Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 3.04 | ¡A bailar!

Episode Date: January 17, 2020

¡Feliz Año Nuevo! We're starting a new year of Coffee Break Spanish with episode 4 of our third season of the Magazine, and the topic for this week is salsa. Not the kind of salsa you put on your fajitas, but the dance which is popular all over the world. There's a question from listener Namrata about combining infinitives, and Sofía shares a fantastic Spanish tongue twister which will get you practising your pronunciation.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 4. Hello, Hello, hello, friends. Felice Aneux New, friends. Here we are with another episode of the Coffee Brick Spanish Magazine. How is, Fernanda? Very well, more than, more than, because, I'm glad.

Well, me, I'm very much. And, and you, Mar, what? Yes, very good, very, very content to be here to be here another time in the studio, because, well, it's good to start a year new new new, and also with new ideas, with new content. With much energy.

Exactly. So, today, we need us, we need to have energy, because we're talking that needs a much

energy, no? Yes, and very good, anime. So if this is the first episode of the Coffee Brick Spanish podcast

that you've ever found, then you should know that you can go right back to the beginning and start learning Spanish with us from day one, and that is in our season one content,

so you can find all of that on your favorite podcasting app just by scrolling back through the many episodes of the series. But this episode is our fourth episode in the Coffee Break Spanish magazine, and we are talking today about salsa. Hey! As always, we're going to start with the text. We're going to hear the text, and we're going to say a Sophia, that's with us,

we'll hear about the text then, of the grammatica and the vocabulary used. But now, we cede the word to Sophia. Hello, Sophia. How are you? Hello, Mark. Hello, Fernanda.

I'm very, very well. Thank you. Today we're going to about the salsa. Are you? Let's go. Salsa. With nachos?

No. This is another type of salsa. We're about the genre musical a ballable called Salsa. This is a a mixture of son

of the song Cubano, music caribene, and jazz, that he made to gain popularity at the finales of the

decade of 60. Like all type of music, the origin not clear. But this

has a right in New York. Asy is, the immigrants Puerto Ricanos in

New York give to this genre as we know today. With exponents like Willie Colon and Hector Labo,

the salsa also accomplished the exit in the region and it's expanded to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Panama, Republic Dominican and Venezuela. Do you'd like to hear some songs of salsa? You'd recommenderia,

other of the pinneros of the genre, to hear Celia Cruz, Oscar of Leone, Ruben Blades, and Gilbert Santa Rosa, clearly my favorites. The salsa

not is only of the music, but, because, due to his rhythm, this is one of the generos more

ballables that exists. De sure you've seen a someone playing the and has notated that move the

shoulders and the rhythm of the music. Well, if you interest to know how

it is a process consists in eight times divided in two.

In the first three times, you'll have changes of a piece that will create a movement in your cadets, and at the fourth time, it's a pause.

Then, repitest this. At the final, it would be a soarie something. One, two, three, four, one, two,

three, four. Today, there are many styles for to dance. Sto-Cubana, style New York, style Colombia,

salsa in-line and salsa Puerto Rican. These are you are in the velocity of the ballet, the hires that realize and the passes with respect to the measures of time. The most common

in competencies of ballet is the salsa in-line because you can appreciate more the movements. In fin, the salsa has been a genre musical

that has has been a recognition world, with bases in the Caribbean, has Europe and Asia.

Also, they can find tournaments and they can localize schools of salsa

around of the world. definitive is a genre musical that

unes the world that the world. Thank Sophia. Fernanda,

do you do you? Yes, do you? Well, see. It's the same

the so. So, so, the salsa is very normal for

you? Yeah, the You listen, the radio, you know, when you go in the buses,

in all parts. And, you know, to play to play to play a little, that you're a kid,

and you get to your first, a party, at your house of a house of a lot,

put in a sauce, and other things. And I said also, that's also,

you've been in America, no, in the States of United. Yes, when I went to

change, I was, I was, I was, I was a day, had to do a activity,

to to teach something different. And I I'm to make sure

to teach a so I'm so I'm know that and they're very

very well we're so we're going to talk to talk about a little the language

used. So let's let's talk about nachos? No, this is other type

of a type of a pun here. Salsa with Nachos? So are we talking about salsa with

nachos? No, this another type of salsa. Of course, salsa literally means sauce in English. So I guess it's a dance that is minceauce basically. We'll move on. Okay. We're talking about the general musical genre. We are speaking about the musical genre, a danceable musical genre called salsa. This is a mix of sonios of son Cubano, musica caribenea, and jazz. Okay, so this is a mix, a mix, a mechla,

