Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Travel Diaries 2.05 | Titicaca y las islas flotantes

Episode Date: May 20, 2021

In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries Season 2, we join Ainhoa, Luisa and Esteban on the next stop of their trip - Lago Titicaca, one of South America's largest lakes. As the trio explore Taquile Island, our hosts, Mark and Marina, delve into the language used in Ainhoa's diary entry, pointing out examples of the preterite and imperfect tense along the way.Our premium version includes lesson notes with additional examples and explanations of the language in each lesson, and a pronunciation practice video to help you improve your speaking. Click here to access the course on the Coffee Break Academy.At Coffee Break Spanish we provide content for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners, along with regular mini lessons on social media. Visit coffeebreakspanish.com for all the information you need to build your confidence in Spanish, whatever your level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Bricks Spanish Travel Diaries, Season 2, Episode 5. Hello, other day, and welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Marina. Hello, how are you? How are you? Very well, thank you. We hope that you are all very well, too.

We are traveling today to Lake Titicaca in Peru. Well, it's actually a lake that spans the border between Peru. and Bolivia and we're following the adventures of our three friends, Ainoa, Luisa and Esteban, as they travel around this area. Now, last time they were in Machu Picchu and we learned some interesting expressions as we read Aynoa's diary and we'll be doing the same again today. As usual, we will listen to the diary entry that Ainoa has written and then we'll talk about the language contained. So, Marina, we'll start. Yes, we're going to start.

Ace three days we came out of Cusco and our next parted was the Lago Titika so we

decided hospered in Puno we're we're a about 3,800

meters over the level of the but none no one

seemed suffer mal of I I had especially

I especially guys to see the Lago. They're Islas Artificial Aitias

with Totora. I'm really because we're doing we're about the customaries

of the Islas. It was genial, and we got we're we're

we're a horn, tortilla of potatoes with bread and guise

of chunio. At the principle we we're we we're

we're we're we're a type of patata and was to chupers the deados.

In the Isla of Taquille we'd have to get some six hundred six peldanios to get to the people. From the

high, we did we've a photo with the Lago of Fondo. Luisa insisted

about in making a photo to Esteban and to me, and not me

surprised when he passed the armes in PUNo we We visited the fairie artisanal and we

We've got some manualities. Also, we've got back through the cathedral and we sublims Al-Mirador The Condor. What adventure! Excellent. Another very interesting day of travel and experiences for our three friends.

Marina, shall we go back through the text and talk about what's there? Yes, let's start reading. So, after three days We came And our next Parada was the Lago

Tittikaka So we decided Ospedarno In Puno Okay, so Ace three days ago We left Cusco We came out of Cusco

So our friends came down from Machu Picchu Return to Cusco And then we're joining them Three days later For their next Parada

The Sliqente Parada, the next stop. So I know it says, Nuestra Siliente Parada was Lake Titicaca. So it was leaked Titicaca. So we decided to stay. Hospedarsse is a reflexive verb,

meaning to lodge or to stay in a particular place. So Puno is a town on the shores of Lago Tidicaca. Marina, you know, can't say about the Lago Tittikaga? Well,

a data very interesting is that it's the the Lago the Lago Mavable

more the world or that's more elevated. Okay, so the Lago

Tittikaka is a navigable lake and is the most alto of the

world. It's the highest one in the world. We're very good to find

out exactly how high it is in the next sentence. We're at a something more of 3,800

meters over the level of the but no no did

suffer mal of the altitude We're a something

more of 3,000 800 meters over the level so we were a little

more than 3,800 meters above sea level However, one thing we've got

to be careful of here is this ah we're we're a more

of 3,000 800 meters because in English we just say we were 3,800 meters above sea level but in Spanish when you're using any kind of distance like that be it up the way or along the way you need to say ah

for example Marina how would we say the market is two kilometers from my house So there we've got So there we've got, It's a two kilometers How would we say the office is 10 minutes from home?

