Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 2.10 | End-of-unit language quiz

Episode Date: April 5, 2010

In episode 10 of Coffee Break Spanish Season 2 we’re putting what we’ve learned in recent weeks about descriptions to the test with an identity game. Please note that lesson 10 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 210 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, you come here of Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. I'm here to help you to help you with your Spanish. I'm here to help you with your Spanish and today we're in Lesson 50. Now, because this marks the end of this group of 10 lessons, we've got a little quiz for you.

We're going to be testing your understanding and adjectives with a little personality quiz. See if you can work out who you're talking about when we describe people using adjectives to describe physical appearance and indeed what their character is like too. So I hope you enjoy this lesson. Okay, so I said that we're going to be putting what we've learned recently to the test in this lesson. And the way in which we're going to do this is by playing a little game.

I'm going to be describing various people and you've got to try to guess who these people are. Now before we get started, I'm going to go through some vocabulary, some extra vocabulary that you probably won't yet know, but that you will need for this. lesson. To begin with, I'm going to give you a new verb and this verb is L-L-L-L-E-A-R. Now you should already be thinking I know how to spell that because the first sound L-L-L-L-E-V-A-R L-L-E-V-A-R

L-L-E-V-A-R. L-E-V-A-R. L-E-V-R. L-E-V-R-E-R. First of all, it can mean to carry, L-L-E-V-R, to carry. But it can also mean to wear.

So you could say mark Mark, Léva a camiseta. Camiseta is the

word for a t-shirt. Mark Lleva a camiseta the coffee brick

Spanish. So Mark is winning a coffee brick Spanish T-shirt. Lever.

Okay, so you'll also hear the word a jersey. A jersey. It looks like jersey

and is the word for a sweater. When we're using the word Lever. You may

also. also hear the word ropa. Ropa. Ropa means an item of clothing. Ropa. La ropa clothes. And something else that you'll come across is gaffas. Gaffas.

Las gaffas are glasses. What do you think? Las gaffas de sol would be. They are sunglasses. L'Ghaffas or Las Gaffas de Sol in some cases. Now, when we're talking about clothes and also when we're talking about hair, you'll hear some colours.

And we've done a few colours over the course of the lessons. We've not really had a lesson about colours. That's coming up in the next unit. But we've had things like rojo, rojo, meaning red. We've also had, when we talked about hair, Negro, negro, meaning black,

blanco, blanco, meaning white. And something else you'll hear today is Greece, Greece. This means grey. So, can you remember how to say he has, for example, black hair? In Spanish, you turn it around and say, he has the hair black.

Tienie el el pelo Nero. Tienie el Pelo Negro. And so on. Now another word that we are going to come across in this week's lesson is the word or the phrase se comporta.

And that comes from the verb comportarse. Now, because it finishes with arse, you know that is reflexive. You've heard levantarse. Despertairese and so on. Levantarse means to get-ups.

Despertarse means to wake up. And comportarse literally means to carry yourself in a particular manner. It actually means to behave. Comportarse to behave. So if you hear that someone se comporta bien, it means that they behave themselves. A word that we'll also come across today is the word Famoso

Famoso Famoso means famous and another word that is used very similarly to Famoso is Conocido Conocido Conocido literally means well-known Conocido

And both Famoso and Conocido have feminine forms Famosa and Conocida and obviously in Latin America Conocido becomes Conocido A few more words We might be talking about people who take up particular roles

And the word for a role is A papel A papel Now literally papel means paper And it's the idea that if an actor takes up a role They're given a paper, the script And they've to carry out that role They've to take up that paper

Okay, so they learn the script, the words that the character will say, and that's the papel. Now, to help you guess who some of these people are, I'm going to be telling you when they were born, Nathio, or in Latin America, Nassio, and sometimes when they died. Mourio. So, Nathio, means. He was born or she was born. For example, I might say, Nacio in 1,945.

Nacio in 1,945. I surprised you with that one. Hopefully you were able to work out that that was he was born or she was born, in fact, in 1945, 1,945. Or I might say something like, Murio in 2003. He died or she died in 2003.

Okay, so I think it's now about time to get on with the quiz. I'm going to read out a passage about six different people. First of all, I'll read it at a fairly normal speed to see what you can get from the first listening. And then I'll read it more slowly. And by that time, hopefully, you'll have to have to be. have identified the person. And just one other thing, if you're using the enhanced version of the podcast,

you'll have some picture clues too. Let's play how it's name. Okay, so here is person number one. Persona number one. This man is English. Nacio. He was footballist and, when he was 18 years, he started to

play for Manchester United also has played for Real Madrid and L. Galaxy. His husband also is very famous They have three children,

Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz How is it called? Okay, I'll repeat this again slowly. This man is

English. Nacio in London in in 1997. It's footballist, and when he was 18 years,

he started to play for Manchester United. Also, has played for Real Madrid and the Ley Galaxy. His husband also is very

famous. is cantante Tienen three Hs Brooklyn Romeo and Cruz How's it

So let's think about your clues there Is English He's English Nacio in London He was born in London In 1975 19975 1,975

1975 75. He's a footballist. He's a footballer or he plays soccer. And when he was 18, he began to play for Manchester United. So he began playing for Manchester United. Also he has played for Real Madrid and LA Galaxy. So he's also played for Real Madrid and LA Galaxy. Su esposa also. Tamien. Who's his esposa? It's his wife and she also is very famous. She's very famous too. It's cantante.

She's a singer. I then said, They have three children, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruth. So what's his name? Well, hopefully you've been able to work out. That's called David Beckham. Okay, let's move on to persona number two.

