Coffee Break Spanish - Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 210

Episode Date: September 4, 2013

Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine:Alba asks, si te encontraras un billete de €50, ¿qué harías con él? – if you found €50, what would you do with it?Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Las Ruinas Aztecas in Mexico;and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Gabriel’s question about the how best to translate “to take” or “to bring” in Spanish using traer, llevar and tomar.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 3rd of September 2013. You're going to coffee break Spanish and we're back with the ultimate capitol of this episode of this series of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine and we've got another great episode for you. Alba is asking what her interviewees would do if they found 50 euros.

J.P. and Naili discussed the difference between Tomar, Traer and Yivar and I join Fernanda for another virtual tour. week visiting the Aztec ruins in Mexico, D.F. All this and much more coming up in this episode of... As soon, we'll start with the interviews in the Cajas of Barcelona, and for that we're going to to say to say to Alba.

Quintan us, Alba, what is the question of the day? Our question of today is, if you'd find us a billet of 50 euros, what would you do? So I guess this week we're going to find out just how honest our interviewees are. If you were to find, if you came across a note, a bank note of 50 euros. So if you found 50 euros, what would you do with it? El, referring to the billiete.

What would you do with it? Let's have a listen to the responses. No, I don't know, I'd have to say the situation. Devolversel to your deweller to your dewe, for sure. It would be and if not it would

be found out, I'd have a few my friend. Rolepa? Rolepa? Yeah, let me no would have, I'd know, those, robes, jeffsy, no.

Or, to be not a great thing, but, well, to borrow, then we can't do do something. Yeah, I'd care I would be to be a but I'd like to be the attention

I think of it. Well, depending of where I'm but if I don't have any ideas of who can be the proprietor, well, I'll go to work out to

the moment I would some interesting answers as expected. Okay, let's take a closer look at the answers that our interviewers have given. We'll talk about each answer, and look at the words and phrases and the constructions that the speakers have used.

No, I don't know, tend to be in the situation. So, Tener to do something. So she's saying, Tendria to start in the situation. I would have to be in the situation. So she's not sure how she would react. She would need to be in the situation to know exactly how she would react if she found that banknote of 50 euros. Let's listen to our next next.

interview. Devolversel to your dupegues to it would be a good, and if not it would

get a little complicated this one, devolversel to his dueno, I would return it

or to return it to its owner. His dwean its owner. For suppesto, of course.

He goes on to say, he goes to say, well, and if not it would be

the same, me so the final part of this he would look for the owner and if he didn't find the owner then he would keep it let's move on and listen to our next interviewee um a una fiesta invite to my amigua this interviewer says that he would throw a party and invite his friends okay our next interview is with the three girls who speak quite quickly let's have a listen and we'll split up their answer Okay, so in the first part of their answer, they're talking about

Ropa, spending it on Ropa clothes. They're not even entertaining the possibility of returning it to its rightful owner. Then one of the girls mentions the word A-O-Rar. And A-O-Rar means to save. So they start talking about the possibility of saving it. Oh, a-rar. So she's basically saying here that she would save it because she might need it for something in the future.

It could come in useful in the future. And then the third girl offers her answer. Yes, I'd like to earn, but me would go to do. The intention I have my intention. So this girl has perhaps been honest here when she says this, I would want to I would want to save but me lo gastaria in roba.

But I would spend it on clothes. Okay, we have one more interview to listen to. Let's have a listen to that now. Well, depending on where me I'm going to find. But if no I don't have indicios of who can be the proprietor,

well, it will be to guarder so this interviewe starts by saying, it depends on where I find it. It depends on where I find it. If I don't find any clues, if I don't have any clues as to who the owner may be, then I'll keep it until I find the owner. Okay, it's time now to listen once more to all of our interviewees. And at the end, we'll find it why Alva was asking that protection.

another question today. See if you can spot the reason. No, I know, I'd have to say the situation. Devolversel to his own, for sure. It would be looker. Well, and if not it would find her, well, I'd have it. I'd a few of my friend.

Rope. Rope? Yeah, let me no, I'd like, I'd say. Those robes, jeffs, no. Or, to borrow. It's a great thing, but, well, for a other, then we'd have to do something. Yeah, I would

I'd like to but I'd like to I'd rather The intention I'd have I'm gonna Well, Well,

Depend to where me I'm But if no I don't I'm Indicions

of who can be the Portietary Well, I'm to He'll

But of the moment I'd But of You're You're You're I've

I've I've I've I've I've A billete of 50 euros. After So you've probably worked out

that Alba had in fact found a 50 euro banknote herself hence the reason for the question. She didn't, however, tell us what she did with it. Okay, let's move on. We're going to move on now to our virtual tour

section of the magazine and for this we're going to say hello to Fernanda. Hello, Fernanda, what are you? Hello, Mark. I'm very well. Very good, thanks.

Fernanda, of what place we're going to today in our last chapter of this time. Well, as we're

we're going to the same pasted us we're going to the Ruinas Aztecas in the city of Mexico.

This is one of the runes Aztecas more than the Rueh Titlan are one of

the ruins of the runes because this place was the capital Azteca. Well, what you

can you can't what you can't the history Azteca? Well, the culture

Azteca is one of the cultures pre-colombinans most important. Dimmie, pre-colombina, what you mean you say? Yes, well, pre-colombina are the cultures indigenas

of America, before the arrival of Colon. Sure. Yes, well, your history is more recent because of the year that's 14. Tenachtitlan

was built in 2325, and the ruins were only discovered in 1978. That year they discovered

because some of the looes they're the rest of one of the sculptures and after the

ruins of the temple major. Imagine to go to work and you're in contrasted with that.

