Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 4, Episode 13 - El dilema (The Dilemma)

Episode Date: September 29, 2025

Immersive Spanish, "Moving to Madrid". This season follows Kav and Ana as they relocate to Madrid and start their new life together. Learn all the situational Spanish you'll need to move to a new city through their fun, engaging approach. While perfect for anyone planning an international move, these practical lessons are valuable for all Spanish learners wanting to master real-world Spanish.The Immersive Spanish App is here! Start speaking today: studio.com/immersivespanish.Follow along with bonus lessons and transcripts to accompany this adventure at our Patreon.Learn more: www.immersivespanish.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 4, Episode 13, El Dilema. Hello, Villereros. Today, Anna and I are getting ready to head out for some lunch. It's a little bit cloudy here in Madrid, but there's a nice breeze. As soon as Anna gets off the phone, we'll be ready to go. Ah, here she is. Hello, Anna. Ooh, you look a bit nervous.

Kat, Zabbez, you know who was? No. Who? Who? It was the Dr. Ortega, of American Museum of Natural History in New York. Me has offered a work as Visiting Scholar. They're constructing a new cell on the Americas Antigues.

Oh, Anna, that is incredible. Yes, he said that he saw the article about the artifact that we We're we're we're in the laguna of Guatavita and... ...me want to contractar! ...ademas, if I can't start in two two semans,

me pay the visado and the wheloelowl. I've been with living in New York. That's genial, Anna. But... ...in two semanas? ...appenas we've been ...theonest we've been

...instolars here in Madrid. And we've only various months of contract of this piece.

We have to have to talk well. Yes, you have

right, but New York, the American Museum of Natural History.

We have to go. Vendr with me with me right? No

I see could get a American Anna, and less in

too time but Cap, for favor, busquem the

way From a little, I've I've seened in New York But Anna, a me I'm a manca to live here

in Madrid with you. We have to think it. Well, well then, if you didn't get all of that, Anna has just told me

that on the phone was Dr. Ortega from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. So it turns out, after seeing the news article about the artifact

we found at Lake Guatavita, he's actually offered Anna a job as a visiting scholar to help build a new exhibition on the ancient Americas They even said that if she can get there within the next two weeks they'll pay for her visa and flights I mean I'm really happy for Anna But we've only just set up our new life here in Madrid, you know And I don't want it to end so suddenly and well Honestly I don't

I don't think I'll be able to get an American visa so quickly. We're going to think about it before giving them an answer. I mean, this is crazy. What a quaker, oh, cricky then. Let me, uh, I don't even know. That conversation we just had is running from my head and repeat. Can we, you and I, go over it together? Let me run you through some of the Spanish from this episode.

Anna said, my dream job. which is in Spanish El Travajo de my suenos El Travajo

de my suenos the job of my dreams and then she asked me Do you know who that was? Do you know who it was?

Zabes who who was? Saves Kien Fue To which I responded who was it Kien

Fue? And Anna then said, he offered me a job. Me has offered a job. Me has offered a job. To say the artifact we found would be, The artifact that we found, we'll be, the artifacto that we've found, and I quote, if I can start in two weeks,

which in Spanish would be If I puo Empezae in dos semanas Those words will hold me Si Puedo Empez in

two semanas And to be fair She told me Sienpre I've always dreamed of Sienpre E Soñado

con Well, here's a quick grammar note. In Spanish, we don't dream of things like we do in English. We dream with them. So it's soniard con, not soniard de. So in this example, Anna said, Siamre I soniado con vivir in New York, which means I have always dreamed with living in New York,

which in English would be, I have always dreamed of living in New York. In Spanish, they use the preposition con when dreaming. Whereas in English, we use the preposition of. So again, they would say, Sweno con Vivir instead of Sueño de Vivir. Does that make sense? That's why Anna said, Sienpre, I soniado con vivir in New York.

I have always dreamed with living in New York. Anyway, to end our conversation, I told Anna, we need to think about it. We need to think about it. We have to. Pensacallo. Think about it. We need to think about it. So I mean, hang on.

The reality is really dawning on me now. This might be it. So, let's review everything we learned today anyway. I'll ask you in English. You tried to say it in Spanish. How would you say, the job of my dreams? El Travajo de misseigneos. El.

Travajo De, my, Sueños. And how would you ask, do you know who it was? Saives who was? And how would you ask, who was it?

Quien was it? Quien How would you say he offered me a job? You could say, Me has offered a job. More slowly, Me ah, Offresido

Un... ...a job I've offered a job. How would you say, I can start in two weeks. Puedo to start in two weeks. Puello start in two semanas?

I'll start in two months. Next, how would you say I've always dreamed of? Remember to think of the right preposition. And And that's correct I soniado with And

I soniado con And that's correct The right preposition is con

In Spanish we dream with not of And finally How would you tell somebody We have to think

about it We have to think To Penzallo Tenemos To

Penzalo All right All right Let's listen to this interaction with Anna one more time. Now that we've broken it down in English, see how much more you can catch this time. If you want to read along with the transcript to this episode, then you can do so by signing up to our Patreon. Link is in the episode description. Kav, you know, who was?

No, who was? was the Dr. Ortega of American Museum of Natural History in New York me has offered a work as visiting scholar They're building a new solar over the Americas Antigues

Huff, Anna, that is incredible Yes, he said that he saw the article about the artifacto that we found us in the laguna of Guatavita and me

want to and also if I can start in two months

me they're the busado and the business I

have so I've so that is great Anna

but in two two months we just we're

we're we have done we we have many

many months of this Pizzo. We have to have to talk about

well. Yes, you know right, but New York, the American Museum

of Natural History. We need. Vendrace with me, right? No see if

could get a visaed American Anna, and less in that little

time. But Cap, for favor, buskees the manner.

Since a Niña, I've sonied in New York. Well, Viajeros, now you reviewed

all the Spanish from today's episode, or should I say, from our heavy-hearted conversation, Anna and I

have a lot to discuss. Will she take this job in New York? I mean, I want to be supportive, of course. But will a long-distance relationship work

across such different times zones? I'm really not sure. Anyway, after the proxia.