Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish Season 3 - Episode 1: The Mysterious Diary

Episode Date: August 8, 2024

Season 3 - El Lago de Oro (The Lake of Gold)Discover an ordinary day turned extraordinary as Kav unearths a mysterious surprise while decluttering his attic. Little does he know, this unexpected find will catapult him (and you) into a thrilling, Spanish-speaking adventure.Now it's your turn to speak. Practice today's lesson with our Fluency Builder app: studio.com/immersivespanishEpisode transcription available here."The Island of Mallorca" series is available exclusively on Patreon. Listen and learn now.For more info head to: www.immersivespanish.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 3, Episode 1, The Mysterious Diary. Ola Viejeros, and welcome back to immersive Spanish. It's a gloomy Sunday afternoon here in London, and I've finally decided to tackle cleaning out my attic. Poh, it's really dusty up here. Let's see what we've got. Old books, Libos of Antigues, photo albums,

albums of photos. And... Hang on, wait. What's this over here? It's some kind of leather-bound book. Let me brush off this dust. Oh wow. It's a diary.

A diario. And it belongs to... My great-grandfather, Albert. I can't believe it. My great-grandfather, my bis-a-bo-a-a-aubuelo Albert, this is from his time in Colombia, over a century ago. It looks like he was a translator for a company exploring Lake Guatavita. Hmm.

That's interesting. But, wait a second. What are these strange symbols? and these maps, oh my goodness, this seems to be about the legendary Tesora de El Dorado, the El Dorado treasure. There are clues here about something called El Secreto Dorado, the golden secret. This is incredible. What does this say?

I was a part of the expedition team sent from England to discover the secrets and the secrets. treasure of El Dorado. But I made sure the secrets remained undiscovered. What am I reading right now? I know the true location of the treasure and it's important that no one ever discovers it. You know what? I think we need to go to Colombia to figure this one out. But before we embark on this adventure, let's make sure you're prepared with some

essential Spanish greetings. After all, secret or not, you'll be coming with. Let's go over the basics, and if that's too simple for you, then you should have no problem telling me the following. Number one, hello. How do you say hello? Ola. Ola. No. 2. How would you say good morning? Buenos days. Buenos Dias Numero 3

How would you say good afternoon? Buenos Aires Buenas Tardes How about good evening or good night? Buenos Aires Buenos Aires

Numerous 5 How are you? How are you? How are you? How? how estas number six

nice to meet you how would you say this much gusto much gusto number seven how would you say my name is

me amo me yamo and finally number eight how would you ask what's your name how do you amas

How? Te. Now, with that alone, everything we just covered, you can really get the ball rolling in a place like Colombia. Let me demonstrate how you'd use these in a conversation. Ready? Hola. Buenos days.

Me am I caf. Como te amas? This means, hello, good morning. My name's Kav. What's your name? Now again, but a bit slower. Ready? Hola. Hello. Buenos days.

Me name Kav. Como te amas? If someone responds with their name, you might say, Ah, mucho gusto. Como estas? Which means, nice to meet you. How are you? Once more.

Much gusto. Como estes? Let's break all this down. Hola is your go-to greeting. Use it any time of day. Buenos days is specifically for mornings. Remember, in Spanish-speaking countries, morning typically extends until lunchtime.

Me Amo. Literally translates to I call myself. But it's the common way to say my name is in Spanish. Como Te Amas is how you'd ask for somebody's name. It literally means how do you call yourself? Mucho gusto is a polite way to say, nice to meet you. It literally means a lot of pleasure.

Howe Estes? Is your standard? How are you? Now, as I keep examining this diary, this diario, I'm getting more and more intrigued. These maps, these symbols, I really think we're onto something big here. But before we get carried away, let's test your memory on those greetings. How do you say hello in Spanish? Hola.

Ola. What about good morning? Buenos days. Buenos days. How did you ask? What's your name? Como te amas? Como?

Te amas. And to answer that question, you'd say, me amo. Followed by your name, of course. me yamo lastly how do you say

nice to meet you much gusto much gusto well I think it's time for us to pick our flights to Bogota I can't believe this rainy day

cleaning the attic has turned into the start of a treasure hunt Join me next time as we embark on this exciting journey to uncover the secrets of Lake Guatarrita. Remember to practice these greetings. You'll definitely need them on our adventure. Asta luegouego, amigos.