Coffee Break Spanish - Season 3 – Lesson 14 – Coffee Break Spanish

Episode Date: July 22, 2011

In episode 14, Mark and Alba are joined by David, el novio de Alba. Topics discussed include Galicia (the region of Spain where David is from), St Valentine’s day, romantic Spanish and the imperfect subjunctive. In this week’s intermedio, Alba talks about the film Diarios de Motocicleta, and José introduces some different ways to express disbelief. Please note that lesson 14 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 314 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.

Shut I'm Spanish episode 14. It's hour to pass to the next level, the ensues to the spectacle.

That's good. Good days to all. Hey, Mark, how you do you go? How do you

feel? I'm very very good, eh? Mm-hmm. Me, I imagine. This

this time in Scotia has nevado much. Here where I live, no sule never never

much, but this time, yeah, that has never, and in Glasgow,

too. also also are in the Calley Cuviertas of Nyebe That's good

well, we're going to let's we're going to this time we're something we're not

well we're we're a new and who and who is this this

is my nobio and he called David well hello David, how

how much how much thank thank you well thank so very welcome to here

with you and Alba, Mark. David, where do you do you know I'm from Galicia, which is a region that

is situated in the northeastern of Spain, of the peninsula Iberica and I'm here working and living in

Scocia with Alva, with my novi. Well, you've said that you're in the

northwest of Spain. We can you can explain a bit how is geographically? A bit

well, GALicia is a region very very has a very denser many many

many many, it's very humid, for so it's very similar here to because it

yeah, exactly, and what are the cities most known? The cities most

known of Galicia, well, Galicia not is a place that for their cities

because are very great, or have much, it's but the most

known the most known, I think the Mark. A this is that I mean it's the way of

Santiago, no? Yes, is it's really because in Santiago of Compostela well,

no see if you know you know that's the cathedral of

that's and there in theory supposedly there there's the apostles

Santiago. Maybe it's better that you can you can what

can't the community of a bit a thing a peregrinage

that's can't realize to different But the origin traditional of the Camino-Santiago is in Ronces Valleys. And the road is a-pient? Well, traditionally,

yes, but, well, ultimately in the last few years there's people that do a cabo, in bicycle, each one's a lot to want it as well. Well, I, to our ownets,

you have explained that I'm a lot very orguosa of and I'm really I would like to ask me, David, if in Galicia also have the suerate to talk two idiomas? Well, yeah, Alba.

In Galicia, as in Catalonia, also we also, apart of the Spanish, that is the language statal, we have the idiom property, originary of the land, that is the Gallego. And the Gallego

is it very to Castellano? It's a castellano, Mark, but it's a lot more to the Portuguese. Ah, okay.

You can't say something in Gallego? Algo? Well, to be saying, thanks. What normal is is to say, Gracia's.

But you have you have done with your parents, for example? No, I with my

parents, I know in the house, but for example, with my abuelas I'm

in Gallego, if I go to a people in that people I'm usually I'm

I'm using the I'm with them, it depends of the context. And in

the colleges, now the the lessons are in Gaelian or in Castellian?

For example, in the university, in Gallego. But, in different schools or institutes, especially if are privates, it's used more in the Castellano. All right. I mean, I'd like to hear a little more of the Gallego. We can't, I see, presentart in Gallego? Okay, to be, I present a gallego.

Poiseu, chamo medaville, are from Galicia, of Pontevedra. I've been here in Scotia to work with a miyamoza, that's called Alba. So, it's how it's called, no?

Yes, and you've said, Chamume? Chammame. Yes, because, well,

the pronoun is it before the word. Yeah, yeah, all. Well,

much thanks. Thank you. Well, it's been very interesting to know

more about about Galicia, and the fact I know

of that the know that's to because now we're

to change to talk, We'll talk of other because this Saturday that's the

year the 14 of February is the first of San Valentin Alba and David, what are you

do you guys to do you going to celebrate the the first we just we're just

we're talking well I think if we we're we're we're we're

we're we're not a event that the people usually celebrate

so a men like it can be here or it can be in America, I think. But, well, David, what we're going to do this year? Well, to be, you, tranquillicester,

Alba, because, as we're going to celebrate San Valentin as God manned. Okay, Alba, one thing, me have said that in Catalonia

no it's a San Valentin, but another day romantic, no? Yes, we have our own day of the love.

