Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 2.39 | When to use the subjunctive

Episode Date: April 25, 2011

It’s the penultimate episode of this season of Coffee Break Spanish and we continue to follow the adventures of María-José and Andrew as they come to the end of their time together in Spain. This week Andrew is signing up for his course in the ayuntamiento and needs to ask for some directions. We’ll here more examples of the subjunctive in use. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 239 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.

Alati de mininos on Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. It's Lesson 79, and in this lesson, we're continuing to look at the subjunctive, and in particular, the triggers which make you use the subjunctive, the words and phrases, which mean that you have to use a subjunctive after them. We'll also look at the context of directions, and look at some further command forms. I hope you find this lesson useful. So, as we explained, Andrew is taking...

his friend Michael to the Ayuntamiento, which is, can you remember what the Ayuntamiento is? It's the town hall. Yeah, exactly, where he has to sign up for the class that he's going to be taking, and they've got lost, so they need some directions

to get to the town hall. I'd like you to listen to the conversation between Andrew and the person in the street that he's bumped into to ask for directions, and see if you can identify how you say, where can we get a taxi? Have a listen.

Pardon me, is you I'm from here? Yes, I'm from here. Can I help us? Yes, we're We're still. We're not a reunion in the Auntmento at the two.

No, you know, to hear where is that? A last two? Ah, no, they're not much time. A-beer. The truth is that is that is that is a

quite long from here. No, I think that they're going to get there before the two. Maybe as it's better to go in taxi. And where can we

go to a taxi? There's a parable in the street San Juan. Cruce in the

plaza and they're in the street in the place. Look, want you that they

come to you're going? No, no, it's a good, much thanks.

No, there's great. Thank you a good day. So, Kata,

did you spot how you would say where can we take a taxi? Where can we get a taxi? Yes, he said, where can we put a taxi? Exactly. Cojero a taxi means to get a taxi or in some parts of Latin America

you would say, Tomar a taxi. Tomar a taxi. Tomar a taxi. Where can we get a taxi? Where can we get a taxi? Where can we get a taxi? Where can we coger a taxi? So as you've heard, Andrew and Michael are trying to get to the and they're lost, so it turns out that they probably would be better getting a taxi. When they're speaking to the person in the street who is giving them directions, the phrase used as,

"'Quizas sea mejor, ir in taxi.'" "'Quizas sea mechor in taxi. Exactly. What do you know about sea? It is the presence subjunctive of se? That's right. the present subjunctive of ser. So what do you know therefore about kithas?

Let it takes the subjunctive. Exactly. Kithas means maybe or perhaps. Exactly. Perhaps, kithas, kithas, we've done that lots. Kithas, followed by the subjunctive. So kithas se a mechor. Perhaps it is better to go by taxi.

How would you say perhaps I speak Spanish? Couldas Ablese Spanish Yeah, how do you say perhaps he speaks

Spanish Kizas Abley Spanish Yeah that's a good example of a situation where you might

well use the pronouns Kizas El Spanish El able Spanish Or

Kiz Ustead Ably Spanish Kizz Ustead Ably Spanish Yeah

So perhaps you using the formal form speak Spanish Now

but, Kizas, taking the subjunctive, was in fact one of four situations in this conversation

that we're going to look at where you use the subjunctive. The next one was no

creo that they going to get to get before the two. No

creo what does creo mean? To believe? Yeah. So creer, to believe,

I believe. So, no, I don't believe. So, no creo que bayan a jagar

that might make you think of a particular verb do you know which verb bayan comes from iir that's right it comes from iir and it's the subjunctive of ear it's really irregular it starts baya

bayas bayia bayamos bayais bayan bayan baya bayas baya

buyamos bay ys bayyyes yeah the bayyais part is quite tricky baya baya bayas baya bayamos bayans so

no creo that I don't think that you're going to arrive yeah and he's using the

Ustesses form no I think that bian to get before I don't think

that you're going to arrive before to try seeing that the whole sentence. No, I think

that they're to get before the two. Exactly. Okay.

How do you say, I don't think that he speaks Spanish. No think I

speak Spanish. Very good. No I'm Spanish. You might

want to specify that you're talking about he. So, no creo that

depends on the context. If you really need to say the L there.

No I don't think that I don't think that they eat gazpacho. No creo that come

gazpacho. Very well. No creo so coman being the present's objective, we know this well now. So no creo that coman gazpacho.

Let's change it a little and let's say I don't think that you live here. no Pienso that Bipas here

very and I'm pleased that you use No Pienso because I don't think is the same in a sense as I don't believe

but when you say I don't believe believe is creer to think is pensar and exactly the same thing

happens with pensar no Pienso that Bivas here I don't think that you live

here you live Bivas the subjunctive so No creo que and no piensoke. Both are followed by the subjunctive. And if they're both in the positive,

like creoke or piensoke, what happens? They are not in the subjunctive. A very good question. And I was actually just about to come and explain that. No creo que vivas here, but I think that bives here. Okay, so bives is the non-subjunctive form. fact that's called the indicative.

It's the indicative when it's not subjunctive. So, vivest, indicative, vivas, subjunctive. I think you live here. Pienzo que bives here? And I don't think you live here.

