Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 2.40 | More subjunctives and saying good bye

Episode Date: May 2, 2011

It’s the end of an era: the final episode of Coffee Break Spanish Season 2. It’s time for las despedidas, the goodbyes. Andrew will be returning to England and bidding farewell to María-José, and Mark and Kara will also be saying hasta luego to the listeners of Coffee Break Spanish. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this final episode of our show. Please note that lesson 40 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 240 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, and bienveni to Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish. It's lesson 80, and it's time to say goodbye. This is the final lesson in our course, and we hope that if you've followed the course right from the beginning, that you feel you've learned lots and lots and built your confidence in its spoken and written Spanish. Now, Andrew and Marie-Hose will be saying goodbye to each other in this episode,

and we'll be picking up on a few of the subjunctive points that we've come across over the past few weeks. We hope that you find this lesson, that you found the entire course really useful. Mucha graces and after the next. So as you know, over the past few weeks, we've been following the story of Andrew and Maria Jose.

Andrew is English, is a student English, that is in Spain to learn Spanish. And, he has known to Maria Jose. Why did I say, a connoicido a Maria Jose, Kara? Because you're talking about a person. Exactly. It's the person.

Exactly. It's the personal a. He got to know Maria Jose. He got to know Maria Jose. And over the past few weeks, they've been getting to know each other a little better. Now, you may remember that last week, the sameana pasta, Maria Jose was in Madrid. She was in Madrid. For a conference.

And Andrew's friend, the Amigo of Andrew, he had just arrived. Because he is also in Spain, to learn Spanish and Michael and Andrew were going to the Auntamiento so that Michael could sign up for his course.

So as we join Maria Jose and Andrew this week, they are back in another tapas bar and this time they're sampling the albondigas, the meatballs that Maria Jose had spoken about before her conference. So a couple of questions. What was the bad

point about Maria Jose's conference and how do Andrew and Mary Jose intend to keep in contact with each other after Andrew returns to England. Have a listen to the conversation. Tenies reason. These albondigas are richismas. Yes,

you know did. When I was in Madrid, we went to a restaurant where we came some tapas very good, but these are the better. And what's the conference? Well, but no

I know a much of people. Dime, you have done the mallets? No, I don't. The truth is that I don't want to

to go back to I'm have done so much here. And I have to

say that your Spanish has been a lot for what you

say, well the majority of the time, I want to

give the thank for so, and for much more. At

what how is the time the one? At the one

you're going to accompany to the airport? Of course that And when you're going to

When you're going to When you're going to? In England. In what can't, but I have to have to earn a little of money. Of all those we can't

talk for Skype and for Messenger. I'm going to buy a webcam. Pondrass of your stanza here in your Facebook?

Sure. And tell me how you're going to continue learning Spanish. No I want that

you know that when you'll go back to get to get to go after

you know for that you have to come to come to I'm in what I'm

I'm I'm every time and you have to respond in

castellano yeah and Michael me has said that his

professor to he has recommended a podcast very

good for the people that the people that So,

well, Oye, yeah pedimos the account? Yes. So Andrew

and Maria Jorge says time together is coming to an end, but hopefully they'll

be able to maintain the contact what would that mean? Stay in contact? Literally to

maintain the contact. Podemos maintain the contacto. Podemos maintain the contacto.

Exactly. And did you work out how they would maintain the contacto?

Yes, by Skype and MSN Messenger. Exactly, but in Spanish, Skype. Skype. For Skype? For Skype? And for Messenger. And for Messenger.

Very good. Okay, so that was one of the questions. The second question was, what was the bad point about Maria Jose's conference? She said that she didn't know very many people. Exactly. Can you remember how she said that in Spanish? No,

know, much people? Yeah, you've got that almost right. No, Conoce would be the present tense.

She's talking about the past, and in this situation, because she's describing how the conference was, she would be using the imperfect tense.

