Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 4.05 | Torres humanas

Episode Date: June 14, 2022

Welcome back to the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! In this episode, Mark and Anabel go through a text about human towers or castells in Catalan. We break down the range of vocabulary and grammar points featured in the text, including the words: tanto… que…, tras and cualquier. Take note of some Catalan words throughout the text and be sure to listen until the end as Marina joins Mark to discuss the phrase: hacer piña.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 Bricks Spanish Magazine, Season 4, Episode 5. Hello, we're back with another episode of Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Annabelle, and today I'm very content. But tell me, Mark, how are you? I'm super content. But tell me, why you're content today? For the theme of what we're going to talk about today,

are the Towers Human Towers. The Towers Human Towers. I think we'll find out more about these human towers. episode. Of course, as usual, we're going to read this text. We're focusing on different elements of Hispanic culture, be that of Spain, be that of various places in the, in South and Central America in each episode. And this time, we're going to be focusing on the area in the east of northern Spain. But you'll find out more in the text. Let's see that.

Vena, no we're going to read the text. So over to you, Marina. Good, Mark. Hello, Annabelle. What tal estates? We're going to the title of today. Torres Humanas. If you're

on the pyramids humanas, you can't lose the castles. These constructions were after more of 200 years in

VALS, a city of Tarragona. Tras a period of crises, the castels renaciered

in the year 20 with grandissima vitality. Tant was so that so that's extended for the rest of the places Catalan-parlantus, the Isles Vallearens, included. It's a castilloes

of up 10-pissos in those that participate in women, and children. A person that the castellers entraned

during all the year, any person can help if it form a part of the pina or base of

the castel. This helps to discard part of the of this support appears the tronk which is the part visible in each piece there can be one to five

Castellers for ultimate in the high we can't the pom of Dalt coronado with the Inchanetta

that is a little that with the The brazo-levanted, indicates the final of the construction. All of it is all rhythm of music traditional and,

and, this consists of in pantalones black, a camisetta that a coa or group to the and a

a fah preferably a negra, that function as as a support for the rest of Castellers. The

children, a casco protector. For ultimate, a exception of those that conforms the piña, the castellers are descals.

Being a demonstration of a group and superation personal, in 2010, the castles were nombrated notary

immaterial of the humanity, and not is to extraaner. A you too too you also, you can't

you can't you can't to be the Concourse annual that's in Tarragona at

the beginning of October. Have you seen one of these in person Annabel? No, but

I have met a lot of people who have participated and are part of a of a koya and how they

have to train the whole day, but not in person but in television I have. I have.

I'm one of Barcelona and it was phenomenal. In the plaza. The Plaza Major, I think, the Plaza Delante of the Cathedral.

I don't know exactly where it was. And formaste part of the piña? No. Applaude. And just that. Well, participaste, of some form.

Of some, yeah. Okay, let us go back to the beginning of our text and go through it line by line. Let's see. If you're used, the pyramids humanas, no you

can't lose the castles. Okay, if you like human pyramids, no you

can't perils, okay, so, no you can't perverse, to miss.

So you can't miss, no you can't miss. Annabel, we can see that using different

word order, can we? Mm-hmm, so is. No you can't pervert So this idea

when we've got a modal verb like we can put the pronoun at the end of the infinitive, no you can put it before the modal verb, Puedes. No te puedes perder but we can't put it in the middle.

That's the one thing we can't do. So, no te Puees perde los castles. So you can't miss the castles. Now this is a Catalan word we're going to see. I want to two Catalan words in this text. As we've explained, these texts are taking us all over

the Spanish-speaking worlds, so we're experiencing different cultures and indeed, in this case, different regional languages. So let's find out more about these castelis. These constructions, has been more of 200 years in VALS, a city of Tarragona. Okay, these constructions, these constructions, these constructions, they were born, has more than 200 years. More than 200 years ago, in Bals, a city of the Tarragona.

So in Bals, a city in the Tarragona region. Tras a period of crisis, the castles renazied in the century 20, with grandissimo vitality. Okay, Tras, we saw a couple of texts ago, Tras immediately after,

or straight after, a period of crisis, a period of crisis. A period of crisis. the castles renacieron, they were reborn in the century 20, with great vitality. Now, one thing to mention, if you're looking at the written version of this text, then you'll notice

the Siglo 20 is written in Roman numerals. This is quite common in Spanish. As is. For the sigils, we're going to use the Numeros Romanos. Okay. So in the Siglo, it looks like

X, X, X, X, X, with great vitality. Very well. Tanto was so that's extended their

rest of other of countries Catalan Parlantes the Islas Baleare included.

Okay. Tanto was so much so literally so much was it this way that

they extended that they spread a preter tense there from

extend so extendieron the rest of the Catalanoparlantes. They spread to the rest of the Catalan-speaking areas. Las Islas Baleares included

the Balearic islands included. Annabelle, I've got a question about this Catalano-Parlantes. Clearly it means Catalan-speaking places in this case, Lugares Catalano-Parlantes.