a mix, like you, the sonidos of the sounds of Sun Cubano, so Son is a Cuban style of music,

so Cuban Son, S-O-N, Musica Caribean, so Caribbean or Caribbean music, and jazz. That's he got to

get popularity to the decade of 60. So this mix, this mix, this mix of sounds,

reached popular managed to reach popularity at finales of the decade of the 60s. So at the end of the 60s. So, like all type of

music, the origin not is del total clear. So just as all types of music, like total type of music, the origin no is del total clear. I like this. The origin is not

quite clear. It's not completely clear. No is del total clear. Fernando, can you give us another example of this use of del todo. Yes. For example,

las responses no are del total claras. Okay, so you see what happened here. We've just used

del todo, but the claro there has to turn to claras because we're talking about the responses.

Yes, the responses no son del total clas. Don't do what you

might think you would do and start making to do into to to do anything like

that. No. There is an adverb. It's not an adjective. So we don't

change all. so no is del total clear, the response

no are very very good. Thank you. But this has a real

New York. Okay, so the este here, it's a pronoun. It's referring back to

something previously mentioned that must be masculine. Therefore, if we go back

in the sentence, we're talking about type of music, the type of

music, blah, blah, and then this this type of music

has its roots in New York. That's it. The immigrants Puerto Ricanos in New York dan origin to

this genre as we know today. That's it. Los Inigrantes Puerto Rican immigrants in New York

give origin to this genre. So, dan origin to this genre. Now, Dan there is the

present tense, but we're using it a kind of narrative present. It's something that happened in the past,

but they are the ones who gave origin. to this genre, how we know it today, as we knew it today. With exponents like Willie Colon and

Hector Lavo, the salsa the success in the region and it's expanded to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Panama, Republic Dominican and

Venezuela. Okay, longsenders with lots of places that we're familiar with. So, with exponents like Willie Colon and Hector Labo, so with exponents, with

examples, such as Willie Cologne and Hector Lavo, the salsa the success. So salsa reached success, gain success, in the region, and it expanded to

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Panama, Republic Dominican, and Venezuela. Perfect. Do you like to listen to some salsa songs? Would you like to listen to some salsa songs? Okay, so if you'd like to

the pioneers of the genre, escutero, Selya Cruz, Oscar de Leon, Ruben Bledes, and Gilberto Santa Rosa. Okay, so if you'd like to listen to some salsa songs,

Sophia would recommend, Te Recommendaria, so in addition to the pioneers of the genre, that she's already mentioned, Will Colon and Hector Lavo, she recommends that you listen to Serea Cruz,

Oscar, that's funny, I said, Celia Cruz, I probably should see in my proper Spanish accent, Celia Cruz. But I guess when you always talk about Celia Cruz, it's always Celia Cruz. So Celia Cruz, Celia Cruz, Oscar de Leon, Ruben Blades. I think in the States, he's probably known as Ruben Blades. And Hilberto Santa Rosa. Very bien.

Clearly, my favoritos. So these are Sophia's favorites, obviously, clearly, clearly. my favorites. The salsa no it's not just about music. No,

it's not just about music. Sino that, due to his rhythm, this is one of the genres

more ballables that exists. So the salsa is not only about music, but also due to

his rhythm owing to its rhythm, because of its rhythm, this is one of the genres

more palables that exists so it's one of the genres most danceable that

exists one of the most danceable genres of music that exists and

Fernanda's nodding here she's I can confirm she she's sure

has seen a playing and you've noticed that

move the clara surely you've seen someone dancing

and you noticed that move the caderas and you've

noticed that they move their hips and the shoulders

and the shoulders to the rhythm of the music at the rhythm of the music at the rhythm of the music well, the pass

basic of the salsa consists in eight times divided in two I have to say that a salsa lesson on a podcast is probably not

the best example you're not going to learn how to dance the salsa by listening to this podcast however as Sophia says

if you're interested in knowing how it's danced, the basic salsa of the basic salsa step, the passo, consists in eight times, divided in two. So it consists of eight beats separated in two. So two groups of four beats and eight, if that makes sense. Formula mathematics,

exactly. In the first three times, areas changes of that create a movement

in your claders. I've just got this image of people listening to this and trying to

do this you know Yeah, we would have some salsa music in the background but

we can't really include copyright music and this recording and all that but anyway so in

the first three beats are the changes of so you will

do changes of weight that create a movement in those

caderas, which will create a movement in your hips. That's all there is to do. You'll be professionals at Dancing Salas. As we say, we'll be professional at Dancing Salas. Exactly. And at the fourth time, it's a pause. So on the fourth beat, you do a pause.