So she would say, no... Conocia? No connocia a mucha people. And again, because the

Mucha gente is a person or people, there's a personal in there. No conosia a much

know I'm not quite a much people. Exactly. Now, we are going to go through the whole thing this week in the bonus podcast. We'll be talking about all the language contained in this conversation. And there's quite a lot in there. But I'm going to bring out a couple of phrases. First of all, some translations. And then we're going to look again at some subjunctive situations because there were a few in that conversation again. First of all, can you remember how

Andrew asked Mary Jose, what was the conference like? Que tal la conferencia? Exactly. He used Ke tal. It can be used in many, many situations. It's one of the first words we learned

in the course, in fact, because we used it to mean, how are you? What tal? What tal? What is? Ketal. But Ke tal can also be used, combined with a noun in this case, Ke tal la conferencia, to suggest you. How was

was the conference or how is something. You don't need to worry about a verb and a tense in that situation. So you can use, what's the food like, what's the meal like, what's the time, what's the weather like? But what's the time if you're talking in the past would mean what was the weather like.

So if you've just come back from your holidays and someone says to you, what time? Well, what time, it was much wind, he had much cold, or what he said.

Okay, so Ke tal, many ways of using Ke tal. Another phrase that I wanted to pick out was when Marie-Jose asked Andrew, have you packed your cases, have you packed yet for going back to England? Kara, can you remember how that was phrased? Has etcho las maletas? Yeah, that's right. Has etcho from which verb? Acer.

Acer to do. Acer. in Latin America. Has etcho, have you done las maletas are the suitcases. So literally, have you done the suitcases? She actually said Yeah, has etcho las maletas.

And the yeah there would mean, how would we translate that? Already. Yeah, have you already done the suitcases? So have you already packed? Yeah, has etchua las maletas? Yeah, has etchue las meletas. Very bien.

And Andrew didn't seem to have done his suitcases. He didn't seem to have packed yet because he didn't want to go away. He didn't want to go away. He's been to go away. He has a very good time in Spain. He told Marie Jose

that she had to come and see him. How would you say in Spanish, you have to come to see me? Tienes to come to be to be? Yep. You've got to

be me, exactly. You have to come to see me. You have to come to see me and the me goes on to the end of the infinitive of bear. Tienes to be to see me.

So you have to come to see me. Tienes to be to me. Tienes to be to be me. So that's Tienes que, you have to. How would you say I have to come and see you? Tengo to be to be back to be here.

Very well. Tengo to come to see to. Tengue to be to be a perfect.

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 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. Now, I said that we were going to look at some subjunctives in this lesson,

and there were a couple of examples. Andrew also said, When do you going to come to ver me? when are you going to come to see me when are you going to come to see me when you vas to be me when you're going to be me and Maria Jose's answer to this was

in quanto puada now pulda comes from which verb Poder? Yeah you'll recognize it as the similar to Puedo meaning I can and you take that O off and add the subjunctive ending

So in this case it's an ER verb, and therefore the ending is a, in quanto pueda. En quanto pueda. So this en quanto means as soon as. So as soon as I can. En quanto pueda. And it's a very common phrase. We could even treat it as a bit of vocabulary.

In quanto pueda as soon as I can. En quanto pueda. En quanto pueda. Now, a couple of weeks ago, when Marie Jose was talking about when she returned from Madrid and they would go to the restaurant that she was talking about indeed that's the restaurant that they're in this evening she said when I return from Madrid we will go

Kara can you remember how she said when I return Wheno is the when and Vuelva? That's it yeah Wuelba from the verb Volver Volver. So the same thing happens with Volver. You go to the I form, which is Vuelvo, you take off the O and add the subjunctive ending. So when Wulver, and in this episode, Maria Jose was talking about when Andrew returns to England, when he goes back to England, when he goes back to England, when Wulbas to Inglaterra. When do I sing that? When Wvas to Inglaterra.

And she actually said, No I care you to when you'll go to Englandra. Now, pierdas comes from the verb, Perder.

