Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 1.19 | Review of the unit

Episode Date: March 21, 2009

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Hello, herein'enveno at Coffee Brick Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Brick Spanish. We're back with another lesson of Coffee Brick Spanish for you, and this time it's a bit of a test. We're going to look back over the past 10 lessons, or indeed over the past 18 lessons, and test what you've learned. So good luck.

So the first thing that we're going to do is test you on some of the words and phrases that you've been learning since lesson 11. In the first five, I'll say the Spanish, and you will then be seeing the English. And then after that, I'll see the English and you have to translate that into Spanish. So, Kara, hope you're ready for this.

Here's number one. Tengo Ambre. Kara, can you remember what Tengue Ambre means? I'm hungry. Very good. Tengue Ambr, I'm hungry. Numero 2. Do you speak Spanish?

Exactly. Where is Spanish? Number three. Where is the cathedral? Where is the cathedral? Exactly. Where is the cathedral? Number four.

There is a bank here? Is there a bank near here? Exactly. Very well. There is a bank here, meaning near here. there. There is there. There is there?

Number five. Can you eat here? Can you eat here? Exactly. Because se Pueh literally means can one. Is it possible to? So, comeer to eat. Here. So can you eat here?

Very well. Well, this time, You going to say the words or the phrases in Spanish and I'm going to see the phrases in English and then you translate into Spanish. Number six. In a restaurant situation, the waiter would say, what are you going to have? How would you translate that into Spanish? What are you going to take? What are you going to have? And you may also hear, Ke va a to take if the waiter is talking to, one person only. What will you take? Number seven, how would you ask, can you bring us the bill?

Nos try the count, for favor? Nos try the count, for favor. And you were polite, you said, for favor, well done. us try the count, for favor. Nos try one of the most useful phrases in restaurant situations. Number eight. Is there a chemist near here

or is there a pharmacy near here? There a pharmacy near here? Very well. And you remember near here Cerca de here. In Latin America,

Serca de here. There a pharmacy or there's a pharmacy or there's a pharmacy and there's number nine the bank is opposite to the swimming pool

Kara El bank is in front of the piscina almost perfect Piscina Piscina

You pronounce the S as part of the syllable PIS, and then the next C is pronounced as a T-H, so Thina, Pis-Tina. Pistina. And in Latin America, you would hear Piscina. Piscina. So, the bank is in front of the pistina. The bank is in front of the pistina. Very well And number 10

I am learning Spanish I am learning Spanish I'm Apprendiando Spanish I'm learning Spanish Very good

Very very Very very Okay so that was a good way of testing some of the language that's been covered between lessons 11 and 18 We're going to go into a second exercise now and this is going to be a listening exercise

I'm going to read out a text fairly slowly first time round. After that, Kara will read out some questions to give you an idea what you're listening for when you hear it for a second time. The second time, the text will be read a little faster. And then we'll talk about the answers to the questions. And finally, I read the text at normal speaking speed, and that way you'll get a chance to hear how much you would have understood, as you heard it at that speed, spoken by a real Spaniard or a real Spanish speaker in a Spanish-speaking country. So let's begin. This is the text read for the first time. Hello, me name Rafael and I'm Spanish. Vivo in Barcelona. Me

I like this city. There are many things interesting in Barcelona. There is

a cathedral that's called the Sagrada Family is very famous.

Also there are many many cines and more to

19 restaurants I I go to go the

night with my people to the discotheques there

there much discotheges and bars in the center of la Ciudad. So Rafa was speaking about where he lives. Kara, can you give us the questions, please? Yeah, if it's possible, it might be a good idea to take a note of these questions. Okay, question one is, does Rafa like living in Barcelona? Question two, what is La Sagrada Familia? Question three, how does Rafa describe?

Lassa Gratham Familia. Number four, Rafa mentions that there are lots of restaurants in the city. What else does they say that there are lots of? Question five, what does he like doing in the evening? And finally, question six, what is there in the centre of the city? Okay, so I'm going to read the text again, and this time you should be listening in particular for the things that Kara asked you about there.

