Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Scenes 1.09 | Una visita de recuerdos

Episode Date: May 29, 2025

In Chapter 9 of Scenes, our course for intermediate Spanish learners, we return to Isabel’s café, where she welcomes a group of customers from a place that holds special meaning for her. ¿Te imaginas de dónde vienen?Join Mark and Pablo as they guide you through useful vocabulary and grammar while also introducing some of Spain’s most popular tapas. Along the way, you’ll continue expanding your knowledge and reinforcing key phrases in a fun and engaging way.Don’t miss this chance to improve your Spanish while discovering more about Spanish culture!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.

Sins from the Coffee Brick Spanish Cafe Lesson 9. Hello, all, and well, welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Paul. What, Paul? Hello, Mark. I'm sorry,

thank you. You, what are you? Well, maybe not as well as you, because you've just got to to be back in Spain, no?

Well, yeah, I'm going to enjoy the good time, the sun mehurtain, the sun Mediterranean. And the sea,

the playa in the playa no. Yes, so we're not going to the beach today.

We're not going to be doing anything like that, but we are going to be spending some time in our Coffee Break Spanish Cafe, we are following the adventures of all the people who come into the cafe, the people who work there, and of course, learning some Spanish as we call. That's, yes. So, we're going. So, then we're going to, as soon as soon as well, we'll hear of the language, then the words, the phrases, the vocabulary, and all of that.

What's going to be in this chapter? Perfect. Sounds genial? Well, we're going to do. Since from the Coffee Break Spanish Caffe, Capitulo 9 Today, Today the skylo

is very blue, although even it's fresh for the mornings. Every bit there more tourists for the zone, and the demand

of tortilla of potatoes still in the this time I've known to a group

of Italianos of the most adorable. It was only the 12 of the mediody when three parishes of recent jubilados have passed for the bar, asking for the celebre tortilla of potatoes

of Casa, Issa, and Manu. The Italian is my idioma favorite. I adore it'scucharlo, and the Italians are always so sympathetic that no I've could avoid

to talk about with long and tendido. Me have told that

they've visited the cathedral and have undurreado by the

castco historical from very so they're so they're

with enough for and to be one they're

one's and others service after to to end up with six pinches of tortilla, a rations of croquetteas,

and other of ensaladilla rusa, we've got to about the Italian and Spanish. They were marvellous for the the flavor and the

texture of the tortilla, so, me asked for the recet one of the women said that the most

important always was the cociner and I and I'm saying that I'd visit Italy, to cookenarles one day the tortilla

there. What was my surprise when when I discovered that they were Denardo? A little people of

Salento Italian, in the that I did my luna of my two years.

Gianni and Antonela, a pair Encounterer Encantador, me about the hotel of his Sobrino. So, I've got to

my mother, I've said to my marido that in August we should revivir our Luna of Miel.

Ohal, we can't do this story. I'm these coincidences that we're

that's different. Exactly. Okay, let's go back and we'll look at each sentence one by

one. And we start as usual with a bit of a weather update. Right, yeah, yeah.

Today, the sky is very blue, although it's fresh for

the manas. So today the sky is very blue. Today, the sky is very

blue. Although it's still cold for the mornings. Although it's

still cold in the mornings. Now, even in this first sentence,

we've got something interesting because we have an indicative, although

it is a words that we can use both with indicative, and it

can be a bit of a kebradero of a for the students, but, well,

in this case, we're using the indicative, because we're talking about a fact in

concrete. But if, for example, I'd say, although it's a time,

I'm always I'm in Manga Corte, something something that the

Scoceses, do Yeah, I think Pablo's describing me right now because he's in long sleeves. I'm in short sleeves and I wear short sleeves even if it is cold. And when it's even if, that's a subjunctive situation. But here it's even though or although it's still cool in the mornings. And as you said, it's a fact. Ace fresco for las mania. So even though it's still cold in the mornings, the sky is blue. Exactly. Very good. Every bit.

Every bit. Every bit, there's more tourists for the zone, and the demand of tortilla of potatoes still in augment. Mark, I have to ask, one thing,

the first of all. Okay. You are ceboyista or nocebollista? I'm sorry, Sebollister. It's curious, Mark, because if me

had you've asked a couple of years, I'd say that was nocebollist, but ultimately he's put putting

onion a potato. And I think it's more more hugousa, it's more rich, yeah. So this is of course this eternal question as to whether or not we should put onion in our tortilla de potatoes. I'm going to I'm changing of equipment. Anyway, so every

way there's more tourists for the area. So literally each time there are more tourists

in the area. But every just means it's a natural way of saying increasingly there are

more and more tourists in the area. Totally. And the demand of tortilla and the

demand for tortilla potatoes in a moment. It keeps increasing. It follows

in increase. Genial. This T'A this time I know a group of

Italians of the most adorable. What a nice structure here. De lo

most adorable. So this afternoon I met, I got to know,

a group of Italians, a group of Italians of the most adorable.

