Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 4.01 | Pedro Almodóvar

Episode Date: April 19, 2022

Welcome to Season 4 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! We're joining our hosts, Mark, Anabel, Marina and Sebastián, as they present cultural topics and grammar study in an enjoyable way, allowing you to build your vocabulary and increase your range of expression. In this first episode of the series, Mark and Anabel discuss a text about the life and work of the famous Spanish film director, Pedro Almodóvar, and explain the interesting grammar and vocabulary points along the way. Mark and Marina round off the episode with a discussion about our cherry on top: no tener pelos en la lengua and hablar a calzón quitado.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.There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 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 here.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 coffeebreaklanguages.com/spanish/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Brick Spanish Magazine, Season 4, Episode 1. Well, we're back with another episode and another temporary of Coffee Brick Spanish. The Coffee Brick Spanish Magazine. I'm Mark. And I'm Annabelle. What, Mark? Well, super well, and very content to be back in the studio with you

to grab a new series. What, what all? Well, yeah. The truth is that it's very different, but very emotionalada. Claro, we're delighted to be back

with another episode and another season of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine. This is a show in which we're focusing on

aspects of Spanish, or Hispanic culture from around the world in different parts of the Spanish

speaking world. And in each episode, we're bringing you a new text. And we'll be focusing on that

text, talking about the language in the text and crucially helping you improve your Spanish. Well,

today we we're going to talk of a person Spanish that has something to have been

with the cinema. Not it. So, we're going to talk to Pedro Almodovar.

Perfect. Well, you're ready? Yes, and you? Lister? Super

list. So, we're going to happen is we'll listen to the text and then

we'll discuss the text afterwards and then there will be something else at the end

of magazine, but we're delighted that we're not only joined by Annabel for this season, we're also joined by Marina. Hello, Marina. Hello, Mark, hello Annabelle. Today we're going to be a celebrated personage Spanish. Pedro Almodovar. Pedro Almodovar was in a town of La Mancha, in September of 149, and is considered one of

the directors, guionists, and producers of cinema more recognized after of Louis Buhnuel. In fact, in 2019,

was preemied with the Leon of a whole a trajectory. But, this ganador of two Oscars and various premiums

Goya, took an initial accidented. With 18 years, he moved to Madrid, and a

In the past that he not could study in the school of cinema, he was involved much in the movement cultural that

was growing, also called Movida Madrid-Madriene. This surgio in the first years of

the Transition Spanish and in it also also were artists musicales

as mecano Oloquillo. The movement termed to midiades of 1980, but

Almodovar continued he was even though although Peter today is known by

his films, he started and writing novels short, relats for

periodical like the past and also created one of the

person of the people made matrile patty diffus a

clear game of words. In 1984, he got the recognition

popular with I've done I have done I'm to make to get

five years more to get to the public international with

women on the age 1989 nominated to the

Oscar, even a one a particular they they

are more of the same exit, like All-Sovee My Mother, 1999, or I'll with her, 2002.

His ultimate work is Dolor and Gloria, 2019, a auto-fiction protagonized by Antonio Banderas and that

has cosedged very good critics. You'll have to be? Well, much thanks,

Marina. Annabel, you, has seen a little a movie of Almodo-Barr? Yes,

I've I've seen some but not much. Mughes at the heart of my

favorite. And you, Mark? Well, I think the movie that most

me is Taccones Lehanos. Do you? No, no, no, no, I've

seen, you know, I recommend. Yes, she, do it, does a band

sonora very, very good. Oh. Okay, let's return to the beginning of

this text and go through line by line, talking about the language the grammar and the expressions that are included in the text. Now, Annabelle, if you don't mind reading each sentence by sentence,

and then we can talk about what each sentence means. Perfect. Empezzles. Pedro Almodovar Nacio and a manseau in a town of La Mancha in September of 1949. And is considered one of the directors, gionistas and productores

of cinema more recognized after Louis Buñuel Okay, quite a long sentence to begin with

so Pedro Almodovar one thing to mention is the pronunciation of Pedro Almodovar's second name

I think in English very often we hear people saying Almodovar but the stress should be on the O of the second

last syllable Almodovar so Almodovar very So he was born in a village of La Mancha, Nacio in September of L'Amancha, in September of 19949.

Did you get that number? 1949. Very well. And is considered one of the directors, guionists, and producers of cinema more recognized after Louis Buñel. So he's considered

one of the directors, one of the directors, Guionistas, the guillon of a film is the script. So, a guionista would be a scriptwriter, and producers of cinema, most recognized, despite Luis Puneuel, after Luis Puneuel.