The officeina is a 10 minutes of So each time we need an A in there That's important Okay, so they were 3,800 meters Above sea level, but none no one, none of us, seemed to suffer from altitude sickness.

I had especially ganas to beers the islands flotantes of the lake. Okay, so I had a particular desire to see. I was really looking forward to seeing the islands of the lake. Right. Now this is a new word for me, Totora. It's not something that I'm very particularly familiar with. So these are the floating islands and they are artificial islands made with Totora. I'm I'm not I know this because it's

a plant aquatic that's in the surface of this lake of the lake

titicaca so only they know this this is Totora it's I think

we could translate it into English as bullrush or cat tail but I am

not very well up in these things so if you know more than this about this then please let us know.

But when you look up the information about Lake Titicaca, the details will talk about dried Totora reeds. So it's reeds that are used to make these artificial islands, Totora, bullrush or cat tail apparently. Me encanted the experience, So, because we could and we're about the

customs of the islands. It was genial, and we'll come back to that last bit in a moment, but me enchanted the experience. I loved the experience that enchanted me literally. So everything because we were able to dance, we couldimos

to be able to dance. That's power in the preterate. So it wasn't an ongoing thing every time they went there they were able to dance. It was on that occasion. They went there and they got the opportunity to dance. And we know of the costumbras of the islas. And they spoke to us, the people there, about the costumes, the customs of the islands.

It was fantastic and we ate even better. Tomamos truches al or no. Tortilla of potatoes with with verdura and guiso de chuno. Right, so we've got some more food here. I was missing the food last time.

We didn't have much food in Matsu Picchu. But here we've got some interesting things. We've got trucha, which is trout al-Orno, which is trout baked in the oven. We also have tortilla

of potatoes with verdura. So there we have tortilla, presumably similar to the the tortilla we're used to eating in Spain. But this one is con verdura with vegetables. And guiso de chunio, so this is some kind of cassero or a

stew made of chunio. Now, let's not explain chunio yet because in fact I know it goes on to explain a little bit about what chunio is. At the principle, we're not we're we're not

we know we're a chunio, but is a type of potato, and And it was to chuparse the deados. Okay, a fantastic expression here. At the beginning, we were scared, we got afraid,

asustarse, because we know what Junio was. But it's a type of potato. It's a type of potato. And it was for to suck your finger. And literally, it was for to suck your finger. So to lick your fingers, it was finger-licking good, basically.

It was absolutely delicious. So Chuneo, Marina, what did you find out about Chuneo? Chouinue is a potato. Okay, so I think we call this in English, freeze-dried potato. And, well, and the expression, to me encapped, the deados. It's very, very literal. It's like very expressive expression there.

Tuparse those deados. You would never personalize that. If you're

talking about I wanted to lick my fingers, you would never say and it was never say,

yeah, because it's like the thing that you're eating the food is to try to

chuparse those deados. Yeah, so it's that we're talking about something in general.

Very well. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment to continue the remainder of this

text, but all this food's talk has meet me want to have a little break and maybe get something to eat myself. I'll start into a morato.

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Welcome back. We are in Lagittikaka today, and we are following our adventures of our friends, so let's continue on with our text. In the Isla of Taquille, we've got to be about 560 peldaños to get to the people.

Okay, so perdaño may be a new way. word here. And Pellanyu can mean either a stair or a step of a stairway or it can also mean the wrong of a ladder. But in

