Coffee Break Spanish - De Gijón a Avilés - Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries Episode 7

Episode Date: October 8, 2020

In this week's episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Travel Diaries, Victoria and Able leave the village of Lastres as they head to the Asturian cities of Gijón and Áviles where they visit the football stadium. As they explore their new surroundings, Mark and Anabel discuss many different aspects of the language used in Victoria's latest diary entry, including the a por grammatical structure used in Spain. We also hear an explanation of some useful vocabulary including the words gustar and ser de.Travel Diaries will be published in one season of ten episodes weekly from 27th August. If you’d like to access lesson notes and a video version which features pauses after each sentence to allow you to practise your pronunciation, check out the full 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 Brick Spanish Travel Diaries Season 1, Episode 7. Hello, all, and welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. I'm Mark. And I'm Annabelle. What, how? I'm super good, and what, you? I'm good. With a little of free, the autumn, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you know, you're right. No. I don't know if the autumn has yet in Asturias, but, well, perhaps we'll be able to see. Beamos, yeah. Let's find out what is happening on our friends.

journey through the north of Spain. As you know, we're following the travel diaries of Victoria and Abel. As they travel through the north of Spain, they've already gone through a number of places and they've moved on to Lasteres in Asturias now. So in today's episode, we're going to find out a little more about this place, but also we're going to hear some examples of some tricky concepts in Spanish grammar. So I'm looking forward to this episode. Yeah, I've got much ganas. Yes, we'll listen to the episode first and then we will listen to the episode first and then we We'll talk about it all and go through all the tricky words and phrases in this.

So let's hand it over to Victoria. There were more things that we'd have liked to last three. But no put them to give us more time. So we tomamos rumbo to jihon, as soon as we're going to eaters. There, we saw the Iglesia of San Lorenzo and the Terms Romanas. automatically me entered

going to go to a spa before we were the casco antio and the

elogio of the orison a sculpture of chigida at the side of the mar

we we've much of jihon but I he was that abel

he would even more abel especially because we've there

for him. I, obviously, have preferred to go to Biodo, the capital. But

as his abuelos were of the team of the Abeless, to

my marid he had an illusion to buy a

can a a commis in his honor. I

only could cross the to that there had

there had stadium of football. The first we did, for the course, was to go to the stadium of football to a for the camiseta. Then, we're dedicated to see the city, and no me defraud. All was precious, and the

dulces were my perdition. to Camino to Palacio of Valcera I a pastelery of ensue I think

me gasted there what Ibel in the camis I have to say Annabel I think this is

probably one of my favorite episodes so far both from the point of what they're talking about

and also from the point of view of the grammar in this episode because there's

some fantastic stuff in here let's go back through it and talk about

what's what we can learn from this. I'm sorry. I'm going to stay prepared because we're going to start. There's a lot.

There's things that had been last three. But no could give us more time so we

we're going to higon as soon as we're okay, it's a long sentence to begin

with. Let's just go first of back to the beginning of this. Let's hear it again. Okay, I'm going to simplify this a little. I'm going to say,

there was things that we'd have liked be in last three. And if you think about that, it would be, there were things that that we would have liked be in lastres that we would have like to see or have seen in lastres. that we'd have

used to be in the three. But the example in the text is different. It's actually that we've used got to be. And it's a verb

form that we've seen a couple of times. It could equally be that no suhiera Gustavo in last three. Both of these examples are of what,

Anabel? Is plus quamperfecto del subjuntivo. Even that name just sounds complicated. So it's the plu-perfect subjunctive.

Okay. Now, if you are familiar with the subjunctive and if you're ready to take it on then please do listen to the next minute or so of this podcast if you are thinking this is not really for me i'll just sort of accept that it's an example here then that's absolutely fine too but we would like to talk about this a little and we're going to see it a few times in this episode at least talking more about subjunctives the subjunctive is just a special form of of the verb that's triggered by certain things and in this case it's a little more difficult to identify what it is that's triggering the subjunctive because we could say

that we'd say that using the conditional perfect there were things that we would have liked to have seen in last days but it's all to do with the identification of these things that's right so in case that we know no there were things that we wanted to see we know which things like we have a plan in mind, then we will use indicative. But if we have just like a rough idea, someone recommended us to do something, but we are not quite sure what to do or if we want to do it or not, then we will use subjunctive. Perfect. Now, what you're seeing there is something that's very, very slight, it's a slight nuance of meaning. And in this case, that's what the difference is between using an indicative, in this case it would be our conditional perfect,

nos havei ha'ixta and the subjunctive, which as we can see in the text is hubiese gustado. There's things that no subjese gustado bear in last this. Crucially, if you're wondering about the verb in there and why it's singular, there, there's things that let's simplify this a little bit, because we could say there are things that we like. But if we were to say there are things that we like to see, then it becomes, there are things that we like to see.

Annabelle, can you simplify this further? Nos gustan things. Nos gusta ver, things. Perfect. Or in another context.

