Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 4.33 | Estamos hablando de planes de futuro, pero aún no lo tenemos muy claro...

Episode Date: August 18, 2016

Alejandro has left for London and in this episode we’re reading an email from Rory with the latest updates on the story. Rory is thinking about the future and his plans for his PhD which perhaps will take him to Argentina. As usual, there is a huge range of complex grammar and advanced vocabulary covered, and Mark and Carmen are on hand to discuss the text in detail.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 33. Hello, Hello, and welcome to Coffee Briggs Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Carmen. How are you? Very well. And you?

Very well, very relaxed. Yes, because? Because I've got to to go back to some vacations. Ah, and where has been? Well, no, very long, the truth. No, no, no, I'm going to find out of Italy, nor States, or not?

So, that you have been here in Scotia? I've got here in Scotland, in a island that I'm a lot, a lot of, They're quite close of where we the island the island

the island of Arn well you can't you can't you can't visit you know it's

because it is like it's like it's like it's like there's there

there palmeras palmeras salmeras in in Scotia in Scots well

well well well and the really is that it's it's a

it's a when you when you when you're when you're You know, you're the impression that you're in

in other place? What I mean. You know a thing. What you know, one one of a

one of the I mean, I'm going to and I'm going to do you know on the side the road Well, no me

I can't believe the impression of not to be the question of not to be in Scotia. Well.

Because it was brillia be the sun. Ah, well well, well, then then

So if it's so I think to make a visit to this island in Scotland and we've not even mentioned

our island in Spain where our story is said Majorca Majorca indeed and of course if you happen to be joining

us for the first of our time you'll be wondering what on earth is going on here I'm Mark I am the teacher here theoretically

and I am here with Carmen who is our native speaker and we're presenting a story a story with 40 chapters and we're

on chapter 33 today. Our story is, of course, following the adventures of Rory, Alejandro, and Maria in the island of Majorca, and today we're going to be listening to an episode where it's an email from Rory

to Alejandro. So, we're going to our text. We're going. Alejandro, how you go, companion? Maria and I, we are we're quite atariated

since you've been. In the hotel, even there's much I'm doing I'm doing many hours and I'm doing this

really. Maria is agotated because he's substituting to a companyer who is still

doing two turns. Apart, we have we have done interviews with the press and

we're invited to a event official the next with with

famous with all. Can you believe it? In this this fiesta

there will there's a person will do a

discourse, we'll give the thanks and they'll give them the first of the

money, I'm told, and I'm to decide in what university I'm matricul to

make a thesis. Maria and we are talking of plans of future, but

we don't we're very clear, so I don't where I'm in two

months. In your Tierra Argentina, who knows, you maintain

informed. What How did you your voyage to London? And what day

you'll go to see? I'm think we're not we're not quite

some days of Europe. That life more Dura.

This year, I'm a Saturday, and Maria is at the

time, so for the morning I'm going to do soon

to do do and over the two to go to

at Palma to come to a a Maria.

I'm that's innamorated of a vestige in the unil the

car at the house St. Michael, and I thought he'll be

a illusion to get it to be a great-s good piv.

I'm going to the time and for the time and I'll have some some

guides of Latin America and revista the business. The fact

I'm like planific the I always leo much before to decide

to where I'm then I'm going. I'll gogered a day intense.

It's a day intents. Alexander, has been a pleasure to be you and pass some

days with you. Apart to having a treasure, clear. Escribe

me and tell us how you go. A brother a

brother. Well, the The truth is that me a bit of a little bit of a bit of not be with Rory and Maria

but I have the hope that he's now off in London so he'll need to make sure

he doesn't drive on the wrong side of the road. Yes, like you for example. But let's have

a look back at our text and we'll do this in English. In this episode of course we're reading an email from

Rory to his friend Alejandro who as we know has recently left Majorca after their exciting discovery

in the Balei Ariric C's. Rory begins by asking Alejandro how he is. He explains that he and Maria have been pretty busy since he left. There's lots to do in the hotel workwise. Rory is working quite a few hours and he's pleased at least that Consuelo is nice to him. Maria is a bit worn out because she's filling in for a colleague who is ill.

So she's actually working two shifts at the moment. Maria is agotada because she's substituting a a companion who is a friender so he's doing two turns. Apart from

all the work, they've also got some other things to keep them busy too. They've been doing interviews

for the press and they've been inviting to an official event next Friday with famous

people and everything. There will be lots of important people there will be speeches, they'll thank

Maria and Rory and Alejandro in his absence of course and they'll give them

their prize their award. They've even told Rory that he'll receive special recognition for the discovery. Rory also mentions to Alejandro that he has to make a decision as to which university he's going to choose for his PhD. He's been talking to Maria about

plans for the future, but they're still not quite sure, so he doesn't know where he'll be two months from now, perhaps even Alejandro's native land, Argentina. Rory will keep Alejandro informed. He asks Alejandro some questions about what he's been doing since he left Majorca. was your voyage to London. And what day

you will be a Argentina? I think to remember that there

on us years of going to London to spend a few days before returning to

Argentina Argentina. He's still got a few more days of being a tourist

here in Europe with his friends before going home. Rory explains that

he's off work on Saturday but Maria is working until 8. So he's going to

go for a dive in the morning and then head over to Palma at lunchtime because

he wants to buy Maria a present. He knows that she loves a particular dress that he saw in a shop window in the Cady San Miguel, one of the main shopping streets in Palma, and he thought that she'd like to wear it to the party. While he's there, Rory will have something to eat in the centre of town, and he'll also visit the library to have a look at some guidebooks and travel magazines

to find out some information about Latin America. He says that he likes planning journeys and always likes to read lots before deciding where to go. He'll then pick up Maria from work, and they'll go out for dinner. It will be a busy day, but as Rory says, you have to make the most of your days off. Serra a day intense,

but we have to have to use the days librae, no? Rory finishes his email by saying that it was a pleasure to spend a few days with his friend, not just because they found the treasure.