You make a pause. Then you repeat this. And then you repeat this. So it's very straightforward. So one, two, three. Pause. One, two, three. So we're dancing here in the studio now.

We're a festival. All final, sonarie something, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. So again, it's not the most visual thing to listen to this, but in the end, it'll sound, should something, sound something like this.

So one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Today, there are much styles for ballar salsa. So these days, today, today, existen much estilos. So there exist many styles to dance

salsa or many styles exist to dance salsa because that's the subject of that verb. Muchos estilos existen, but we just swap it round because we're starting with today and it sounds better. Yes, stilo Cubana, style

New York, style Colombia, salsa in linea and salsa Puerto Ricania. Okay, so I've got a question about this, Fernanda, but we'll come back to that. So first of all, we've got the Cuban style, New York style, the Colombian style salsa in line, so salsa in lines or line dancing for salsa, and the Puerto Rican salsa too. But my question is about

Estilo Cubana. So Estilo is a masculine noun. But we're talking about Cubana, which is a feminine adjective. What's going on? Very good question. Well, in this case, Sophia, Sophia, is a salsa. The salsa, style Cuban. Okay. So la salsa, Cubana, really, but we're just putting in the estilo there because we're talking about these different styles. Yes, for we have said estilo cubano. Yes, perfect.

If you're using nothing more, you can say that. Okay, so let's move on. Very good. These varian in the velocity of the ballet, the jiros that they're realisan and the passos with respect to the measures of time. Okay, so these styles vary in the velocity of the ballet and the speed of the dance, the turns that are made, and the steps with respect to the measures of the time. And the steps with respect to the beats of the time

or to the measures of time? Yes, perfect. The most common in competencies of ballet is the salsa in line. So the most common style when it comes to dance competitions, competencies of ballet, is salsa in line salsa. It's a lot of difficult for me the salsa in line is more professional because you can appreciate

more the movements. Okay, so there is a reason for this. Yeah, that's a reason for this. It's because the movements, the movement of the body and so on, can be appreciated more. Let's finish off our text. In fin,

the salsa has been a genre musical that has accomplished recognition world. So at the end of the day, salsa

has been a musical genre which has reached worldwide recognition recognition

recognition world world has been has got to

Europe and Asia. So with its base, with its origins in

the Caribbean or Caribbean it has reached or succeeded in

reaching or arriving in Europe and Asia. Also, also,

they can find tournaments and they can localize schools of salsa around

the world. What's more? Addmas, a lovely word, see can find tournaments. So you can

find international tournaments and can localize schools around the world. And you can

find salsa schools all around the world. So if you've been inspired with this

very detailed instruction on how to dance salsa, then you can go ahead and either

take in the competition or sign up for a class. Professionally, however. Definitivement, it's a genre musical that unes to the world by the media of the Spanish.

So it is definitely a musical genre which unites the world through Spanish because ultimately it's a Spanish language-based culture. Yeah, what now you, I hope you know a little more

about the salsa and anytime you see salsa dancing or you're taking part in Salsa dancing, you can think a little more about the origins of this and perhaps also when you're listening to some of the songs, you can try and identify some of the lyrics and sing along. I'm sure you'll be able to find lots of videos with subtitles and so on on YouTube. We're going to take a short break and we'll back in just a moment with a question from one of our listeners. 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 vocabular. 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 Coffee Breakacademy.com for more information. We're back and this episode we're talking about salsa. We've been talking about salsa, but we're going to change the topic now because it's now timed for a question from one of our listeners.

