Coffee Break Spanish - Season 3 – Lesson 15 – Coffee Break Spanish

Episode Date: July 26, 2011

Episode 15 features the third installment of our ‘telenovela’, Verano Español. Find out the latest about the life of Laura and her mother as they spend the summer in Spain en la casa de tía Julia. How will Laura cope on her first day in her new job at the panadería? Please note that lesson 15 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 315 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.

Shoot I'm Spanish, episode 15. It's hour to pass to the next level. The Los Ensals to Spectacul, that's open the telon. Good days to all. Yeah, you've got more than five months, waiting the next chapter of Verano-Spaniel.

Well, nothing, we're going to do. At the day next, Laura is talking with Stella about the problem with Jack. Oh, yeah, no past anything. You're sure? I don't have the impression

that all about it's over Ruevas Yes, is a Pesadourn't no there's

words I'm think you know you know but I'm I'm not

I'm can't be that I'm okay you know you don't think

you're you know I'm maybe let's let's yeah with

that's not Fiona I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm sure that not

the fiona who me is a minute. Oh, I'm not. For sure, morning

is your first day in the panadery. Yeah, I know. The is that I'm

a little a little you know. You tranquilla, it's to be your

tia. Serra what? Cose and to say, well, that's very easy,

like, like coser and can't all the time. And did that my

Tia? Yes, she , I would have been Well, it was magicima. When I and my brother were

children, a lot of us and I used really to talk about. Laura! I'm over here, Mom.

It's your dad. He wants to speak to you. Are you okay, Mom? Yes, it's fine. Okay. Hello?

Well, Laura. What do you do you get, Karinu? It's Laura, Dad. Yeah, yeah. How do you

want the things, You know the house? Has done some of my friends? What about your Spanish? Well, I have much to tell you. The house is precious and I can't the garden.

You've known to Teresa and her family? Yes, Estella is here with me now. Who is Estela? It's the I She has a six years like I.

Jolene, I had to know that that I had a of your age? And you know what? What? Well, that I'm a job.

No, me digas. Where? What are you going to do? In the panadry of the Plaza San Javier. Do you know? Sure that is. Soliems we used to buy the pan there when we were young.

Ostras! I know that still was able to be it. I'm sorry. I'mpegian. Well, that all right all right. You know,

there's a little that I'm going to explain to you want to pass to your mom. Yes? Tranquilla,

no problem. No, you're going to be you'll tell you. Well, is that I've had been a idea. As you know, it's the new year

the time the time the time. I'm know. I'm sorry. I'm going to get to

buy it. But what idea you you know? Well, I've said to my mother

that me has a previsto and that at final I can't come. Papa,

for that he has been so he's he's but you want? thinks that he can't

be but I'm but I'm a but it's a sure you're

a right now now I'm know I'm I'm know

I'm a really well I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm

I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm perfect and

you know you don't say a sure you a My surprise, I, hija. Tranquil, Papa.

But not you feel you? Sure, that's it, I mean. I'm alexer much of that all right. I'm very content, Papa. Quanto me Ilegro. Vanga, a becettit for my great Laura. Laura, Papa.

It's the first day of Laura. We're in the panaderia. Estella he's teaching to Laura the tienda. A bit, in the stateria

of the right, you have the baguettes and the chapatas. Okay. In the mostrade, we're doing the most

the and if, for example, we'd we're going to get us without zums

of the emacens, well, the one, the one of the one of the there's there's a

there. Tranquilla. Look, look, observe and what can serve you? Good days,

me Pone a baguette and two croissants. Very well. Something more? No, no, it's fine. Are you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's very easy. No, you know, you know, you know, you're going to worry about,

Laura. But you have been years doing this. Today is my first day. And no you'll tendras

problem. You'll to take to the next, eh? Oh, oh, only I only can

five minutes only, but not you don't you go. But, but, but you know, Ramon is Ramon?

Who is Ramon? Ramon He's Ramon he's very mahog Oh, Ramon, no I've

had done that you have yet Hello Estella, what how? Hey,

Ramon, look, I'm here, I'm from Scoti, but passes the verano

in Spain Um Hello Nice to meet you Hey, okay Ramon,

speak Castellano Ah, well, well, I'm Encantado. Encanada.

Well, you'll have to help her a little. It's her first day. No, you're preoccupies, Estella. Well, then I'm going. Laura, no, you're worried for nothing. Ramon, he'll care. Bette, yeah, man. Well, and you're you all the vera?

Yeah, I've got a week. And how you know you a Estella? Well, we're not. Ah, okay. And you're from Scotiah, right? But how is that you You're saying Spanish as

as far as my father is Spanish and I've have been in Spanish but what what is

that I'm don't know I'm I'm too I'm quite to talk about I'm

If I'm English how you English, well you I've always I've been to go to

Scotland I'm a fourth of the E.S. I've done I'm

doing Literature Scocesa I don't I don't know I'm I don't know I don't know I'm

I'm gonna have to learn a poem and something something about but the fact is that I'm

I'm I'm there's that you or I'm going I'm great it's Angel

who is Angel you you know you you can't you can't you

you can't you can we're going to we're we're we're going to help the Hello, Angel.

