Intermediate Spanish Listening Practice – El Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 29, 2019 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary
In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice the Spanish grammar tense El Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening.
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 – El Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
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:
Silvia: Hola Matt ¿Qué tal?
Matt: Bien ¿Y tú?
Silvia: Muy bien. Vi tu hermana ayer. Me dijo que hablara contigo, que estabas muy estresado y necesitabas hablar con un amigo.
Matt: No, estoy bien. Estoy super tranquilo. ¿Tomamos algo?
Silvia: Vale pero ¿seguro que estás bien? No esperaba que estuvieras tan tranquilo.
Matt: Sí, de verdad estoy bien. ¿Qué vas a tomar?
Silvia: Quería tomar algo que tuviera cafeína, estoy un poco dormida, pero igual me tomo una cerveza.
Matt: Buena idea. Yo también. ¿Va a venir Jose?
Silvia: Sí, me dijo que me llamaría cuando llegara. Pero es un poco tarde.
Matt: A mí me dijo que cuando terminara el trabajo iba a pasar por el supermercado.
Silvia: Ah, por eso tarda tanto.
Matt: Sí, me dijo que le esperásemos aquí, que vendrá enseguida.
Silvia: Vale perfecto.
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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