In this Spanish lesson we will practice the Spanish Pretérito Perfecto 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 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 34 Pretérito Perfecto

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

El mismo: the same
Sobre: about

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:

Joe: Hola Carmen ¿Qué tal?
Carmen: Pues un poco cansada. Esta mañana me he levantado muy temprano.
Joe: ¿Sí? Yo hoy me he levantado muy tarde. Y no he desayunado. ¿Tú has desayunado?
Carmen: Sí, pero poco. Solo he tomado un café. No he comido nada todavía.
Joe: Podemos ir a una cafetería. ¿Vamos?
Carmen: Vale. ¿Vamos a la cafetería de Juan? He hablado con mi hermana y ella va a desayunar allí hoy.
Joe: ¿Tu hermana Elisa?
Carmen: Sí Elisa.
Joe: ¡Ah perfecto! Tengo que hablar con ella sobre el coche que se ha comprado. Quiero comprarme el mismo.
Carmen: Ah vale. ¿Sabes dónde está la cafetería de Juan?
Joe: No, no he estado allí nunca.
Carmen: Mmmm yo tampoco. Voy a mirar en Google maps.
Joe: Buena idea

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!