Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 4.23 | Me he salido con la mía y participaré en la aventura

Episode Date: February 25, 2016

We join María for her latest diary entry in which she updates us on the latest developments in the plans for the search for the sunken treasure. As usual, there are many interesting language points, and in this preview episode Carmen and Mark discuss one in particular: the use of the ‘vosotros’ imperative form in the positive and negative. For further discussions in the extended version, a full transcript and bonus listening materials, see below.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.

Coffee Brick Spanish Season 4 Episode 23 Hello, Hello, welcome to Coffee Break Spanish. We're back, Carmen, how are you? I'm very content, Mark, because today has been the sun. Today has been the springer, no? We are back indeed with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish for you,

and in this season, as you know, we're following the story of Maria Rori and Alejandro as they go and search for her. or sunken treasure in the seas of the island of Majorca. So this time round, in this chapter, what we're going to hear of, what we're going to the diary of Maria. Very well, in the which you're going to explain a little

what you're going to be in the history. Okay, perfect. Well, we're going to hear it. We're going to hear it. Dear Diary, at final, Rory has gone with her and going to go to find the treasure with Alejandro. I also have solded with my and participare in the adventure

as a captain of barco. Is that I'll get her the barca of my father and I'll get to the barcoce. They'll backer and will beaux and will the bauless, or what

that's the time. Calcularyments well the time that can be under the water with the bombones of oxygen for that we don't have stusts and I think they'll have a pair of inversions of

50 minutes. Me have proposed to go this Martes to be if one of my my friends me change the turn but no think that there's no problem. Tomorrow I'm

I'll look the time, the wind, the currents maritimas and all those things to know if the Marches is a good day to navigate and to bucear.

Oh, Oh, so nervous. Sure, that all is good. For sure, Tia Consuelo was very content of that we'd have found out of

the cards, and us said that they'd to let's make to my parents. And that's this mediody. My parents

have alucinado. Also, they've been that the cards had been so so much and I'm

that we've found that's in the attic of the hotel. They've I've been very gladred much and we've been re-leading.

A time family, very emotive. And as we're all all of so good humor, let's have told that Rory, Alejandro, and I we're going to look at the

treasure. My mother has reeled, and my father has arqueed the eyes. What are you to do?

I've reied and I've said that were chiqued but that it was an I'm an illusion to go to passer with the barca, and, to passeros oldied. Me had said, and with good care, eh, no agaes tontteries, but no

has been made it bad. Menos mal that my father no me has put pegas to goer the barca. Of moment, it's all getting all redond. And this time, at six, I've goted with a friend that has been of vacations and I know it has seen since years.

We're going to do a something. And if we have many things to talk to us,

I'm going we're we're going to put in day. I've got to know how he

is living in Barcelona. Yeah he's two years. Bessos. Well, Mark, it's

that this adventure Baviento in Popa. Ah, Biento in Popa. What a lovely and appropriate

expression. Let's explain this a little. Viento. In Pobon. Popa. So irviento in popa. Literally, to go the wind or wind in stern.

La Popa is the part of the bern. So the front part of a boat, which is the stern. So literally to go with the wind in the stern, perhaps to go full sail with some things. So things are going very well. Very well. So full steam ahead. I suppose that's a different metaphor. But if you're thinking of going full sail.

ahead, things are going very well with this story. Indeed, let's find out a little more about exactly what's going on as I share the English translation, not the translation, but the explanation of what's happening in this story. So as we know, this episode is focusing on one of Maria's diary entries. She begins by admitting that Rory got away with his plan. He'll go ahead with his dive to look for the treasure with Alejandro. But it also seems that Maria herself got away with her own plan, she'll be taking part in the adventure by skippering the boat. I also me has salied with my, and participare in the adventure as captain of barco. Maria will be borrowing her father's boat, and she'll take them to where the Scottish ship sank.

They'll have to plan things carefully to ensure that Rory and Alejandro have plenty of time underwater for the exploration, and they've calculated that they'll probably do two dives of 50 minutes each. As we know, they're planning the dive for Tuesday, if someone can swap a work. working day with Maria. She's going to consult the weather forecast, the wind, the sea currents and everything like that to make sure that Tuesday is indeed a good day for going out on the boat and for diving. It's all very nerve-wracking. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. When you're not listening to Coffee Break 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. Maria goes on to explain how happy Consuelo was when she found out about the letters. For sure, Tia Consuelo was she put very contented that we'd have encountered the cards and us he said that

we'll tell them to show the letters to Maria's parents Maria did this today and they were amazed they also thought

the letters had been lost they've been reading them again together so they've had a very emotional afternoon as a family since everyone was in a good mood

Maria also decided to tell them about their plan to look for the treasure she has played things down a little saying that it will be

a nice adventure for them all but nonetheless her parents told her that they have to be careful and that they shouldn't do anything silly. Fortunately, Maria's father hasn't complicated things by saying she's not allowed to take the boat out. Maria ends her diary entry by mentioning that she's meeting an old friend who's on holiday on the island. They've not seen each other for ages. They'll have lots to catch up on, so they'll go out for dinner somewhere. Maria is keen to find out how her friend is getting on in Barcelona, where she's been living for two. years. Okay, let's think a little about the last phrases that Carmen read there. She said,

go carefully. Eat con quidado. And don't do anything silly. No, agais tontterias. Literally, don't do silly things. So two imperative forms there. Yes, two imperatives. One in the affirmative and one in the negative. Let's think a little bit, because these are bothotros imperative forms. They're the forms that are used in Spain for the U plural form. And it's very, very straightforward to form this particular form of the verb because all you do is take off the R of the infinitive and add a D. So let's go to id con guidado, go with care. That's obviously ir, and then the R sound of the ear becomes a D sound of the imperative.

id con quidado. And the same happens with pretty much every other verb. So how would you say speak quietly to a group of people? Ablad, bagito. Bagito. So ablad, your verb form, the R of the infinitive becomes a D. Ablad, bagito.

Okay, so how would we say sell the house? Vendet la casa. So it's a command form. It's an instruction. the imperative sell the house, vendid la casa. Okay. How would you say,

eat slowly, Marka. Eat slowly, okay. I would say, Comeet lentament. Very well, perfect. Okay, now the other form that we had here was no agais tontterias.

And in that situation, we're using the negative command form. And you'll notice that the negative command form for the Vosotros form is just the same as the subjunctive. No agais tonterias.

So just going back to this imperative form. When it's positive, we use this new form, this form that ends in D, like Eve or Bendev or Comed, and when it's negative, we use the negative form of the subjunctive. No agais tontereas. One final thing, however, and that is where we've got a reflex of pronoun. I'm thinking, for example, if you invited a class to sit down, what would you say in that situation? Sentaos. For favor. Nice to add to put a word. But, but, but, for example. But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but Listen again to what Carmen says there.

Sentaos, for favor. So on its own, sentad with the D sound, but if you're talking to a group of people and you're using the reflexive form, sit down, sit yourselves down, sentaos. So you don't pronounce the D.

In fact, you don't write the D after. So sentaos or Levantaos and so on. There is, however, one exception to that rule, and that is with the verb I. Because you can't say ios, you say idos

Idos OK, so in that case you're using Irse to go away or to leave or something like that Bette and then Idos So bece de

here, Idos de here Bamos dee all imperatives but Idos there is a D in there very well that is all we've got time for in this preview episode

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