He asks Alejandro to write back soon and to let Rory and Maria know how things are going. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. When you're not listening to Gopher Breast, 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. Well, very Yeah, I like much Very good Okay, we're going to

Let's go a little to think a a word that we've used to in this part of

What is that is the word? Kedar. There was a part where Rory had

said to Alejandro, I think that you've still got some days left. I think

that you are some few days of Europe. So I believe

I remember that you still have some days left, some days of being a tourist in Europe left. Que os-quedan, on those quantos days of tourism. Now, Kedan, or Kedar, is a little bit tricky because we've got Kedar and we've also got falter. And there are sometimes two words that mean the same thing. Sometimes they have slightly different meanings. Let's think about Kedar, first of all. how would we say, for example, there's still lots to do?

Okay, we'll give them a minute. We'll give them a minute. Perhaps not a minute, ten seconds. Okay, our listeners have had more or less ten seconds. How would you say there is still lots to do? Could we say, there much to do? But not, there much to do something.

Also, so keda much for to do. Keda gives the idea that, some of it has been done, but there's still some left that has to be done. Okay? There's much to do. In general, yes. But Keda much for doing means that we've done some of it, but there's still lots left to do. Okay.

But we can also use Kedar when we're talking about there being time left until a particular thing. For example, I'm thinking of it's a month until Christmas. Okay. How would we say that? Keda a month for that's Okay

Keda a month for that Yeah And in this case Mark you can also use Falta

a month for that yeah So in this case when it's there's a month left

or when there's a period of time left we can use both Keda and Fata Keda

a month could we just say Keda a month for Navid So we

don't need to for that never no you don't need to

say the whole thing So, Keda a for Navidad. Falta a month for Naviida?

So there's one month left until Christmas. Keda or faata here. And let's see there for if our listeners can

translate something else using that idea and just watch this because we're changing it's not one month, but in this

case we're going to be telling you it's three days. So something's going to happen to the verb.

How would you say, this is your challenge, it's three days until your birthday. It's three

three days until your birthday. Okay, it's three days until your birthday. Let's use Kedar. So listen carefully again. Kedan three days for your korean, with an N on the end, because it's the third person, plural. The subject is three days. Three days are left for your birthday.

Kedan three days for your birthday. But we could also say, say here, Fal tan three days for your kufliann. So using falter in this

one too. But there are sometimes, and this is the little bit confusing thing here, there are sometimes when

falter and kedar mean different things. I'm thinking of an example. Let's say a group of friends go to the theater.

Okay. And they have booked a certain number of seats. Can you give us two different sentences using Falta and Kedar, describing two different situations.

Let's think about entradas. We're looking at tickets, entries for the theater. Let's have your two sentences. Falton three entradas. Okay. And Kedan three entrades. Okay, two very different situations. One in which you've got a problem.

Why is positive? Yeah. And why is negative. In fact, you've got something to sort out in both situations. Yes. Let's go to Faltan 3 Entradas. Let's imagine there are 10 people going to the theatre. Ten people have turned up at the theatre.

In the case of Faltan 3 entradas, how many tickets do you have? 7. 7. Yeah, that's the crucial bit. Faltaan 3 entradas. Three tickets, entries are needed. Are missing in that sense. Faltan.

However, if the sentence were, Kedan 3 entradas, and those 10 people had arrived at the cinema, or the theatre rather, how many tickets would you have? You have 13. You've got 13 because you've got three left over. Kedan. And there's another word that we could also use there. Sobran three entradas. Sobran three tickets.

Spare. Spare. Yeah. Superfluous. Some word linked to Sobran. Okay. So think of that very carefully. Kedan, faltan.

Sobran, sometimes they mean the same, sometimes especially when you're talking about things like tickets or seats or something like that, then you can be caught out. You need to make sure you buy the right number of tickets. Yes. Okay, that's where we're going to leave this episode of Coffee Break Spanish. We hope you've enjoyed it. As I said at the beginning, if this happens to be your first ever experience of Coffee Break Spanish,

then you should be aware that we have got lots and lots of content for you and starting right at the very beginning of the language. so you can go back to Listen 1, Season 1 and learn Spanish with us, and by the time you get to Season 4, you'll be understanding everything that we are saying. You can find it all about that at Coffee Breakspanish.com, and indeed, if you're looking for the transcripts or the extended version of this episode, then you can head over to Coffee Break Spanish Season 4.com. That's all for today.

Very well, Mark. Well, we'll see in the next episode. Perfect, much thanks. Adios. This is a production of the radio. Lingua Network. Find out more at Radiolingua.com