Coffee Break Spanish - Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 204

Episode Date: June 1, 2013

Welcome to this latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode:Alba asks, ¿cómo te describiría tu mejor amigo o amiga? – how would your best friend describe you?Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Machu Picchu in Peru;and JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Ezgi who is curious about how best to translate “to love” in its many uses into Spanish.This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio materials, you can access the premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine in the Coffee Break Academy.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, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.You can also check out our Coffee Break Spanish Twitter page and the Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the free edition of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine. It's the 29th of May 2013. You're listening to the Coffee Break Spanish. You're listening to the Coffee Break Spanish magazine. My name is Mark, and I'm your host for the show. In this week's episode, Alba's question to her interviewees on the streets of Barcelona is, How would your best friend describe you? An interesting question indeed, especially for practicing adjectives.

I'm joining Fernanda on a trip to Macho Picho in Peru. And JP and Naili are answering a listener's question about how best to translate to love into Spanish. All this and more on this week's episode of... Well, as always, the first part of the art of the radio. It's the interviews in the streets of Barcelona with Alba. And today, we're going to practice the adjectives. Vena, Alva, tell us what is your question of the day. The question of today is,

How would you describe your So this week's question is How would you describe your best friend or a friend? So how would your best friend, male or female, describe you? How would they describe you?

Describeria the conditional tense. Like, alegre, sympathetic, honest and a person very direct. Sympatica, I'm a good, I'd like I'd I'd like my

my best friend would me describe it as a person constant and a peabotta. Well, I know, I imagine that's leal in quite to the secrets and confessions of amigas, and no, I don't know, a

little more. I think I'd say that I'm very rabious, that I'm, I'm, I'm very bad temperament but that I always I'm there when you

need. I'm a person honrada, I'm very amistoso, very carino and a bit serious

when there to be a lot. So another collection of interesting responses from our interviewees

in Barcelona. So it's time now to have a listen to the answers and of course after we hear them we'll discuss

them in some detail. Let's listen to our first interviewee now. So four adjectives in this description So how are you And alexer means cheerful, happy, simpatico, nice

Honesto, honest And a person very directa So how would you translate And a person very directa well, it would be a very direct person. Let's go on and listen to our second interviewee, who it was a little girl. Sympatica, ale, that I'll help.

The first two words are straightforward, Sympatica, alegr, although she runs them both together, simpatica allegre, so nice and cheerful. And then she says, that I help her. So, that I help her in this situation.

Let's listen to our third response. Well, my my best friend me describe it as a person constant and a cabesota. So this lady is saying that her friends would

describe her as being persevering, as tenacious, but also quite stubborn, cabizota. The next answer is slightly less succinct. Let's have a listen.

Well, no I imagine that real in quanto to those secretos and confessions of amigas. And, no see, a little more.

Now, while it's perhaps a little more difficult to understand an answer, which is not as succinct as the previous one, this answer does give us ideas that we can use if we had asked

something that we don't know the answer to. so we can use some of these expressions to fill in the blanks while we're thinking up an answer. So this lady is saying that she imagines that her friend would describe her as loyal in terms of keeping secrets between her and her friends. Our next interviewee uses a word that's linked to the word ravia. Ravia is anger or fury. And it's quite a strong word. It's sort of foaming at the mouth anger like a rabid dog.

we use the same word in or a linked word in English. However, he uses the word rabioso. Let's listen to the response. I think I'd say that I'm very rabioso, that I'm very mal temperamento, but that's always I'm there when it needs. So this man is generally

quite an angry person, a grumpy person, perhaps. At least that's how he thinks his friends see him. But there is a better, her sight. He is always there when he needs to be, when his friends need him. Let's listen to our final interviewee. So he's a person honrara, I'm very amistoso, very carinoosso, and a little serio when there to be so he is respectful, he's caring and affectionate, and he's friendly.

