Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Scenes 1.06 | La inquilina

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

In Chapter 6 of Scenes, our course for intermediate Spanish learners, we return to Isabel’s café and catch up with Elena, the new teacher we met in Chapter 3. ¿Cómo le va en su nuevo trabajo? ¿Ha encontrado ya piso?Join Mark and Pablo as they explore key phrases like cerquita, hoy en día, and cuesta arriba. Alongside these, you’ll continue expanding your vocabulary and reinforcing essential grammar in a natural, engaging way.Don’t miss this chance to improve your Spanish while following another chapter of Scenes!Click here to access the premium course of Scenes, which includes access to lesson notes, vocabulary lists, exercises, quizzes (and much more!) to check your understanding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since from the Coffee Brick Spanish Cafe, Chapter 6. Hello, all, and welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Paul? Otter again. Always, Pablo. What, Paul? Well, very, very, very, very, and you, Mark?

Very well, very content. And you're here in the studio with you. For example, a other episode? No, no, no. To do other episode. Very good. Very good. Oh, yo, yo, yo, yo.

We never see an other episode, another episode. So we're going to do another episode. since from the Coffee Brick Spanish Cafe, Pablo, us can't tell a little what has

happened in the last episode. Well, Isabel us about that group of that was

that were known in the university and, and, and, he was he was

that one of them was a she casable. Yes, and now are they are talking

of the vestidoes and all the organization of the Boda. I mean, I'm so I'm

so I'm so you. Yes, yes, in this chapter, we're going to find a

more people and to know more of what is going to what's going to the

text and then we'll discuss it and we'll listen to one more time. So,

we'll go to for it. Since from the Coffee Spanish

Cafe Capitulo 6. This This week, it's making a little cusp

up to be but today has been a mannice very beautiful. It's

free, but the the skylo is so that's so that

me to make to keep a positive. The

time has been quite quite quite but have

passed for the bar the clients the people

in the same they were Matti Jose, Francisco, and Antonio, jugging his partida of Domino

of the Miercoles, and commenting the situation political and economic of the country. When I've acercated to put the second round, Antonio me has

said how contentos that are with Elena. They're are felices to have alquilado the piece that they had for his

his, that he had to go out for work. The truth is that is a help that is an aid economic that they're very good, because

they're a little upurado's. Me has said that Margarita he has prepared some albondigas this morning,

and he has been to his house, for that the little that the young of

today come very bad. He has commented with tono paternal. I'm know that Elena also is very

content of having found a place that's a little the institute.

Also, all to have a family at his is

a the animo, and I've returned to house with a

very very very very. Oh, I'm really that's

to be that yeah come a little they're a

little I'm when I'm when I was in the university

I just lived at a mother and I

always me back I always tapers with the

super super mona. Okay well let's let's let's now and if

you want to start Pablo this this time this me is

making a little cost above but today the

day has been very beautiful so okay this is

a really nice phrase to start the chapter as

ever we're getting a little bit of weather forecast

or weather report in the beginning but there's a lovely

expression me I love this expression. To CASE Cuestrave a something, a lot of I mean me encrificeion that I use a much, and it's a question when

something, something costs a job, or because it's a pereza or because it's a task complicated. For example, if you're having a time difficult,

because you're much a job, we're saying, oh, this the semester it's a way

a way or in the college or in the signature it's me's

making cost so this questa Kesta feels as if it comes from

costar as in it costs cost a cost much but Questa actually is

unknown as well yes yeah yeah it's a steep street yeah

so like one a questa it's the kind of thing you would see in a little I don't know

