Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 3.06 | Verde que te quiero verde

Episode Date: February 21, 2020

Fernanda, Anabel and Mark are back for another episode of the Magazine and this time they're talking about the famous Spanish writer Federico García Lorca. Listener Eric has a question about demonyms and Anabel shares an interesting expression.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 6. Hello, all, and welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. Hello, I'm sorry. How are you, Fernando, today? Very well, and you, Mark? Very good, much thanks. Content to be here?

As soon, very happy. Today, we have something very interesting. We're talking of a, of a writer, very known for all the parts of the world. Yes. It's a writer Spanish. And we'll see a bit more about Federico Garcia-Lorca.

Very interesting, that good. Also, we're a question, a little more time, of a little more time, and we're going to about the gentilicious. Oh, what interesting theme.

We're going to be to talk gentilicio. In English, I believe you can see gentilic. Okay, I don't know I know. T'noh. But the other word

that we use in English is demonum. the name for people from particular places. But we'll come back to that a little later. Of course, if you're listening to this and wondering, what's this all about, then you can go back and start. Coffee Break Spanish from the very beginning and start learning Spanish with us. And just look for that in the podcast feed.

But for now, let's get on with today's episode. You're ready? Yes, very list. Well, we're going to do. And for the text of today, we're going to talk. Hello, Annabelle. Hello, Annabelle. Hello, Marge.

Hello, Fernanda. In the episode of today, we're going to talk of one of the great poets of Spain, which is Federico Garcia-Lorca. "'Bergh, that I want, verde, "'Berde-Viento,

"'Berdes-Ramas. "'So, "'impeas one of the "'the most "'enigmaticous "'of the history "'of the literature "'Spanual the world

"'and, more important, "'to all know "'the same name "'of this author, "'Fedico, Garcia, "'Lorca. This poet and dramaturgue, or a writer of works of

of the day of today of one of the great figures of the literature universal. But why? Because it was

a person of contrastes. While revitalized the tradition cultural and poetic, Spanish, all about

the camp, the chitans, and the customs arraigated in our society, empoderava

also to the women and was made as people to run those

customs and to live their liberty. Lorca Naccio, in where recogedia from the young

his great influences. More later, he moved to the residence of the students of

Madrid. There began to to the intellectuals of the people,

and he tablo special amistac with Louis Buñuel and

Salvador Dali. His ruptura to he brought to

LORca to his work poet in New York, in where denunciate and the injustice and the discrimination of a society deshumanized. Although Lorka also wrote of theaters

surrealists, like the public, that no's estrened after more than 50 years after his fuselament. His works of theater most known are Yerma, the house of Bernard Aalva, or Baudas of Sanger. But you saw you that Bodeas

of Sanger has an adaptation cinematographic of Flamenco? Yes, as you know, you can't do you do you know, but

contada a time of this this is a way you is a way of the

relationship is magnificent and and it and it and it and

we're about the history of the humanity and their

and it's clear and it's for that you know

you know you Well, much thanks. Very interesting. Yes, a author

very important for all Hispanic. Sure, you know a Lorca? Yes, well,

the know of the thing that's the word that I want to see that

we're always perfect. Perfect. I remember one of my favorite squares in

the Hall of Madrid is the Plaza Santaana and there's a statue

of Federico Garcia Lorca in this square and he's holding a

dove and it's one of my favorite statues I really like that statue. You have I got a photo

with the statue? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, we're going to use a photo

of this statue for this episode. Perfect. Okay, let's go back through our text as ever,

and we'll have a look at the language in this and talk about some of the features in

Qudide. Let's begin. Very. Verde that I want Berto, Bento, verde Rames

Rames. Okay, now, we're starting with part of a poem. I have to say, I'm not

sure about translating this poem and doing justice to go into dialogue again. No, no, no, never has the same signification. But if we're translating it literally, green, how I love you, green wind, green branches. Yes, perfect. And, well, it's one very beautiful in Spanish.

Yeah, much more than in English. So, so it's one of the poems most known, and at the same time, more enigmaticos of the history of the literature Spanish. Okay, so in such a week. So, so begins, one of the most well-known poems, one of the poems most famous poems most most known. And at the same time, more enigmaticos, so most enigmatic, most mysterious,

of the history of Spanish literature. Perfect. So, everyone knows it and more important still, all know the name of his author, Federico Garcia Lorca. So, all the world

know it, everyone knows it, and the law is referring to the poem. So everyone knows it, and more important, still, and more important still, everyone knows the name of his author, and everyone

knows the name of its author, Federico Garcia Lorca. Very good. this poet and dramaturgue or a writer

of works of the day of day of the great figures of the

literature universal so this poet and dramaturge I think we see that in English

an author of as it's explained here a writer of theatrical works of operas

of theatre theater is a day of today one of the great

figures of the literature universal so one of the great figures of the universal literature, the literature that everyone knows about. And just a little point here,

we're talking about El Escritor, but then when we describe that Eskritor as one of the great figures, the word for figure is feminine. So we say, una figura. So we're actually saying, even though the writer is male,

un-estritor is one of the grandest figuras. So the one there is agreeing with the figure. Figur, perfect. But why? Because he was a person of contrasts. Because he was a person of contrasts. While revitalized the tradition cultural and poetic