But he also says, and a poco serio, when do Ike serlo. and a bit serious when I need to be. Okay, let's listen once more to all our responses. The question is, of course, how would you describe your best friend or a migua? Alegre, sympathetic, honest and a person very direct. Sympatica,

alegr, that he'll help. Well, my best friend me describered as a person constant and a peasant. Well, no

see, I imagine that's leal in quite to the secrets and confessions of amygas

and, no see, a little more. I think I'd say that I'm very rabious

that I'm I'm very very bad temperament but that I'm always I'm

when it I'm a person honrata, I'm very amistoso, very carignoso, and a little serious when

I have to be it. After the tantos aggetives, let's go back to the studio.

It's time to move on to the second part of the magazine. And for this, we're joined by Fernanda.

Fernando and I recorded this conversation a few days ago and we're talking this week about Machu Picchu.

Now, if you've listened to coffee break or Showtime Spanish, you'll be aware that visiting

Machu Picchu is one of my dreams, one of my ambitions, shall we say. And for that reason, this conversation goes on a little longer than normal. So I apologize for that, but it's all good practice for your Spanish. So here's the conversation that Fernanda and I recorded a few days ago. Good days, Bernad. Hello, Mark. How are you?

Very bien. And you? Very well, thank you. Fernando, I've got to tell us all about where we're going. Well, today we We're going to Machu Pitchu in Peru. Oh, it's been my my dream to visit Marcho Pitcho.

How do you know, all our sands do you, well, then you have to put much attention. Yes, yeah, what you can't tell you of Machu Pitchu? Well,

first that, as many people know, in 2007, Machu Pitchu was named as one of the seven

maravillas of the world. It was something for Peru. Yes, for support. We can't

You can you tell a little about the history of Machu Pitcho? Yes. Well, it's said that Machu Picchu was built around the

century 15. But there are still many mysteries because it's the city. What is that

many people live there. That interesting, Fernanda. When was discovered Machu Picchu? Well, Mark,

as much people know, Machu Picchu was inabit after that his ultimate sovereign, Bill Cabamba,

was beencilled in 1572. After that, the city was under the power of the Republicans in the time of the colony. For that Machu Picchu was a place very very far away, and no

had no way to get. Wow, what happened of that then? Well, in the century 19, some explorators they discovered, and in its

sercania, it was brought a mine. After that, the American was guided by two Peruvans, And, well, Bingham

Kledo with what he He said, imagineate that he he paid to help to the

University of Yale, to the government and to National Geographic to be able to do a

study a scientific. But that good that Vingham decided to do this. Fernando,

tell me, how can't get to Machu Pitcho because that is my dream, how you know?

Well, first, we have to Kusko. The first you have to do you We can go in train to Machu Picchu or we'll

continue the Camino Inca to Machu Picchu. And tell me, what route you would you? Well, that depends on the time that you have and of the adventurer that you are. And the energy, without. Yes, very good. Well, if you have time, energy, and you love the sport, it's better that you do not as the Camino Inca. This excursion is directed by a guide touristic.

And you can pass by cascadas, tunnels natural, and see, well, much flora and fauna also. And, you're going to be able to you. And, well, yeah, after four days, you're going to be able to so muchupichu.

So, the train is better for the, let's, let's talk, let's be more than train. Also, I mean, I think. Well, also, the train is good

for the people that has less time to visit Peru. The train also is an option very interesting. For example, this train is the

only medium of transport to get to get to some parts of the cordillera of the Andes

and also is the train more the train in places altos. Very

good. What more we can do when we're to do you? Well, if you have time and you

are you are doing in Cusco, you can't visit many places in the capital of the

empire. For example, if you got the history, you can't go to the Cusco.

This cathedral has pictures with marcos of gold. With marcos

of because it is because it is to celebrate the triumph of

the when they when they're the Incas. Very well. And what more can't do?

