Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 3.02 | Un viaje exprés por Salamanca

Episode Date: November 29, 2019

In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine we'll be investigating an astronaut and a dragon eating ice cream on the façade of a 17th Century cathedral. There's only one city in the Spanish-speaking world where you can see such a thing, and that is Salamanca. Join Mark, Fernanda and Anabel for a quick trip to this jewel in the crown of Castilla y León. In our grammar section we'll be answering listener Hanne's question about using the subjunctive after the word cuando.In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the Spanish language in a more natural way. This series is aimed at intermediate Spanish learners. If you have a question for the show, call our voicemail lines: UK - [phone]; US [phone]; Australia [phone], or visit coffeebreakquestions.com and leave us your message.There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 1 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on 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, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Brick Spanish Magazine Season 3, Episode 2. Hello, all, and welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. We're back with another episode of Coffee Brick Spanish Magazine, and I'm Mark. Hello, my friend. How are you? Very, Mark, and you? Very, very well, and very content. Because today we're talking to one of my municipalities preferridden in all the world.

Oh, well, you're going to have to have to be able to answer, then you're going to But before we get onto that, welcome back to another episode of this coffee break Spanish magazine. This is the show that is intended for intermediate learners and to help you take your Spanish that bit further. When you're learning a language, at the beginning you go forward and forward and forward and learn lots of new things. And then there comes to a point where you kind of have to stop going forward because you need to go wider. And it's about getting more access to more content, to more input, input in the sense of new material, new language material, new grammar points, new vocabulary, and that's exactly what this is all about.

It's when we're going to start to practice and to work there in, to be more fluid and also know more of the culture. Yes, the culture is very important, too, because without the culture, no, no, no, it's a part that important. It does also get to make more with all the people of the countries, right, of the different So if this happens to be the first episode that you're listening to, you may be wondering where Fernanda's accent is from, where did you're from? I'm of Chile.

You're a Chile, but not Chile, like the football, no? No, no, no, no, no, I'm going to say the Chilean, but I'm Chilean. Last time we were talking about football and one particular word that we came across was the Chilean, the type of kick over your head to score a goal. but of course this time we're changing the topic and talking about something different. We're talking about a city in Spain and we're going to be joined for this episode by our Spanish colleague Anabel. So, as I said earlier, we're going to Spain this week and we're focusing on a text about a city, a city that's very close to my heart because I used to study there. It's also a city we've mentioned many times on our podcasts in the past.

We're talking about Salamanca. Over to you, Annabel. Hello, all of us. Today I'm very emoconial because we're going to to talk to one of my cities favorite. Are you?

Let's see. Any other Have you seen an astronaut or a dragon comientos a lot in the fashada

of a cathedral of the 16? If the response is no, maybe it's not, because

not have you have you have been to Salamanca. This city, at the

capital of Spain, is known by its history, and over all for his culture eclectica. A

despite that in the Plaza Major, no there are works very

that's an part a part for any tourist. The

style barroco is the place perfect to prove the

delicious car of the salmantina, to take an

elado or even or to enjoy of the artists calligeros. Yenddo

all south by the main the place the kind of

the particular the that's Fachada Barroca, where can't encounter the astronaut and

the dragon, among other curiosities. Desvyingnors to the west, we're to the

area, where we're we're the claustro of the schools menores and the

fachada of the schools major. In where there is there's

a little ran a you're you don't you

see and I do I do the Wirto of Calixto and Melibia, in whose pozo, the enamorado, they're a candor as a symbol of her

love. A walk over there, it seems a plan a quite romantic. Sin embargo, one no can marcharse of Salamanca, sin iraunti, that cruza the Rue-Tormes and from the magnificent photographia of the casco historical of Salamanca. So, you know, if you're in Spain,

is the place perfect for a visit rapid. for a visit a little more longer more longer. It's very much it's a very much.