Spanish, all about the campo, the citano, and the customs arraigadas in our society. So while he was revitalizing the cultural tradition and a poetic tradition of Spain, so the tradition of Spanish,

Why is it Spaniolas there? Because we're talking of two things. Tradition cultural and poetic. Perfect. So the tradition cultural and poetic Spanish, as a black

of the camp, so when talking about or on talking about the countryside, the gitanos, gypsies, and of the customs arraigadas

in our society. Now, that's a tricky word arraigada. It's linked to the word raith. Yes. So the raif. is the root. So these are traditions and customs rooted in our society. Perfect.

Empoderaba also a las Mujer and las Mosheres decided to romper. So empoderable, to empower. So he was empowering also the women, the women, a personal line in there, and he was showing them. And he was showing them, the women that we've just mentioned, as characters, decided to romper those customs, as people, as persons who have

decided to break these customs or those customs, those customs, Esas Costumres. He was advanced. Exactly. Very much ahead of its time. And to live, to experience their freedom. Very well. Lorca nasio and he's

Crio in Andalusia, in where he time he was born, Lorca Naccio, and Secrio in Andalusia. Now, just before we go on, if you're looking at the written version of this, if you get access to the text, you'll notice something interesting here, because Naccio, obviously, is from Nacere, it's a regular ER verb in the preterate there, and se creo. You may be wondering, why is there no accent on

say, Krio. We do stress the syllable, Creoy. Fernando, can you explain what's going on here? Perfect. It's because

it's a monosilaba, a word monosilaba. So, no he's a cento. It's only a syllable. But, for example, crillo,

if it were a new, yeah, he's accent in the I. And so two silas. Okay,

and that would also be the present form of, I am growing, as it where I'm being raised. Yes, perfect, Mark. But this hasn't always been the case, because I remember when I learned the verb

criar, then there was definitely an accent in the pretorite form. Yes, that's correct, Mark. When I was a little bit of 10 years, that changed the regals. Okay, so the rules were changed and suddenly there's no accent on creo. Yes, there's to put it to day. And equally, there's no accent on creet. Very well, excellent. Using the eye form in the pretzel.

Anyway, let's come back to our text. So we've got Lorca who was born and who grew up in Andalusia, where, in where, and where, and where recogheria, from, I'd, there is kind of like to collect, to gather. Yes, very well. To gather his great influences from an early age,

from an early age, could we say, desde one ed, ed, temprana? Yes, could say it too, and result a bien. But as a set phrase,

from the young ed, yes, since the same time even a little bit more

poetical. Well, we're talking about the poesy then. It's perfect.

We're going. More later, he moved to the residence of the students in

Madrid. So later on, he moved, that's mudars to move. So he

moved to the residency of students of students in Madrid. So a

student's resident in Madrid. Perfect. There, he began to relationarse

with the great intellectual of the time. So there, he began to get to know,

relationarse with the great intellectuals of the time, the grand intellectuals of the

time. And he entablo special amistat with Louis Buñuel

and Salvador Dali. And he established, he started a special friendship with

Louis Buñuel, who was a film director, and Salvador Dali, natural the artist.

Perfect. So, Rupura with the Pintor, hebo a Lork to go to

New York and then to Cuba. So here ruptura is a breakup. So his

breakup is the end of the relationship with Dali that we're talking about the

painter with the painter, he gave a lorca. It resulted in Lorka

doing something. It made Lorka do something. Literally, it carried Lorka to doing something.

In this case, a To move to New York. So to move to New York. What's the difference between mudarse and transladarse? Mudarse, for example, is when you muddas of a house.

Transladarse is a change that can be, that you're not you're changing with your muebles, for example. It's a translado, it can be a translado of a job. Okay. Like relocation? Yeah.

See? Or a translado of a country. I'm a translado to other place. Okay. So in this case, he did. move to a new country to New York and then onwards to Cuba.

Perfect. Of his voyage, he's a work Poeta in New York, in where denuncian the injustice and the discrimination of a society deshumanized.

Okay, so from his journey, this journey that he took to New York and then onwards to Cuba, came out his work, so the work poet in New York, so the poet in New York came out of his journey. And in this

work, in this work, he denounces the injustice and the discrimination of a dehumanized society. So that's quite elaborate words there. Denuncia, the injustice and the discrimination of a society deshumanized.

