Coffee Break Spanish - Season 3 – Lesson 01 – Coffee Break Spanish

Episode Date: June 7, 2011

Welcome to this first episode of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3! In this first episode of the series you’ll get to know our two main presenters, Mark and Alba, and you’ll also be meeting José who will help you to take your Spanish al siguiente nivel, “to the next level”. Please note that lesson 1 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 301 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total of 40 lessons, all of which will be included in the podcast feed. Just stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio materials, you can access the premium version of Coffee Break Spanish 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.

Showtime Spanish, episode one. It's hour to pass to the next level, de los ensayos, to the spectacle. This is your moment, that's the tableon. It's showtime. It feels just like opening night. We've practiced hard, I know.

But now it's time to start the show. Step into the spotlight, because you're the star tonight. With your Spanish skills at hand, this length. which is at your command. Hello and good to Bogotaw through Argentina to Nicaragua. No matter where you go,

you'll have amygos. Break a leg, take a bow. It's Showtime. Hello, and good days. Hello, all, and welcome to this first episode of Showtime Spanish. I'm Mark.

Hello, I'm Alva. And we're here to help us with your Spanish. I'm going to explain a what is

Showtime Spanish, but I say in English for that you understand exactly what we're going with this

podcast. With Showtime Spanish, we hope that you'll be able to increase your vocabulary, to build your

confidence with the grammar of the language, and also something very important for learners, to improve

your listening skills. You may be coming to Showtime Spanish having listened to episodes of Coffee Break Spanish, and we hope that this will help you move to the next level, that you'll be able to build on what you know already. Or you may just have discovered Showtime in iTunes or on the web, and either way we hope that this is very useful to you as a Spanish learner. So, Mike, tell us why this program is called Showtime Spanish.

Well, I'm going to say in Spanish In In every episode will

have two two acts In the first act we're a conversation I'm and you

Alba Right? Yes And then in the second act we We're

to explain a what we've said and also about

a language Spanish, of the grammatica, of the vocabulary, and all that. And between the two acts, there will be an intermediate?

Yes, but perhaps we should explain the word intermediate. Intermedio means interval in English.

An intermedio between the two acts, the first act, the intermediate and the second act. And,

yes, that will be an intermediate. In the intermedio, there's a bit different, something very very entertaining,

but of that we'll talk a little more later. Now, just before we get started, Alba, at the beginning of this program,

you said a little refrain, as we would see in Spanish. Can you give us the first line of that again? I said, it's hour to pass

to the next level. It's time to pass or to move on to the Siguente Nivel. So the next level. Exactly.

Perfect. And the next line was? De los ensayos to the spectacle. You can explain what are the ensues? Los Ens

are the rehearsals in English. And the spectacle is obviously the show. Exactly. And then did

this is your moment. Este's tu momento. That's nice and easy. This is your moment. In actual fact, in English, we would probably say this is your big moment. Este is tu moment. And then the final sentence, the final phrase was, I said, That's Abre El telon. That's from a grammatical point of view. That's quite a tricky phrase. The tebran, first of all, is the curtain. And that's aubra literally means, may it. open, may the curtain open, and

anyone who's been listening to coffee break Spanish recently will know that Kece Abre is a subjunctive, because you're exhorting the opening of the curtain, que se abra el delon. In English, we'd probably see something like the curtains up. So, for this episode of Showtime Spanish,

Kese abra el telon. Now, if you were following earlier on, you know that in this first act, we are going to be doing some speaking in Spanish, and you're going to be listening to what we're talking about. So, Alba, we're going to present us, no? Effectively.

So, you're going to start. How do you call, and where are you? Well, hello. I'm excited to know, I'm called Alba, and I'm of Barcelona. I'm living in Glasgow this year, and, well, and my family

is in Barcelona. Very well. And what, in what you're in Scotia? I'm doing I'm doing I'm trying to I'm I'm sure

I'm really that I'm really is that I'm you're doing in colleges of secondary or of

in colleges of secondary my my students my students and some

18 18 years and I tell me they're well they're well

there's there's there there's there there there many

but the majority they do You're you, You're going to English, right? Yes, I have studied philology Inglessia in the University of Barcelona.