No, Pienzo, that vivas here. Very well, excellent. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. Now, if you'd like to get more out of your coffee break Spanish experience, then you can sign up for the full premium version of our course, and that

includes 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 Coffee Break Academy. That's at coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Okay, so we've had Kizas, we've had no creokke and no pino-iensso-ke. There were a couple of other situations I want to highlight. The first of these is, Espero-ke.

What does Esperar mean? To hope. Or to wait. Or to wait, yeah, that's right. Esper-ke, in this sense means I hope that. And the person that was giving them direction said, Espero-ke legging con-tien poeepo. liegen obviously being the subjunctive

Llegin coming from which verb Ligar Ligar meaning To arrive So I hope that you arrive In time With time, literally with time Con time, or on time

I hope you arrive on time I hope you arrive on time I'm sure that Liegen con time How would you say I hope she speaks English I hope I hope that you

English I hope that you eat gazpacho I'm not sure here's a tricky one I hope that you like this music I'm not sure

how to work this one out okay let's think about this I hope that you like this music is the same as saying I hope that this music pleases you and the verb pleases

which is taken from the verb gustar in Spanish has to be in the subjunctive so so I hope this music pleases you I hope this music guster

that's it yeah exactly I'm sorry this music this music te guste okay guste being the subjunctive

and to you pleases I'm sure that music or indeed perhaps even more natural

I'm that I'm sure that music so does that all make sense Esperque plus the

subjunctive yes how would you say then I hope that she sells chocolate. I hope that

benda chocolate. I hope that chocolate. Or indeed, if you wanted to be really hyper correct there, you could say,

I hope that chocolate is sold. I hope that is perhaps a more normal way of saying it in Spanish. Okay?

And if you were buying the chocolate, how would you say I hope that we don't eat too much? Esper

that. No comamos Demasio Very bien I'm Demoomamos

Demasio Okay Now All this I'm No creo And no I think

And maybe Indeed Are the examples So far That we've seen Of the

Subjunctive in this week's There are two other examples

I said earlier That there were four In fact there are

five I want to look at The The next one We're

We're going to look at At the very End Andrew said

that I thinka a good day that a good

day yeah so ke Tenga is subjunctive think of Tengo I have

and then replace the endings becomes Tenga Tengas Tengamos Tengas

Tengas Tengas Tengas so Ke just putting the K

in front of it is sort of making it like a wish I wish that you

have a good day or I hope you have a good day I'm sorry that's

a good day. I hope that I'm a good very so you can

drop the espero in certain situations particularly in situations where you've got a

phrase that's almost like a set phrase that's a good day or for

example that have suerte that literally may you have luck

I hope you have luck so that's suerte Obviously that's the two form

and the Ustead form would be I suppose it's just like wishing someone luck in English Yeah and when you say I wish you luck

you're saying that I wish that you have luck we'll come back to that in a moment but Ke Tenga a good day that you may have

a nice day that I'm a good day that I hope I hope that you get with time I hope

that you get in quite very carefully I hope that they arrive okay I hope

that you have a nice day I could say I hope that I arrive and in that situation I'm doing the hoping and I'm doing the arriving.

Okay, that makes sense so far? Yep. If I say, I want to listen to music, I'm doing the wanting. And you're doing the listening. Exactly. If I say, I hope that you arrive, I'm doing the hoping, but...

I'm doing the arriving. Yeah, you're doing the arriving in this situation. And if I say, I want... you to listen to music, I'm doing the wanting and... I'm doing the listening. So the point is, when you have the same person doing the hoping or wanting and doing the actual action. So let's take that example of I want to listen to music. I want to listen to music. Very straightforward. We've done that hundreds of times.

I want to listen music The same could happen with I hope to arrive on time Espero get with Okay, so in that situation I'm doing the hoping, I'm doing the arriving, I'm doing the wanting, I'm doing the listening. However, when it comes to

I want you to listen to music, I would say, I want to and then the subjunctive you listen to music so escutcher and the subjunctive would be escutches if you're talking

that person exactly I want that you listen to music I want that you listen to music I'm that escutches music and if we're talking about specific music here we would say I want to hear

we would say, I'm going to listen the music I'm something missing I'm quay I'm going

and this situation came up in the dialogue the person said miren kien kie lees so

do you want the Usts form Kien that let's accompany So do you want that I accompany you? So, accompany you being accompany in the subjunctive form. Keren that they accompany? Kara, how would you say, do you want using the two form that I accompany you? Just the singular two in form.

Okay. You want you You want to You want? Good. Do you want That You want that I accompany you?

Pardoneme me, is you here? Yes, I'm from here. Can I help us? Yes, we're We're not We're a reunion In the

Auntiment, at the Two. Does say Where is? At the two? There, not they're much

time. A bit, the is that is that is that is quite quite a going to get to get to

the two. Perhaps it's better to go to a taxi. And where we can get a

taxi? There's a carada in the St. Juan. Cruce in the place

and you're in the place. The place is in front of the

church. Mereen, want you want to you want to thank you

thank thank you thank for time. Thank you a good day.

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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