Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish con Kav - Episode 24 - El aeropuerto - The Airport

Episode Date: January 24, 2024

Join Kav as he traverses through Barcelona Airport and reveals where he's heading on his next adventure through the Hispanic world. To get the most out of each Immersive Spanish episode, we recommend repeating aloud during the gaps provided.Speak Spanish confidently with our app: studio.com/immersivespanish.Ad free and episode transcription available here.For more info head to: www.immersivespanish.net. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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As you can hear, I'm in the airport of Barcelona, and almost ready to embark on my next adventure for the Hispanic world. So, it's time I tell you where I'm heading. As voted by our listeners on our Patreon, my next destination is Sevilla or Seville to the English tongue. This ancient city, in the south of Spain,

is one of the oldest in the continent, dating back some 2,000 years. Amongst its legendary plaza, flamenco and festivals, Sevilla is known for its friendly people. So it's going to be a great place to learn some more Spanish. Right, I need to check in my bags.

But there's a massive cue. Luckily, I arrived nice and early. The word for cue in Spanish is Cola. Coalha. For better or worse, every time I think of a cue in Spanish, I think of none other than Coca-Cola. I think of me waiting in line with a bottle in hand.

And I bet now, every time you think of a cue in Spanish, you too will have a picture of cola pop up in your head. So, if Q is Cola, how would you therefore say the cue? La Cola. La Cola. How would you then say a cue? One cola. Una. Cola.

In Spanish, to wait in a queue, we use the verb, Acer. For example, Voa se cola. This translates as, I'm going to wait in line. You can also include the indefinite article to say, Voya'ona cola.

The indefinite article being, una. Now, say it with me. I'm going to be a cella one more time but even slower voy acer cola remember voya ser is three words voy a a be aware however that because the h sound is silent in Spanish

remember it's hola not hola it can be tricky to distinguish the two consecutive A vowels between voya and a the two a vowels are blended so remember it doesn't need to be boy a a said instead boy a said anyway so how would you say I'm going to wait in line boy a se cola very bien now how do you say the shop in Spanish

la tienda With that then, how would you say I'm going to wait in line at the shop? I'm going to wait in the tienda. I'm going to do cola in the tienda. Go to do cola in la tienda. You guys are here with me right now, so we're going to wait in the line together. How would you say We are going to wait in line

We're going to wait in line. We're going to do cola. We're going to take a cola. Or we could also choose to employ the indefinite article. We'll say Una Cola.

Anyhow. This cola looks like it'll take a while. I may as well teach you some essential airport words and phrases whilst we wait in line. First and fourth, To say the airport in Spanish, we say

El Aeropoerto. El Aeropoorto. To say the flight in Spanish, we say El Vuelo. El, Vuel. Quero commensar el Vuel. Means I want to start the flight.

On that flight, we will be passengers, myself included. included. To say the passenger in Spanish is El Pasajero. El Paso or it would be La Pasahera if the passenger is a female. La Pasahera. Next, of course, we have the luggage. Something that is getting increasingly expensive to fly with. The luggage in Spanish is

El equipage. Equipage. El. Equipage. Think of how luggage is where you keep all of your equipment. Equipage. The gate in Spanish is La Puerta. La Puerta. You may have noticed that this is the word used for door in Spanish.

La Puerta. Next, we have the boarding pass. Targeta de Embarque Targeta De Embarque Departure is Salida

Salida It also means the exit Salida It's a common sign in buildings Opposite to that we have Arrival which is

Jigada Jegada Arrivals would be Jegadas Jigadas Customs in an airport

for example is aduana aduana the waiting area is known as the Salad de Espera

Salah De Esper Think of it as the room of waiting baggage claim is Reclamo de equipage

Reclam of equipage. Lost and found is known simply as Obhetos Perdidos. Lost objects. Obhetos. Perdidos. Of course, you'll often find currency exchanges at the airport.

I'm not sure if I'd recommend you any, but they are known as the Cambio. This simply means. means exchange. So a currency exchange in the airport is usually just listed as the Cambio. You may also see it written as Casa de Cambio. Casa de Cambio. Also, in an airport, you'll hear lots of announcements. An announcement in Spanish is called an anuncio. An Anuncio. Anuncio.

is called assistencia. The word for landing is is aterrisage, aterrisage. So in the plane, you might hear something like Nosotros estamos preparandonos for the landing. We are preparing for the landing. We are

We are preparing us for the Eterrisage Finally, we have the take-off

known as El Despege El Despege Do you like the take-off? Do you like the take-off? Do you like the take-off? Te-gusta el dispege?