But I've heard Hispano-Ablantes. Asi is. persons that are Spanish we can also say Hispanoparlantes or even

for example you are Anglo-parlante Right okay so we can use Hispano-ablanth or Hispanoparlantes So this parla

coming from Latin and indeed the word in Catalan for to speak is parla so we've got the parla in there as well but anglo-parlantes

Franco-parlantes Hispanic Parlantes or Hispanic Ablante as well well. And it includes, this area includes Catalonia and Valencia, although Valencia would sometimes be seen as a separate

linguistic region, although very similar to Catalan, and obviously the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera. So is. Continue. It's. It's a castillos, of up 10 in those that participate

on the women, and children. Okay, so it's a very common expression. What we're talking about here is.

It's one to avoid from the point of view of don't use se trata de to mean it's about. You know, you can't say, for example, this film is about

using setata. You could say in this a movie it's about but you can see this movie is the

movie is Anabel so we're to try we're going to try to it's about yeah exactly

so here we are talking about it's about it's about castillos of up 10 piso so castles

of up to 10 stories in those that participate on women, women and

in which men, women, and children take part. A past that the Castelliers entraned during all the year, any person can help if form a part of the piña or base

of the castel. Okay, so a piece of that, despite the fact that, or although those Castelliers, these are the people who are particularly involved in this, the people that form the castle, So those Castelliers

Entrenan during All year long Quarqueur Any person can help Anybody, any person can help Si forma part of the pina or base of the castell

So if they form part If they take part in the pina Or the base of the castell So as Annabelle asked me earlier on Was I part of the pina? Did I get close up To help support the bottom And in that case I decided no I would stand back and take some photos instead

rather than get involved in the piña. The piña. The next time. The pina, it's the Catalan word for piña, P-I-N-Tilde-A, so for pineapple, the base of the castel. This helps to unload a discard part of the peso.

So this helps to unload some of the weight. Descargargar. It's also the word we use for downloading things online. So this a user to discard part of the peso. Anabel, why this?

Because we're talking of piña, la piña. So it's feminine and singular, so it's this one, but this pinia. Yeah, so here we're talking specifically about the piña, not this whole idea of anyone being able to form part of the piña. It's

the pina itself. This to dischargar part of the peso it helps to

unload some of the weight. The this support appears the

trunk is the part visible. So another Catalan word in here,

El trunk of this support appears the trunk comes or appears the trunk

which is the visible part that is the part visible. In

every piece there can be one to five Castellers.

In each story, in each story, in cadaver, could have of one to five Castelliers. So any one of one to five castelliers can take part on each story of the castle. For ultimate,

in the low alto, we can't find the Pomb Dadal, Coronado, Colin Shanetta, that sule be a little, that with the

arm's left indicates the final of the construction. Okay, so yet again, a couple of other technical words in Catalan here referring to the Castell. For ultimo, finally, in lo alto, on the top or at the top,

we can find El Pombadadal. Okay, so the Pombadal is the word for the top part of this construction. It's difficult to translate. It's just the way in which it's referred to in Catalan. Coronado con Lanzaneta, so another Catalan word there. crowned with the ensaneta and this is the very top part of the the castle it's like a steeple or something like that on a church that sule is a signo which tends to be a child that with his or her hand raised arm raised indicates the end of the construction so it's absolutely amazing to watch this

and I'm sure you'll be able to find videos on YouTube and so on our photos online of the construction of these castles, the way in which people come together and they climb up and then the child climbs to the very top and raises their arm to indicate that that particular castell is complete. But, but there are much more things than to know of the castles, but what how, a pause?

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the Casteges today, the tradition in Catania and indeed extending out from Catalonia of human pyramids or human

towers. Let's find out a little more about these now. All Elloe is to make to music traditional and getting the

dress of Casteller. Okay, so all that is to do all that is done to

the rhythm of traditional music and leaving the trage de Castellier and wearing the castellier costume. This consists in pantalones blanks, camiseta

that mustra, the collier or group to pertaintingen and a faja, preferably never, that function as a support for the rest of Castelliers.

Okay, so this trage consists of pantalones blancos, white trousers, camiseta, that mustra la coja or group to which pertaintingen. So a shirt or a t-shirt that shows the coja,

and the cogia is another technical word, which is the group to which they belong. So the particular group of Castellers and a faja. A faja is a sash, preferably preferably black,

which acts as as, as a support for the rest of the castelliers, which acts as a support for the rest of the castelliers. So they can use that to climb up or to stand on, as it were, it helps them support the others who are above them.

So, and there are other other thing more, the children, also, they're, they're, they've, they're a casco protector. Very important. The children, What's more?

Addmas, they're a protective helmet. For ultimate, a exception of those conformed the

piña, the castellels are descalzos. Okay, for ultimate, a exception of those that conforman

the pinia, with the exception of those who make up the pina, the castelliers van

descalzos. The castellers literally go barefoot. So they don't want to wear any shoes. Obviously, that helps them climb up as they climb up the other bodies reaching the top of the casting. It's going to be less hardful. No, bad.