And they were of the most adorable kind. So that's why

the de is in there. of the most adorable they were of the most adorable count of Italians. And Mark, is very interesting

this structure because when we have of the most seguido of adjective, we have two options.

And one is to maintain the concordance of gender and number with the sustantive

anterior or simply maintain the adjective in singular

masculine. You'll give an example. A one one a movie of the most

different. it would be de lo more divertida or de lo more

divertido but both cases is lo mass it's not la mass yes

so is okay so that's important now if we come back to our

sentence this this this time this now Pablo here

Adorable is that referring to the group or the Italianos is

it's referring to the Italian okay so it's

an adorable group. And in this case, therefore, we couldn't have had Adorables because we're talking about the group, not the Italianos. So, very. It was just.

It was only the 12th of midi-day, when three parishes of recient jubilados passed on the bar asking for the celebre tortilla of patatas of Casa Issa and Manu. So,

they're just at least the day. It was barely noon when three parishes... when three couples of recently retired people and passed by the bar

can buy the bar pre-puntando for the celebre tortilla of Casasa and so they were asking about

or asking for the famous tortilla of the famous Spanish omelette of Casas and Manu

of the house. So we've got Celevere here that's Not the usual word for Femus. No, but it's not a similar. They're synonymous,

we're saying, the celebre tortilla or the famous tortilla. The celebre actor, the celebrate actress. So it is invalible. Yes. Let's continue.

The Italian is my idioma favorite. I adore to listen it, and the Italians are always so sympathetic that I've I've been

evite to talk with them long and tendido. Okay. So

El Italian is my idioma favorite language. Adoro listen to it. I love

listening to it, the low referring back to the Italian and the Italianos

are always so nice, so friendly that I don't have been able to

talk with them long and tendido. that I wasn't able to avoid, I couldn't help, but have a long, relaxed chat with them, long and tendido. Yeah, it's very well.

I mean, I love this expression, yeah. Me has told that they've visited the cathedral and have undurriedo for the streets of the casco historical, from very time. So, I mean, this was a new word for me. Andandurriar. It's a lovely word.

It's very curious because in my I'm from the zone I'm from the zone south-east of of Spain of Alicante say we're andorrear

andorreado is similar there's much variation in in about this verb also we could say

callegear it denot something similar but basically it's the idea of to kind of wander about the streets without having

any kind of fixed plan or anything like that Andurriar or Andorregea a callegear. Exactly. And the word

Calley is in there, of course. So, me they told me that they've visited the cathedral, but that they had visited the cathedral's that pluperfect, and have undurriedo by the calles

del casco historical, and they had been wandering around the streets of the old town from the bien temprano since quite early in the morning. So,

and that were coming literally with some hunger, with quite a bit of hunger. So they were quite hungry. Fabulous. For a better, one's pidged wine and others, Cerveza. So to drink some ordered wine and others beer. After to have done with six pinches of tortilla, a ration of croquettes and other of enslaidia rusa,

we're going to about to eat about food Italian and

Spaniola My my have chivado that you not you

don't do really the I'm to admit to

but maybe we're we're not the unsalad Russian

salad literally is not my favorite I have to see

but maybe I've had bad experience if you have to

get to Alicante and Murcia, and for you know it's a good. So a ensaladia rusa is basically

a salad a salad frie of potatoes with atune, webo duro and vegetables. Normally

can't zanoria, guisantes, some people put pimento. A me no me no me

got with a order of there. So it's basically a salad of potatoes and

vegetables so things like peas and carrots and peppers and chuna. Boil egg.

But for me, the key thing about the Ensaladilla Rusa is the mayonnaise. When there's much. But a good but a good saladia not should have enough mayonnaise. Of actually, no see

if you know, the tap, a mariner. It's typical of the area of Murcia. And a mariner is, it's,

it's, it's, it's, and they put on a little of ensaladilla and a anchoa. Ah, okay. And this with a can't

I'm already hungry by the looks of this sentence, but now you're making me even more hungry. So, despite to have done six pinches of tortilla, after finishing off six portions of tortilla, a portion of croquette,

well, croquettes, there's, there are croquettes of hamon or croquettes of pollo, or what he said. And other of Ensaladilla and Rusa, We started talking about food, Comedia Italian and Spanish food. Pablo, one question, what is the difference for our audience

between a pinch and a ration? Well, normally a pincho is individual and accompanies the beerbara. While a ration, for me, a ration, it's more grand, there's more quantity. So it's better to share.

