Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 4.34 | No sé si llegué a agradecerles todo lo que hicieron por mí

Episode Date: September 1, 2016

In this episode we’re listening to Alejandro’s email. He’s continuing his travels around northern Europe before returning to Argentina, and he’s desperate to hear about all the updates from Rory and María in Mallorca. The episode contains a range of useful and interesting expressions, along with some tricky language including dudar que + subjunctive, the expression “eso de”, and the phrase “no dar tiempo”.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 34 Hello, Hello, and welcome to Coffee Break Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Mark. And you're Mark, and you? Very good. I'm sorry, I'm going to do you.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. We've been many things to do this winter, no? Yes. And you, what, what, what, how? Well, well, the truth is that, agetreed, now. Because agetre... Oh, that's good word, no? Agetreated, yeah, very, very occupied.

with many things to do because I can't do the I'm going so I'm

making alletta, and putting cajas and you're a lot of stuff, and well, a little

a little but very. And how how many you have to organize? One

a month. For me not much time. I don't much for any for any

for any for any but but we know we're back with another episode

of our story, our coffee break Spanish story featuring Rory, Alejandro and Maria. They have of course been finding some buried treasure in the sea in the seas of Majorca. And today we're going to be

listening to an email that's coming from Alejandro to Rory. Alejandro has left them. He's continuing on his tour of Europe but he is now writing a letter from his hotel. We're going to hear her. Perfecto. Rory,

I'll write I'm from my hotel in London Tomorrow is our last time this

city is enormous so I'm going to because it's not we did time to visit all the

moment what I most me was Covengarden the Big Ben and

Nothing Hill I'm I'm in a movie I'm the climate more or

No we can't Keh, though we're taking many collectives we're doing many we're quite She was about that to go with Remera

for Majorca. Dentro of 15 days we'lllboh will benos my friends and I'm would be a great if

were a ampution a primary and voice for the island and in Buenos Aires

there are some there's there's there many so you

send me the link of the interview in television I want

to talk to I'm I I desire much suer and enjoy your

moment of glory. Listen, when do you start your contract in the hotel of Consuelo?

What are you do you? I'm going to go to a Scoti to see, is that in less of

a month you have to decide where you go to get to Edimburgo and prepare

the equipment to move to to be not bad he? What is

Maria? I'm made to the last to be to and to go to be in barco to bucear. No, I'll forget our vacations in the Isla Bonita.

I don't know if I did to thank you all what they did for me, but were the good friends of the voyage, although my long voyage,

still not I doubt a much that you can't super the days of the verano. You know, a brother,

and much bestos for Maria, Alejandro. Post-Data, mandame a photo to your with your chick

to the day of the Fiesta? That's I'm very, no, me a much envy to

Alejandro, that's in London. You like to London? I'm a Londoner,

yeah. It's a good very good. Very great and very very good.

Very great. And much people have been Yeah, yeah.

Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. As you know, this is a preview episode of the

Coffee Break Spanish Season 4 course, but you can access the full course

over at the Coffee Break Academy. This gives you access to the extended version

of our lessons in which we discuss the full text, and we provide a transcript and bonus audio materials to help you practice what you've learned with translation challenges and further assistance. To find out more about how you can benefit from this course, head over to coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Okay, it's time to listen to our English version,

or at least an explanation of what's going on here, so that everyone can understand exactly what's happening. we are reading an email, as we know, from Alejandro to Rory, and Alejandro has already left Majorca. He's continuing his tour of Europe before heading back to Argentina. At the time of writing, Alejandro is on the penultimate day of his stay in London. Given that the city is enormous, they've not had time to do everything they wanted to do. With the various places he's been able to visit, he feels like he's on the set of a film.

Alejandro and his friends can complain about the weather. They've had relatively good weather, even if it has rained a little each day. The climate, more or less well, yovio a little bit each day, but also we've seen we can't complain. No, no, we've seen quite recently in Coffee Break Spanish. Alejandro goes on to use the Argentinian words for buses and underground trains, and he mentions that they've experienced the traditional pub lunch of fish and chips, and indeed that it was Rico delicious. He's off to see Billy Elliott the musical this evening

and then tomorrow they'll head to Denmark for five days followed by a trip to their Norwegian fjords about which he's very excited although he does admit that he'll be venturing into colder areas. Termino the cold for me. A part of the hour, go ruffanda all those days. Within a fortnight, they'll be back in Argentina and he thinks it would be fantastic if Maria and Rory came to live in Argentina

and Alejandro promises to be the perfect host, just as his friends were in Mallorca. He also reminds Rory that there are some very prestigious universities in his homeland, perfect for Rory's studies. Having heard all about Rory's appearance on TV, Alejandro wants to see it for himself, so he asks Rory to send him the link so that he can see Rory speaking in Spanish on screen.

he insists that Rory should enjoy his moment of glory. Alejandro asks Rory when his contract in the hotel ends. He's wondering what his plans are for afterwards, and presumably Rory will go home to Scotland to see his family, especially given that within less than a month, he'll have to make some big decisions about where to live and study. Alejandro also asks after Maria. He's missing their trips to the beach, and indeed their diving adventures.

He'll never forget their holidays on the island. Alexandero mentions that he's not sure if he ever got around to thanking them for their hospitality while he was visiting them. No see if I gave to appreciate them. He says that Rory and Maria were the best travel companions, and although his long journey isn't yet over, he doubts that he can better the memories of his summer. Very well. What do you have been? Very good, very interesting.

And always, always, many, many, things interesting. and expressions interesting. There was an expression interesting just at the end there where

Routi said or rather Alejandro said Dudo much that Pueh sure that's a really nice

expression Dudo much K and of course is followed by a subjunctive Dudar

K plus a subjunctive So let's just listen to that phrase again Dudo

much that super those days of the day's okay

so I doubt very much that's actually interesting because I think we're talking here about the Viaje, El Viege, Dudo Mucho that El Viege Puedae superar Los Dias de verano.

I doubt very much that the journey that he's making just now can exceed the summer days. So he doesn't think it can be any better than the days he spent in the summer in Majorca. However, the Pueda because it's subjunctive, it could also refer to himself.

So I doubt very much that I can do something. And in that case, supera would have a slightly different meaning. Which is get over something. So to get over something if you're perhaps getting over a trauma or getting over perhaps a disappointing result in an exam or something like that. Dudo much that could superer this trauma or dudo much that. superar the note of the examen. Perfecto.

So in this case, the Dudo Mucho is still meaning a subjunctive. Okay, I doubt very much that. Dudo Mucha K plus a subjunctive. But we're just changing the meaning slightly. When it's, you supero, well, the note that I get over the note, not the note to the mark that I got. Okay, so there it's supero from superar, just as straightforward. However, the situation supera what we've lived the year past.

So the situation exceeds, it goes further than the situation we had last year. Perfect. Okay, we'll probably see some more of dudar, or dudo much, in our translations that are part of the bonus materials of this episode of Coffee Break Spanish. But for now, it's time to say much gracias. And adios. We'll be back again soon with the next episode.

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