Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 1.37 | Public Transport

Episode Date: October 28, 2009

In lesson 137 Mark is in the hotel reception asking for directions to a local shopping centre. The conversation will help you practise the language required in this situation. Please note that lesson 37 of Season 1 was originally known as lesson 137 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total of 40 lessons, all of which will be included in the podcast feed. Just stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio materials, you can access the premium version of Coffee Break Spanish in the Coffee Break Academy.Don’t forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here.If you’d like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.You can also check out our Coffee Break Spanish Twitter page and the Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, me bienveninos at Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. Now, in today's list, we'll be asking for some information at the hotel reception. This is something that you might well find yourself having to do if you're on holiday in a Spanish-speaking place. We'll be asking for information about public transport and about how to get to particular places, practicing lots of the language that we've used previously. I hope you enjoy today's lesson. So, in this week's lesson,

I am in the hotel reception I am in the hotel reception and I'm going to be asking the receptionist for some information about a supermarket. My question is there is, there's a supermarket so is there a supermarket open

on a Sunday? Have a listen to the whole conversation and see how much you understand. Then we'll go through the language, the words and phrases contained in this conversation afterwards. Hello. Good afternoon. How are you? How is you? All right? Yes, yeah. All right. Necessito a little of information. Diggam. There's some supermercad open, the domingo?

Well, here in San Pedro, no, there's nothing, but in the center commercial, Dos Mares, is, yes, there? Is it very very very very ? It's a

five minutes in a coach? Do you? No, we'd have to

go to a bus. Let me see. I've the time.

The time. The buses pass every two hours.

There one is one that is the station of buses

is there is there is very very far, maybe five minutes

can't me can't signal where is in this plan of the city? Sure that is.

Here, here is the hotel. Salient from the hotel, gire to the

left. Siga all right two two meters, and

heir to the right. Then take the second the right

and the station of buses is in front. Well, a

So I'm going to the left, I go to doble to the left, then I'm the second call the right and the station of buses is in front of you

Perfecto, what is? It's six and a half go with time. Much thanks. No, there's what,

after later. So how did you find that? This conversation contains quite a lot of language that we've covered previous lessons. For example, everything about directions. Let's listen to the beginning of the conversation and we'll talk about a few of the words that are contained in this part of the

conversation. Hello. Good afternoon. How is you? How is you? All right? Yes, just before I ask my question, let's just check that you've understood all of this so far. The receptionist says, how are you? He uses the formal. He uses the formal. form with me. He then says, To do-been, literally, all well, everything okay. And I respond, Yes, yeah, all-est-muy-been. To-bye-been is the same as saying,

All-Sta-Bien. Just missing out the verb. Listen to my question now. Necessito a little of information. Diggame. There some supermercado abjerto the domingo? I began by saying, I need a little of information.

You know what Necessito means, or in Latin America, Necessito. Necessito means I need a little information. I need a little information. Necessito a little information. Or in Spain, Necessito a little

information. The receptionist then said, Diggame. Now, this is quite a difficult word to translate, word for word. It literally means tell me. In this situation, it means go on what's the information that you need. And I ask my question, there's a little supermarket aberto el domino. See if you can understand the answer that he gives. Well, here in San Pedro no hay nothing, but in the He begins by saying,

Here in San Pedro, so here in San Pedro, no ain't nada. Nada is the word for nothing. No ain't nada means there's nothing. Now be careful with this. You might think, no ain't nothing means there's not nothing. However, with Spanish negatives, you use

that double negative. You need the no. No ain't nada. If you're familiar with French, it's the same. Il nia rian. Il nia rian, there's a double negative in there, no hay nada. And indeed in Italian, non-che-nieente. So if there's nothing in San Pedro, there may be something elsewhere.

And indeed, the receptionist says, But in the Centro Commercial dos mares, there is a supermarket in the Centro Commercial, the shopping center, the center, the central commercial, in Latin American. This particular shopping centre is called Dos Maris, Two Seas, and that refers to the two seas in the area. There is, of course, El Mar Mediterranean Sea, but in this particular area of Spain, there's also what's called the Mar Menor. This is actually an inland sea created by a very small strip of land called La Manga, the sleeve, literally.

You might want to find out more. you can Google Mar-M-N-O-R, that's M-A-R, and then a new word, M-I-N-O-R. I then ask another question. You should be able to work out what this question means. Is it very lejos of here? It's a five minutes in coach. Do you? No, we'd have to coger an autobus.

Now, hopefully you've been able to identify two types of transport in that section. Coche and Autobus. The receptionist said, It's five minutes away by car. Notice the use of a, It's a five minutes a five minutes, is a, 10 kilometers. You always use a when you're describing where something is.

