{"id":11447,"date":"2018-06-06T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T21:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11447"},"modified":"2018-06-06T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T21:07:46","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-poder-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-poder-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Poder (Can)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will practice the Spanish verb Poder (Can). As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. <\/p>\n

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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. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:<\/p>\n

Beginner Spanish Lesson 33 Poder (Can)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tampoco: neither
\nToda esta semana: this whole week
\nMuch\u00edsimo: a lot<\/p>\n

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben: Hola Carla \u00bfquieres ir al cine conmigo esta noche?
\nCarla: No puedo, es que tengo que estudiar.
\nBen: \u00bfY ma\u00f1ana?
\nCarla: Tampoco puedo. Tengo que estudiar toda esta semana.
\nBen: Podemos ir al cine el pr\u00f3ximo s\u00e1bado.
\nCarla: \u00bfEl pr\u00f3ximo s\u00e1bado? Imposible, no puedo.
\nBen: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9?
\nCarla: Es el cumplea\u00f1os de mi hermana Eva y vamos a hacer una fiesta.
\nBen: Ah vale. \u00bfQuieres tomar un caf\u00e9?
\nCarla: \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo?
\nBen: Ahora.
\nCarla: \u00bfAhora? No, no puedo. Tengo que ir a casa r\u00e1pido. Tengo que estudiar much\u00edsimo. Bueno Ben, nos vemos otro d\u00eda \u00bfvale?
\nBen: Vale. Adi\u00f3s.
\nCarla: Adi\u00f3s.<\/p>\n

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So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Review relevant Spanish grammar and vocabulary and then listen to a conversation in Spanish between two people. Practice using the Spanish verb Poder (Can).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":11448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11447","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t