Here goes. Hello, me name Rafa and I'm Spanish. I'm living in Barcelona. I'm this city. There are many things interesting in

Barcelona. There's a cathedral that's called the Sagrada family. It's very famous. Also,

there are many shows and more to 19 restaurants. I'm going to go to the

night with my my friends to the discothecas There are many discothecas

and bars in the center of the city. Okay, so let's answer the

questions. What was the first question, Kara. Does Rafa like living in

Barcelona? So Rafa says, Vivo in Barcelona, me justa this

city. So what's the answer to the question? He does because he says

he likes living in this city. He says me gust this

Theodaf. Okay. So question number two. What is the Sagrada Familia? Rafa says, There is a cathedral. The Sagrada family is a cathedral. Very well.

So question number three. How does Rafa describe the Sagrada family? Okay, so he says, there is a cathedral that's a same a

sacred family is very Famosa I think Famosa means famous

so he says that a cathedral is very famous exactly Famosa does indeed

mean famous Famoso Famosa is a good example of some words that are very

similar in English as they are in Spanish however there are some words

that are what we would call falsos amigos false friends

which you think means something that's very similar but in fact it means something different we'll be coming across these in future lessons so the next question Cara Rafa mentions that there are lots of restaurants in the city what else does he say that there are lots of

so he says also there are much cinnes and more of 19 restaurants he says there are lots of cinemas Okay, and of course in Latin America, he would have said, I'm muches Cines. So question number five.

What does he like doing in the evening? Rafa says, Me Gusta Salier por la noche with my amigos, to go out with his friends at night, to the nightclubs. Yes, las discothecas, are nightclubs, discos, or whatever. Okay, and finally,

What is there in the centre of the city? The part of the text that this question refers to is There are much discotheques and bars in the centre of la Ciudad. He says, I'm much of discotheques and bars, so there are lots of clubs and bars. Very well. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. When you're not listening to Gophobic Spanish,

you can still practice your Spanish with our regular posts on social media. Find us on Facebook, just search for Coffee Break Spanish. We're Learn Spanish on Twitter, and you can keep up with the team through our regular posts on Instagram. Follow Coffee Break Languages. It's our mission to help you turn your downtime into your due time. Okay, let's get on with the lesson.

We're going to listen to the text once more, and this will be said more or less at normal speaking speed. So here goes. Hello, me called Raffa and I'm Spanish. I live in Barcelona. Me gusta this city. There are many things interesting in Barcelona. There is a cathedral that is the Sagrada family.

It's very famous. Also, there are many cines and more than 19 restaurants. I like to go to the night with my friends at the discothecas. There are many discothecas and bars in the center of the city. So that was probably more of a challenge that time to hear all the content, but now that we've gone through it several times, you should be able to get most of that. I'm going to repeat the text one more time, and this time I'm going to try and read it in as near to a sort of standard Latin American accent as possible.

Hello, me name is Rafa and I'm Spanish. I live in Barcelona. Me Gusta this city. There are many things interesting in Barcelona. There is a cathedral that's a sagrada family. is very famous. Also, there are much

cines and more of 109 restaurants. I like to go to the night with my friends to

the discothecas. There are many many discothecas and bars in the center of the

city. Now, just to be clear, as many of our listeners will know, my American accent isn't

very good. So my Mexican accent probably isn't much better. However, at least in

that reading, I was using the pronunciations linked to Latin America, like, for example, El Centro de la Ciudad, as opposed to the Spanish pronunciation, The Centro de la Ciudad.