He then asks me, Tiena coce, do you have a car? You don't need to say, Tiena uncoche, that would be like saying, do you have one car, as opposed to two cars? Tiena coce do you have a car? And I reply,

No, Tendriamos to coger an autobos. This means we would have to. Tendriamos. It's actually

what's called the conditional. Tendriamos to coer an autobos. We would have to catch a bus. Now notice that

in Latin America, you'd be more likely to say to take an autobos in certain parts. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment.

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downtime into your due time. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. So the receptionist goes on to see if you can find the orario. El orario is the timetable. Let me bear. I have the horario for

here. Yes. The autobuses pass every two hours.

Can you work out how regularly the buses pass the

hotel? The buses pass every two hours. They go by

every two hours. There's one that is one there's one

there's one that It's sale, which leaves the station de autobuses, the bus station at six o'clock. So there's one that leaves the bus station at six o'clock. There's one that leaves the station of buses at six. And I've got my next question ready. I ask exactly where the station of buses is. So have you

The station of buses Is there Lejos Not very far 5 minutes

So have you worked out what my question was Is that Muy Lejos and the

receptionist answers No is very very far from here Maybe 5 minutes

caminando So Kizah means perhaps You can also and that really just depends on how it sounds. It's one or the other. There's no definite rule as to when you use quitha and when you use quithas. And of course in Latin America we're talking about kisah, kisas. He said, Cinco minotos caminando. Caminando, it ends in ando, so it's likely to translate as ing, something ing.

caminar is the verb to walk in fact there's a very famous song Caminando por la calle walking along the street Caminando walking so Cinco Minutes Caminando he could also have said

Cinco Minutes a pie on foot Cinco Minutes So it's five minutes away Now I need to find out exactly where the Estacion de Autobuses is the bus station So I ask can he show me where it is on a

map. So, can you signal where is in this plan of the city? Sure that is. Here is the hotel. So first of all, before he gives us all the directions, the word signalar. Signalar means literally to signal. And I've used it in this sense to show.

Can you show me? Can you show me where it is? In this plan, in this map of the town, in this plan, in this plan, of the city. He says, Claro that is, Mere.

Of course, look. Here is the hotel. Here is the hotel. Let's listen to each part of these directions and work out what they mean. Saliento del hotel, jire to the left. So,

Saliento del hotel, going out of the hotel, or leaving the hotel, Jire to the left. Turn left. The next part? part.

So, Siga to do righto, some 200 meters. So, Siga to do straight on. And he specifies the distance that we have to continue straight on for.

Unos, 200 meters, around 200 meters, literally, some 200 meters. And, jire to the left.

Then he says, Jire to the is turn left. Then, to me the second Kaya, and the station of autobuses

is in front. Listen to that final section again. Then, to take the second to the right and the station of buses is in front. He says, Tome the second

calle a derecha, take the second street on the right, and the station of buses is in front. And the bus station is that in front

means it's opposite. Now, just to make sure that I've understood, all these directions, I repeat them. And not when I repeat them, I change the verbs. He says, Jire, doble, tome,

and I change these to the I form. So I say, Giro, doblo, Tomo. Listen to my version of the directions. Well, let's see, I'm from the hotel,

Giro to the left, I go to recto, and here, doble to the right, then I'll take the second call the right

and the station of autobuses will be in front of you perfect so I've understood the directions and now I just need to find out one final thing before I can head off What hour is? It's? So, last 5.5.5. It's

with time. Much thanks. No, there's to what? After then. So I ask What is the time? And he he tells me So on las 5.5. It's half past 5.

He says, va con tempo. This literally means you go with time. You're going with time. And it means you're on time. You've got plenty of time in this situation. So finally, I thank him, and he says, no there's nothing to thank me for.

Don't mention it. No there's quite a common phrase. Much thanks. Okay, so hopefully everything makes much more sense now. As usual, what we're going to do is listen to the whole conversation and see how much you understand this time now that we've been through the language in this dialogue. And one thing to mention here is that after the dialogue we'll play the coffee break Spanish jingle, so be warned, I know that some of you are surprised to hear the music coming up after the dialogue.

Here we go. Hello. Good afternoon. How is you? All right? Yes, all is very well. Necessito a little of information. Diggam.

There is a supermarket aborted the domino? Well, here in San Pedro no, there is nothing. But in the central, two mares, is there. Is it very

very much from here? It's a five minutes in a coach. Do you? No, we'd have to get an autobus. Let me

I don't know the hour for here. Yes, the autobuses pass on every two hours. There's one that sale of the station of buses at 6. The station of buses is too

far away? Not very very, maybe five minutes can't say, where is in this plan of the city?

Sure, that is. Here, the hotel. Saliento, getting to the hotel, Gire to the Hiree

to right about 200 meters, and Gire to then the second

the Dorecha and the station of v Well, I'll go to

the I'm right, and I'm doing the second to the other

and the The station of autobuses will be in front of you. Perfect. What hour is? It's. It's five and a half. It's with time. No, there's to leave it today.

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