Well, as you can't the culture local, you know to go to the market

central of Kusko in the you can talk about the and the food and

the area of the food, and then that's to get more more

to make too. Very very. Yeah we have the time

again. Where we're the next next Well, we'll see the next Semana. Much

thanks. And adios. Adios. So if you have visited Machu Pito in Peru, or indeed any of the places we've spoken about so far, please come to our Facebook group, Facebook.com slash coffeebreak Spanish, and tell us what you thought.

If you can post some photos of you, perhaps, at the summit of Machu Picchu, or indeed on Easter Island, or in Buenos Aires, or in Patagonia, wherever you like. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. In between lessons of coffee break Spanish, why not check out our social media accounts?

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part of this week's magazine. And for this, we're joined by J.P. and Naili in Seattle. Thanks, Mark. This is J.P. Ola Naili. So let's get right to it. We have a question from Esghi. Esgi has a couple of questions about the verb to love. Oh, this is a translation question. Oh, this is going to be a romantic question. Yes. For example, if you take the sentence, I love French fries, which verb should you use to say, I love French fries? He's got a couple more examples here, but let's start with French fries. Nahely, how do you say I love French fries? When we talk about to love food, you use the word, me incanta. Me encaintana.

The verb, encanar. Okay. So I love French fries? Me incantan las papas. I love potatoes. If I say, me incantal las papas. You know that I mean French fries? Las papitas. In Mexico, they're cut up. So, you can say, the papitas. So you can say, The other word that we could use, too, me fascina. Me fascina.

Now, do you use that with French fries? Me fascinan las papas to la Francesa. Oh. So you could, but it's easier to say, Me Enkanta. Me Enkanta sounds to me like, I really enjoy these fries. Me fascina sounds a little bit obsessed.

But that means you really love it. Yes. So I would say to Esgi that if he wants to refer to food, me encainta and me fascina could be interchangeable and would mean to love if you want to use it with food. But with people, me incantamina my noviou. Oh, I love my boyfriend. Oh, me fascina my noviou. I'm obsessed with my boyfriend.

Well, I'm fascinated by my boyfriend. He fascinates me. Asgi also wanted to know about using kre. You can say, I want papas frittas, and that's not that you love French fries, but that you want French fries. You want them now. Like, I want a hamburger, and also I want. want French friends. Right. I want a hamburger and I'mquera fritas. Okay.

But I'm here or kre, means to love. But when we talk about it with food, it's more of your ordering preference. It's what you want right now. Right. Okay. Now speaking of love, he wants to talk about

the love you have for your friends or your relatives. Okay. Now, would you use Kare or amar or both for friends or relatives to talk about loving them? So we use Kare, I love my mom. I love my mom. Amo a my mom I love my mom

And you could also say Adoro to my mama I adore my mother And they all convey love I think of the three Kiero is a little It's a bit more Suave

It's not as intense Okay, it's a softer one Right And then we have Adoro Which is a little bit more intense Adoro is more intense Adorad is more intense Right

I personally think Amar also is intense but I may have my own issues. So, Esgi, you have a lot of words to practice with. That's right. Just to summarize, if you're talking about food, me incanta, me fascina. If you're talking about people.

Quiero, te quiro, te amo, te adoro. Excellent. All right, Esge, good luck. Folks, if you have questions that you want to ask Naili and I, please do not be shy about it. Just come to our Facebook page.

Look for us at Q&A Spanish. You can also come to our webpage, which is Q&A Spanish.com and remember that the end is spelled out. So it's QA-N-D-A-Spanish.com. Now let's send it back to Mark in Scotland. Grazie, J-P, and this has been a very useful session of Q&A Spanish

helping us to understand the best ways to translate the verb to love in English into Spanish. So I hope this has helped you avoid any potential problems or potential mistranslations and avoid any awkward situations by mistransulating the verb to love. Okay, that's it for this week. Can I remind you that we have a Facebook group? You can head over to facebook.com slash coffeebreak Spanish

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