That is considered one of the most great discoveries archaeological of Mesoamerica. Recurtsam

that is Mesoamerica? Mesoamerica is the region cultural of America that Belize. That's good.

In English we're Central America or that is another other other America

Central, maybe the same the same the same America that's that you

know, Mesoamerica, so what we can't see in these ruins

well, lamentably these ruins were destroyed by the colonizers so

what we are literally ruins but also are the reflection of all

the powerio that the empire in these ruins

we can we can't the dedicated to the Dioces, where were you have you

have you said the ruins are in the city of Mexico or the F? Yes, yeah, well, the capital

of Mexico and also it was the capital of the Aztecas. That good coincidency then, then. Well,

yeah, we're in the city of Mexico, what other activities culturales we can do?

Well, yeah, we're going to be seeing to visit the museum of the

temple major. In this museum, you can see the different expositions related with all the culture Azteca and also the

discoveries archaeological. Very interesting. Yes. Well, also, as a manned of the art, you have to go to the museum of Frida Callo, in which there

perttenances of the artist, art popular, and also pieces pre-Hispanicas. A me me, I like the art of Frida Callo for all its

colors and the influence that can be of their culture, I think. Yeah, and, and, Talking of culture and colors,

the sabbado, in the Plaza of San Jacinto, is a barer. In this bazaar, you can see moustras of artesania typical Mexican and buy some recordit. Yes, no, no, we have to forget about the families and amigues.

No, no, no. Well, Fernanda, and how will you start our voyage for America Latina? As we're in the city of Mexico, we have to terminate with a broche of gold

and to go to Sochilmico. This is the the place of the flowers, and there's you can't passer in one of those

coloried boats or trachineras for the canals while we're we're doing the good music and the good

way to terminate our own our own traditional. Well, Fernanda, much thanks for

all what you have talked about about Latin America, about the food, the culture, the history,

the music, all, all, much, much, thank you. Well, to know,

Mark, a good And I hope that we'll be back to talk in a new time, some day. Yes, very well. Much thanks. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment.

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with the coffee break team by searching for Coffee Break. break languages on Instagram. Practice your Spanish and join the conversation with Coffee Break Spanish. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. And for our final section of the magazine this week, we're turning to J.P. and Naili in Seattle, who have got an interesting listener's question to answer today. Thanks, Mark. This is J.P. I'm here with Naili.

Ola, J.P. Ola, Naili. And Ola, all to you. Our question today is from our listener named Gabriel, and he sent his question. question in audio form. So let's take a listen. Hello, all to us. The question that I have is, what is the

difference between the words to take, leave, and tryer. And there are situations that is better to use to one or the other. Because I think in English, the words take, leave, and

try are, are the same for example, are, like to bring, to carry, to take. All right. Nayeli, Tomar, and traer. How do you feel about these things? It depends on where we're going, in what direction we're going, because I think that's when we use them.

I know what I'm teaching these words. It's a little tricky. To you, the differences about these words are pretty clear, right? To me, they are. Tomar means to take. Okay. For example, I'm going to take the bus. Now, Naili, what if I said,

I'll get the bus? Lever and traer to me mean to bring And I'm going to get the bus So if you were going on a trip And you ask me What car will be that You know, which car are you bringing

What kind of a car am I getting into? But this is like you own the bus, right? Yeah, I just have one in the backyard there I'm moving it from my backyard to your front lawn Okay, I imagine that it would be with a tow truck No, I could drive it to You could drive it to you and say, Yeah, but you're not paying a fare.

No, I'm physically moving the bus. Okay, so just to clarify, Tomar an autobus means to take the bus as in looking at the schedule and paying the fare and you're the passenger. Gevar or traer the autobus means that you're the owner of it and you're going to bring it over to my place. The actual bus. The actual physical bus.

Okay. Now, the bus example seems a little bit ungainly. Okay. Can we try something smaller? Let's try something smaller. smaller. Okay. A gift.

A gift. A gift. Okay. I like the sound of that. Okay. So we're going to a party. Okay. Are you going to bring a gift?

Sure. Te voya. Yeah. Okay. So that's carrying it along with you. Correct. Okay. Or again,

I'm going to tryer a regal. Okay. So you're bringing a gift. Correct. And then once I get to your house, I'm going to put it on a table. Okay. I'm going to take a gift. I'm going to go get a gift.

Or I'm going to take a gift so I can give it to you. Exactly. From the pile that's on. the table. So Tomar is the action of grabbing it, is taking it. Correct. Okay, whereas Jevar is the action of carrying it. We're not talking about the start or the finish of the carrying. We're just talking about the carrying itself. And traer. Now, is it different with a person? If you're taking along a person, is it different than an object? Yes. You don't take people. We're not objects. Okay. The exception being a baby. I'm going to tomar al-Bee.

Okay, I'll take the baby. I'm going to take the baby as you're picking up a baby and moving it. Okay. Whereas I suppose you could pick me up and move me, but we don't use that with adults. How about jevar el be be be? I'm going to take the baby to the doctor's office. Okay, so I'm going to take the baby to the doctor's office. That's bring or take the baby in the sense of carrying.

And we could say, I'm bringing the baby to your house. Right. All right. So I hope Gabriel is satisfied with our answer. All right, Gabriel. If you or anyone else has questions, please come to our website, which is Q&A Spanish.com, or you can come to our Facebook page, which I think is the easiest way. Just find us on Facebook, and we answer all the questions there.

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