I've passed four months in Salamanca I've studied philology Spanish in the

university of Salamanca but it's like about about about so a

little so little but but I have got a lot a lot

a city a great culture It's a fiesta, Vida, And all that But it's

It's a It's a city That's a When you're When you're To give Cones So you're

Perfect. Yes, Okay, let us Go back through our text now And we'll talk a little

About the language used as usual And we'll basically translate it as we go along

So, Fernando, over to you Okay Okay Okay Aluna Ves

Have you Have you seen an astronaut or a dragon comyingos an

elado So one time any time have you seen an astronaut

or a dragon eating an ice cream to him or herself So

not a very good translation but basically Aluna Abis Viz

So we're using the Bosotros form here Fernando You wouldn't

say that would you Naturally not but in Latin America, we'll

learn when we're so you would say some have been some of

you've seen, but in Spain you can say, you've said,

you ever seen an astronaut or a dragon eating an ice cream? That peculiar. Yes.

And where? In the fachada of a cathedral of the single 17.

So on the facade of a cathedral from the 17th century. Now let's just think

about this. An astronaut sculpted in stone in the 17th century before space travel was popularized and so on. Yeah, it's quite interesting. And even an ice cream, well, ice cream may have been around. I don't know. But a dragon-eating one. Basically, we're talking about something very peculiar here on the facade of the cathedral, The Fachada.

Well, Fachada is a word bastante interesting because we have expressions, too. For example, if you say you say that someone is pure a facada Yeah, it's like they're like they're just They're just showing you the facade. For example, you say, Oh, it's elegant or it's very rich

That person and you say, ah, it's pure fashada, no, no So if you're seeing someone who looks very elegant and as if they're very rich But then you get told that it's pure facada It's just a pure facade It's, it's, it's, the pura bit, is that particularly Chile, no? No, we use also in Latin America.

Okay, for all those parts of Latin America. So it's pure facade. It's just a front that he or she is putting on. Yes, yeah. It's a pure fatada, a nice expression there. Okay, so coming back to our astronauts and an ice cream eating dragons, si la rest is no? Talves it's not?

So if the answer is no, perhaps it's because you have never. traveled to Salamanca. Let's look at that, Tal-Veth-Sea. Tal-Veth means perhaps. It can be replaced by Kizas. Yes.

And both Kizaz and Tal-Veth here are followed by the subjunctive. So, Tal-Veth Sea, and it's because there's doubt involved.

Perhaps you haven't been to Salamanca. No seabe, right? It's a theory. Exactly. So these sculptures can be found

on the cathedral in Salamanca, as amazing as it may seem, and we're going to tell you a little more about Salamanca now. Perfect. This city, at the west of the capital of Spain, is known for its history. So this city, to the west of the capital of Spain, is known for its history. There's an example of por being translated by for.

So it's been known for its history. And, over all, for its eclectic. And above all, for its eclectic culture. So they were talking about the... A messkla, a combination cultural, right? Exactly.

So it's the mix of cultures. That's the important thing. It's lots of different types of cultures coming together in this one city. A past that in the Plaza Mayor, no there are works architectonics

so despite the fact that in the Plaza Mayor in the main square, there are not extravagant or such extravagant architectural works.

It is an obligatory for any tourist. It is an obligatory stop for any tourists. Now, before we go on, I need to tell you about the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca. It is a fantastic place. And last time we were talking about the ver passeer. And the

Paceo in the Plaza Mayor de Salamanca just after people have had their, after lunch or indeed before dinner, when people are going for their wonder through the Plaza Mayor. It's wonderful. You sit there, having a coffee and you just watch the people walking by and enjoying the warm sunshine, or indeed the slightly colder weather because it can get really, really cold in the winter in

Salamanca. For his coffee break. For his coffee break, yes. But, well, for calentart. Yes, he needs a cafe. Exactly. Okay, so although it's not full of fabulous architectural works, it's a lovely place to be, let's find out a little more about this Plaza Mayor.

of style barroco is the good place for a delicious carne of vacuno salmantina so in a baroque style

de stilo baroque it's the perfect place to try the delicious salamancan beef very high quality beef ah,

how rich, that good carne de vacuno so baca is obviously cow so

so carne de vacuno is beef meat as it well perfect to take a or even

to enjoy to enjoy to the artists call your beef. You can have an ice cream.

