In this Spanish lesson we will practice more about how to use the Spanish Future (Going To) Tense. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. This lesson continues on from the previous lesson in this course which also looked at the Spanish Future (Going To) Tense.

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my beginner 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:

Beginner Spanish Lesson 31 Future (Going To) Tense

Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:

Nervioso/a: Nervious
Todavía: Yet
Cumpleaños: Birthday
Felicítale de mi parte: Congratulate him from me
Fácil: Easy

Now play the audio to listen a conversation between two friends talking about what they are planning to do. 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:

Lola: ¡Hola Tom! ¿Qué tal?
Tom: Bien ¿y tú?
Lola: Bien. Bueno… un poco nerviosa. Esta tarde voy a ir al dentista y no me gusta nada.
Tom: Ah claro. Es normal. A mí tampoco me gusta ir al dentista.
Lola: ¿Tú qué vas a hacer esta tarde?
Tom: Mmmm.. No sé. Creo que voy a ir a casa y voy a ver la tele. Luego voy a cenar algo rico.
Lola: ¿Qué vas a cenar?
Tom: No lo sé todavía. Voy a comprar comida en el supermercado. No tengo nada en casa.
Lola: Yo voy a cenar en un restaurante con mi hermano Miguel. Hoy es su cumpleaños.
Tom: ¿Hoy? Pues felicítale de mi parte.¿Dónde vaís a ir?
Lola: Vamos a ir a un restaurante italiano. A Miguel le encanta la lasaña. Yo prefiero la pizza.
Tom: MMmmmm Creo que esta noche voy a hacer pizza.
Lola: ¿Sabes hacer pizza?
Tom: Sí, es muy fácil. ¿Vienes a mi casa el sábado y cenamos pizza?
Lola: Vale ¿a qué hora?
Tom: ¿A las diez te viene bien?
Lola: Sí, perfecto. Hasta el sábado.
Tom: Hasta el sábado.

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!