Bastant de profound. Now, we've mentioned that Lorca was perhaps ahead of his time and unfortunately, the end of his life was very tragic. He was actually executed in 1936. So this comes up in the next part of the text.

See, Mark. Although Lorca also also wrote of theaters surrealist as, as the public, that no's more of 50 years after his fusilament.

His works of theater most known are Yermah, the Casa of Bernardo Alba, or Bodeas of Sanger. Okay, so let's talk, first of all, about the language here. So,

although Lorca also and he scribed works of surrealist as as a publico. So although or even though Lorca also wrote

theatrical works which were surrealist like El Puech and let's just talk briefly about that Aunke. Anke is one of those

words you think a unke oh, there's a subjunctive coming but not always with Aonke. Here there's no

subjunctive because we know that he wrote these works. So even though Lorca also wrote Escribio

indicative, predurate, these surrealist Obras de atro. the time that although would be followed by

a subjunctive is when it means more like even if perfect so when no we're not we're sure

for example even if a book of theater no se straighter after that is famous

okay so this is the obviously the theatrical work that Fernanda is working on

at the moment yes yes so there you're saying even if I write this theatrical work

it won't be published or it won't be premiered until I'm famous. So you need to be, oh, you're quite famous already. I mean, let's be honest. Obviously, obviously. So in that situation, Aonke is even if, and it's followed by a subjunctive.

But here we've got Aunque Lorka Escribio. And there we've got a nice indicative because we know that he wrote these works. So El Poulico, and then we've got a little more information about El Pubico, and it's the fact that it didn't premiere until more than 50 years after his death, after his execution. So, that's

a strenner, to premiere, until more of 50 years, despite of his fusilament and fousil,

we've got the word in there, which is a gun, so this is an execution by firing squad. It's very, very tragic,

very tragic. But then we go on to talk about the most well-known works of theater are?

Yes. Yerma, La Casa of Bernard Alba or Bodas of Sanger. So these are

three plays, Yerma, that's actually one we studied at university, La Casa de Bernada Alba or Boda's de Sangres. So blood wedding, the house of Bernard Alba and Yerma. The word Yerma means barren, and that could refer to a place as in uncultivated or unpopulated. It can also refer to a person as an sterile person.

So Yerma is actually a story of a childless woman in Andalothia, a very powerful. beautiful play. Okay, let's move on. We are told something interesting about the other play, Badas de Sangre, there. But did you know that Bodies de Sanger's Degrofensohn? So did you know that Baudas de Sanger Blood Wedding has a cinematographic adaptation in the style of flamenco? That should be very beautiful. We're going to have to be it. So, as you You can't enjoy

of the story but contada a through the So yes just as

you hear it you can enjoy the same story but recounted

through the medium of dance very arraigated in the culture Andalus

exactly very much rooted in that Andalutian culture this this

as a much is a much more more so

this as you can see see is another demonstration, una muestra more of the relationship between Lorca and the Andalusian world.

El Mundo Andalus is the name, the demonem for someone from Andalusian. We'll be coming back to that in a moment. Okay. So, production is magnifica and extensate and logra accercarnos

to values classical and revolutionaries of the history of the humanity. So its production is magnificent and extensive. And it succeeds in bringing us closer, to bring something closer to you or to bring yourself closer to something, to the classical values and revolutionaries and revolutionary of the story of humanity. Perfect. So, creativity and his ingenue were clave to convert it in the figure that I am.

And for so you have to know him. So his creativity and his genius. his ingenue, were key to convert him, to turn him into the figure that he is today, and for that you need to know him. And for this reason, you have to get to know him.

You have to experience his work. Perfect. Very good, Mark. Very interesting. Well, much gracias. Thank you. 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. Well, we're back and we're going to a question very interesting of an audience that's called Eric.

We'll hear about. If we give us the word? Yes. Goods, Mark, and all. I know there are many words in Latino-American Spanish for the people of various countries.

For example, Tico is another word to say Costa Ricansse. Is slang? Or are the words that are used in Spanish formal? Well, very good question.

Very interesting, Eric. First of all, I have to admit a bit of a problem here because I have always said Costa Ricansi, but Fernando is telling me that that does not exist. It's actually Costa Ricense.

Yes, you can't say Costa Ricence or Costa so one or the other, but not a mix like I've been doing. But as enduen, at least, it's entente. So as Eric said, there is a word that's used in Costa Rica

to refer to people of Costa Rica, and that is Tico, Tika, Los Ticos. And any kind of these words can be a little bit difficult sometimes because you don't want to be pejorative. You don't want to be insulting.