No, they're not imagine you if you were walking up there in stiletto heels. It would not be very pleasant for those below you. No. Siener a demonstration of work in equipment and superation personal, in 2010, the castles were knowned, patrimonio immaterial of the humanity. And no is to extraignor. So being a demonstration,

being a demonstration, of teamwork, and superation personal. So superar means to improve and to exceed this personal improvement, self-improvement. In 2010, Los Castels were named

so in 2010, the castles were named Patrimonio and immaterial of humanity. So they are named on the list of

intangible cultural heritage. And no is to extraniar and it's no wonder. It's not

to wonder about it. It's not to be surprised. A ti too. So would you like to see

them too? A ti too. A t'a petece is a great word because you can use it for something

that you fancy doing. You've got a notion to do. Me appete to do. I fancy going to the cinema. If it's

so, no you can't lose the annual that's in Tarragona at the October.

So if that's the case, if that's the case, no you can't lose we've seen

that again. So you can't miss the annual competition or contest that's

in Tarragona which is celebrated or held in Taragona at Principios de October

At the beginning of October We previously heard in a previous text, at Finale's de Augusto, this is Principios de October. I wonder if you can remember how you say in the middle of the month. Annabel, help us.

A mediados, A mediados de. Very good. Okay, let's return to this text once more with Marina to listen through to the whole thing and see if you understand everything this time round. Here we go. TORES

If you are the pyramids humanas, you can't lose the castles. These constructions naced more 200 years in VALS,

a city of Tarragona. Tras a period of crisis, the castles renaciered in the year 20

with great vitality, so it so was so that they were so that they were

the rest of places Catalan-parlant, the Islas Balearens included. It's a castilloes of up to 10-pissos in those that participate in the women, women, and children. A person, despite that the castellers training during all the year, any person can help if form a part of the piña or base of the castel. This helps to discard part of the peso.

of this support the tronk which is the part visible in each piece there can be to one to five castellers

for ultimate in the high we can't we can't the pom de dalt coronado with the inshanetta that

is a a man who with the arm that is the final of the construction all this

all this is made at the rhythm of music traditional and and getting the trage of Castellier. This consists in pantalones blanks, camisetta that mustra the coja or group to which pertaince and a faja preferably black, that functioned as a support for the rest of Castellers.

The children, also, they've been a casco protector. For ultimate, a exception of those that conforms the piña, the castellers are descals

being a demonstration of a team and superation in 2010, the castles were named patrimonial

of the humanity, and not is to extraan to you also, you also, you can't

you can't you can't pervert the concurs annual that's celebrate in Tarragona at the beginning of October. Before we finish this lesson, we do have

time for a Ginda del Pestel. And as always, we say Al-Marina. What, Marina? Hello, very well. I'm phenomenal. You, how are you? Stigmore B, thanks. Parlem, parlem, let me speak some Catalan today.

Pogo, I'm a little. I'm a little. Okay, but you have an expression in Catalan today, no? Yes, we have a expression of origin

Catalan, which is Acer Pina. Okay, so Pina means pineapple and Acer Pina to make

pineapple or to do pineapple because you need that expression. Yes, it's very related with

the text that we've read today and has its origin in the castels. Okay,

so it's linked to the castels that we've been talking about in this episode. So let's find out more about this. That's, it has,

its origin, its origin, is directly related to with the culture Catalana. In the tradition Catalana,

as you know, of the castels are the Tours Humanas. And we've learned that the piña or piya

is the base of that tower human. Okay, so we have the pineapple,

literally, which is the base of the human tower and in Catalan has written P-I-N-Y-A and obviously in Spanish that would be P-I-N-Til-E-A-P-I-N-Til-E-A-Pinia the pineapple. Okay, so that's the literal idea of this being a pineapple at the very base of the tower. That's it. So if we think about the literal meaning, if you move it to a different context and you work

together to support something, anything, that's it. You're mainly working together towards a goal. Okay. So the Catalan version of this would be fed piña. Mm-hmm. And therefore in Spanish we have to do piña. That's exactly. So if we're doing a piya,

all we're all working together in order to obtain a common objective. Mm-hmm. That's an example, for favor. If we do, if we're all work in the same direction, we'll be able to solve the problem and we'll be able to work together. If we do our same direction and we work in the same

direction, solucionaremos the problem, we'll solve the problem and we'll be able to move forward. There's another expression, ser a piña, that's similar, isn't it? Yeah, it's really, similar. We just change the verb here and when you're describing a group of people that are a piña, so it's a group very well, that's a group very and that like there's a lot of solidarity, and they're also, they're doing, so could you

describe, for example, a family as a pinia? Yeah, you could say something like, that family is a piña and they're always they're always a union so that family is literally a pineapple they're very supportive of each other they always help each other and they support each other and they support one another

they're very united well I hope that here in coffee brick languages we're a piece of yes important We're both. We need to do a piya and be a pinia. Exactly.

Well, much thanks a like you. It's a pleasure. And after the next. After the next.

Well, yeah, for this episode. Annabel, much thanks thanks, like you. No,

thanks to you and thanks to you. And after the next. Adios.

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