Spanish, we'll say the same thing for those two things, no? One escalera? In Spanish, we have a ladder and a scaleer for staircase or stairs. Always equal. Escalera and escalera. And the stair, like the step

you take, is called peldaio or escalon. In this case could say escalon in the place per dieuels. Very well. So each step would be an escalon or a peldaño and interestingly that would be

the same word for the wrong of a ladder. So a per diegno can still be used as the wrong of a ladder as can escalon because there's no difference between a ladder and a staircase in Spanish. So in the Isla of Daquille we had to

subi 150 peldae for the island of Taquille we had to go up

some five hundred and sixty steps in order to reach the village from the high

we did a photo with the lake so from up there from the height we took a

photo we took a photo of ourselves with the lake and the background, they fondo in the background. Luisa insistio about in

making a photo a Esteban and a me together and no me surprised when me passed the brazo for the arms. Right. So we've got Louisa is

insisting. Well, she insisted quite a bit in a photo to Esteban and me on taking a photo of Esteban and me. So I think she's doing a little bit of matchmaking here. And no me sorprendi

when me passed the brazo por los omros. Let's think carefully about this. No me

sorprendi it didn't surprise me when me passed the brazo for the arms.

Obviously here we're talking about Esteban, not Louisa. So again, we're taking it from the

context there. We could have said, and no me surprised when Esteban me passed the

brazo for those to give a little more information there. But we still understand

it from the context. So I know it wasn't surprised when Esteban literally passed the arm over her shoulders. He put his arm around her for the photo. In Puno, visitamos la Feria Artisanal and we compriseal. Okay, so in Puno, visitamos, we visited La Feria Artisanal. That's like a craft. fair, a craft market kind of thing.

And we've some manualities. So manualities, basically things made with your hands, handicrafts or crafts. So they bought some craft things. Also, we've seen the cathedral and subimus

al-mirator the condor. What adventure. So we also saw the cathedral, also saw the cathedral, also saw the cathedral, and we subimus to the minador El Condor and we went up

to the El Condor viewpoint what an adventure. Very well okay as ever

because we're talking in the past we've seen lots of preterate tenses and this is the tense that we

use for events that are happening in the past narrative events in the past so as we listen again

what I'd like you to do is listen out for these preterate tenses as well as

the things that we've spoken about so let's take another listen to this text Ace three days

we came we're and our next parted was the lake titicaca

so we're we're we're we're we're about about

three eight meters over the level of but

none one didn't seem not I I had

especially going to see the islands the Lago.

They're Islas Artificial Echats with Totora. I'm Encant-O- the experience, especially because

we've played and we're about the the customs of the Islas. It was

genial, and we got we we're we're we're not a horn, tortilla

of potatoes with bread and guise of chunio. At the

It was to chupers the deados. In the Isla of Taquille we had to get some six hundred six peldaeons

to get to the people. From the high, we did a photo with the lake of

the fombo. Luisa insisted about in to make a photo to

Esteban and me, and not me surprised when me

passed the brazo on the SOMBORS. In Puno, we

visit the Ferry Artisanal and we found some manualities. Also we've seen the cathedral and

sub we see to The Condor. What adventure! Just before we finished,

I wanted to ask you a question. Do you know anything about El Mirador El Condor?

Well, I've never been to Puno unfortunately, so I don't really very much,

but I'm sure you have something to share. Yeah, I've been watching some pictures of the place

and it's amazing because it has like a huge monument of a condor it's like 11 meters big. Wow. So a condor enormous of 11 meters just on the mirador. Very interesting

well, perfecto. Again if you've been there, let us know we'd love to hear your stories of your visits to these interesting places. Of course, this is just part of the story, we will also be making available all of our lesson notes for each of the lessons. And these include the text themselves, further explanations, and also more examples of the

vocabulary used. And we've also got the video version of each lesson, which will let you practice your pronunciation as you read along with Ainoa. And you can find all of that at coffeebreakacademy.com. As usual, would like to remind you that you can follow the adventures of Ainoa, Louis and Esteban on our Instagram account where we are posting photos of each of the locations they visit. Just search for coffee break languages on Instagram. Well, very well, we're going to be able to the same day with another episode. And in the episode number six, they're in the path.

So a change of a country, they're going to Olivia. Yeah, now we're going to a cross a frontier and know a country new. Perfect, then until very pronto. Until pretty. You have been listening

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