{"id":11956,"date":"2018-09-21T06:48:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2018-09-21T06:48:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:48:41","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-imperfecto-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-imperfecto-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 El Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will continue practicing using the Spanish Past Simple grammar tense: El Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto. 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 Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto.<\/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 40 El Pret\u00e9rito Imperfecto <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Travieso\/a: naughty
\nTarea: task
\nIr de camping: To go camping
\nVerano: summer
\nTemplado\/a: warm
\nAire acondicionado: Air conditioning
\nPasarlo bien. To have a good time.<\/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

Harry: Ana. \u00bfrecuerdas qu\u00e9 hac\u00edas cuando eras peque\u00f1a?
\nAna: S\u00ed, recuerdo bastantes cosas. Cuando ten\u00eda seis a\u00f1os mi mejor amiga en la escuela se llamaba Clara. Era una ni\u00f1a un poco traviesa y siempre ten\u00eda problemas con la profesora.
\nHarry: \u00bfY t\u00fa? \u00bfEras traviesa?
\nAna: No, yo era una ni\u00f1a muy buena en clase. Siempre escuchaba a la profesora y hac\u00eda todas las tareas. Cuando estaba en casa, jugaba muy bien con mi hermano Miguel.\u00bfY t\u00fa? \u00bfRecuerdas algo de cuando eras peque\u00f1o?
\nHarry: S\u00ed, recuerdo que me gustaba mucho ir de camping. \u00cdbamos de camping todos los veranos al sur de Inglaterra, cerca de la playa. Me gustaba mucho ir a la playa y nadar en el mar. Recuerdo que el agua estaba muy fr\u00eda.
\nAna: Yo en verano iba a la costa del mediterr\u00e1neo. Me gustaba mucho nadar tambi\u00e9n, pero el agua no estaba fr\u00eda, estaba caliente.
\nHarry: \u00bfCaliente?
\nAna: Bueno, no muy caliente. Estaba templada.
\nHarry: \u00a1Ah s\u00ed! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 bueno!
\nAna: S\u00ed, pero recuerdo que cuando est\u00e1bamos en la casa de vacaciones hac\u00eda mucho calor. No ten\u00edamos aire acondicionado.
\nHarry: \u00bfNo? \u00a1Qu\u00e9 horror!
\nAna: S\u00ed, hac\u00eda mucho calor. Pero lo pas\u00e1bamos muy bien.
\nHarry: S\u00ed, claro.<\/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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