Coffee Break Spanish - Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 6: Un día de diez

Episode Date: February 26, 2026

Welcome back to Erna’s Café - our charming Spanish café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling.In Un día de diez, Isabel reflects on a day where everything seems to align perfectly. With moments of joy, unexpected news, and the café filled with life, this day proves that sometimes even the smallest things can make the biggest difference.Hoy el día ha sido de lo más especial. A lo largo de la jornada, las sorpresas se han ido sucediendo sin cesar. Mientras el bar rebosaba de energía y risas, Isabel se ha visto inmersa en una serie de acontecimientos que no olvidará. Algo tan simple como un pequeño detalle ha sido capaz de cambiar el rumbo de este día, llevándolos a todos a un momento de celebración y buen rollo.This is a chapter you won’t want to miss!Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scenes from the Coffee Brick Spanish Cafe Season 2, Lesson 6 Hello to Coffee Brick Spanish I'm Mark And I'm sorry, Pablo. What, I'm phenomenal today, you? Well, you?

You're done, quite. A little bit of Can's sad, well. We're back with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish. In this case, it's the scenes from the Coffee Spring Spanish Cafe course, our course,

and our podcast series in which we're following the adventures of what happens in a typical Spanish cafe. with locals, with the regulars, with new people joining the cafe every day. Well, Pablo, what happened in the last episode? Well, in the chapter anterior, we know a one of a party a young, that was taking a little in the bar,

and, well, they told to Isabel, that one of them, the chico, had been found a job in Chile. So the chico was that he was to throw much of less to her novi, but also the food Spanish. Yes, exactly. Well, we're going to exactly what happens in this

chapter, as always, we'll go to hear first, and then then we'll talk about the grammatica, the vocabulario, and all that there in this text, okay? All right? All right, all right? And all are

good news. There are days and days, but this I've got to recognize that has been a day of 10. Literally, no, has been able to go better. For the morning, has been in the bar Harvey. He has improved enough

his Spanish in these few months, and me has told that it was happening phenomenal. and, to be eating much and and are every

plate of food traditional Spanish. Elena is helping with his

classes of Spanish and he's going to present to

the Cervantes in July. For other part, Elena

me has told that this the end of the same-de-same, has been with Miguel. No, me can't do more illusion.

But the bombazzo of the day is that we've talked the lottery. No is a quantity enormous, but the better is that

for being the extra of the day of the Padre, all our clients habitual were used to buy and all those had their boleto. Me

makes very that has made a little a little to each one. Today has been a day great for

all and we've been the bar more time of the usual. We've

we've been with all the clients of the and some more

to celebrate the great news. We've brought with champagne and and I've been eaten and eaten and my

my I've had brought a game of Sing Star and we have finished a carouke improvised

we've had been heard in direct to Lola one of the Enfermeras, that has

a voice hallucinant and we have convinced to present to the casting of O.T.

It's been a day for the record. Mark, it's been

very good good, I love that expression. Que guay. It's quite a

Spanish-Spanish in in Latin America maybe maybe. That's chevere. Very

good. Okay, let's go through now. Oi, to do some

Buenos Noticias. So this is interesting because here I've got Oi to do

everything and then a plural verb son Buenos Buenos Notices

in this type of structure with to and the verb ser

what determines the agreement of the is actually the element that comes

after ser. In this case Buenos Notizias is plural

so that's why we are saying son. Ideas and days, but this I have

to recognize that has been a day of 10. So, there's and English we'd say,

there are days and then there are days, and use our voice to to kind of convey that information.

But there days and then there are days. But this one, I have to recognize, I have to admit, that has

been a day of 10, that it has literally been a day of 10, a perfect day, a 10 out of 10. And this, I imagine,

that comes that is the system of qualification in Spain. For example, when you make you, the note

more high that you can't obtain is a 10. A 10. And that that's,

you know, because always a 10 for Pablo, no? Yes, yes, yeah.

Okay, let's continue. Literally, not had been able better. So literally, literally,

literally, not had been better. It could not have gone better. For the morning,

has been in the bar, Harvey. So in the morning, for the morning, has been in the bar, Harvey. So Harvey is the subject here. It comes at the end, perhaps just for a kind of

expression there. But we could have equally said, for the morning, Harvey has been in the bar. For sure. So Harvey was in the bar in the morning. He has been a lot of

his Spanish, and me has told that it's happening phenomenal. the other to be having much

and this is every part of traditional Spanish Spanish

Spanish has improved a lot. Or Harvey has improved his Spanish a lot. Exactly. But maybe it's more he's the he's the he's the question, me has said, making reference another way to him. But both, ambas, amosuncunian. Okay, that's a good clue there because as you say, me has contado. So we know the subject there is Harvey. So he's improved his Spanish a lot in just

these few months in these few months in these few months, and he told me that he's having a fantastic time and he's having a fantastic time, he's having a fantastic time, in addition to eating loads, and disfutanted

every plato of the traditional Spanish food. Very good. I think he's having a good experience. Yes, yes, yes. Elena, he's doing a lot with his classes of Spanish,

and he's going to present to the examen of Cervantes in in July. Interesting, the point of a point of cultural.

