Coffee Break Spanish - Season 3 – Lesson 39 – Coffee Break Spanish

Episode Date: January 17, 2012

We’re delighted to be joined once more by Alba in this special episode of Coffee Break Spanish. It’s the last ‘normal’ episode in the series: next week we’ll have the eighth and final instalment of Verano Español. We find out what Alba has been doing since before the summer and Mark takes the opportunity to test listeners on some of the phrases learned earlier in the series. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 339 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 39. Good days to all, dear readers, and welcome to this episode of Showtime Spanish. As you know, it's an episode a little special. The week

we'll end up we're the last episode of our telenovela, Verano-Spaniel. So, this means that this episode is the ultimate

episode normal of Showtime. The week past, you had said that we've to make a re-pass of the phrases and expressions important that we've studied during this series. Sin embargo, I did count of that there was something that would be even more interesting

for you. After some months now, that no we've talked with Alba, and I thought about it was, so I've talked with her yet by telephone, and is very content to be able to grab a a conversation for you. The quality not is perfected, but I think that you'll like to know what is doing now. The things never are easy, because in this moment, I'm in Hamburg, in Germany, for the conference

of the European Council of International Schools. So my microphone is as well as the microphone in the studio, and has been a little complicated to organize us to grab the conversation with Alba. But Yeah, we're going to call her. Hello, Alba. Hello, Mark.

How much me I agree with you? I'm also. As well, how time without time without the one of the other? Yes,

and, and so, the audience, because the people, the audience don't know, they're not

to be the guys, guys, well, I'm also to know to know to you

know of you're even directly to Mark. Yes, so, so these

the last few last few months, we've done a year for all Latin America, and we've learned many things about the Spanish-Chileno, the Spanish-Mexican, Colombian, Peru, no, Peruan, yes, and also

Argentino. So, a little of all in these last few times. But now, we're back with you. Of that, after having heard many accents Spanish different, now, again, my accento

it's more more more, Mark. Well, for me, I have to admit it.

Well, tell us. A sometimes to me to understand according to Latin America. Yes.

Quetern us your notices. What has been doing? And the last time

that we've done this last time we're before the last of the

last of the last of my assistance in in Scotia, I went to

Barcelona. Here I was working in a camp of a work, well, a school

of the school of a better, where I'm where I'm working with children and 13 and

14 years, rederous adolescents and we were doing it was a project educative

very interesting. So, I'm doing much during a month and a middle because

it was a, well, a job, orario intensive. And we we're doing a experience, the very, very interesting.

And, after that's you've been taken to take some vacations? Very well merceded, the

fact, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm going, I'm going to Burgos, that Burgos

is a city that in the community autonomous of Castilla and Leone in the

North of Spain. And then Then, I was to Asturias, which is another community Autonomous, that is even more to north,

and then I was still for the land Gallegas. I'm in the coast of noroeste of Spain,

that is precious. I think that you have said that is a place that I'm a place.

And that's were my mercedas vacations. Very well. Well, very well

mericidas, as Well, this vera I went with my family to the south of

England and we have passed a month making a year of in the south of England.

And also we've went to Legoland that the children have loved

much. Yeah, I also I'm when I came to when I

was a great. Well, well tell us what you are you what you

doing now? What is the professor in a school of a

primary It is, the school in Spain is from the school from the years

until the 12 so my students, my students are seven and are in the course

of third of primary and I do materials like mathematics Catalan

Castellan Castellano Ciences Naturales etc so so, so,

so, well, I'm very very well and the colleagues my colleagues of the time is that are magicism I've been much

good work well if the professors with those professors with those those guys are very majos what are those people majose too mark

a bit not you don't you know you know you know how are the children of seven and eight years or no

that's so that's so I see a little you see then so so then so it's so it's

importar very but, sure, they're going to have to do you

and to get to get to get to and then about, combine we're

we're in the school. We're all we know we're very

and they learn in English these these children in Chinese well

a good a pastada but English, Chinese, Chinese, Castellan and they're

exactly is that is incredible it's an school that a

a lot the theme of the other than the other very interesting for me also,

as a experience of because so I'm that you can learn other other

different from a time yeah, perfect. Oh yeah it's after we're so we're

to say to say to us and also also also to the audience Mark

I'm very much to talk to and with all our people

of new, I hope we can't re-encontrarned in some other place. I'm going. You know,

I'm a good, I'm a lot of all, to us, Mark. Much thanks, Alva. Vena,

until the next. After the next, Mark, a time. Much thanks,

Alva. And I hope that the quality you've got you've

got to know that we're going to let's the

word to Jose for the ultimate Intermedio. Hello, Mark.

This is very very very very very much. I've been able to collaborate with

those these last in the production of Show Time Spanish. Although

my contribution has been a great, I'm that you have

learned and have learned some and another phrase

authentic. Today I I don't I have to be

is, is saying, are related with with say, as you know, as I'm at the

end of every intermedio, me have heard about say this is the

next time, or, after pronto, which means, as you know, see you soon. And if

have you seen the movie Terminator, also know the phrase after the

which means something like see you again. A The first phrase of today is, which also means see you,

or see you soon. And it's and it's between friends when we know that's that's going to be pretty. No,

we're going. The second phrase is when you know when you go to see a other person very pretty. And is

until now. Which means see you very soon or see you in a minute. until now

The third phrase Yes, yes, today today is After Sientre Which means

So long After Sientre Fantastic Now Now, you To repeat

after me We We're We We're We're We're After

A hour After Aura After So So always. Well, this is all in my

ultimate Intermedio. I'll devolvue to Mark. I'm sure that our despedita be a after-pronto,

and not an adios definitive. I'll much of our conversations and our phrases Mark.

