Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Scenes 1.03 | Sustituta busca piso

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

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Sins from the Coffee Brick Spanish Cafe, Lesson 3. Hello, and welcome to other episode of Sins. I'm Pablo, and I'm here today with Mark. Hello, Mark. Hello, Pablo, what tell? I'm very well. I'm very, phenomenal.

Very well, with much ganas, I, of know what what happened in this episode of Sins. We're going to be looking at another scene from our cafe today. Some of our characters will return in future scenes, of course, but of course will also be meeting. in new characters. So I'm looking forward to see who comes into the cafe today. Well, see. We're going to see. As soon, we're going to the text, first. Then, we'll hear about the grammatica,

of the vocabulary that there in the text, and at final, we'll never even. Perfect. Well, we're going to start. Since from the coffee break Spanish Cafe, Capitulo 3. What day so feo. No me

doesn't nothing the jubia nor the days grises.

This morning I had had before that had

to go to have to I know to

I'm when I got over the seven the

of the morning I was I was all trying all for the first coffees, when

entered a young of some 30 years. Heavable a mochilla of the pail marron and a carpeta maria in the man. The poor was impapada. She sented in the barra, and me paid a coffee with leech and a half-tosted with Aceite and Tomate. Pusto that

eligued the barra, I think that I'd to talk to get a so I'm so I'm not

he'd he'd he's I'm the accent I'm that it was a

name was Elena he was to get to a back to

a back of the He's professor of language Spanish and literature, and in his eyes I could see the mix of illusion

and insecurity of the first times. AUN not has started to do classes, but he's looking

PISO for the and has been to know a professor to the to do you

to ask to make a and organize well it. It seems very

good, Chica. He had done the telephone of Margarita, the

woman of Antonio, that I'm that I know a

little a place on the place, and that he

very very to get a person to get

a very and to get to to have

a professor a young al the piece Okay.

Another weather report to begin with. Yes, yeah. Let's take a look at it. What day tan feo. No me gustav. No me gustav. Nothing. La jubia

grises. Okay, so, What an ugly day. What a horrible day. We can use feo. Normally we would use feo. Well, hopefully we wouldn't use Feo too often when we're talking to people,

but it means ugly. We could say, K day tan bonito. Effectively. And then we've got an interesting thing because I've got a question about this. A ver, I mean, I don't me just a nothing, the juvia, ni los dees grises.

Okay, so I understand what it means. I don't like at all the rain or grade A's. However, we've got two things here. Yes, two elements. So why are we using a singular verb? No me gusta nothing. Well, very good question. And both are both,

are correct as both using the word in singular as as a

plural would be totally correct to say I'm don't like

nothing the the jubia and the days but but

is really that it at the time it's more

natural to use the singular because really at sometimes

we we know we know so so so

so probably probably probably I personally I think I'm

much I'm like nothing the jubia and the years

maybe if it would have to be to give it I'm not much

nothing so if we're writing this obvious it's a written text in this

sense but both would work so if we're writing it theoretically

gustan would be perhaps better but if we're speaking it

then probably we would say because as you said we don't

know what's coming next and the what that what it's the conjunction

ni that's in any that in any in any other context, there would have

concordance of the number. And if it were positive, let's say you were saying I really like

both the rain and grey days. I like the years, or me are the

jubia and the years grises, no, me just a love the years

okay, okay. But if for example, we were saying I don't know, I don't know, me

I don't know, the traditions Spanish. It's only one element, well, the traditions, but only an

element in plural, then there is a word in plural. Very good. Okay, we're going. Very well.

This morning I've got before that Manuel, that had to go to talk with some

the provedores. Okay, so this is someone new, Manuel. Yes, who is this, this,

Chico? Okay, well, it seems that Manuel has got something to with the running of the establishment,

the local. Yes, is the socio of Isabel, and together regentan the bar.

So they manage the part together. He's the business partner. So this morning I have

arrived before Manuel. He had to go and talk to go and speak to some

provider, some, what's the word that we use? Suppliers. Suppliers. That's the word

we use, thank you. Quick question. This morning I've arrived before we use before that and when do we use an before de

could we have said I've said, I've yet yet before de Manuel. If we had said

before that was before that Manuel or before that Manuel get a

we're we're conjugating the phrase entire with then

so we need we we need to okay because I'm used

to see obviously before of do a so there we've got antes de plus

a verb in the infinitive in that situation however what you're suggesting is that in that

situation because we've got two different people arriving we would actually need an imperfect subjunctive

an before that Manuel lleggera and that's when we need the de and the

yeah for example he yeah yeah he's before you you

get us okay good right so Manuel's off to speak to the suppliers.

Very well. And it was you're living a canteros when I went to get over the seven minus

quarter of the morning. Wow. So, it was yojending a can't a can't

a lot of time. It was absolutely pouring when when I came over the

seven minus quarter. Also, we know, it's getting to maras.