Well, so Elena is helping him a lot with his Spanish lessons. And he's going to present

at the Cervantes in July. And he's going to take the Cervantes exam in July. Pablo,

you can't explain us a lot of the exam of Cervantes? Yes, The examiner of Cervantes

is a an exam that organizes the Institute Cervantes that is an institution official

that is responsible of the ensignance of the language for all the world. So imagine

that you want to you want to a certificate that that demonstrate your level

of Spanish then normally you would to the Cepantes.

It's like Cambridge or Oxford the examines Cambridge or Oxford for

to recognize your English. Or for example, like the Alliance French. Yes. Or the Getté

Institute in the German, yes. Okay, perfect. Okay. For other part,

Elena me has said that this end of a time that's okay

so for other hand or meanwhile Elena me said she

this this weekend has had with Miguel she's arranged

to meet this she I'm I'm love that you have

done that is one of those really tricky is difficult it's difficult

and here is exactly to arrange to meet up. Yeah, so she's got a date with Miguel this coming weekend. No me pute make more illusion. Okay, so

to make someone excited or happy about something. And here it's no me pui pelle is more illusion. So Isabel is saying it couldn't make me happier. It couldn't do more illusion to me. Okay, let's pause there for a break and we'll be back in just a moment. In each episode of the scene, from the Coffee Break Cafe podcast. You'll enjoy listening to the story and our discussion of keywords and phrases from each chapter.

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that help break down the key expressions and grammar points with additional examples. It's the perfect way to deepen your understanding. understanding and get even more from the story. To access this wealth of learning resources, visit coffeebreaklanguages.com slash scenes. Okay, so it's a great day in the cafe.

Let's find out why. But the bombazzo of the day is that has to talked the lottery. Well, well, well, well. But the bombazzo, the bombshell, the huge news today is that not only has talked to us has touched the lottery, we've won the lottery.

Effectively. And Mark, we have a lot of suffiho, ahzo, because of bomb, bombazzo, because of bomb, bombas, a bomb great, but it's really good news, as you have said. But we're a video in Coffee Break TV, where we explore those

different connotations that the suffice azo, can adder the words, and it's very interesting. I know exactly the video you're talking about. And that is at Coffee Break TV. So if you are already a Coffee Break TV subscriber, then you can find that over at coffeebreaktTV.com. And if you're not, check it.

It's worth it. Okay. Let's continue. No is a quantity enormous, but the best is that, for being the extra of the Day of Padre, all our clients habituals were to buy and allos tenian sulletto. Okay. We've got definitely some cultural things in here. Yes.

A lot. So first of all, no is a huge amount, but the best thing is, but the best thing is, that for ser the extra of the day of the so the thing is that

because it is the extra lottery draw, a special draw of the day for Father's Day, all our customers all of our usual regular customers

see animarun to buy. They all literally got animated, they were encouraged to, or they decided to buy a ticket, and everyone had their own ticket. So Pablo, can you explain a little here about how lottery in Spain works? Because it's the kind of thing that lots of people join in as a group and buy a larger ticket. Yes, for example, so for all for the sort of the Navida, that's the

celebrate always the 22 December. It's very common, especially in the

work, I would say, it's very common that the people do not in this

case, we're a decimus, a decim of the lotteria in common. It's

if the decim value 20 euros, each one put one one

one two So, so if this boleto has a

the premium the price, it's a situation where the decimo costs a little more than a small lottery ticket. In a

sort of, in an extra of the Day of the Padre, also cost a little more. And a

point cultural, Mark, the day of the Padre is a time in a place different to a,

to the United, I think. In Spain, the Day of the father is the 19 of March, but here

not is the 19th of March. I never see when it is here. It's always in June. In June. But it depends, because it's always a domino. So in Spain,

always the 19th of March, because it's the day of San Jose. Ah, for that's. Okay, so it's in Joseph's Day, and that's why it would be Father's Day. Effectively. Very good.

Let's continue. So, me has very that has made a little to each one. So, me makes me

very happy, that has a little bit has reached, has arrived at literally, a cada one of them. So I'm really happy

that every person who contributed is getting a little bit of this prize. Yes, very atentos to, me makes

very happy because this us adviourte that we're going to express a emotion and we need.