This angel me is very interesting. It's a goodissue. But where is that frugona? Laura, you're

good? Yes, I've encountered. And that brings us to the end of another episode of Benano Español.

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at coffeebreakacademy.com. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Hopefully you've enjoyed that and most of all, we hope that you've recognised lots of language that we've already used and learned in recent programs. For example, did you notice the use of the first-person plural imperative that let's do something? When Estella said,

Ablemus de other cosa. Let's talk about something else. Let's talk about another thing, literally. Did you also notice the use of the word soler? Antonio said, solieamos to buy the panaderea, talking about the panaderia

where Laura's going to be working. Soliamos, we tended to, we used to. A few lessons back, we looked at the use of the future tense. In that situation where you're saying, I'll find out about it soon enough or I'll hear soon enough.

Antonio said to Laura, Yeah me contaras. Yeah me contaras. And that means something like, I'll hear all about it. I'll hear soon enough. And also Ramon mentioned Angel to Laura, and he said to Laura, you'll meet him soon enough, you'll get to know him sooner or later.

Now there's a point there about the le of yeah leconoceras. Le in this situation is not the indirect object, it's a direct object. However, using Le as a direct object like this is particular to Spain. In Latin America, it would probably be more. more likely to hear, Ja lo connoceras. You'll get to know him sooner or later. You'll meet him soon enough.

This whole concept of what's called leismo, using the le for a person in Spain, is a really complicated topic. What we would suggest you all do is have a look at one of the discussions on the bulletin board. If you go to radiolingua.com and click on discussion board

and then go to the Showtime Spanish section. You'll find lots of discussion on this particular. topic with some excellent examples provided by some listeners. And there are obviously a few more notes on this in the notes for this week. Other things that you may have spotted in this week's episode of Beriano Español were a number of subjunctives. Did you notice the subjunctive after Espero que? I hope that.

Precierro que? I prefer that. Antest de que. Before something happens. and also with when when when wheno is referring to a future situation. So for example, in that one, Laura said, Tevere, when I get back from work, when I get back from work, when Wualva del Travajo.

And following on from last week's discussion of the imperfect subjunctive, we had a couple of examples of that. Ramon impressed with Laura's Spanish said If I blarer yo English Como tu ablas Spanish And obviously he would have gone on to say I would be very happy or something like that Although Laura cuts him off in the discussion

So there's an example of the imperfect subjunctive followed by a conditional If I blarer I English Como tu Spanish Estaria muy contento Or something like that

And there was also the example where he said, Ablas Spanish, Como si fuevas de here. You speak Spanish as if you were from here. Como si fuevas de

here. Fueras, being the too form of the imperfect subjunctive of ser. So, as usual, what we're going to do with this episode of Verano-Spaniel is ask you some questions just to see how much you've understood.

And I'll help you answer the questions in Spanish. So let's begin. Numero uno. And this refers to the beginning of today's episode. Laura no ista contenta. Porque. So obviously, Laura isn't happy. Why?

Well, her friend Fiona has seen Jack, Jack's Laura's boyfriend, with another girl. So try to translate that. Her friend Fiona, Su Amiga Fiona, has seen Jack, so we're looking for

the perfect tense here and the perfect tense of ber has the past participle, Visto. Bisto is an irregular past participle. So her friend Fiona has seen, her friend Fiona, her bista, from Aver, the auxiliary verb, plus the past participle of berr, has she seen JAG. I wonder if you remembered that we need a personal

a here because she saw a person. So, so her amigafiona has visto a Jack with another girl. Con other chicka. Su Amiga Fiona has seen a Jack with other chicka. Number two, what are Laura and Estela? So what exactly are Laura and Estella doing?

Well, they are talking about the situation between Jack and this other girl and what Fiona has said in the phone and so on, in the garden. So how would you say they are talking about the situation in the garden? You could say, "'Ablan de la situation?' However, it is probably better to use the progressive here, because they are actually talking at the moment.

"'Estan'a'u'n de la situation,' "'Situation'un'a'an. you could probably also get away with saying but the situation is fine. But de la situation is fine. So let's move on with this one. What actually are they doing? Well, Estella is trying to encourage Laura to think about something other than Jack. So we could say Estella is trying to trying to help Laura. Estela

try to do, try to do something. Estela trata de help. And she's helping Laura. So there's a personal in there. Estella try to help Laura.

And this next bit's a little tricky. So that she thinks about something different. So that becomes in order that so you should be thinking it's para plus something in this case it's para

and para quee is followed by the subjunctive so para que she thinks in a different thing she thinks about something different so she thinks would normally be but it's subjunctive here so it becomes

pience Estela Traita try to to help a Laura for that Pience in other

a alternative here could be Estella is trying to help to help to

think in other something so using the progressive form there

so the whole answer they're talking in the Jardin Estela is trying

to help to help Laura for that Pian in

other another number 3 what What do you want Antonio to Laura? So what does Antonio tell Laura? Well, he explains to her that he will arrive on Tuesday.

Try to translate that into Spanish. Antonio Le Explica to Laura, if you want. Antonio le explica that, future tense, Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Antonio le explica that he'll geta el martes.