So he's considered one of the most well-known directors, script writers, and producers of films since Luis Puneuel. Perfect. Continue Yes. In 2019,

was preemied with the lion of the long a whole a trajectory.

Okay, so the in fact, in 2019, lots of dates in this episode.

So 2019 in 2019 was premiated with the

lion of the no a prize. Now, Premiado, a prize,

so he was awarded or he was presented with, the Leon de Oro. What is the Leone de Oro? Leon de Oro is a premium that's a

cinema in Venice, Italia. Okay, so it is the prize that's awarded in the Venetian Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Line, a total

a trajectory. A, an expression very interesting, no? A true. A trajectory, here,

we can say a total a career. Okay, so a career. It's your career, your

working life. So a total one is when one is given a lifetime achievement

award. So he got the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 at the

Venice Film Festival. Very well. Let's continue. Sin embargo, this ganador of two Oscars and various

Priyos Goya took an initial accidentado. Okay. Sin embargo, however, this winner,

this winner, of two Oscars and various Goa Prizes, so that would be the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars, Tupo

an initial accidentado he had an initial accidentado a kind

of accidental beginning So is Okay let's look at Tubo

which tense is that and which verb is that Annabel is the preterito and is

the verb Tener to have Okay we we we're in the

preterito so I Tube Tu, Tu, Ustis, El or

yeah, Usts Tuba. Nosotros Tubimus Tuvistis Ejus, Ejus,

Ustes Tuvian. Very well, so it is a strange verb in the sense that is quite irregular in the preterate tense

we go from Tener, and that becomes Tuve, Tuiste, Tuvimos, Tuistis, Tuvieron

in the preterid. So, Almodovar had an incidental beginning. He had an accidental beginning. Let's find out more about this accidental beginning. With 18 years,

he moved to Madrid and, a past of that he no put to study in the school of cinema, he was involved much in the movement cultural that was

growing, also called Movida Madeleana. Okay, some interesting words and expressions in here. He's 18 years, literally with 18 years or at the age of 18, se muded to Madrid. He moved to Madrid. And here is important to say that mudar to move is reflexive, mudarse.

Yes. So, me muddo, te mudas, se muda, nos mudamos, os mudais, se muddan in the present tense. but here we're looking at a preterate tense our accent on the O gives us that idea that is the preterate so he moved to Madrid and

a peser de que no pudo study in the school of cinema so a peser de that's a great expression it means although or despite not being able to study in the cinema school in the school in the school

in the school of cinema we'll come back to a pisa'a in a moment. Let's continue on with the explanation of what happened here. Se involucro much in the movement cultural that was growing. So involucrarsse, another reflexive verb. And Abel, can you give us another word to see if we can understand what involucrase means? Otra forma is

Formar Parte De This one is not reflexive and the proposition is also different Okay, so we've got Formar Parte

to be part of something but involucrasse in to get involved in something. They both are very similar and they have a very similar meaning

but it's a lovely verb Involucrasse in something. So in this case Almodovar Se involuulububes. grow much in the movement. So this

was the cultural movement that was growing, which was growing, crete to grow. It was developing. And this cultural movement was also called, also called, too called Moida, Madeleña. So Madreleena

is the adjective that's associated with the city of Madrid, Madrid, Madrileña, Madrid. But what about this word moida, Annabelle? Movida is kind of like movement, but it's only used for this specific cultural movement. So if we are talking about different artistic movements, then we are not going to talk about movida, but movimento.

It's only for this, what happened here at this time. Okay, so Movida then wouldn't be used in other situations. It's very specific to La Movida Madreleña. We may also use it to say that it's like a really big problem or that there is a chaotic party, this kind of context. But it's usually when people talk about la Movida is La Movida Madrelea, this cultural movement. So this was the cultural movement that was growing, that was developing. Now, we also said that we were going to come back to Apesare de que, despite. Anabel, can you give us another example of this in a different context using a peser de que? A Pesar de

that it's free I'm a commisetta corta very well sometimes

when we see these constructions that have a ke very often we think

oh is this one of these subjunctive constructions but a peser de

is not and if we think about the logic of this is actually it makes

perfect sense because very often the subjunctive constructions involve

an element of doubt but when you said there a pes

de it a feo, despite the fact that it's cold, there's no doubt there. It is cold. We've established it's cold, but despite this fact, and then I can't remember what you said. I'm wearing short sleeves, yeah. So even though it's cold, I'm wearing short sleeves, despite the fact that it's cold. So the reason that there's no subjunctive there is because there's no doubt inferred, a pesa de'a, and so on. So a pizade that is a really useful expression, and it's also a really easy one to use

because we don't need to worry about any subjunctives. Very well. Let's continue with the text. Continuemus. This surgio in the first years of the transition Spanish.