Today has been a day great for everyone. And we've been a more time than the

actual. Okay. So today has been a big day for everyone. Today has been a day grand

for all and we have been more later than the normal. And we closed the bar

later than the usual the habitual. We can use law with an adjective

in many situations. Yes. Yes. It's something very characteristic of the Spanish. And something that we've seen various

times in various episodes. We've joined with all the clients of always for the great news.

Okay, we've together with all of the literally the customers from always the regular customers and some new ones

to celebrate the great news. I mean, I would have been there. Yeah. Emotion.

We've brindado with champagne and and I've done with together. Nice.

We've brindado or brindar con is to toast and the con there would be with

what you're toasting with. So in this case with champagne. And Mark, we

another we're our friends are not going to be quite because,

like, we've we're that croasan we We write as

Champan also we adapt us a little and it's just a question would this definitely be

champagne that they're toasting with as opposed to Kava? Yes, this is Champan

French So we we toasted with champagne champagne and we've

and we ate and we drank together My my my I

had brought his game and we have So my

daughter has tried his game so my daughter brought her SingStar

game and we have finished a carou improvised and we ended up

doing an impromptu karaoke Mark I think a a lot of

I think no do you don't do you do you

to I do I I can't fat I no

you can't no you can't very well no And if you had to want to

a can't a can't what would would be well, something in Spanish, sure,

but no, no, not, no, not know what it's what a

question coha, I think would be fatale. Well, maybe we'll

have an office karaoke at some point and see what happens. Okay, one thing

I wanted to ask you about here is the se a traido. Why is it, why does it

look reflexive? It's the same that with how me come, you can

say perfectly attracted without this is reflexive it's simply to give

more emphasis she has attracted she brought along her sing start game okay

good we've we've had heard to live one of

the one of the one of the woman and we have

convinced to present to presentarse Pudidoe to listen to cantar

in direct to Lola. So this is quite interesting because we know what's going on here.

We were able to, or we got to hear Lola and Lola is one of the nurses and what were

able to hear her do, can't in direct sing live. So we've

podido listen to to sing to Lola. All of that comes before the

person that we were able to hear sing live. And there's more information

about her. She's one of the nurses, that has an voice and she has an amazing voice. And we have an amazing voice. And we convinced her

to presentarce the casting to audition, to apply for the casting of Ote. Ote standing for Operation Triumpho? Yes, but how can you know this? I'm not quite sure.

I'm not quite sure. Why? I'm not surprised. It's kind of like pop idol, like X-Factor, like one of these talent shows. Yes, yes, yes, effectively. And it's an authentic phenomenon in Spain. The first edition was in 2001. And actually, there's one in March.

I think they're going like for the decimotercera edition. Wow. Okay, very good. It has been a day for the record. It has been a day for the memory. Literally, it has been a day for the memory, but it's been a memorable day a day to remember.

Sure, yeah. Well, what we've seen some idiomatic expressions. We've seen one day of 10, there's days and days, make illusion, to talk the lottery, someone.

And many things cultural as like the Stra Del Day of the Padre, the fact of that it's 19 of March, also a a concurs of talent

as an operation triumph. And also what is a decim of the lottery is interesting

also. Okay, so listen out for these as we hear the text again this

time at a normal speaking speed. Today all are good notices. There are

days and days, but this I have to recognize that has been

a day of a day of a literally literally not has

to hear better. For the morning, has been in the bar Harvey. He has much his Spanish in these few months, and me has

told that he's been phenomenal, and, and it's being much- and

that's the food traditional Spanish. Elena was was a lot with

his classes of Spanish, and And he's going to present to the examen of Cervantes in July. For other part, Elena me has told that this end of the semester

has kept with Miguel. No, me could make more illusion. But the bombazzo of the day is that has tocad the lottery! No is a quantity Enorme. But the better is

that, for being the extra of the day of the father, all our clients

are the they were to buy and they were their and it makes

very very that has made that a one.

Today has been a day for all and

we have have been closed the bar more than the usual. We've seen with all the

clients of and some more to celebrate the great news. We've brinded with champagne and

have been and eaten and my daughter has been his play

to be and we've finished doing a caroque improvised

we've you've been heard to Lola, one of the one of the

new one of an voice and we have been convinced to present to

the casting of Ote has been a day for the record Okay

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coffeebreakspanish.com. Perfect. Well, much thanks, Pablo. Nothing, much thanks to you. And Mark, I have to say that this capitulo, me has, me has especially. A me too, with

many sorrisas for all parts in the bar. We'll be back soon with another episode of scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe for now. Much thanks.

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