So it was raining seas. What is a can't a can't a can't

is like a recipient of water, normally of porcelana with a jarra in a side. So it's like a jug.

So it's raining jugs of water. Exactly. So it was pouring when I arrived about 6.45, quarter to seven in the morning. Perfect. I was putting the oranges in the machine to make sumo and preparing all for the first coffees

when it was a young of those 30 years. Okay. So, so first of all, what was our narrator doing? I'm just-annibal the marinergues in the machine to make sum. So this is one of these just-making machines. I can see it

with the curved sort of cage where the oranges go to make the oranges. Also, I mean, we're going to say, the machine exprimidora, I'm okay. Okay. Okay. And preparing

everything ready for the first coffees that were going to be made. When Entro a young woman of around 30 years arrived

or entered. And here we have the example of something that was going in the past,

an action continual in the past that is interrupied for another. Exactly. So we've

got the imperfect tense interrupted by the preterate here, when

entered. And also we the word a That is an adjective, that's a adjective nominalized. Nominalized.

I can't say that. Nominalized. Effectively. Okay. Very well. Hevaba a mochilla of pale marron and a carpet a marilla in the man. The poor was impapada.

Okay. So she was carrying a mochila of pale marron, a brown leather bag, a rock sack. Yes. And a carpeta. Amarilla in the man and a yellow folder in her hand Yeah. Interesting. Okay.

La Pobre was absolutely drenched, soaked to the skin. And here we another example of an adjective nominalized, La Pover. Yeah, the poor thing. And empapada,

me enchanted this word, Mark. What does it come from? Del verb empapar, which is... That's like when you you dunk bread in a sauce.

And very interesting, Mark, also has a form reflexive empapar to be something that means to study

much about something or learn much about a time in concrete me go to be

a culture Scocesa so that's like when you swamp yourself and something

nice excellent that's a new one for me good good good she sent

in the bar and me he said a coffee with and made

a toastada with with tomato so so she sat down at the bar,

and she said a down at the bar, and she asked a white coffee. It's not just a white coffee, but it's a delicious coffee con lezzi. And media toastada with a ceite and tomato and a half a portion of a piece of toast with olive oil and tomato. And it's kind of like crushed tomato. And it's absolutely delicious. Yes, yeah. And, also, me is to recording to my parents,

because they are the typical that always they're always they're sitting in the bar of the bar. They're very good. Perfect. Pusto because he

he he's got to talk with a so I'm so that was a really good

piece of advice for anyone thinking they they want to practice a Spanish totally so sit at the bar and someone

will talk to you absolutely yeah and what we're talking about here is a bar as in it's like a higher

seating area with stools. Not really a bar where necessarily you would be served a drink, but in this kind of cafe scenario, you would sit at the bar and you'll be served. We'll again again, we'll be served. We'll again. That's not so beerbidas,

as food, as, as things dulces. Exactly. Very well. Okay. So, given that she sat down at the bar, I understood, that I wanted to speak to someone. So, so, given that she

so I asked her how she was. Okay, we'll find out how she was in just a moment. We'll be back soon. In each episode of the scenes from the Coffee Break Cafe podcast, you'll enjoy listening to the story and our discussion of keywords and phrases from each chapter. But what if you could explore the language even further and take your learning to the next level?

That's where the Sine's online course comes in. For every chapter, you'll get comprehensive lesson notes, a video version of the reading, exercises, vocabulary, and even spotlight videos that help break down the key expressions and grammar points with additional examples. It's the perfect way to deepen your understanding and get even more from the story. To access this wealth of learning resources, visit coffeebreaklanguages.com slash scenes. Okay, so we've got this new person visiting the bar today, a young woman who is

while she's carrying a yellow folder and she's got a brown leather rucks in. Yes, a little mysterious all. Let's find out. For el acento, I know that was okay.

So por el acento. We always think of poor immediately as meaning for. It's like one of those two words that mean four, but very often poor doesn't mean for.

No, and here is one of those cases. Exactly. So because of or maybe even from or by Indica Causa

in this case Exactly yeah so because of her accent Savia that no

era of here I knew that she wasn't from here and what's interesting

here is that we've got two verbs and they're both imperfects

they could potentially both be in the third person but we know from the

context from the narrator they're saying I knew that she wasn't

from here. If the narrator really wanted to reinforce this, I knew that she was actually, yeah. Effectively, yeah. His name was Elena. Acaba to get to cover a back of maternity

in the institute of the other. Okay. So, her name was Elena. Her name was Elena. Uh-huh. Acaba to get to cover a back of maternity. So she has just arrived,

to cover a maternity leave in the institute at the school next door. And here also we'd say a baga for maternity

or one more indicating the cause of the cause of the so a bag on its own we're talking about a bag of maternity

but how would you translate Baja on its own in this case is a maternity leave Leave, yeah, okay. So it's leave and therefore it could be a sickness leave, a what we're saying, but a sickness leave. Ava for a disease. Okay, so, and there we've got another port.