There's what's this of the despondits. Well, well, there's. Adjose to

all, and after always. As someone who's working on Spanish at an intermediate level, you may also be interested in our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine podcast. This is a podcast for intermediate learners, and we focus on texts,

which allow you to develop your linguistic knowledge and also your cultural knowledge. We have presenters from Spain and also various parts of Latin America, so you'll be building your understanding of different accents throughout the series. Find out more about the Coffee Break Spanish magazine at Coffee Break Academy. Oh, aye, aye, aye. But,

but, before that we're going to talk to the desbediedas, we're going to talk about the grammatica and the

constructions that we've used not in this episode, but in the course. It's time to have a look

back at some of the key phrases that we've learned in this episode. If you're a premium member,

you'll be used to doing the Encore episode. And that involves thinking back over the episode and trying to construct the phrases that I've given you based on the language that

you've covered in that episode. And what I've done for this main episode is chosen five phrases that will help you think back to some of the words and phrases and expressions that we've learned in the course of the 40 episodes of Showtime Spanish. Now there's more of this in this week's bonus podcast and indeed I've added some extra materials which should help you look back over the passed four, about 39 lessons, and including next week's lessons, 40 lessons of Showtime. But in this week's episode, I've picked just five phrases that I'd like to test you on to see if you can think back how you say these phrases. So the first one, I'd like you to translate into Spanish, you always catch me unawares. Now, for this phrase, we need to think way back to a much earlier episode.

and it's pillar a someone desprevenido or desprevenida depending on the gender of the person that you're catching unawares

so you always catch me unawares always me you piggias desprevenido or desprevenida if I'm female siem preennas

desprevenido or desprevenida okay Let's try another one. Number two, would you prefer me to come to the party at eight or nine o'clock? Okay, so would you prefer me to come becomes would you prefer that I came? This is quite tricky. We're combining a conditional with an imperfect subjunctive.

So would you prefer preferreras? preferier preferier is the infinitive so the conditional tense follows on after the infinitive using the infinitive as the stem preferirias that I came

so we're looking here for the imperfect subjunctive of benir so in this case says vinyera preferirias that vinyera would you prefer that I came to the party

at 8 or 9 o'clock at 8 or at last 9 o'clock So let's try the whole thing together Would you prefer me to come to the party at 8 or 9 o'clock Which of course translated into Spanglish becomes Would you prefer that I came to the party

at 8 or 9 o'clock Preferirias that vinaa a fiesta at 8 or at 9 Let's try number three. Now, I'd like you to think of talking to a group giving a command to a group of people here. Speak Spanish so that I can practice. It's going to depend slightly on whether you're speaking in Spain or another part of the Spanish-speaking world.

In Spain, you use the Bossotros imperative form. That's the one that ends in A-V or EVE or E. That's A-D, ID or E-D. So in this case, speak Spanish. Ablad Spanish. Ablad Spanish. So that I can practice, in order that I can practice.

Para que I can practice. That's para que so it's followed by a subjunctive, Pueda practicat. Ablaid Spanish, for that can practice. Now, if you wanted to do, to be ultra clear as to who it is that's going to be doing the practicing, you could say,

Abla de Spanish, para que you can practice. Stressing here that it's I who is going to do the practicing. Speak Spanish so that I can practice. Abla de Spanish, for that I can practice. Now, of course, if you're more familiar with Latin American Spanish,

then you're not going to use this, Vosotros, imperative. form, you're going to use the Ustés imperative form. And in that case, you would say, Ablen, Spanish, for that I can practice. Ablen. It's the same as the present subjunctive.

The normal Usteadis form, you speak, would be Ustsadis ablan. And the present subjunctive becomes that Usteades ablen. So, the imperative form speak Spanish so that I can practice Ablen Spanish for that I can practice.

We're going to continue with the number four. There was no one who could help me. So this is one of these situations where there was no one who could help me, that person didn't exist.

So here we have to think about a subjunctive again. There was no one? No There was nobody who could help me and in the sense

could becomes the imperfect subjunctive. No there was nobody that me could help no

there was nobody that there was no one or there wasn't anyone who could help

me. No there nobody that could help and finally

number five number five number I want you to read the article before I go away. So in this case, I want you to read the article becomes I want that you read the article. So the you read is going to be in the subjunctive. Tengen the tu form, it becomes from lear, leas.

I want that you read, I want that you read, I want to leas. I want to let's the article before I go away now to go away could be

irse or marcharse so let's take irse first of all before I go away antes de that me go away

before something happens antes de ke plus the subjunctive so before I go away antes de ke me valla And using marcharse, it becomes

Antesse I want you to read the article before I go away I want to leas the article before that I may or I want to leas the article before that's the

as I said earlier there's more of this type of practice in this week's bonus exercise and indeed in every single one of the encore podcasts for the past 39 lessons. So there you have it. That's the end of this lesson and to all intents and purposes, the end of Showtime Spanish.

Next week, of course, there is another lesson. Lesson 40 will be the final episode of Verano Español, in which you'll find out what happens to Laura and Angel and Ramon and all the other people involved in Verano Español. In terms of the normal lessons, that's it. This is our final normal lesson of Showtime Spanish. Of course, there will be more Spanish content coming for intermediate to advance learners from RadioLingua. And although this is not coming immediately next week or the week after, you should keep your eye on the Radiolingo website to find out how you can continue to learn Spanish with us. We hope to announce something very soon.

If you've liked the idea of the translation challenges in this week's episode, then you might be interested in following up with a premium membership for Showtime Spanish, where you can access these translation challenges for every single one of our lessons, plus all the notes that you require to get the most out of Showtime Spanish. But that's where we're going to leave it for this week. Much thanks, as much more, until the the

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