In this Spanish lesson we will practice using irregular verbs of El Presente de Subjuntivo, the Spanish Present Subjunctive grammar tense. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening.
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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my Intermediate Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. Let’s test your listening comprehension and see if you can understand a short audio in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times.
Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 3 Tips to learn El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo
Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:
La noche libre: Night off
Concierto: Concert
Now play the audio to listen a conversation between two friends. Can you understand what they are saying? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.
(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)
Transcript:
María: Hola Sam ¿Qué vas a hacer este fin de semana?
Sam: Voy a ir a un concierto de ‘Los heavilonguis’.
María: ¿‘Los heavilonguis’? Oh, me encantan.
Sam: ¡Ven conmigo!
María: Mmmm, no creo que pueda.
Sam: Venga. Quiero que vengas.
María: Mmmm es que probablemente tenga que trabajar en el bar de mis padres.
Sam: Haz lo que quieras, pero el concierto seguro que es increíble.
María: Yo quiero ir, pero no creo que mis padres me den la noche libre. Cuando vea a mi madre le preguntaré.
Sam: Vale. En cuanto sepas si puedes venir me avisas ¿vale?
María: Vale. Te llamaré aunque tenga que trabajar. Quizá podamos quedar cuando termine el trabajo.
Sam: Bien. El concierto terminará a las doce de la noche, supongo.
María: Perfecto. No creo que salga mucho más tarde de las doce. Si trabajo, les pediré a mis padres que me dejen salir sobre esa hora.
Sam: Vale perfecto. Hablamos luego.
María: Sí, hasta luego.
So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…
Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!
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Laura. I qualified as a Spanish Language Teacher in 2004. I have taught Spanish in England and Spain and now really enjoy teaching the Spanish Language via my website The Spanish Blog to students from all around the world. I love my job and the intricacies of the Spanish Language. My main personal interests are music, reading and cooking. I studied music for twelve years in Bilbao and I play the piano. I also enjoy singing and I try my best to sing more in English now. I hope very much that you enjoy my posts and welcome any comments.
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