And hopefully, it's been of use to you to hear slightly different patterns of speech. It didn't actually sound too different to me. I thought they sounded quite similar. You're right. They're not actually that different. In fact, this is something I've mentioned quite a few times on the bulletin boards, on the Coffee Break Spanish Forum,

where people have been asking us what type of Spanish we speak, whether it's Latin American Spanish or Spanish Spanish. There are very, very strong similarities between Spanish-Spanish and Latin American Spanish. And even within both Spain and Latin America, there are regional differences. So, for example, in the Canary Islands, the word wah-wa is bus,

but a bus in most other parts of Spain is an autobos. And words change from country to country in Latin America, what we're trying to do is provide a Spanish that will be understood no matter where you go, and regardless of what accent you use. And if people make any comments about that, then just you tell them, I'm learning Spanish, and I'm sure that they will be very understanding of your efforts to speak. Okay, so our final part of this week's podcast is a conversation. Kara is wondering about a town looking for the tourist information office. She stopped someone in the street, me, and she asks for some directions.

Here we go. For favor? Si, in what I can help her? Me sa be saying, where is the officeina of tourism? A ver, no is that lejos. Me can indicate where is in this plan? Look, we're here in the Plaza Jaime 3. Go to do it.

And take the second call the second to the right. Okay, all right. Yes, that is. Is it a lot of stuff in the other? Yes, I have a few minutes. From here, a pie. Much thanks.

De nothing, that's good day. Okay, there was quite a lot of stuff in the other that you've probably not heard before, but hopefully you got the just of the conversation. What we'll do now is listen to it again and see if you can understand a little more this time. Remember, Kara's looking for the Oficina de Tourism. For favor?

If, in what I can help you? Me savi to say, Where is the Oficina of Tourism? A ver, not is that lejos. Me can indicate where is in this plan? Look, we're here in the Plaza Jaime III. Go to do it, take the second call the right.

Okay, all right, and the second to the right. Yes, that is. Is that a bastante close? Yes, I'm a few minutes, of here at a foot. Much thanks. De nothing, that's good day.

Okay, let's go through some of what was said in that sentence. And if you're a premium subscriber, you can be reading this dialogue on the... the PDF guide. So Kara began by asking, Por favor, stopping someone in the street asking, for favor, the best way to do it. I then said, si, in what can I help you? Kara, can you see your next sentence please?

Me saue deciar, where is da la Oficina de Tourismo? So you'll have understood first time, where is daofficina de Tourismo. But Kara said something before that. Me Sabe Deciar. Me Sabe Deciar, literally means, are you able to tell me? Me Sabe Deciar, can you tell me? Where is the office of tourism? Me Sabe Deciar.

It's a very useful phrase. Repeat that after me. Me Sabe Deciar. Me Sabe Deciar. And you can add any sentence to the end of that in many ways. me sabe to say how many restaurants are in this city

can you please tell me how many restaurants are in your city exactly so where is the tourist information office and I answered Aver no is taejo

now this Aver comes up time and time again and it's something is very common in Spain it means let's see no estalue what does that mean

it's not far. Very well. Kara's next sentence was, me pete indicae, don't be in this plano. Now, you might not know what that means. In este plano would be in this. Map.

Yeah, plano is a map of a town. In this plano, in this map. Me Puede Indicar. Can you show me? Exactly. Indicate, indicate or show. me

can you indicate to me can you show me where it is on this map then I said look we're here

in the Plaza Jaime 3 we are here in the Jaime 3 square I then said Paya to do so do directo so to

right on and tome the second calle a de recha now a de recha means in what direction on the right

on the right so it's la second a street one of which street is it the second street take the second street on the right

go straight on and tome the second the car then says valid totally recto and the second to the right

she repeats to do straight on and the second to the right and I say

yes is yes so is yes o is yes is literally means

yes that's right that's it car then asks is best is a bestante

is it quite near and I reply si a unos 10 minutes de a key a pie so it's at a distance of

some 10 minutes 1 de 10 minutes de a key from here a pie what do you think a pie means on foot very

then Kara thanks me much gracias and I reply de nada, that's where we're going to leave it today. And that's where we're going to leave it today for this edition of Coffee Break Spanish. Thanks for joining us, and we hope it's been useful.

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