However, he has said to Ayona that he will not be able to come. So, let's translate that bit. However, he has said to Ayona, now we need to think about our pronouns here, and we've got an indirect object pronoun, le,

so to her he has said, and remember we need to double it, le has said, le has said, he has said to Aiona that he will not be able to come future tense of the verb Poder

That no podra Venir He has said Ayona that no could be So it's going to be

It will be a surprise for Ayona's birthday So It's a surprise For the Cumple-Ans of Ayona So

it will be a surprise for the for Iona's birthday so let's do the whole thing Antonio he's explained that he'll get a Marches, but in embargo he has said Ayona that no could be near, so it's a surprise

for the company's of Ayona. Well, number four. What does Laura to his father? So what does Laura tell her father. Well, she tells him that she's got a job. She explains to him, we could say. Laura le explica, to him explains, that she has a job. And where does she have her job? Well, it's in the bakery in the Plaza San Javier. So in La Panaderia of La Plaza San Javier. So the whole answer there,

Laura Learro le Heen a Panadera of the Plaza San Javier

Noemero 5 We are now in the panadaria and Estella has been

explaining everything to Laura She's also mentioned Ramon So my question is

Segun Estela How is Ramon Now you may have come across Segun

before It means according to So Segun Estela According to Estela

Or in Estela's opinion how is Ramon? What is Ramon like? Well, Estella says that Ramon is very nice. She used the word majo. We could say simpatico.

But the word majo works well here because it's a very Spanish word. So Estela says that Ramon is very nice. Estella says that Ramon is very nice. Let's add something here. Ramon will help Laura. So Ramon will help Audera and then Laura

Well, it has to be to Laura because it's a personal A. Ramon Ayudera a Laura. And if we want to really make this sound a little better then we would probably say Ramon Le Audera a Laura. Now just to point out there that

a yu-that is quite a tricky word. And the reason for this is because some Spanish speakers use it with a direct object and other Spanish speakers use it with an indirect object. Now, my understanding is that in Latin America, it would be more natural to use the direct object here. Ramon la Ayudera. Ramon will help her. In Spain, it would be much more common to say Ramon Le Ayudadha. Now, the complication is perhaps. perhaps because we've included A Estela, so we're specifying who is going to be held here. And because that has to have a personal a, it's a person and it's an object of the sentence. So the natural feeling is for saying Ramon Le Ayyodara a Estela, as opposed to Ramon la

a yodara Aestela. Now, it's important to remember that Spanish, just like English, is far from being a dead language. It's a language that's constantly developing because people are used. using it all the time. So probably the best way to think about this is that the right way is whichever way people around you use. So it's a good opportunity to practice your Spanish by asking them, do you diris Ramon le aiodera or Ramon la aydara. What would you say? And with that question, you can pretty much guarantee that you'll have a half-hour conversation about the direct and indirect objects with

Audar. Okay, our answer was Estella says that Ramon is very majo. Ramon leaudera a Estela. Ramon will help Estela.

So let's move on to the next question. What does Ramon about Scotia? So what does Ramon say about Scotland? Well, he says that he's always wanted to go to Scotland. He has wanted

would be the perfect tense. a querido from the verb to want. So he says he says, he says, he says that he has always wanted, he says that he has always wanted to go to Scotland, to go to Scotland, to go to Scotland, ira

so, he said that always has been a scotia. Now he did a study, hezo an studio about Scotland sobre Scotia he did a study about

Scotland at school in this case we'd probably say institute so he'so an institute and he has studied Scottish literature so he has studied

from Estudiar a Estudio in perfect tense. I studied La Literatura Scocesa. La Literatura Escocea,

the adjective obviously coming after the noun. But he doesn't remember anything. So he said

himself, No me accordo de nada. I don't remember anything. So putting this into

the third person, we would say but no se accorda of the verb accordarse.

Let's have the whole answer here. I'm aware that I'm aware that that's a city. He's a studio over Scotiah in the institute and has studied the literature

Scocesa, but no she doesn't remember of nothing. I'm aware that that sentence would sound a little bit different in Latin America. So I'm going to repeat it

using Latin American pronunciation. Dise that always has been to go to Scotia. He's

a study over Scosia in the institute and has studied the literature

Scocesa but no he's a question number seven

Who is Angel? That's actually quite a good question because I get the feeling

that Angel may well be featuring in our future episode

certainly if Laura has anything to do with it so the question

who is Angel Well, he's a customer in the bakery. Angel is a cliente in the panaderia. Now, I think I'd be right in saying that Ramon doesn't like him. So, in Spanish, obviously, we need to turn that around and say he is not pleasing to Ramon. No le gusta a Ramon.

But Laura thinks he is hot. But Laura thinks that he's good. Angel is a client in the panaderia. No, he doesn't know, but Laura thinks that's good. Well, that's all for today. And unfortunately, it's going to be episode 20 before you hear who Angelus

and exactly what's going to be happening in the future episodes of Verano-Spaniel. We're going to be back Pronto with another episode of Showtime Spanish and we'll be different with conversations about things interesting. Until then,

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