If you don't want to offend, exactly. But in this case, in the case of Tico, those Ticos are they called to themselves. No, there's problems. Can you give some other words that we would use to refer to people

from different places? Obviously, we heard earlier, Andaluth, but what other words are there? Yes, well, we're more. For example, well, I'd like recall that Tico is more like modismo. So modismo is like a colloquial word. It's informal. Perfect. A little more informal than to say Costa Rizense. For example,

Palabras-pare-pacized, we have boricua? Boricua. Borgia? Know? The Puerto Rico. Oh, Boricua. With B? With B. B. Borgia. Okay. A lot of people of people from Puerto Rico, so they're They're saying Boricua. Okay, okay.

Also, we can find Chilangos. Chilangos, where are the Chilangos? They're in the city of Mexico. Okay. And these, these words are

pejorative? In these three cases, the people the people accepta. If, no, me I'm not quite,

but now so. Entiento. But, but it's good to have good to care

to all the people. Yes, that preferring, right? Exactly. Now, what we

we're a little the program is of gentilicious. Gentilicious or gentilicious like I'm

with your accent Spanish. So gentilicio it's a demonum the word for a

group of people from a particular place. Perfect, Mark. Very good. A very

see you divinas here. Okay. The first Samantino. Well, that's

so that's that is someone from Salamanca in Spain. Perfect. Very good, very

Very well. Now, Madrid. That's a lot of facilita, right? So a Madrid or a madeleine? A madeleine is someone

from Madrid. Now, one a little more difficult. Vinyamarino. Vinyna Marino, would be a

man in Chile, no? Yeah, of my city, right? There's to know that. Bonaheerence.

It has to be of Buenos Aires, no? Perfect. Very good. No, so it's

also. Also, very very interesting with Porteno. It's a a word more

known to describe people of the and you imagine you because it's

a port no? Perfect. Yes, yeah, yeah. Also, people

who live in other ports, they can say porteos. Ah, okay, so it's not only for

Buenos Aires in in any portean. Yeah, also. Also, there's a

place pastean costean so someone from the coast. Yes, okay,

very interesting. Well, and those are our examples. We can continue all

the day. Yes, So these are Gentilicios. And again, so to answer Eric's question, we really should ask about what is the best way to refer to someone from a particular city, from a particular place, without wanting to be pejorative, without wanting to offend. So it's always a good idea to ask. If when they're done, question. Exactly. Very well.

Well, much gracias for the question. Eric. If you have a question, then make sure you let us know, and you can do so by calling our voicemail lines. And our voicemail lines in the UK are 0141-416-6880. In the US, it's 347-474-6-880, and in Australia it's 08-7-2-200-6-880. Or simply go to coffeebreakquestions.com, where you can ask us your question. Well, we're DeWult with

Annabel. What are? What? What? Tell me, you know, you know, a little complicated

today for us? Yes, it's curious. Curiosa, yeah. The expression of today is

much Mierda. Much Mierda. Okay, now this is a family show, so we don't want to be going

into too much detail about one of those words. For now, we'll refer to it as Poo, okay? But tell us

why we're talking about Poo today. It's because much MIRDA Signific Much Swear Exactly.

So, so you can say much MIRDA to someone, I know

that's a do you know, that's some whatever, whatever, whatever,

you can't say, much Mierda and simply you're you're just you're saying suority

in this sense. But why? The origin is that in the theater. It's for

that we've I've been because when the cabulles, I mean, before in the

theatre, it was a carball and that would be much a lot of the entrance

I'd say that there was much public So, so if there were

lots of people that were coming to the theatre to see the particular play

they would be coming by horse in the past and if they came by horse

well the horse he's brought with them certain elements exactly. And if there were lots of that certain element,

then it meant that the play was a success because there were lots of people there. And for this reason, we wish each other Much Mierda for wishing good luck. Exactly. So in any situation or in situations particular? No.

For example, if someone going to play a party, you can say much Mierda, as you've said you before, for an exam, or simply for a reunion important, for example, you see that the person is nervous and you

can't say much a yearn't. And if, for example, you were in an opera of a theater, I would say

much a myrda? In this context, in English, we're a leg. Yes, it's a

use so, but also can be to extend to other other ambitos. Very well.

Well, I don't say much a year, but much thanks. Thank you too

too. Well, a expression very interesting of Annabela. But really, today we've

talked of all the things. Quite a very good episode this time. Do you use much

much shit in that sense in Chile? Well, it would use it for the example.

If a friend will act to and he would be a exam.

I'd say a good suerte or much sufficiency. Okay. A little

less direct. Yes. A little more conservators. Okay. That works. So we

hope that you've enjoyed this long and varied episode of Coffee Break Spanish. There's certainly been lots of interesting discussions today. Next time we'll be back with Sophia and we'll be talking about something that's very important

for the whole Hispanic world. You can look forward to that next time. Mucha Grazie. Much thanks. Adios. You have been listening to a production of the Coffee Break Academy for the Radiolingua Network. Copyright, 2019, Radiolingua Limited. Recording Copyright, 2019, Radiolingua Limited. All rights reserved.