And in her also were artists musicales like mecano or loquillo. Okay. This is referring to what we've just mentioned,

the movida made. this surged in the first years of the Transition Spanish

So it emerged in the early years, the first years, if you like, of the

Spanish transition. Annabel, there's a context cultural of the

transition Spanish Spanish? It was more or then, I'm

many, no, no number, 1, 1975 after the

death of Franco, until there was a government stable. So this is what the transition

years are referring to after the death of Franco in 75 until there was a stable government.

That's the transition the transition Spanish and this is when the Movida Madelea

emerge surgio and in it also were also conformed artists

musical as mecano or Loquillo and this this

This movement also included musical artists like Meccano or Loquillo. Connoces a Meccano or Loquillo, Mark? I know a Meccano. I don't you could give the name of a song of Meccano, of the head, so now, but tell me, what is your song most popular? It has various. I'd say one of the most known is, Hilo of the Luna or

Cruz of Navajas. Ah, me suena, me suena. And Loquillo? Loquillo, it's like loco, you know

loco, crazy. Yeah. So it's like a little crazy. Okay. He started in a band that was Loquillo

and the trogloditas. Okay, so Loquillo, Little crazy man and the troglodytes. Exactly. And they're rock.

Ah, okay. It's very interesting, because if I I'm wondering, how viste a song of rock, what would you say, Mark? Well, no, I know, with a chaquette of, the skin,

negro, and, no, see, a pillow or something. Well, no, he has a pillow large and also a jacket of the quere.

Uh-huh. And he's a trage. Wow, very elegant, no? Yes, yeah,

can't rock with a perfect. So he sings rock in a suit. Excellent. Okay, we're going to continue.

Let's see. The movement termino a mediados of 1980, but Almodovar continued creating. Okay, so

the movement, and they were referring to the kind of generic word for movement. The movement termino a medialos to 1980. So it ended

around the middle of the 80s, but Almodovar continued creating new content, new films. Okay, let's take a short break. We'll be back in a moment to find out a little more about Pedro Almodovar. If you'd like to take your Coffee Break magazine experience further, why not consider our online course version, which includes additional materials to help you build your knowledge of the language

through lesson notes, additional explanations, vocabulary lists and transcripts to accompany each. episode. Like all our online courses, the magazine course is available on the Coffee Break Academy. Just head to coffeebreaklanguages.com slash magazine where you'll find all the information you need. Today we're talking to Pedro Almodoar, the grand cineastas' Spanish. Let's go ahead with the text, Annabel. Let's see us. Although Pedro

today is known for his films, he's making works of theater and writing

novels short, relato for periodical like the country, and even he's

also he's co-culturales. Okay, so this is quite a long sentence, but there are lots of

cognates in here, lots of words that are similar in English as they are in Spanish.

So let's look at the sentence. Although Pedro, Oi is Conocido For Sus Peliculas Although Pedro is known today for his films

For Sus Peliculas Interesting use of Por there because we always wonder about por and para and translating for in English Annabelle can you help us

and explain why Por is used there and not para his movies It's because he is known his films is the reason

that he is known so he's known by his field Can we say that in English? Yeah, it would make sense. I think four probably would be more natural, but if we can replace four with by,

then it's definitely a por as opposed to a para. So it helps to know that the reason for something you would use por. So, although Pedro, hoy is known for sus peliculas. The an anunke is also interesting there. Because we can substitute

it into a peser dee and we have just seen it. Yeah, so our new expression, or perhaps it's not new to you, but a great expression a pisa de ke, despite the fact or although, and the reason Alunke is used here without a subjunctive is that we're

stating a fact, although Pedro is known for his films. Although he is known for his films. Sometimes we do use a unke with a subjunctive, but we're not going to go into that just now because it would be confusing here. So here we're using

with an indicative and normal verb, although Pedro, today is known for his films, he started doing works of the theater and writing

novels shortas. So he started making theatrical works, works ofas theater, plays, and writing short stories,

novels short, relats for pediocos like the country, so stories or tales for newspapers,

such as El Paiz, and he even, so, Incloso, he even made countercultural comics. So, comics which were against the culture, as it were. Another way of saying comics contra-culturales in Spanish is comics underground. In Spanish, yeah? Yes. So, yeah, using the term underground,