Exactly. Good. Let's continue. It's professor of language, and literature. And in his eyes, I could have the mix of illusion and insecurity of the first places. So, it's professor of

language, Spanish, and literature. She is a teacher of Spanish language and literature. Interesting. The Lengua Española and Literature, not de Lengue and Literature Spanuala. Also, both would work. I suppose here perhaps it's not just Spanish literature. It's maybe literature from other places too.

And in her eyes, I was able to see, kind of at that moment, I was able to see the mechla of illusion, the mix of excitement and insecurity of the first

times or the first experiences of or that kind of new job situation. Yes, effectively. Okay. Aun

not has been to do classes, but he's looking a piece for the barrio. Okay. So,

even no has started to give classes so she's not yet started to literally to give

classes to teach but he's looking for the bario but she's looking for a flat in the

area of the neighborhood and here the por indicates around or long and has

been to know to know a professor to the professor's to put to

and organize well. This is interesting, okay. And he has come to, I guess, to meet the teacher, to laque va a sustitur that she is going to substitute, to replace

to pay her for advice, and to get organized, and to get organized. Let's come back to a lae to substitute. Can we break that down and think more? How would you say, I am going to substitute the teacher? I'm going to substitute a professor.

So we need the a, and there because the professor is a person. It's a personal, a personal a. So, boy to substitute a professor. So the teacher. A. A who? A who? A what?

A what? So we could say the professor to who go to student? Okay, that's good to know. Very well. Okay. She seems a really nice girl.

He has done the telephone of Margarita, the woman of Antonio, that's say that alquilaba a piece in the block of in front just below of her house.

Okay, right. So, Le had done the telephone of Margarita. I gave her Margarita's phone number. The Mugher de Antonio. So Margarita is the wife of Antonio. We've met Antonio before.

Playing cards. One of the Chicoes de Oro. Yes. That's say that alkylava a piece in the block of the infreente. So we're talking about

Margarita. Who I know is renting a flat in the block of flats opposite. just deyajo her house. The seke in there throws us a little

because it doesn't seem to work in but actually in English we do exactly the same thing. Oh, I know that something is the case, yeah. Exactly. Seguro that he has been bien to have close to this pair of anciano's so enchantadores and to them

she's like to have a professor a young alkylans the

house okay quite a long sentence there so I'm so

I'm sure that. Like, it's funny because she's not saying I'm sure that but surely. But it's what what I want to say

really. Seguro okay. It's so common. Seguro okay. And then following it with whatever the statement is. Le vien and it's near

this parche. So surely it will do her good to have that pair of delightful older people nearby.

And to them they'll be a a professor a young and to them it will

enchant having a young teacher alkylantoles the place from them. So they'll be

delighted to have a young teacher I'm when it does literally because I think it

helps in in in the structure without sure. And I can't

the expression to and here we don't with the pronoun

of the problem of a complement indirecte he Vienne

bien. For example, you could ask Mark, you know that we're

going to make him yeah. Well, does it suit you? Does that, would that

be good for you? Yes, exactly. Also, also. We can say, we're mean,

yeah. It's not good for me. No, no. Okay. And Encanador is the same

is linked to me Encanta and so and I just think it's a lovely word because

it does have this enchanting meaning, But obviously that's taking it a little further in English than just Encanar. Very well. Well, well, well, we know a other person of the story,

to Elena. Well, yeah, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see it. We'll see it again to the whole text. And then hopefully now everything will make sense. Since from the coffee break Spanish Caffe, Capitulo 3.

What day too No me doesn't nothing the jubia nor

the days grises this morning I've had before Manuel

that had to go to talk with some I

was I know to can't when I get

over the seven the four of the man

I was I was the naranjas in the machine to doom, and preparing all for the first coffees,

when he went to a young of those 30 years. Heavable a mochila of the pail marron, and a carpetta amarilla in the man. The poor was impaped! She sent to in the barra

and me paid a coffee with leech and a half-tosted with aceite and tomato. Pusto that eligued the barra, I think that I'm so I'm

so I'm that he was the I'm for the accent I'm he's

his name was Elena he was to get to a back of

a maternity in the institute to the school and

she's a teacher and in his eyes I'm see the mix of illusion and insecurity of the first

times. Aung no has started to do classes, but he's looking Piso for the and has been to know a professor to the professor, to that he's a substitute, to ask her a good, and

organize us very good, sheka. He has given the telephone of Margarita, the woman of Antonio, that I know that alquilable a piece in the block of the infrente,

just below of his house. Seguroo that it's good to this pair of ancianos so encantadores

and to them to get a professor a young, alquilandoles the piece. Well,

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