{"id":11933,"date":"2018-09-05T06:57:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T10:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11933"},"modified":"2018-09-05T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T10:57:37","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-indefinido-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-indefinido-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 El Preterito Indefinido (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will practice more using the Spanish Past Simple grammar tense: El Preterito Indefinido. 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 El Preterito Indefinido.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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 39 El Preterito Indefinido<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Pel\u00edcula: movie
\nAburrirse: to get bored
\nMal\u00edsimo\/a: very bad
\nAlegrarse: to be pleased<\/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

Tim:\u00a1Hola Sonia! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal el fin de semana?
\nSonia: Muy bien. El s\u00e1bado cen\u00e9 en un restaurante con mi amiga Ana. Es un restaurante muy bueno.
\nTim: \u00bfS\u00ed? \u00bfC\u00f3mo se llama?
\nSonia: Mmmm No me acuerdo. \u00bfLa Casita o La Caseta?
\nTim: \u00bfLa Casona?
\nSonia: Eso, s\u00ed s\u00ed. La Casona. La comida es muy buena ah\u00ed.
\nTim: \u00bfY qu\u00e9 cenasteis?
\nSonia: Yo cen\u00e9 una paella y Ana cen\u00f3 verduras a la plancha.
\nTim: Mmmm suena muy rico.
\nSonia: \u00bfY t\u00fa qu\u00e9 hiciste el s\u00e1bado?
\nTim: Fui al cine.
\nSonia: \u00bfFuiste solo?
\nTim: S\u00ed, me gusta ir al cine solo.
\nSonia: \u00bfY qu\u00e9 pel\u00edcula viste?
\nTim: Vi \u2018La sombra de la mentira\u2019. Me aburr\u00ed mucho. Es una pel\u00edcula mal\u00edsima.
\nSonia: Oooh Qu\u00e9 mal\u2026
\nTim: No pasa nada. Luego fui a mi bar favorito y me lo pas\u00e9 muy bien.
\nSonia: \u00a1Ah bueno! Me alegro.<\/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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