In this Spanish lesson we will practice more about using the Spanish Present Continuous. 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 Present Continuous.

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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 36 Spanish Present Continuous

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

Llámame: call me
No me pongas excusas: Don´t put me (give me) excuses

Now play the audio to listen a conversation between two friends on the telephone. 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:

Ring ring

Ana: Hola
Dave: ¡Hola Ana!
Ana: Dave, perdona. Estoy cocinando. Llámame en quince minutos ¿vale?
Dave: Vale hasta luego.

(…) Ring ring

Ana: Dave
Dave: ¡Ana! ¡Hola!
Ana: Dave, ahora estoy comiendo. Llámame en veinte minutos.
Dave: Ah vale, adiós.

(…) Ring ring

Ana: Dave
Dave: ¡Ana!
Ana: Dave, te llamo luego. Ahora voy a ir al supermercado, no puedo hablar.
Dave: ¿En serio?
Ana: Llámame en treinta minutos.
Dave: No puedo llamarte luego. Tengo clase de español.
Ana: ¿Qué? Esto es increíble. ¿La clase de español es más importante que yo?
Dave: Ehhh… Mmm… No… pero te he llamado tres veces…
Ana: No me pongas excusas Dave. Adiós.
Dave: No entiendo nada.

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!