidad. Okay, so let's find it what happened after they got their puncture and they had to wait for two hours

for someone to help them. At last two hours, we must be that a carcéeckxed a two hours. So literally at the two hours from when it happened, this isn't at two o'clock, this is

two hours from when they got their puncture we saw that We saw that a tractor was approaching. The senior He offered to do something. And as it was the hour of the food, also us invito to his house.

Very kind gentlemen. The senior seor to offer to do something. He offered to help us. To offer to do something. He offered to help us. And as since it was lunchtime, also was invite to his house.

He also, invited us to his house. His wife, Isabel, us did some marvellos Okay, this is where I'm going to afraid I have to disagree with Victoria.

His wife, Isabel, us did some marvellousous callos. She made us some marvelous callos. Annabel, do you do those cullos? Well, a me

me I'm like the lotos like the soups

those cocidos but no I'm so Mark I'm

don't I'm so so those callos perhaps we should

explain what they are similar to tripe I guess like those tripes

no that so they're basically intestines and other bits

of meat that well I don't know maybe as

Hagaseter. I should like it, but I don't know. I'm not a fan of this. But anyway, Victoria and Abel enjoyed them. Isabel us made us marvellous callos. She made us marvelous callos. Despite the food, we'd have liked to go to Lugo, but they're an a pairha tan adorable that no us despedimos de immediate. So this is similar to something we saw in the last episode, after the food

us had been another imperfect subjunctive there we could have said we would have

liked to have gone to Lugo however it's the same thing that's happening Annabelle here isn't it

Yeah it's quite similar is a thing that us would have

done do or be or hear Yeah so we just don't mention

one something we would have liked to have done but

But they were such an adorable couple, that we didn't say goodbye immediately. De Echtoe, we didn't say goodbye immediately. In fact, we're in his finca and we were in their farmyard. In fact, we're in their finca. So the finca is the farmyard. So the actual, in fact, we were in their farmyard.

with the animals. Fue very gracioso, be a Abel rodeado of of beh okay, was very funny.

Be a Abel rodeado of be able to see Abel surrounded by sheep, obejas, sheep.

Menuda car of panico had. Okay, we've seen this menudo, menuda. What a

panicked face he had. At final, marches to Lugo to media tard.

So in the end we set off for Lugo in halfway through the afternoon so probably

translating it into an English speaking context late afternoon That's that is

Well, perfect we're going to listen the text, and this time we we're

we're we we're our our next was Lugo

for finally we had to Galicia although that also also

also also also also that our year a year we're

we're we're a long track to but we're

we a a cobadong where we we the

beautiful the and the sanctuary that maravita we we're

we're we to get to lug before the hour

of the food but when we've, more or less or less at the part of

the track, pinched. For the course, we'd give-

a repuctor, because I had had forgotten to make it,

so we we're waiting in a carter secondary to

that someone to us to give to the

two hours we we we had a a tractor. The

sir, he offered to help us, and as was the hour of the food, also also us invited to his house. His wife, Isabel, us did some

marvellosos callos. Despite of the food, we'd had used to Lugo, but they were a pairha so adorable

that no we'll we're we're inmediate of the actual we're

in the finca and we passed time with the animals was

very very so very a belle and and men

that the manuda he had and at final

march we we're a middle It just goes to show that even though it sometimes feels that when things go wrong on a journey, the whole thing's a disaster, but it always turns out that there are better things around the corner.

That's my mother always me has said that if there are problems or difficulties in a voyage, it's going to say that will be a termina or that at least there are some good recourdos. Onos and also things that

you can talk about and tell stories about and in these kind of situations it's also an opportunity to

practice your Spanish and maybe find words that you didn't know like pinzar and things like that

okay if there are other words that you don't know of course you can use our notes

the notes which accompany each episode of the podcast and you can find these at the

Coffee Break Academy along with the video versions of each episode where we've paused

the the audio and allowed you to have some time to repeat the words and phrases and practice your pronunciation. So all of that in the course for the travel diaries at coffeebreakacademy.com. And of course, don't forget to check out our Instagram account. There, you can see photos of some of these places visited by Abel and Victoria on their journey through the north of Spain. Perfecto. And also you'll be able to follow the other stories. Our other travel diaries from Coffee Break French, Coffee Break Italian and Coffee Break German, where we have similar stories of people traveling through different parts of the countries

where those languages are spoken. Well, yeah, it's a, much thanks, Annabelle, as always. And thanks to you and to us. And until the next. Adios. Adieu. You have been listening to a production of the Coffee Break Academy for the Radiolingua Network. Copyright 2020 RadioLingued Limited.

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