I'm thinking of Fijiliana in the Malaga with a lot of with quests super empinadas lots of

narrow and steep streets so if you imagine the steep street that you're trying to go up

it's a hill it's almost like a vertical climb so I'm starting the week off

on a difficult footing something like that in this case she's starting the yeah

it's the week that she's starting this seman she's me's a

bit it's feeling tough for me okay But today the day

has A manniceido But today It was a nice start The day dawned very nicely Mm-hmm

It's Frio but the sky So so that so me anima

to maintain the positive So it's cold but the sky is

clear but the sky is clear so so that me anima

to maintain the positive So that animates me, encourages me to maintain the mind positive mindset and frame of mind. And I'm a love the expression. Me anima to maintain the mind positive because the verb, animar, we use a much. For example, you could ask,

or say, Mark, to be if you animas to carry a marathon, for example. Or something, or something. Or something that is what you're going. just, justly he's justamette I'm talking to

my Likewise, with the second one, no me animo, I'm not feeling like doing something. Exactly. But we can also have something else that animates us. So, for example, in the case of the text, El Fielo Despejado, le anima to Isabel. It encourages her, it pushes her to have a positive mindset. Exactly, Mar.

We have those two cases. That something or someone to anima to do. or that you do you do you do something. So it's the idea of something

or someone that pushes you to do something not in this physical sense but it encourages you to do something or the idea

where you push yourself to do something. Okay, let's continue on with the text. La Tarde has been quite quite tranquillah

but have passed by the bar the clientes habitual. Okay, so the afternoon

has been quite quiet, has been quite peaceful. But have passed for the bar those clients

habitual customers came through the bar they passed by the bar they came in. In his mesa of they were Mattias,

Jose, Francisco and Antonio playing his partida of the Miercolese and comment

the situation political and economic of the world today. But really is that

is what is what it You're in a bar. In their usual table, or in their table of always, they're Mattias, Jose, Frances, Frances, Frances, Frances, and Antonio. So, Mattias, Jose, Francisco, and Antonio, but in their usual table, playing their partida of domino.

Mark, you have you played to the dominion? Yes, much times. Well, when it was a young. But if you do it, or no? No, prefer to others. Yes, other things. So they were playing their game of Dominoes of, of the

a usual Wednesday game for them. I'm just a usual Wednesday game for them. I'm just those people are destined to do you. To play

to play the domino and commentando the situation political and economic of the

country. And so they were talking about commenting on the political and economic situation of

the country. When me I've to put the second Ronda

Antonio me has said what contentos that are

with Elena. Okay. Here we've got the contentos that are with Elena. Last time we saw the felices that are in the abuelas and the cansadas that are

in their kids. Okay. So, when me has acercated to put the second round, so when I approached, acercercer, and we've got the acercarse verb in the perfect tense here.

When me I've acercaid to put to them the second

round, to take them their second round of drinks or coffees or whatever it happens

to be. Antonio me had said me again, and I love that expression

to do that thing, what contentos that are with Elena. So

lo contentos the happy they are that they are with Elena. How happy they are with Elena. Now we've seen that exact construction in our previous episode where we were talking

about the older ladies who were very happy. Lo felices that were de ser abuelas. I think it was something like that. And so it's really nice seeing lo plus an adjective which has to agree with whoever we're talking about. Okay. They're happy to have Alquilado for fin the Piso that they

had to go out for their So they're happy They're happy They're They're

happy to have finally rented out the flat that they had for their

son that they had for their son that had to go out for work who had to

leave, go elsewhere for work. And if you remember a couple of episodes ago, this flat was being hired out by... Elena. Elena, clear. The is that I know that is

an aid economic that they're very well, because they're a little aburated. So the truth is, the truth is, the is, I know, that is an aid economic. It's a financial help. That's a financial help.

that they very which really suits them quite well because they're a little short. Yes,

they're a end of the maybe. Okay, so they are struggling a little to make it to the end of the