What is the philology? Explain us what is the philology. Well, the philology is a combination of the language English, the literature English, the linguistica English. Okay, because I, when I was in Salamanca, I studied in Salamanca,

and I studied a philology Spaniola, then language and literature Spanola. And me a lot. How much you've got here in Scotia? I think I've been a month here. And do you? Do you? I'm

really, I'm just because it's that it's a lot of free. But the truth is that I'm really really. There's something that you do in particular? Well, well, there's various things. I mean, I love much the The

Paisage. I like Much. Okay. The men the Haldes with a whole. A bit,

you do you do you have a bade? Yes, I'm love the but it's

a feld. It's the Kelt. The Kelt Scots. But not said Kelt in Spanish.

No doesn't very Spanish. But if he's a fald for the

occasions special. The bodes, maybe the fiestas or what see.

And also the partidos of the I'm I'm a

question very serious. Yes. Is it is this that the Scocese not give

Ropa Indoor Debago of the Falda? I'm promised that

not you have to make this question Well the tradition

is that those Verid not don't have nothing that

even even although it even it's quite the

But however I have to say my my

was Italian so so the Scottish. So, for no less, I've got a excuse, if it's much free. Now, that really was quite a bit of listening there,

and if you want, you could have another listen. If you want to, it might help you to know that you can go back to about five minutes in this podcast, and you'll be able to listen again. Before we move on to our intermedio, we're going to resume what we've

said in that conversation. So I'll tell you a little about what Alba said, and then Alba will tell you a bit about what I said. So in very straightforward Spanish, Alba is of Barcelona. In this moment,

he lives in Glasgow. Travaja as a professor of Spanish. And, he says that his students are well

the Spanish. Alva has studied the philology Ingless in the University of Barcelona.

Mark has studied the Philology Spanish in the University of Salamanca. Alba is here in Scotia and

he's a month in Scotiah. He doesn't the page Scoces and the men in falda.

Mark he has a face and he said that the redderer

Scoces don't never never the fall but however

his father was a Italian Mark no is

a good a good so hopefully that's helped

you understand much more of our conversation well we

back after after this is the point in the show

where you can sit back and relax a bit but as

with all of the radio lingua podcast even when you're relaxing, you can still be learning. Indeed, we believe you learn even better that way.

So, during the Intermedio, you'll learn something a bit different from the main topic for this episode. And to help us with this, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you, my friend and colleague, Sir Jose Picardo. Well, much thanks, Mark. I'm very content of being here with you. My name is Jose, and I also

also am professor of Spanish, like Mark and Alba. But I work in England and not in Scotland. When you're learning a language, sometimes, one of the best things you can do to improve your speaking and writing is to avoid giving

boring answers. You should push yourself to go that bit further and by doing this, you'll really take your Spanish to the next level. As far as to pass at the next So, in each of

these intermedios, I'll be helping you do just that. Let's take the phrase, Como Estas? You may be asked

what-al or how you doves? What Pasa? Or even, in some

parts of Latin America, what's your answer can be something boring like I'm

well or I'm very But today I'm going to give you a phrase that will really impress native speakers. Next time someone asks you, What do? Why not say, Estoy estupendamente.

No could be better. Try it after me. I'm astupendamente. No could be ester better. So, there you have it. It's all about pushing yourself. and of course, understanding what you're actually saying.

There are more details in the lesson notes, and I'll be back next time to help to help us to in the meantime. In the meantime, it's back to Alba and Mark in the studio. Adios.

Much thanks, Jose. Okay, something else that we're going to be doing in this intermedio is introducing you to travalanguas. Travalinguas are tongue twisters. So this is, A useful way to practice your pronunciation and your diction when you're speaking Spanish. So, Alba, what do you have for us?

I have a travalenguas about Pablo, well, in reality, Pavlito. Okay, so little Pablo? Little Pablo. And do you want to tell us it slowly, first of all? Yes, very good. Pabloito clavow, a clavito. A clavito, clavow, plavit. What clavito clavitou plavit?

Okay, it doesn't sound too difficult, but then again that was using it slowly. So what does it mean? Let's take it sentence by sentence. Pabloito. So, um clavo, first of all, is a nail. Un clavito, a little nail. So, Pablo, little Pablo, clavo hammered in, a little nail. And clavot is the preterate tense of a regular AR verb, clavar, clavar, clavot. Pablo, clavot, un clavito.

