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| Listening practice for beginners ā¢ Occupations | 26 Apr 2022 | 00:06:11 | |
Ā”Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning EspaƱol. Today weāre gonna practice talking about occupations.Ā Hereās how it usually goes: ā¢ ĀæQuĆ© haces? (What do you do?) ā¢ Yo soyā¦ (I amā¦) Note that in Spanish we tend to not use articles (a, an) when describing someoneās job title: Yo soy profesora. (Literally: I am teacher) The other thing we have to keep in mind whenever weāre describing someone is their gender. These are the most common word endings when it comes to occupations: ā¢ Gender neutral endings: ISTA:el artista / la artista, etc. NTE: el estudiante / la estudiante, etc. ā¢ Feminine vs. Masculine endings: O / A: el secretario / la secretaria, etc. OR / ORA: el profesor / la profesora, etc. Okay! Now that the explanation is out of the way, letās practice a little bit. Iāll say a couple of sentences and you need to figure out if I could be describing a man, a woman, or either one: Es arquitecta šļø Es programador š» Es analista š Es presidente š³ļø Es veterinaria š¾ Es electicista š Es asistente š Es dentista š¦· Es fotĆ³grafo š· Es mecĆ”nico š§ Es doctora š©ŗ How was it? You can check out the answers here if you want to know how you did: https://bit.ly/spanish-from-zero-05 Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. Ā”Gracias por escuchar! :) Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/mar.olivares | |||
| Listening practice for beginners ā¢ Asking for clarification | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:06:22 | |
Ā”Hola! Ā Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning EspaƱol. Todayās practice is focused on two really useful questions that are gonna help you get unstuck when you donāt know a word.
ĀæCĆ³mo se dice ___ en espaƱol? For example: How do you say āclassā in Spanish?
ĀæQuĆ© es ___? For example: Whatās āclaseā? Ready to practice? In this episode I ask 12 of these questions for you to answer, but youāll see that theyāre all really easy: ĀæQuĆ© es Hola?Ā ĀæCĆ³mo se dice Thank you en espaƱol? ĀæQuĆ© es Lo siento? ĀæCĆ³mo se dice Hi en espaƱol?Ā ĀæQuĆ© es Gracias? ĀæCĆ³mo se dice Sorry en espaƱol? ĀæQuĆ© es Por favor? ĀæCĆ³mo se dice I donāt know en espaƱol? ĀæQuĆ© es De nada? ĀæCĆ³mo se dice Please en espaƱol? ĀæQuĆ© es No sĆ©? ĀæCĆ³mo se dice Youāre welcome en espaƱol? And finally, let me leave you with this question:Ā ĀæCĆ³mo se dice clase en inglĆ©s? How was it? You can check out the answers here: https://bit.ly/spanish-from-zero-04 Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. Ā”Gracias por escuchar! :) Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/mar.olivares | |||
| Listening practice for beginners ā¢ Tener (to have) | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:04:39 | |
Ā”Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish. Todayās practice is focused on the verb Tener (to have), although Iām only gonna use it with Yo (yo tengo) and TĆŗ (tĆŗ tienes), so itās really simple!Ā Iām just gonna talk a little bit so you can practice some listening, and Iāll also ask some questions so you can try answering them out loud, saying what you can. If the audio is too hard, here are some hints that can help you figure out what Iām saying:Ā ĀæTienes un š?Ā ĀæTienes un š±?Ā ĀæTienes un šø š¹ šŗ š»?Ā ĀæTienes una š·?Ā ĀæTienes š± š¶ šš¾?Ā ĀæTienes š»?Ā ĀæTienes una šŗ?Ā ĀæTienes š¤?Ā How was it? You can check out the full transcription here: https://bit.ly/spanish-from-zero-03 Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. Ā”Gracias por escuchar! :) Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/mar.olivares | |||
| Spanish listening practice ā¢ Ser (to be) | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:03:19 | |
Ā”Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish. Todayās practice is focused on the verb Ser (to be). That is: I am, you are, she is, etc. The exercise is really simple. Iām gonna say a couple of sentences, but the subject is gonna be missing. And by subject, I mean the person. So for example, if I say āam from Colombiaā, the subject missing from that sentence is I. Your job is to figure that piece of the puzzle thatās missing. Now, I know this sounds unnatural in English, but it's really common in Spanish! Thatās why these exercises are useful, because a lot of the times when weāre listening to people talk in Spanish, we have to fill in the blanks. So this is a super important skill to practice! Ready? Here are the sentences:Ā Soy de Argentina. How was it? You can check out the answers and see how you did here: https://bit.ly/spanish-from-zero-02 Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. Ā”Gracias por escuchar! :) Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/mar.olivares | |||
| Spanish listening practice ā¢ Llamarse (to be called) | 07 Mar 2022 | 00:03:03 | |
Ā”Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish. Todayās practice is focused on the verb Llamarse (to be called). Basically the verb that we use to talk about peopleās names. The exercise is really short and simple! Your job is to find the mistakes in these sentences (only one of them is correct): Yo llamo Rafael Nosotros nos llamos Pedro y Juan Ella se llaman Claudia TĆŗ te llamas Lucas Ellos se llama Ana y SebastiĆ”n How was it? You can check out the answers here: https://bit.ly/spanish-from-zero-01 Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. Ā”Gracias por escuchar! :) Get in touch: https://linktr.ee/mar.olivares | |||