Let's change the context. Yeah, because this is a bit weird. So, me gustan las fresas. me I like Comeer Fresas

Okay At that level It makes perfect sense But it's just When we project that up to a more complex

sentence Like Thereia There's That's when it gets a little more complicated Okay

We've talked about this first sentence For about five minutes So let's now pick up and look

at the rest of the sentence So there were things that we had wanted to see

in last three But no pudimos Koe more time

But we weren't able to stay more time, to stay any longer. So, we set off to stay any longer. So, we set off for Jihon as soon as we had had breakfast. So, tan pronto, como, desajunamos. And just let's say the word or the place name again there. Jijon. It is a great city for practicing. your h' sound. So jihon.

Hjohn. We're going to continue. Allie we've seen the Iglesia of San Lorenzo and the

Termas Romanas. Okay, so there we saw the San Lorenzo Church and the Roman baths, the thermal waters.

Automatically Me Entrard Ganas to go to a spa. Okay, so automatically me entran

ganas. We've talked about this before. I had a desire, a sudden desire, literally desire entered me to go to a spa. Now, just watch the spelling of spa, S-P-A-B-A, but how do you pronounce that? Espa.

It's difficult for an native speaker of Spanish to say SPA, without the ESPA. Think of Español and all these kind of words. Very well. before we we've the

casco Antigua and the Elogio of the Orison a

sculpture of Chilli a side of the mar

Okay so we before leaving before to march

us V Vimus the Casco Antigo we know

what the casco Antigua is the old quarter and the

elogio of Oriz okay so elogio is like praise

or lauding when you put a compliment to it when you give a compliment to someone So Elogio del Horizonte The compliment to the horizon or something like that Which is a sculpture A sculpture, a sculpture

A sculpture of Chilida Alado of the Mar beside the sea Chigida is an sculptor that Nacio San Sebastian Very interesting So, Chihida, a sculpture. Sorry, not a sculptor, a sculptor who was born in San Sebastian.

Disfrutamos much of Jihon. But I thought that Abelahle's still-a-mys. Okay, so we've got another nice subjunctive to talk about here. Disfrutamos much of Jihon. We enjoyed Jihon lots, but I was that ever ever was ever more Abel. So I was hoping that Abel would like abelis even more. Okay, so let's just talk about this because we've got Esperque,

and Esperaqe is another of our triggers for the subjunctive. In this case, it makes Gusta or Gustava, in the imperfect, become Gustase. The alternative to this, Annabelle, would have been? Gustara. So Esperaba that Abel le gustara stillia more abelis. So I was hoping that Abel would like Abiless even more than Gijon. Especially because we were going there for him. So especially because we were going there for him.

And there's a rare case when poor actually means for. It's on his account. We were going there for him. I obviously had preferred to go to Obedo, the capital. but as his abuelos maternal were of the

team of Abiless a my marido he had an illusion to buy a

commisetta in his honor Okay this is a really long sentence let's look

at the first part of it Victoria says I obviously have

preferred to go to the capital so they

look at another example of the alternative version of our

first sentence Abria plus our past participable So that would be the conditional perfect.

If it's a conditional, something is a conditional we're going to be looking at a would in there. So I, obviously, would have preferred to go to Oviedo, the capital. Abriae preferido. It's the conditional of our exodial verb Aver, and then the past participle. I would have preferred to go to Oviedo. But, as his abuelos maternos were of the equipo of ales, a my marido he had

an illusion to buy a carisetta in his honor. Okay. Como his

abuelos were of the equal of ale if you're being the

team it means that you follow or you support a particular team. In this

case, how his abuelos maternal were of the team of ales.

But since his maternal grand parents were aviles supporters am

to my marido he made a illusion to make a illusion to make a carisetta in his honor so to my husband

it did him illusion excited him to buy a a camisetta in their honor to buy a football shirt

in their honor so he wanted to buy a football shirt in honor of his maternal grandparents

who were supporters of Abiles it seems Abel is the football, no?

Yes, yes. Is footballer? That is. It's footballer. And in change, Victoria no is

footballer. Exactly. So we remember that phrase Ser de Algo, is de football. He is very

into football or using the adjective form as footballer. He is someone keen on football.

And we're talking about soccer here for our American listeners. Okay, Annabel,

let's finish this part off. So I could cross the so I could cross my more than a

stadium of football. So I could only cross my fingers. So I could cross those deados

and there we see another example of when we don't personalize parts of the body. Cross the fingers.

Well, it's unlikely that Victoria was going to cross someone else's fingers, basically. So, solo could

cross those deados for there to be, for there to be, for that there would yes something more than a football stadium.