What is? It's the day 23 of April and celebrate San Jordi. And then the children, San Jordi, consists in that the children regal an rose-roha, normally, to the chicks,

and the chicks they're giving books to the children, although the tradition is changing and now, all the world is regal, books and roses. Ah, well, before to terminate this conversation, there's one thing, if our audience would want to

write something in his postals of San Valentin, could to take good note of the these these phrases.

Just David and I, before to start to grab the episode,

we're we're talking, to be what phrases romantica we

are and what we could we could do you have

a phrase I hope you want you just

you so for how I know I am so

romantic. You've seen. Well, then David, you talk to you. Okay, to be, for the minute I'll put a voice

enumorated, Mark. No would be a minute of a year for a year for

100 years of the one. Well, I think it's time to start

to make the mother, no? Okay, it's time for today's resumen. Today

we've had much such, because David has been

with us David is the novi of Alva and

he He came from the north of Spain. The region of where David, is called Galicia. We have told some things about Galicia, the traditions

Gallegas and the idioma Gallego. Then we've talked a little about the traditions of San Valentin, as the Saturday 14 of February.

Alba has explained the version Catalan of San Valentin, that is San Jordi and it is the 23 April.

And for me, It has been the first that I participate in an episode of Showtime Spanish and I've got a lot of time. I'm going to

go back and that you've learned something new. Well, it's now it's now to pass to the Intermedia. Well, Alva,

yeah we're going to start with the movies. What is your movie? Well, today you're a presentar

a movie that I love much too, and it's called Diaries of MotorCly The

What? The movie the movie It's about the of the life of a period of Che Guevara.

You know a Che Guevara know he? Yes, the Republicionary Argentino, no?

Exactly. Che Guevara did a voyage for South America in the year in

the year 1952. So this movie describes the that Ernesto Chegebara

did with his friend that's called Albert Granado. So, it's

a a movie impressive because you see some those and the times

those dialogues are very intelligent very interesting I think it's a project

in a whole good. And in this moment there's other

other movie that the life of the show yeah

yeah yeah but this is the prequel that is the prequel that we

know I'm not so it's different a new and it also it also a part

a other vision of the identity of the Che. Perfect. Well, much thanks.

I'm going to see it. Very well. I hope that you like a much. A bit, Jose,

you have seen this movie? Yes, yes, I've seen that movie. And the

really is that I really was a great, you know, although he is Mexican,

his accent Argentino in the movie is very convincing. And when he did

the role of a Italian in Mal Sobar, his accent Spanish also was

impeccable. Well, well, what me bring to you in Showtime Spanish is, as like

always, these phrases authentic, that we say the Hispanos and that not you

know you are in the intermedio, as custom you know to pass to showtime

Spanish. Let's learn some more authentic phrases. A Sometimes, when you're talking with someone, that person with that you're talking can say something incredible or poco-probable. Is that say, it's saying, it's going to be exaggerating a pizca.

One pizka means a little bit. Well, in this situation, you can say two things. The first is, no me lo, I'm to say it like that. No, me lo can't believe that. No, me lo puto creer. The second thing that is,

No, te lo crees, ni too. This one's really good. No, you know, not even you believe that. Okay, so now it's your turn. Get ready to repeat after me. Ready?

Here we go. No, me lo puto creer. That, no te lo crees, ni too. And so is all in this intermedio the Showtime Spanish. Now, you know how reactionar

Ante Algo or Algin'Intyme Incredible. A lot of allo and after the next episode of Showtime Spanish. And now, back to Mark and Alba. When you're not listening to Coffee Break Spanish, you can still practice your Spanish

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Well, thanks Jose, thanks Alva, and thanks David. Now, me to come to me. It's my turn now with Act 2 of this week's episode of Showtime Spanish. And we've got something of a difficult topic to talk about this week.

In the conversation, you've probably noticed a couple of examples of something that we've only made brief mention of in the past, That's the imperfect subjunctive. Now, before you switch off your iPod or your computer, because you don't want to hear any more about the subjunctive, let me tell you that the imperfect subjunctive is very straightforward. In fact, believe it or not, there is not a single verb,

which is irregular in the imperfect subjunctive, as long as you follow the patterns that I'm going to explain to you in the next few minutes. Now, I'm very aware that there may well be some listeners thinking, why do we have to concentrate on the intricacies of a language and learn things like the imperfect subjunctive? Can we just speak it? Well, in fact, although the imperfect subjunctive sounds terribly complicated,

it's actually one of those forms that you've used probably without even thinking about it. You've recognised it as a piece of vocabulary so far. Think, for example, of, si fuer a rico, compraria a casa. If were a rico, Fuera comes from ser.