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Okay, so we're coming back to our text now, and we've just heard about the fact that it's quite useful that Elena is renting out the flat, the apartment, because it's quite useful for Antonio and Margarita, but they're loving it as well, aren't they? Yes, yes. So let's continue. me has said that Margarita

he has prepared some some this morning and he has

has been to be a house to be a lot my

becena my my back I had so so

so I'm so so you're always happy to take the

leftover the extra stuff yeah okay so so me

so this is Isabel talking he told me Antonio told me

that Margarita he has prepared some albondicas that Margarita had prepared some meatballs

albondigas lovely delicious meatballs for Elena this morning and he Antonio and he he

he has bagged to her he took them down to her to her house to her flat

yes Mark and here is going something Mark because we see

has has a to have been a Elena, and this C, for

supposed, is the pronoun of of a direct but that should be

le. There's I'm putting a proof. So if you do we

do dissection the phrase? Perfecto. So just a little explanation

in English. It's an interesting construction here because the C really in

normal circumstances would be Le but let's explain exactly how this is

happening in this phrase. Over to your paragraph. Okay, then

we're to start with Antonio has a bad had a

elena some let's let's first first a albondigas

okay so again in English Antonio took down some meatballs

to Elena and we're going to replace the meatballs first of

all with a pronoun then so so Antonio was

has had back to Elena so Antonio last

referring to las albondigas has abah took down a

Elena to Elena. Okay, so far so good. Pablo, can we now put

Las albondicas back into the sentence but this time replace a Elena. Claro. So,

then we're Antonio he has a bagado some some some albondicas.

Okay. And in this case, we would have previously mentioned who they were being

taken to. So Antonio took the meatballs to her. Of course, it's to a Elena.

That's but what happens when we're replacing both to Elena and the meatballs. Well,

Antonio Le, Lass has a badado and it's a little rare. Yeah, this Le, Las, it sounds heavy. Yeah, it's a nicer way to do it. So, so, we're doing it.

And C last just runs this together. It sounds so natural. Exactly. So, let's go through this again. Replacing the Almondigas, we do that with Lass. replacing, if we're only replacing Aelena, we can do that with Le.

However, when we replace both Aelena and the Almondigas, rather than saying le las, we make it Celas. It doesn't change the meaning. That say is not a new word or anything. That is simply making the le sound better. Okay. Can we do that once more, but not with albondigas

and not with Elena? So what if Isabel had prepared a coffee for Miguel? Isabel has prepared a coffee to Miguel. Okay. So that's the full sentence. Let's start replacing things. So if we're going to start by replacing the cafe. Venga, then we'd say, Isabel, it's prepared a Miguel. And the crucial thing is here we've already mentioned that cafe. It's already been discussed. We know that we can hear her making the coffee. So who has she prepared it for? Miguel.

So lo A prepared. So they're lo referring to the cafe. Exactly. Now, let's imagine we've already talked about Miguel. And what has she prepared for Miguel? An cafe. So we're,

Isabel Le has prepared a coffee. So the le there is the same regardless of whether it is to a male or a female, it's Le, Lea, lea prepared. If it were more than what,

person, less. And Antonio it would be less. Okay, so now what happens? Let's hear the listeners do this first of all.

So Isabel has prepared it for him. Pablo, how would we say it was so. Isabel

Se lo has prepared. So the C and the lo come before the verb and before the auxiliary verb too.

And the law is still standing for the cafe. And the C is replacing the le. Effectively, one final question

in this is that. We're probably taking it a little farther than we need. No, but these things are important. Yes, totally.

Totally of the accord. What if it were? Isabel told the ladies that she was going to close soon. Well,

it's about to say, to the people, so they were got, Isabel let's do

to the les a sennuars refers to the indirect element there so to them to the ladies that he was to cerra pronto no so here if we wanted to change

to take out the ladies we still need to keep in the less but if we wanted to replace all of that information that she was going to close soon if that's considered as one piece of information how would we say

Isabel told them it? Well, we'd say Isabel said we can add to the seora. And then we can add to

yeah. Isabel Se lo diho. She told them it. What was it? She told them. Which is that they were going

to close soon. Interesting stuff. Yes, okay. We've still got a little bit of the text to finish. So let's come back

to it now. So, So here, we've got Caliente, that the young of the young of

very man, has commented with tono paternal. Okay, so here we've got Antonio,

this is an Antonio's voice, for that the nina coma caliente. He's saying, the girls

should eat nice, warm food. That those young people today eat very badly. And then we've

got another one of those that's just sitting in there. It's kind of like a pork.

