{"id":11520,"date":"2018-07-24T04:04:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T08:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11520"},"modified":"2018-07-10T04:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:37:16","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-the-spanish-present-continuous-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-the-spanish-present-continuous-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 The Spanish Present Continuous (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> in this course which also looked at the Spanish Present Continuous.<\/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 36 Spanish Present Continuous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Ll\u00e1mame: call me
\nNo me pongas excusas: Don\u00b4t put me (give me) excuses<\/p>\n

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.<\/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

Ring ring<\/p>\n

Ana: Hola
\nDave: \u00a1Hola Ana!
\nAna: Dave, perdona. Estoy cocinando. Ll\u00e1mame en quince minutos \u00bfvale?
\nDave: Vale hasta luego.<\/p>\n

(\u2026) Ring ring<\/p>\n

Ana: Dave
\nDave: \u00a1Ana! \u00a1Hola!
\nAna: Dave, ahora estoy comiendo. Ll\u00e1mame en veinte minutos.
\nDave: Ah vale, adi\u00f3s.<\/p>\n

(\u2026) Ring ring<\/p>\n

Ana: Dave
\nDave: \u00a1Ana!
\nAna: Dave, te llamo luego. Ahora voy a ir al supermercado, no puedo hablar.
\nDave: \u00bfEn serio?
\nAna: Ll\u00e1mame en treinta minutos.
\nDave: No puedo llamarte luego. Tengo clase de espa\u00f1ol.
\nAna: \u00bfQu\u00e9? Esto es incre\u00edble. \u00bfLa clase de espa\u00f1ol es m\u00e1s importante que yo?
\nDave: Ehhh\u2026 Mmm\u2026 No\u2026 pero te he llamado tres veces\u2026
\nAna: No me pongas excusas Dave. Adi\u00f3s.
\nDave: No entiendo nada. <\/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":"\"\"

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