And with many tongue twisters, they change around the word, so a little nail was hammered in by Pabloito. What clavito clavito clavro? So which little nail did Pabloito hammer in? Okay, Alba, the fast version this time. Venga, lo go to try. Pablo, clavon clavito, a clavito, a clavito, clavito, a clavito, pablito.

Very well, something for you to practice for next time. When you're not listening to Coffee Break Spanish, you can still practice your Spanish with our regular posts on social media. Find us on Facebook, just search for Coffee Break Spanish. We're Learn Spanish on Twitter. And you can keep up with the team through our regular posts on Instagram. Follow Coffee Break Languages. It's our mission to help you turn your downtime into your due time. Welcome back to the second act of Showtime Spanish episode one.

In this part, we're going to take a closer level. look at some of the words and phrases and the constructions that were used in the conversation we had earlier. To begin with, we're going to look at the word, L-L-L-E-V-A-R. As you know, it's spelled L-L-L-E-A-R, L-E-R, its basic meaning is to carry or to take, in the sense of, for example, I'm carrying the books. It can also mean to lead to. For example, A Donde me

You're leading me to? Where are you taking me to? Another meaning of Leverar is to wear, as in the clothes that you are wearing. What are you wearing this afternoon? But the particular use of Leverar that we're going to look at

is the example from the conversation where I said, Quanto time you've got here in Scotia. To Alba, listen again to this section. Quanto time you've got here in Scotia? I think I've

a month here. So if we took this on a literal level, I'm asking Alba, how much time are you carrying here? Quanto time here. But we would, of course, translate this in English as

how long have you been here? Quanto time you've here. Now, we're going to extend this a little by using a part of the verb that you're probably familiar with, and that is the gerund, the part that ends in ando or yendo. So let's take, for example, the verb, which means, of course, to speak. So the gerund of Ablar is Ablando.

So if I ask, Quanto Tienpo Lévas Ablando Españu That now means

how long have you been speaking Spanish for So compare Quanto Tienpo Yevas

here How long have you been here for With Quanto Tiempo

Lévas Ablando Spanish Literally How much time do you carry

speaking Spanish So how would you answer that question? Let's say you've been speaking Spanish for three years. You would change the yvvas to Ljabo, Ljavo three years Ablando Spanish.

Ljabo three years Ablando Spanish. So let's try another one. How would you say, how long have you been looking for Pedro for? you'd say Quanto

Tiempo Luevas Bucando a Pedro And remember you need the personal A in there

Quanto Tienbo Javas Buscando a Pedro And the answer could be something like

I've three hours Bucando a Pedro Now the other thing I'd like

to pick up on from our conversation earlier is the phrase What

Pasa is that Now think about that carefully what

is que literally that which happens is that now this is a really useful phrase because it gives you some extra time

to think when I asked Alba if she liked Scotland as she was sort of thinking what to say she said what happens

is that it's much frio because she was going on to tell me about the fact that she doesn't really like the weather

I go Scotia Yeah, I'm I love it. What the is that it's it's a

really but the fact is that I'm really a question. So if ever you're

asked a question and you need some time to think you could use the phrase

what is that and then follow it up with your answer. There's more about this

and lots of other phrases in this week's notes. Well, dear all yentes

this is all for today. We hope that you have

hope you've enjoyed your first experience of Showtime Spanish. Now, if you go to the theatre, you can get a programme which will give you further information about the production. And Showtime Spanish is no different. We'll be providing programme notes and other bonus materials in our members area, including full transcripts of the conversations and bonus materials linked to our interval acts. Visit our website at www.shotimespanish.com to find out how you can become a member. And of course, if you've found Showtime Spanish a bit too difficult, then you may want to check out Coffee Break Spanish at Coffee Breakspanish.com.

Now, there is one other thing that we've not mentioned about Showtime Spanish, and we're keeping it a secret until next week, so make sure you tune in to find out one of the biggest pieces of news about Showtime Spanish next time. Well, Chicoes and Chiquas, se fierra el telon. The curtain is indeed coming down, so join us next time on Showtime Spanish. We'll see in the next episode. Until the next.