This man is of South Africa. It's a bit He has a He has very high He's quite He's a

He's a He's a man He's a man He's a He's He got the

Premier Nobel of the Paz How's He's Yeah, We'll be back

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video versions of our lessons where you'll see the words and phrases on the screen of your device while you listen. There's also a set of lesson notes for every lesson with vocabulary and additional examples and bonus audio. All of our premium courses are available at the coffeebreak academy. That's at coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Okay, so this time let's hear it a little more slowly. Este hombre, South Africa. It's a

old, has 89 years. No is very high,

is quite bad. He the blue gray is

a man very famous and in 1999 he won

the Prime Nobel of the Paz how's Let's think through our clues again

So this time This man is de South Africa And that's possibly not a country you've come across before Africa, obviously Africa And South Africa Is Bastante Vuejo He's quite old

And what age is he? He has 809 years He is 83 years old He's not very tall. He's quite small. He's quite small. He's got gray here. He's a very famous man.

And in 1993, and something happened in 1993, 1993, he won't know the Nobel, 1993, Gano el Prémyon Nobel de la Paz. So La Paz is peace and the prize is a prize or the prize. So El Prémyo Nobel de la Paz is the Nobel Peace Prize. So who is this man from South Africa who's 89 years old who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

It's of course Nelson Mandela. Okay, moving on, number three. This person is a woman very known, very famous. It's English and a quite a year.

He has 81 years. He has a daughter that's Anne and has three children, Charles, Andrew, and Edward. This woman

a much and live in a house very great in London, or a palace. Okay, this time a little slur. This person is a woman very

known, very famous. It's Englisha and a bit of a lot of year. He has 81 years. He has a daughter that's Anne. And he has three children. Charles.

Andrew and Edward This woman via much and live in a house very great in London or so

a palacio So have you worked out who this is Let's think about the clues It's very famous She's very famous She's English And she's English And

She's quite old She is 81 years She is 81 years old Now then I told you a little bit about her family Tiena una Iha She has a daughter called Anne Tienetreijos She's got three sons

Charles, Andrew and Edward This Mujer Biaja Mucho Biaja comes from the verb Biajar which means To travel She travels a lot And she lives in a

Kyi live in a very big house In London And she lives in a very big house in London Or yeah, a palacio Or you could say a palace Does that give you any clues? We are talking about Queen Elizabeth 2nd, La Reina

Okay, moving on Number four Numero 4 This is a man and is American and has 52 years. It's a lot and has the pillow black. Well, yeah a little gris. He has gothas and always, always,

he has a jersey negro. He has a company very great of computers. In Spanish, this company is called Manzana. How is it? Okay, this is perhaps a little more difficult. Let's have a little slower.

This is an hombre American and has 52 years. It's a bastante alto and has the pillow negro. Well, yeah a little gris. He has gotas and

always a guy a jersey Negro Hebrae for a company very great

of an in Spanish is Manzana How he

is a American man This is an American man What did you see 52

years He's 52 years old He's is a He's a little bit of black. Well, yeah a little gris.

He's quite tall and he has black here. Well, already, a little gray. Lever gaffas. Remember earlier we learned Lever, Lever, He wears glasses. And he always leva a jersey negro.

And this is a real clue. He always wears a black. sweater. Travaja for a company very great

of ordenadores. So he works for a very big company of ordinadores computers.

And in Spanish, in Spanish, in Spanish, this would be called

manzana. Do you know what the word manzana means? It means Apple.

So this man works for Apple, always wears black sweaters. It's Steve Jobs. Okay, so here is person number five.

Persona number five. This person is a woman very known. It's American and a lot of young. Nacio and has been

model, actress and can't be a abuel and his abel and a hotel that's a famous.

It's rubia, is guapa, and a a They're working in an hotel Bastante Famoso. It's rubia,

is guapa, and a sometimes not she doesn't do very well. Okay, so let's think about the clues.

It's a very well-known lady. It's American and a quite young. She's American and quite young. Nacio in 1981. And has

been model, actress and cantante. So she has been a model. She's been a model. Actrith. An actress.

And a singer. Su abuelo and his abuelo are in an hotel that's so this is

possibly your biggest clue here. Su abuelo is her grandfather and So bisabuelo, her great-grandfather, Travachan, this is possibly not quite true. They work, but they're related to an hotel

Bastante Famoso. So they've got something to do with An Hotel Bastante Famoso. Quite a famous hotel. I suppose you could say a famous hotel chain. Okay, let's think about physically. This lady is rubia, guapa. So she's blonde, pretty, and sometimes,

no se comporta very bien. Do you remember what that means? She doesn't behave very well. So who are we talking about here? A young, blonde American who doesn't behave very well and is related in some way to a hotel chain could only be Paris Hilton. Okay, one final question.

This man has the pelo blanco and he has a barba, also, Blanca. She never a rope roja and every year

in December visit a little for give us for give us to give us again, perhaps a

little slower this time. This man has the man has the blue and he's a

barba also black. So, So, heva Roja and, every

year, in December, visit a new to the for the give us

to give us so who are we talking about here? Well, this

man has the pale black so he has white here

and he he he he has barba and he also

caties or wears a beard, a barba, also a black. So his barba is also a white beard, white hair, white beard. So, what color of clothes does he always wear? He always wears red clothes. And every year, in December, in December,

visit a los Niños, so he visits children to give them regalos de navad Christmas presents So who is this white-haired, white bearded man always dressed in red?

Well, there could only be one answer at this time of year is Father Christmas, Santa Claus. 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. You can join the Coffee Break Spanish community on Facebook

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