I have had many, many ice creams in the Plaza Mayor or Salamanca and also enjoy the

street artists. So people performing, there are many performers, as in many cities where there are squares

and so lots of performers. Very beautiful. Let's see it. Yendo

to the main, can find tiendas with the characteristic camiseta of the

University of Salamanca, the most antivua of the country. Okay, so the university

in Salamanca is the oldest one in the country. So the oldest one in Spain

and one of the oldest in the whole of Europe. And therefore, it dates from 1134.

1434. That's Antigua. That's very antiqued. So this university

is very traditional. It's such a part of the town and the city that everywhere you

can get the souvenirs with the University of Salamanca on it. A good recordito. Yeah, exactly. Including these characteristics, camisettas, the t-shirts with the logo, with the emblem of the University of

Salamanca. She'll be a regalo, right? Exactly. So, yendo to the sur, for La Via Principal, this means going to the south through the main street, you can encounter or you can find shops with the traditional t-shirts of the University of Salamanca, which is, as we said, the oldest in the country. And jolleries with the traditional button charro.

So these are jewelry shops with the traditional charro button or the charro pin. Now charro is a word that can be, well, it can mean a few things. It's a kind of cowboy, isn't it? Yes, well, the charros Mexicanos, that are those who can't

the rancheras, very, so, can't know, with the guitaras. Exactly. So the charro bands in Mexico. But what we're talking about here is a kind of silver pin with a design on it.

A very typical of Salamanca. Indeed, it's so typical that you can find it everywhere, just like the T-shirts, the University of Salamanca T-shirts, so you can get your botancharro fridge magnet, you can get your key ring, you can obviously buy the button as well as a brooch or something like that. Oh, what kind of so. Exactly.

Okay, let us go on from here. That same Craye In the Plaza where is the two Caterales of the

city. Okay, so this same main street deriva comes from the verb Derivar.

Yes. And to me in my head it sort of feels like derives from but in this case it actually

goes towards isn't it Yeah, yeah you imagine termina the and back

another and I have to say when you do walk along the street you walk along from the Plata Mayor

and you're walking along the street is pedestrianized now mostly and you walk right along and then you come into this plaza, I think it's the Plaza de Anaya and your head goes straight

up because you can't believe you've not seen the cathedral until this point but you arrive there and you see the cathedral those beautiful gardens and it's just absolutely astounding. It's wonderful. Perfecto for photos, right? So I've got a lot of excited there. Let's get back to the text. So this

is that same street deriva in La Plaza, it ends up in or it arrives at the square, where the two cathesale where you can find the two cathedrals of the city. The old one from the 13th century.

And the new one from the 17th century of the 17th century, of the 17th. It's precisely in this fashada barroca where they can find the astronaut and the dragon and other curiosities.

So it's precisely in this Baroque facade where you can encounter where you can find the astronaut and the dragon among other curiosities. The moment for the selfie, right? Exactly.

Okay, let's head towards the west. Desviandons to the west, we're going to the zone of the university, where we'll be the claustro of the schools menores

and the fachada of the schools major okay that's quite a long sentence there

let's go back through it desviandonos to the west so heading off towards the

west we get to the area of the university so we arrive in

the area of the university where we will be able to see a

nice future tense the claustro of the schools

men the claustro is a cloister Yes, like cloister, right? Okay, so this is the sort of arched area.

It's a beautiful building. An arched area with an open no roof, basically. With a, I think, if I remember correctly, there's a lawn, a grass lawn in the middle. And this is of the Esquelas Menores. And then we also see the Fachada of the Esqueles Mayores. So what's going on here?

Well, to be, in the past, in Las Scuas Menores, studied bachilleratos or some those careers not so advanced and then

then it was to pass to the schools where so they were more

licensiaturas or doctorados Okay so these were the sort of lower grades of study

in the schools menores and then if you wanted to continue your studies

you would pass on to the schools major and that was in the past

things in a little bit different now and in the facada

of the schools major there's something interesting. Yes. In where there is a little frog hidden.

So let's hear about the tradition here. Yes, it's said that if you find it, regressas to Salamanca. So it is said that if you find it, you'll return to Salamanca. It's like a legend. A legend.