For example, if you pizes a tap of calamaries, then you're going to put very poquitos, but if you say a ration, is more abundant. Perfecto. Okay, we're going to pause here, not because I need to go and make some food.

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we're talking of food. Yes, a me is trying a ambring, the

very let's get to see. They're marvellous for the flavor and

the texture of the tortilla. So they were amazed. They're amazed.

They're marvellous by the flavor and the texture of the texture of

the tortilla. So, me asked for the recipe. So the

asked me for the recipe. A quick question, could we have said here, so me piedieron the recipe? Yes, we could we say it, but maybe specifurian more than they're exactly the recipe. And if we said, we're asking, it's that they're asked, how you've done, but... Oh, okay. So when you're using pedir, you're almost asking for something to be given to you physical. Exactly. And if we had the recipe written down, then, yes, yes, we couldn't hand that over.

But here they're just asking about it. But both, both, both functions in here. One of the women said, that the most important always was the cociner. And, bromeo, saying,

that he'd be a visitar Italia for cookingles a day, the tortilla there. Okay, so one of the women, said that the most important thing, always was the cocinera. Was the cook.

And she joked, saying, that I should visit Italy for cocinarles one day the tortilla to, I should visit Italy one day to cook the tortilla for them there. Perfect.

Mark, very well. What was my surprise when I discovered that they were Denardot, a little Pueblo of Salento

Italian in the place my Luna of Miel has yeah more

of 25 years. Madre my What was my surprise

literally what was my surprise or imagine my surprise when I

discovered that they were from Nardot a little little little little

town in Italy's Salento region in that the of my

luna in which I spent my honeymoon yeah more than 25 years ago. More than

25 years ago. Janie and Antonela, a parochie and I talked about the hotel

of his so so today in when I got to my

marid that in August we're revivir our Luna of

Miel. So Janie and Antonella a a parochie a lovely

couple, me about the hotel of their nephew's hotel. So today,

in what I got to home, as soon as I got home, I said to

my marido, I said to my husband, that in August, that in August, we should

revivir our Luna of Mell. We should relive our honeymoon. in August, yeah.

Yes, yes. Quick question. In Quanto he got a case. So here we're seeing a perfect tense. Now, perhaps

in Latin America that would have been a preterate. However, the reason it's perfect here is because of that

oi that just came before. Exactly. It's linked to the present. It's something that happened in the very

recent past. We could also see in quanto with the preterate in other situations, particularly telling a story

in He got there, blah, blah, blah. There's a lot, blah. There's a lot. There's a lot, depending on the zone. In fact that both function are. And finally,

oh, halla, podamos to do it. Oh, ha, lovely word. Podamos to do it. And you'll notice that that's a subjunctive following.

Alerta. So I hope we can do it. Let's hope we can do it. Fingers crossed, we can do it. Ohla, sometimes quite tricky to translate just in this world. I never see how traducing it in English.

It's just that kind of idea of, oh, fingers crossed, we can do it. Hopefully we'll be able to do it. Well, very well, now we've gone through all of the language in it, look out for the things that we've discussed. Venga. Since from the Coffee Break Spanish Caffe, Capitulo 9. Today the skylo is very blue, although it's still fresh for the mornings.

Every there are more tourists for the zone, and the demand of tortilla

of potatoes still in a amount. This time

I know a group of the people of

the most adorable It were only the two

day when three three paris of three three

three has passed for the bar and by the celebrte tortilla of potatoes,

of Casa, Issa, and Manu. The Italian is my idioma favorite. I adore it to watch it, and the Italians are always so sympathetic that no I've been able to talk with them, large and tendido.

Me has told that they've been visited the cathedral, and have undurreated by the streets of the casco historic from very temprano, so they're with enough to bebe.

To bebe, one's they were one's pincers and others and then after after with six

pinchos of tortilla, a racion of croquette and other of ensaladilla rusa, we've

to talk to comeida, food Italian and Spanish. They're marvelliedos for the flavor and the texture of the tortilla.

So, so they're asked for the recipe. One of the women said that the most

important always was the cociner. And I bromeo saying that I should visit to

Italy to cook one day the tortilla there. What was my

surprise when I discovered that they were De Nardo? A

little people of the Salento Italian, in the I'm my

Luna of a year after yeah more than five

years. Gianni and An Anna, a great great

and they talked to the hotel of his

so so I have to I have said

to my my marido that in August we

should we have our luna of meal. Oh, that we

could do it. Well, that's all for today. Well, yeah,

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