You'll hear that the next time you bought a plane. in Spanish. Well, that's all the vocab you'll need to get up to scratch. Here's a tip, by the way. I learned all these words by changing the language on my phone from English to Spanish. So, whenever I book a flight, I'm exposed to all of this specialized vocab. It did seem overwhelming at first, but little by little, I started understanding more and more. For fin. Finally, I'm at the front of the hola

hola hola how how is that in serious my maletta

is too they've just told me that my bag is too

heavy my my maleta de pes minus of

twenty three kilograms but pes twenty five kilograms

so my bag should weigh less than 23 kilograms

but according to these scales it weighs 25 It's too heavy by two kilograms

Okay Quanto Necessito Paga Questa 25 euros Wait, let me just check Necessito Pager 25 euros Okay Well, it could have been worse

Not ideal though Pago with tariffa Thanks I mean there are always unexpected costs when traveling. Lucky I ate before I came. Anyway, I need gate number 106. That's La Puerta No. 106.

Necessito. The Puerta, number, 106. But first, Necessito To buy a bottle of water. That's a bottle of water. I always get super thirsty on planes To say I'm thirsty in Spanish is a strange one compared to in English

Unlike in English where we say we are thirsty in Spanish we say that we have first Therefore I'm thirsty in Spanish is Tengo said Tengo said The same applies to of hunger. In Spanish, hunger is understood as something we have rather than something we are. So, I have hunger is, I'm hungry. Tengo. Ambre. But I don't actually have any hunger. No Tengue Ambre. Partially as I just got robbed at the bag check-in. So I would say, no Tengue Ambre.

Ah, here's a shot. H. Smith. They have these in every airport. Strange, huh? Ah, well, here's ta. Hello. Solo this

bottle of water, for favor. Two per one? The man has just told me two per one. Can you guess what that means? Esas botayas water are two-per-one. Those

bottles of water. They are a two per one. That translates as, These bottles of water are two for one. One more time. Those bottles of water are two for one. Perfect. I'm going to get another then.

Thank you. With targeta? Well, thanks. Ciao. Fancy that. Two for the price of one. Four euros isn't too bad for two big bottles of water. I can drink one before and one on the plane.

Okay, now I need to find La Puerta. What's this? Control de security? Ay no. I haven't been for security yet. No, why did I buy all this water before security? Oh, no. All right, I better get drinking.

That was much agua. Okay, I better turn my recorder off before I go through security. They get funny about recording in there. Asto'uego. Right. I've been through security and I'm now sitting at my gate. And actually, it's not too busy. Night flights are the best.

We have some time to kill until it leaves. So let me test you on some of the words I taught you earlier. How would you say? The airport. El aeropuerto. El. Aeropoerto. How would you say the flight?

El whelo. El. How would you say the passenger in Spanish? El Pasajero. El Pasajero. Or it could be La Pasahera. If I are a woman, then I would say, Soi Pasajera in this whelo.

I'm a passenger on this flight. In Spanish, how would you say the luggage? El equipage. El equipage. How would you say the gate in Spanish? La Puerta. La Puerta. Remember, it also means the door.

La Puerta. How would you say boarding pass? Targete de Embarque. This translates more literally as the boarding card. What's the word for departure? Salida. Or, in the common case that there are multiple departures, you'd say, Salidas.

Salidas. How about arrivals? Jigadas. Jigadas. What's the word for customs? Adwana. If there are multiple customs, then it would be aduanas. Aduanas.

How would you say the waiting room in Spanish? Salta de espera. Salah. De. Esper. How would you refer to luggage claim in Spanish? Reclamo de equipage. Reclamo.

De. Equipage. How about lost. and found. What do we call the lost and found section in Spanish? Obhetos perdidos. Objitos. By the way, you may see it listed as La Fisina of Obhetos Perdidos. It's the same thing pretty much, the lost and found office. And how about if you're looking for a currency exchange, what word would you look out for? Cambio

You'd be looking for a Cambio You may also see it listed as a Casa de Cambio Onea de Canbio Next, what is the word for assistance in Spanish?

Assistencia Asistencia Now, what was the word for announcement in Spanish? Annuncio Anuncio How would you then say the announcement? El anuncio.

El anoncio. Do you remember the word for landing in Spanish? El a terrisage. El a terrisage. It's a weird word, isn't it? It looks slightly like the word terrifying. And that's exactly how landings used to be for me. aterrisage

Finally, we have the word take-off, which is El despege El Despege Right, how did you do? And look, the plane looks like it's nearly boarding. I better go.

Join me next time as I explore the incredible city of Sevilla. We'll see each other in the next season of immersive Spanish. Nos we'll see in the next time of immersive Spanish. Ciao.

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