And it means if I were, rich. That is the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish. And using it in that if clause, if I wear something or if you were here, I would be happy and so on, is a very common situation. Now we're going to look first of all at how you form the imperfect subjunctive and then we'll talk about when you would use it. Now the formation is the good part because it's entirely regular. All the endings are the same and the way in which you form it is always the same no matter which verb you're looking at. So let's begin by taking the verb, Ablaar, to speak.

The starting point of the imperfect subjunctive is actually in the preterate tense, and we need to go to the third-person plural form, so that's the Elios, Ejas, Ustés, form. So if you think about this, you'll probably remember that the preterate is conjugated, Ablae, ablaste, ablá, abláis, avlareon. So it's that Ablaron that we're going to use

as our starting point for the imperfect subjunctive. So we go to Ablaron and we're going to take off the R-O-N. So we're left with Abla

and we're going to add the endings to that Abla. Now, like with all verbs, it's simply a pattern that we need to learn. So have a listen to the six forms

of the imperfect subjunctive using Ablar. Ablara? Ablaras. Ablarah. Ablaramos. Ablarais. Ablaran.

So we've gone to Ablar in the preterate tense, looked at the third person plural, Ablaron, and taken off the R-O-N and added the endings. The endings being Ra, Ras, Ra.

Ramos, Raiz, Ran. So, Ablara, Ablaras, Blara, Ablaramos, Abladais, Ablaran.

Now, if you're looking at the notes for this week's lesson, you'll notice that on the Nosotros form, we've put a little asterisk to remind you that you have to put an extra accent in there

on the Ablaramos. Otherwise, it would be Ablaramos, which doesn't make sense at all. So, Ablara, Ablaras,

a blara, Ablaramos, Ablarais, avlaran. Let's take an an ER verb. Let's take Comer. So we begin by going to the third person plural of the preterate, and I wonder if you remember how to form the preterate tense of an ER verb. That's Comei, comiseste, comio, comimos, comiste, comieron. So it's that comieron that we're going to

start with. We take off the R-O-N, the Ron, if you like, and we are left with C-O-M-I-E, and we're going to add the endings to that. So again it's these same endings. Ra, ras, ra, ramas, ramiera, comieras, comiera, comieres, comieres, comieres, comieres, comieres, comieres, comieres. And exactly the same thing happens with an IR verb. So, again, the IR verb, we go to the third person plural of the preterate, which, of course, is, vivieron. Bibi, viviste,

bebeyo, vivimos, vivestis, Bibieron. So, Bibieron, is our starting point,

take off the ron, and we're left with Bibiet, to which we're going to add the endings. So the imperfect subjunctive of Bivir

becomes Viviera, Bibieras, Bibieres, Vivieramos, vivieres, vivieran. Now, the even better bit

is that all irregular verbs work exactly the same way. You will have to know what the irregular verbs sound like in the preterate, but when it comes to forming the imperfect subjunctive, is exactly the same.

You're going to use those same endings and add them to the stem that we've formed from the third-person plural of the preterate tense. So let's look at a couple of examples. Let's take de thir, de thir meaning to say. So the third-person plural of the preterate is di Gheron,

which means the imperfect. subjunctive is formed by taking off the ron and adding our ending. So we get Digera, Digeras, Digerra, Dijeramos, Digerais, Digeran. Let's take Acer to do. The third person plural of the preterate for Acer. Can you remember what that is? It's Yisieron, or Isieron, in Latin American Spanish. So let's take that form, take off the Ron, and Latin are subjunctive endings. Icyra, iCiress,

yisieramos, icieres, or of course in Latin American pronunciation, yisiera, yisierras, yisieres, and sieran.

Let's take one more. We'll take the verb Tener. Tener is, of course, to have, and the third person plural of the preterate tense, Tuve,

tuviste, Tudu, tuviste, and stooderon, So we're starting at, Tuvieron, take off the ron, and add in our imperfect subjunctive endings. Tuviera, tuvieras, tuviera, tubieres, tuvieran.

So I'm maybe jumping the gun a little here, but you can now see, if I had lots of money, si tuviera much money, I would travel the world, via'd for all parts of the world, or something like that. Okay, you now know how to for, the imperfect subjunctive of regular verbs and of irregular verbs.