meaning of course Underground Comics I did not know that you could use underground in Spanish in that way

a new one for me let's continue Also also He also He also one of the

character Amblematicos de Fati diffusa A clear a word of words Okay So

also created one of the characters emblematic one of the emblematic characters of the Madrid-Madri-Lenia

of the Madrid-Lenia movement. Patti Diffusa. So this is written, if you're not looking at the written version of this, it's written P-A-T-T-T-Y, D-I-P-H-U-S-A, a clear play on words. So, Annabelle,

can you explain why this is a play-on-words? patidifusa it's written in English but there's a

word that is patidifuso or patidifusa in Spanish that means to be surprised right

so it's one word in Spanish is not para tifuso or something pati diffuso pati diffus but here

it's done like is the name of the character pati just like pati and then diffusa

as if it were the surname, but kind of in an English style to make it cooler. Okay, so patidifusa, patidifuso, a new word, meaning surprised, but this is the name that Almodovar gave to the personage emblematico, one of the emblematic characters of the Madrid movida. Very well. In 1984,

logo the recognition popular with what I have done for I made to this part of

the passage contains laws of dates in 1984 in 1984 in 1984 he he achieved

the recognition he achieved popular recognition so he got from the

verb lograr to achieve, to manage to do something he achieved popular recognition

with what I have done to deserve this? What have I done to deserve this? So the title of one of his films. But he'd be to expect five years more to get to the public

international with women at the border of an attack of nervos. 1,989. Okay. So the first film, that's a yo for Mercedes, would be the film that helped him achieve popular recognition.

But in order to reach international recognition, he had to wait five years. So, Tendria to expect. Tendria there is a conditional. So it's he would have to wait five years, five more years, to get to the publico international in order to arrive at the International audience. So to reach an international audience, with Mujeres at Bordes of a Tague of a Nervous, that's Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown, his film from 1989, 1999. Nominada to the Oscar, Aunka, Ganaana,

of two premiums Goya. Okay, so nominada, we're talking still about the Pelicula. So, in fact, we've not mentioned specifically the word but we know we're talking about a movie and that's why we need to use the feminine form of that adjective. Nominada, nominated a Los Oscars,

although ganadora, de dos premiums goya. So this was nominated for an Oscar but or although it was the winner of two goyas. So the two Goya prizes

and it got a nomination for an Oscar. Let's go back there to talk about the Oscars he was nominated to the Oscars. Would we ever say a ganado two Oscars?

No really said two Oscar and we understanderium Premios Oscar

because is a premium of US So so it's Oscars would

but we are not going to say that Okay So ultimately this is a

prize with a a name from the English-speaking world. So we'll just stick with dos Oscar, although he didn't win two Oscars for Mujer's Al Borders of a Tate of Nevis. Let's continue on to find out more about the success of his films.

A this movie, he's followed more of the same exit, like, All Sobred, 1999, or Able with her, 2002. Okay, so a this film, to this film, they sigueron

more of the same exit. To it, they followed more of the same success. So in better English, this film was followed by more equally successful

films, Como, To Do Sore My Mother, I think the English title of that is all about my mother, 1999, or

Able with her 2002. So, So, speak with her, speak to her in 2002. His ultimate is Dolor and Glory, 2019, an auto-fiction protagonized by Antonio Banderas

and that has cosechated very good critiques. His latest work is DOLOR and Glory. So pain and glory 2019, 2019 An auto-fiction. So an auto-fiction,

basically a self-fiction, something that is perhaps autobiographical, protagonized by Antonio Manderas. So it was protagonized by Antonio Banderas or starting Antonio Banderas

and that has cosechado very good critiques. This is lovely. We, we, We understand very good criticas.

It's good really good reviews, very good reviews. But cocechado, the word

cocecha means a harvest. When you plant an work, cosetchas

criticas. Perfect. Okay, so when you plant a work, you harvest critics or

what's the word reviews. So cocechar can be used in a figurative sense,

but it means to harvest cocechart So as Annabelle said, you can plant something of art, of a film, a book and so on, but you can coceitzat, you can harvest those reviews. And then the text finishes with a question. Right. Now, this is a quick question, but there's actually a lot to discuss in this one question because it's a little bit tricky. Te la vas a perder.

So first of all, we've got the verb, perder. Perder literally means to lose but it can also mean to miss especially when it's used in this kind of context. We've got Basa perver so it's going to be ia plus infinitive going to lose or miss

and then we've got te and la la la refers to the pellicula so la being the pronoun standing for the pellicula but the te in there is a reflexive te so it's perverse la that would be our

infinitive and Te la vas are you going to miss it or you can't miss it, that kind of thing. Asie is. How would you say I missed that film? Me la perdi.