in this case. So, for that the nina coma why have we got this for the

subjunctive there? Because what we are saying is Antonio is that

that's doing that that the nina come a caliente

So the girl obviously she's a girl in comparison to them

she's a grown woman but but but for that

the nina coma is I'm doing this so that the

girl has something warm to exact so there

there's a change of subject And it was said in a tono paternal tone. And I like the expression, Comer Calient, that I think he's,

over the other than reference to what we say as a, a plate of a cupour. A plate of a cupola? A plato of a cuthara. Well, it's a guise more elaborated,

something, something that's made with more care care. That's more elaboration, that probably you've done

in house when was more small I think that's that's a idea that's

a thing that's a like a dish with you use a spoon to eat.

For example a a lot of a something something warm

and heart yeah exactly hearty me can't that adjective

in English okay good let's continue I see that

I'm that was have encountered a a piece so I know that Elena is also very happy.

I know that Elena also very content of to have encountered a place so she's very happy to have found

a flat or an apartment tan the near the institute so close to the college,

to the school. Cerkita? Why not? Just that's just close? So,

it's a super, super super like in a ton of, to adder like, more carini, a little, something,

a little, something, it could be very close, or it could just be like, so nice and close to the school.

Also, al-tener a family a lejos, Antonio and Margarita are a great support

for her, because she has that there someone that's more, another,

as there's a family lejos, and this is this idea of Al plus the

infinitive, but it's not just on doing something. In this case, it's more the fact that her family are far away, given that her family are far away, Antonio and Margarita are a great support for her. They are a great support for her, because she feels that there's someone close by, that she's someone close by, who's worried about her, who's looking after her.

Quick question, Pablo. we've got, al-tener a family lejos. There's not a specific person.

I know if it were Al-tener a son marido lejas or whatever, then there would be a specific

person involved but family I guess is a group of people. So do we use the person

there as well? Yes, and no, Mark, because, for example, I could say,

I'm my my house, but if I do I, I, have a my

my friends for if I need to get a question so I'm exactly

so it's more a emotion to the thing yeah

there's you're showing that you know that that person or those

people are going to be there for you need you have got

your family close by is because you've got

your family close that again again it's the

intonation your family okay so let's continue one

more phrase to go through Venga. After to hear the

word is that I have changed the animo and I have returned

to a good so after listening to Antonio's after to hear

the words the truth is that me changed my

mood and I went to back a house and I went

home with a very nice feeling a pleasant feeling inside

And Mark, I'm I'm thinking in the word of the beginning of the chapter. We were talking

about the animar verb for animars. Yes, yes, and I was thinking when we used

this verb and this word and also I'm thinking in the expression, much

animo or animo that we do we do to say so much

that something very very very util that one A word is super useful.

Okay. Let's see if you can spot these animarsse and animar and animo in the reading of the text as we go through it one last time. Sins from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe, Capitulo 6. This semester is me is doing a little custer-riva. But today has amazed very beautiful. It's free. But the sky is still is dispejado. so that so me

anima to maintain the mind positive. The time has been

quite quite but have passed for the bar the

clients the in their mess of always were

Mattias Jose and Francisco and Antonio and playing

his part the partida of the Merc and

commenting the situation political and economic of the

When I've acercated to put them the second Ronda, Antonio me has also

to say the contentos that are with Elena. They're

are having alquilated the piece that they were for their his

that he had to go work the the fact

is that is that is an help that is very

very because they're a little apurated. Me has

said that Margarita he has prepared some some bongedges this morning and he has been to have

to be to the little that the young that the young they're

very very much has commented with ton of paternal I

know I'm that she she she have encountered

a a piece so that the Institute. Also,

all to have a family and Margarita are a great support for

her, because he's there's there's there. After to

hear the words of Antonio, the is that has changed

the time, and I have brought to a house

a very very great that's it for chapter six of our course and we hope that you're enjoying this of course if you would like to get more out of it and you're already using our premium version then you can work through the lesson notes the vocabulary and the exercises to help you practice everything that you've learned and don't forget those spotlight videos too which will help you take things a little further

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