That if you find this frog, then you will return to Salamanca. What does Annabel say here? Anabel said, and I, de moment, do Fé. This is a good example of a nice expression

that dar faith means to testify. So Annabelle's testing fine to the fact that if you do find the frog, you'll go back to Salamanca. I have to admit something here. I have not yet found it so my job is to return

in order to find it. For encounteral. Okay, let's finish off our text. In our voyage, no There can fail a

visit to Calixto and Melibia. In our journey, we can't miss the garden or

the orchard of Calisto and Melibia or Calisto and Melibia. Let's talk a little about this because

this is very much a cultural reference here. Yes. They're, well, are some of Celestina.

The Celestina which is a work of Fernando de Rojas. Yes, very known to

the Celestina. And it supposed that these characters were in the

garden. So it's supposed that these two characters met in this garden. Yes. And being Celestina, being a ser celestina is an expression interesting because it's like matchmaker. Exactly.

So the word Celestina is like the word matchmaker and there's a whole story there. You need to look into the story to find it a little more about it. We're simplifying things here a little bit. Yeah, definitely check this out. But what is in this garden in this orchard?

A pozzo? So, so in cuyo Pozo, those enamorados dehan a candado as a symbol of his love.

So we're talking here about a pozo, which is a well. And this is where lovers, so people in love, leave a candado,

which is a padlock. A padlock as a symbol of their love. So as many people do in many different places around the world, sometimes causing bridges to fall into the river sand

and things like that. But you can leave a a padlock as a symbol of your love in this well. So a wander over that way seems a quite a romantic idea. Yes, sin embargo, one no can marcharse to Salamanca without a point Romano.

However, you can't leave. You can't go away from Salamanca. Marcharse de means to leave or to leave from without going to the Roman Bridge. That cruza the Rio Tormes and from the magnificent photographia of the Casco Historic of Salamanca.

So the Roman Bridge crosses the Rio, the Tormes River and from which from which you can make or you can take a magnificent photo of the historical part of Salamanca, the historical center of Salamanca.

Yes, so you know, if you're in Spain, then it is the perfect place for a short or indeed a longer visit. Just on the point of it being a short visit, you can easily get to Salamanca in a day from Madrid. In serious? So you can just jump on the train. The train takes now about an hour and a half. When I was there, there was no train. You had to get a bus which took four hours. But you've now got the train, which will get you there in roughly an hour and a half, I think.

Spend the day in Salamanca and then get back to Madrid in the evening. So it's definitely worth a stop if you're there. A good panorama. Exactly. Now, we've also actually got some video content that we filmed in Salamanca. We've filmed our second season of Coffee Break Spanish to Go in Salamanca with Marina and also made a little film about that day. So that's coming soon on our YouTube channel. So don't forget to check that out.

For now, we're going to take a short break. If you'd like to get more out of your experience with the Coffee Break Spanish magazine, then you can use the premium version of this course. That includes lesson notes and transcripts, and also vocabulary and exercises to help you get more out of each lesson. The Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Premium Edition is available at the Coffee Break Academy, and you can head to Coffeebreakacademy.com for more information. Welcome back. It's time for a question from one of our listeners.

And this week we're going to Norway to hear it from Hannah. Over to you, Hannah. Hello, I'm Hannah of Norway. And I'm a question, but in English, when do you not use the subjunctive form when speaking about the future? Well, much thanks, Hanna. Thussentak, DeVel di Brahe, practitioner in Orkerman. But, well, let's go.

in Spanish. Very well. Let's talk about the subjunctive and let's talk about when because it is an interesting word. Of course we know it means

when, but we do use it in two specific situations don't we, Ferranda? Yes, very well, Mark. Very good

question, Hannah. So, when, when? When? In the future, it's always

subjunctive. So every time when is followed by a future scenario, we use the subjunctive. Yes,

There's no doubt. No, no, we don't know other option. And if we use when, with something that always we're regular, we're using the

present, a time more normal, right? So in this case, whenever we're talking about something that's regular, that happens as a

regular occurrence, then we use when the present. I think if we have some examples, this will help. Let's start with the normal,

the regular occurrence ones. So, when I go to Malaga, I'm always I'm sure I'm

in the market of Atarasanas. Okay, so this is a regular occurrence. Whenever you go to Malaga, you always go shopping in the Atarazana's market. Yes, I always compro verduras and fruit fresh. And pescado. Oh, yes, yeah, very important.