So I just needed to cross my fingers in the hope that there would be something more than a football stadium. Let's think about that subjunctive there. Uviesi, another subjunctive and again it could have been Uviera and it's following that for aque uvese

but it also, well para que always takes the subjunctive but it also has this idea of hoping She was hoping that there would be something more than a football stadium there. Because as Annabel said, no is very the football. Okay. We'll be to tomarno us a coffeeito and we'll be back. We wanted to let you know that there's a premium version of the Travel Diaries course

and this includes a set of lesson notes where you'll be able to read the text from each of the diaries and work through the vocabulary and any expert. explanations that we've provided. There's also a video version of the text where we've left space for you to repeat the words and phrases used, giving you an opportunity to practice your speaking and your pronunciation. For more information about this, head to coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, so Abel and Victoria have now arrived in Abilis, and let's find out what they did. I love this. I love this because there's lots to talk about here.

The first thing that we did, of course, so a nice preterate tense there, we did, was to go to the football to the football stadium to pour la camiseta. So they're going there to get the football shirt. okay but Annabel A por Why do we need two

prepositions there Well Actually we like Don't need them But you Spaniards Like to put them in don't you Yes Let's drop in this example

Let's drop Al Estadio de football So we have Ir A por La Camiseta In Spain We are going to say I'll be ir a por something.

So, for example, I pour water. But in the rest of Latin America, this preposition is not used at all. So in most

other Spanish-speaking countries, you would simply say iir por la camiseta or i'm going to get some water, boy pour-agua. But in Spain you double your preposition you put in an

a and a por because you're going to somewhere and what you're going for you're going for the water, something like that. Yes. You may have heard us use in the past, Bamos Apo Edo. Let's get to it.

Let's go to the start of the lesson. Let's get the lesson started. Bamos A Porello. And it's that same idea. But I remember saying that in one of the episodes of Coffee Break English with Maria, and she just laughed because she had never heard this Bamos A porello.

She was in, Bamos aporello. Why are you going A porrello? So here, the first thing that we did, of course, was to go to the football stadium A por la camiseta to get the football shirt but we don't need to say a por we can just say por

after we can just say por after we just we defraud I like this is a great expression Despoise nos dedicamos to be the city afterwards we dedicated ourselves

to seeing the city literally we spent the time that we concentrated on seeing the city and no me defraud. So defraudar to disappoint someone. Literally to defraud someone. So, everything was precious. And those dulces were my perdition. So everything was literally precious. It was beautiful.

And those dulces were my perdition. If something is your your perdition, it's your perdition. It's the thing that, it's the thing that, ruins you. It's my ruin. I think we would say in English. Los Doses were my perdition. The sweets, the candy, were my ruin. The Camino Al Pacio de Valcera, I saw a palacio de ensue. So on the way, on the walk to the Palacio de Varsera, I saw a pastelaria de ensue. We've seen this de Ensue before, last time.

I saw a cake shop to die. for the ensueue? I think I'm gasted there the same than the camiseta of alice. So I think I spent

there the same that Abel spent on the Abiless football shirt. Me gasted to be the same in the camis of alice.

So I spent there the same as Abel on the football shirt of Abile's. Perfect. Well, to learn to listen the text, and this

this time, as we ever, we're trying to understand a little more. There were more things that had been in last three, but no put them to give us more time. So, we'll come rumbo to Gijon, as soon as we're

there, we've seen the church of San Lorenzo and the Terms Romanas. automatically me entered I'm going to

go to a spa before we were the casco antio and the

elogio of the orison a sculpture of chigida at the side we

we're we we're much of jihon but I he was

that abel he would even more abel especially because we've for him.

I, obviously, have preferred to go to Biodo, the capital. But as his abuelos maternors were of the team of aviress, to my marido

he had an illusion to buy a camisetta in his honor. Only could cross the to the toes, for that there had something more

than a stadium of football. The first that we did we're going to the stadium of football to put the camiseta. Then, we're we dedicated to see the city and

no me defraud. All was precious and the dulces were my perdition. De Camino to the Palacio of Valcera I'm

a pastelery of ensue I think me gasted there the same as Abel in the

camis and you yeah is that Victoria was able to find a little more

than just the football in Abelis to entertain her and indeed these pastelerias

and these dulces certainly seem to please her so very pleased. Of course, if you would like to get more out of this, we can't quite offer you pastelleries

deliver to your door, but we can offer you a full course with lots of help to help you get into this language in more detail. And in this episode, we will do a little more explanation of these imperfect subjunctives in the notes. So if you'd like to get access to the notes and indeed the video version, which will help you practice your pronunciation by following along and reading allowed the words and phrases in each diary entry, then you can do so at the Coffee Break Academy. That's at Coffee Breakacademy.com. And of course, don't forget to check out our Instagram account where you can see photos of some of the places visited by Abel and Victoria on their journey through the north

of Spain. You can find that at Coffee Break Languages, just search for Coffee Break Languages on Instagram. We will be back next time with the eighth episode in our series and we're looking forward to that. In the meantime, as ever, let us know what you think. Leave a review if you'd like to, and we would love to see what you think about this course, this series of our travel diaries, and indeed all our Coffee Break Spanish lessons. As always, much thanks Annabelle. Thanks to you and to us. And until the next. Adios. Ciao.

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