Can you remember? I think we've covered that once before. To lose? To lose, exactly. So I don't want you to lose everything,

talking about his experience of learning Spanish. No, I want to pierdas all. No

I want to pirdas all. Exactly. So, pierdas coming from perder to lose again going to the yo form of perder pierdo taking off the o and adding the subjunctive endings pierda pierda pierdas pierda so in this case it becomes no keroa pierdas todo i don't want that you lose everything remember in english we say i don't want

you to lose everything but in spanish we need to say i don't want that you that you You lose everything. And obviously she's talking about him forgetting his Spanish. No, I want to pierdas all when you wills to Englandra. No, I want to be able to England. So in this conversation, we've come across three uses of the subjunctive. Firstly, in quanto. So as soon as, as I return, Kara, how would you say that?

in quanto we've also come across the wheno with the future or wheno describing a future situation at least when I return to England for example When do

when I when he'll be in I'm going to Englanda and we also came across the I don't want that you do something so no

I'm in this situation pirdas no I care that you pierdas No I want to How would you say I don't want you to sing No

I want you to sing. Very bien No I'm No quere can'tes Normally can'tas would be the two form But because it's the subjunctive It's the opposite ending

So cantes No quereau can't Okay and that could probably be A little refrain for coffee break Spanish lessons No quiro Canes

We've also had Over the past few weeks we've had kithas. Kizas. And what does Kizaz mean? It means maybe. Maybe or perhaps. So, kizas plus the subjunctive,

Kizas be a good idea. Kizas be a good idea. Okay. We've had No creo-ke. No creo-ke.

I don't think it's a good idea. No creo-ke-sea-u-sea-old idea. No creo-ke-sea-old idea. We've had Esper-que to hope that. So, I hope that

these lessons of coffee break Spanish have been interesting okay

Kara, try repeating that I'm I'm hope these lessons

of coffee break Spanish The next part is it's actually the perfect

subjunctive I threw that in hayan said Aian said Yeah

Aian in this situation is the present subjunctive of Aver, the auxiliary verb for the perfect tense.

So I hope that they have been interesting. Esperéque these lecions to coffee break Spanish have been interesting. Espero that

these lecces of coffee break Spanish have been interesting. Very good. And one other one that we did was antes de que.

And that meant Before. Before doing something, yeah. And in the sense, it's not quite before doing something, I suppose. It's more before I do something, you do this. Okay, because before doing something is just anthe plus the infinitive. But when you've got two subjects, then it needs to be anst-de-ke plus the subjunctive. So for example, for example,

but, before that we this lesson, you need to listen the conversation more rapid. So before we finish this lesson, what have our listeners got to do, Kara?

They've got to listen to the quicker version of today's conversation. Absolutely. So here goes, have a listen. Tenies reason, these albondicas are richlysmas.

Yes, to do I'm when I was in Madrid, we went to a restaurant where we came some tapas

very good, but these are the better. And what the conference? Well,

but I know a lot people. Dime, you have done the maletas?

No, toady no. The is that I don't want to see

to get so much here. And I have to say that your Spanish

has been a lot much. For the least now

I think you the majority of the time. I want

I'm not to give you the thanks for that, and for much more. At what hour is the plane tomorrow? At the 11th. You're going to accompany to the airport? Sure that is. And when will come to see? In quanto can't, but I have to borrow a little of money. Of all the most, we can't talk for Skype and for Messenger?

I'm going to buy a webcam. Pondrass the photos of your stancy here in your Facebook? And tell me, how you're going to learn Spanish? No I want to get you know that you're going to get to get a lotterra. If I'm so it,

it'll costar much. For that you have to come to see me. Vendry in as I can't I'm going to make a mail

every day and you have to respond in Castellano. Yes, and Michael me has said that his professor

of here he has recommended a podcast very good for the people that learn Spanish. That's

good. Oye, yeah, we're going to leave it today for this edition of Coffee Break Spanish.

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