And we are going to hand over to Namratah, who has a question about infinitives. I'm not a man, I'm not a lot of India but I'm living in the United now. I've been learning Spanish for a little more than a year with coffee back Spanish, for

the purpose. I've got a question about the use of double infinitive I've heard the double infinitive used, for example I want to

talk with Latino America is correct this use. If it's so, there's some, there are some reglas grammatical

for the use of the double infinitive. Thank you. Thanks. A really good question. And I think perhaps this question is coming

from the point of view that some languages do have a complication when it comes to double infinitives. But we've got some good news for you, Namratta. Fernanda,

please. Much thanks for your question. Yes. so so not

no, no. And it function like in English, almost literal. For example,

the translation would be able to speak with Latin Americans. Yeah. I'm

able to talk with Latinos. So, so it also, it's also with phrases

specific. For example, you can use, I'm like, I'd like to

be able with Latin American is better to be able Spanish or is

good to learn to speak also with other verbs, not just power. For example,

Intentar. Intentar, yeah, is important to know to learn Spanish. Ablar Spanish,

so, is to know, or to be really. So, so,

so, so, so many, so, people, and you can use the

examples that we have done. Exactly It really is not something that you need to worry about and that is always good news when you find something that you can pretty much translate literally.

Just watch that you're using the conjugated first part. So, I'm sure. And then the first infinitive, Poder is a straight infinitive. You don't need to agree that with anyone. And then your second infinitive is also just a straight infinitive. So I'm poder to be able to put an a in there in between the infinitives or anything like that.

just think in English, I want, to be able to speak, because the two is not translated. It's already in the infinitive. And there you have it. Namarata, we hope that this helps. We hope that this has answered your question.

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and you can leave a voicemail on our page. And yeah is. Yes, we're going to ask us. Here we're for the last part of this episode. And we're again with Sophia. Hello, Sophia. Hello. You know what

interesting for us today? Well, I'm a story for you know, we're going to

see. We're going in a reunion familiar and we're and we're a friend

and he's saying a family gathering and you see your your friend Jose and what's

he doing? He's he's he's eating salsa in the or he's

putting sauce in his ear Yeah. Doesn't make sense, but yes. Okay. I'll say, oh yeah, what are you doing? So you ask him, what are you doing?

And he said, he was listening to salsa. So he says that he was listening to salsa. Yeah. Okay. So if our listeners want to tell a joke in Spanish, then they can tell that story. Because it's not? No, no, no, no. But I know that you know another thing, other thing very interesting for us,

for us also also also about us so by the salas, no? Travalanguas. So this is a tongue twister.

Let us hear your tongue twister but slowly and then we'll talk about what it means and then our listeners can try seeing it. Okay.

If Sanson no sasona his salsa with salt a sosa let's sosa his salsa Sanson

if la sasona sin saun if la sasona sin sal. Okay, right. Let's go through this carefully. Si Sanson, no sathona. Ah.

Okay, this is the funny thing because I would say sathona, but you would say... Sasona. I think what we'll do is use Latin American pronunciation here because it doesn't really work as a tongue twister if we say sathona, no? Exactly. For that's the tongue twister. Okay. So, Sisonon no sasona, suzauna, so salsa with salt.

So sasonar, it means to season. So when you season your sauce, okay, So if Samson doesn't season his sauce with salt, what does sosa mean? Sin sal, like, sin savor. Sin savor. So tasteless, bland.

Yeah. Okay. So if he doesn't season it with salt, then it turns out bland to him. Le salé sosa. La salsa is this sosa. Yes. Okay.

Then the next part? It's the same But, al-revevee, Yeah, Le sale Sosa His salsa

Sanson If la Sasona Sinsin So to him It turns out Bland his sauce to Samson

If he seasons it without salt Uh-huh So like many tongue twisters Sometimes you see The same thing

But in a different order To help Practice your your tongue to help exercise. So let's try saying this. So you go for it and we'll do it in two sections so that our listeners can repeat.

If Sanson no sasona suza his salsa with salt, the salasso. If Sanson no sasona suza with salza con salzal, le salees sosa. Le sale is sosa

his salsa sanson, if they sasona sin salis Sala Sosa a salsa to Sanzon if la Sasona sin sal. Yes. Okay. This this is more

rapid. Completa? Yes. If Sansong no sasona his salsa with salas to sauce to sandsons

if they sasona without salt. Okay, I'll have a go. If Sanson no sasona with salt

with salas sauce to salas a sandson si la satsona since salas I think this sanzona. Probably

I think I didn't see sanzona sasonar to season. Well, much thanks Sophia?

No, Mark, of nothing, Fernando. And we're to be back with you another one. Well,

Fernanda, you know what I'm going to ask you. I'm put in apriotos here.

You can say you? Oh, yeah, well, we'll try we'll try to

sandsone so far so far, let's sosa, let's sosa a salsa to Sanson if not

salon, very good, very good, very good, we hope that the listeners also have

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