So, I'm pretty much straightforward present tense there. When I go to Malaga, every bit, I'mbro in the market of Atrazanas. Perfect. So, always I'll change this now. Let's think about a future situation. because perhaps, well, I know that for a fact you're going to Malaga next year, aren't you? Yes, yes, yes, yes, the vacations in March.

So, with your plans, could you say, When do you see what's happening here, Hannah? We've got when I go to Malaga. Now, that subjunctive there, I guess it kind of involves a little bit of uncertainty because we don't know whether that's going to happen. Hopefully it will happen. Esperamos. But there is that element of uncertainty there.

And that's why when we're talking about this future situation, when you go to Malaga in March, then we need the subjunctive. When we go to Malaga in March, and the next part is just a normal future. Because I will buy, I will go to shop in the... Those are the plans. So when do baya to Malaga, that's the first bit that's linked to the when. Compraere in the Mercado of Atrazanas. Yes. We, we're going.

Perfect. Well, Hannah, I hope that makes sense that after the quando, when there's a future situation, you need the subjunctive, but when it's a normal, when you're talking about what you normally do,

a regular occurrence, then just stick with a present tense. Perfect, Mark, very well. Okay. Hopefully, that makes sense to Hannah, and I hope that that's also made sense to our other listeners. And if you have a question

for the Coffee Break Spanish team, then you can call our voicemail line and the numbers are for the UK, 0141. 416-6-880 for the US 347-474-6-880 and for Australia 08-7200-6-880 or of course you can go straight to coffeebreakquestions.com and we look forward to your questions. Okay, we're back with the final segment of this episode and we're back with Annabel. Hello, Annabel. Hello.

How is you? Good, very well. And very content to be talking to Salamanca today. Salamanca? No, I'm from Madrid, but my family is of Salamanca. Ah, very interesting. So, you know, then you know the city? Yes, it's a city

precious, no? It's precious, is magnificent. I see, of itch, that you have a new thing you? Yes, it's the button charro. The button charro, that's a symbol of Salamanca, no? Very well. Well, in every episode,

we're going to charlarned a little, so, no see, Something, something of the grammatica or of a expression idiomatic or, no see, a travalenguas, or what what you are. Today, today I have the expression, Ser un garron. Ser a garron.

Okay, let's think a little about this expression. So, a gorgon, what is a garron? A garron is a person that's a problem. Ah, right. So someone who takes advantage of other people, not a very nice term, but let's talk a little more about it. So where did, of this word?

It's a salamanca, which is the city, well, is the city university. And the students that not were not many resources

were different of those they were because they'd have a gore. Okay, so the students who

didn't have many resources, or who didn't have much money, in a sense, they differentiated themselves from the other students. In what way?

They'd They'd, a garra. One garra. So they were wearing, they used to wear a hat. What type of garra? A garra oscura, and then the capa,

was of a tela much more barata. Okay, so a dark hat and then a cape, which was of cheap material. Exactly. Okay, so these are the students who didn't have as much money. So how did this then become a ser a garron? Because, as they collared in fiestas, and so they went to parties,

and they ate and they drank for free. so they were taking advantage of the goodness of other people. And this is how we get the phrase, be a gron. You can't give us an example of this word. Yes, for sure. My friend Elena, for example, is a garrona, because never paga nothing.

Uy. But you know, that's about it? We're making this up, of course. You don't have that. Yeah. Okay, so your friend is a gorona, the feminine version of this.

a gorrona because never pays for anything. So she's a bit of a gorrona. She takes advantage of other people's kindness. Well, muchisement. Thanks, Annabelle. Thanks to you. We'll be back with Annabelle, not next time, but the following episode. And we're looking forward to what you have for us next time too. Much thanks. Thank you.

Is gorrona or gorron a word that you use in Chile? No, it's an expression new for me. So you have another word that's in Latino-O-

I don't say, I'd say, that's that's but no there's

a word that's no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, it's a opportunity, so, okay, okay, well, well,

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