Okay, so perdi from the preterate of perder and me, to me the movie, me la perdi, I missed it. Okay. So it's a little

little tricky to use, but once you get the idea, it's pretty straightforward. Well, what we're going to re-excuching the text with Marina. We're going to listen again to the text. And this time, we hope that you understand much more. We hope that you understand much more. Today we're going to talk of a celebrity personage Spanish. Pedro Almodovar.

Pedro Almodovar Nacio in a Pueblo of the Mancha in September of 1949 and is considered one of the directors

and directors and producers of the cinema more recognized after Louis Buhuel of actually in 2019

was preemied with the Leone of a total a trajectory but this ganador of two Oscars

and various premiums Goya had an initial accidented. With 18 years, he moved to Madrid, and a person that he no could study in the school of cinema,

he was involved much in the movement cultural that was growing, also called Movida Madeleine. This was in the first years of the Transition

Spanish, and in her also also were artists musicales as meccano or loquillo.

The movement termed a mediation but Almodovar continued he was doing.

Although Pedro is known for his films, he's doing

works of the other books shortas, relato for

periodical like the and also he's he also he's

comics contra-cultural Also, also, also, also, one of the the personages emblematic of the Movida Madelea

Patti Diffusa, a clear a clear game of words. In 1984, he made the recognition popular with

what I've done I'm to make sure this, but I'd to expect five years more to

get to the public international, with women on the border of

an attack of Nervius, 1999, nominated to the Oscars, although ganada, of two premiums Goya. To this film, they're stiller on the same exit, like All-So-N-Madre,

2009, or Ible with her, 2002. His ultimate work is, Dolor and Gloria, 2019, a auto-fiction protagonized by Antonio Banderas,

and that has cosechated, very good critics. You'll have a lose to put a look for some other films by

Almodo Bar to watch. I'm sure we'll be able to find them in some streaming service somewhere. But, before you go back a

movie, we're not done. Because at the magazine, we're going to get a ginda of

pastel. Claro that we'll welcome back Marina. Hello, again. Hello, Mark.

Very good. What is you? Very well, thanks. Well, in every episode of the magazine, we have the guinda of the pastel. This is the cherry on the cake, the little bit of, or the icing on the cake,

the little bit of something interesting at the end of our episode. So, today, what do you have for us, Manila? Well, the ginda of the pastel, we'll put today with the expression, no, tener pelos, in the language. Okay, no tenet pelos in the language. Literally, not to have hair on your tongue.

Yes, that's it. Literally, it means to not have hair on the tongue, but let's see what this expression means. Okay. No, to have pelons in the language. It's used when we're going to say that we're talking about direct, without darrodeos, we're about a form clear. So, imagine that you say something, without

nothing in the language because you do you say something very clearly

and directly if you've not got here on the tongue does it mean then that someone

is almost rude or is it just that you're speaking clearly about something yes

sometimes if you are in certain circumstances if you speak too clear to some people

you can be a little bit rude, but maybe you can either use it like someone who you know is never going to lie to you. So imagine a friend that you're going to ask and you have this friend that is going to tell you literally that dress looks terrible on you. So maybe sometimes you want to look for that person that no tian peals in the language. Okay, so they'll tell you straight. They'll be clear with you because that person no has peels in the language. And, tell me

that expression is also also in Latin America? Well, if it's in Latin America, but there is a

expression typical, there's that is to be a calzone quittado. Okay,

so if you're speaking with your calzone cutto, it means that you've taken off your

underwear? Yeah, mainly that. So if you're speaking, imagine, you haven't got any

clothes on you. So you are speaking straight directly and there's nothing between you and the person you're talking to. I understand. So you're being very clear. Okay. Can you give us an example of this in Spanish? Using the phrase, first of all, not tenet peels in a language and then we'll replace it with a black at car phone-quitado.

Okay. For example, if I go to an hotel and not I'm content with the service or the limpeza, I do abiertamente. No, I'm a

little hotel and you're not happy with the service or the cleaning, you say so openly,

you speak straight to the management, something like that. Yeah, that's right. So could we say, what I do say,

abutably, I'm that's right. So we could say something like if I'm a hotel and not I'm

content with the service or the I'm abjointed. I'm a calzone quitable.

Perfect. Well, much thanks, Marina. Nothing, it's a pleasure,

as always. And until the next. After the Pronto. Well, that's it

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