There's one more thing to say about this, but I'm going to leave that for the very end. Let's now think about where you would use the imperfect subjunctive. And we'll begin with that example that I used earlier. The C clause, the if clause. So if I were you, I would not come. Or if she were here, we would be happy, or something like that. So you've got the combination of the imperfect subjunctive, if I were you or if we had lots of money or whatever, and then the conditional, I would do something. What would the following sentence mean?

If tuvieramos to do it, me aidrias. I'll try that again. If tubieramos to do it, me aidarias. So we're using tubieramos from Tener, if we have. had to do it. If we had to do it. If we had to do you help me. If we had to do it, me help me.

Okay, let's try another one. If studiaras more, you'd rather yes. So, if you studied as much, from studying to study. So if you studied more, if you studied more, So,

So, I'llarias from the conditional tense of Ablaar, you would speak better. If you studiaras more, Ablarias mejor. Okay, so that's the C clause. Let's leave the C clause just now

because we're going to talk about the other uses of the imperfect subjunctive. And in fact here, there's not a lot to say because basically the imperfect subjunctive is used in exactly the same situations as the present subjunctive, the difference being you'd be talking in the past.

So, let's think of a couple of examples here. We already know that I want you to do it becomes I want that you do it using the subjunctive for the second verb. So in the present I'm que lo

agas coming from Acer. I want that you do it. Now, putting this into the past, if I said, I wanted you to do it, then that would become I wanted that you did it. And the did here becomes a subjunctive. So I wanted, we would probably use the imperfect here, that you do it or that you did it in this situation.

Que lo isieras from afer. And of course we're going to the third person, of the preterate tense Ithieron and making it into the imperfect subjunctive using in this case the ithieras form I wanted

that you did it I wanted you to do it okay some other situations where we already know that we use a subjunctive for example using sinque without so for example in the present

I am here without that they know, so I'm here without their knowing, now putting this into the past, I was here without their knowing. Estabha-a-khi-i-sing-ke-lo-supier-an. Now, supieran, you might be thinking, oh, that's a bit different. Well, that's coming from saver,

in the imperfect subjunctive, which is formed, of course, by going to Saver, supest, supis, supi, supimos, supiysi, supieron. Supieron, in the preterate, becomes supieran in the imperfect subjunctive. Okay, now, this is the bit, which comes with something of a health warning. If you're feeling quite comfortable with what we've done so far, then perfect. Stop here, just jump ahead to the end. You don't need to listen to the next bit.

But if you feel that you're brave and you want to learn a little more about the way the Spanish language works, then do keep listening. The reason for all of this is that there is, in fact, an alternative Spanish imperfect subjunctive. Now, it's only used by some speakers in some areas and it's often found in literary texts. But in this week's conversation, Alba actually used it. She said, If we were in Spain, we wouldn't celebrate St. Valentine's. Now, you don't need to learn this at all.

There's absolutely no need to learn it other than for recognition purposes. But if you want to learn it, then all you need to do is go to the same part of the preterate tense, take off the RORN, the ending of the third person plural, and then add a different set of endings. Again, these endings work for regular and irregular verbs. There's no problem there, but it's just a different set of endings from the RASRA, Ramos, Raiz, RAN. In this case, it's C, CES, C. Semos, says, se, se. So rather than saying cantara, cantaras, cantara, and so on, you say, cantase, cantases, cantasemos, cantasys, cantasin.

Now, here comes my confession. I don't think I have ever used the say endings in spoken Spanish. When I was learning them, I learned the ra endings, and I'll end the say endings, and I think I thought at that stage I don't really like the say endings. I'll stick with the ra endings. and I, as I say, I don't think I've ever used if fuese rico, I'd probably would go with the Rha endings.

You can do whatever you like. I would suggest that you base it on what you hear from the people around you, the people who are speaking Spanish, and go with what they use. Okay, there's more practice of all this in the Encore podcast for this week. Well, amigos, this is all for today.

And we hope that receive many postals of San Valentin. It has been a pleasure to be with you a other semester

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done showtime Spanish? Well, I've been great, Alva,

it's been a pleasure and I'm to return. And don't forget that next week is the third installment of Verano-Spaniel, so don't miss that.

Well, much thanks a all of David, to Jose, and, you know, to usotros, our queriedos, ohiens. Until the summer that came. Bye-d-bye! lingua.com.