{"id":11974,"date":"2018-10-05T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2018-10-05T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:07:54","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-perfecto-and-el-preterito-indefinido-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-el-preterito-perfecto-and-el-preterito-indefinido-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 El Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto and El Pret\u00e9rito Indefinido (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will practice more about using both El Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto and El Pret\u00e9rito Indefinido to compare and understand their different uses. 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 Perfecto and El Pret\u00e9rito 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 41 El Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto and El Pret\u00e9rito Indefinido<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Ir de copas: to go out drinking
\nMuch\u00edsimos: lots
\nBuen\u00edsimos: very good
\nEl mejor: the best
\nEn serio: seriously
\nTienes que ir: you must go<\/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 Mar\u00eda \u00bfHas estado alguna vez en Inglaterra?
\nMar\u00eda: S\u00ed, el a\u00f1o pasado fui a Londres. \u00bfT\u00fa has estado en Londres alguna vez?
\nBen: S\u00ed, viv\u00ed en Londres durante cinco a\u00f1os.
\nMar\u00eda: \u00bfY conoces Espa\u00f1a?
\nBen: S\u00ed, he estado en Barcelona. Fui all\u00ed hace dos a\u00f1os. Me gust\u00f3 mucho ir de copas por Barcelona.
\nMar\u00eda: Yo soy de Madrid. \u00bfHas estado alguna vez en Madrid?
\nBen: No. He o\u00eddo hablar de Madrid, pero nunca he estado all\u00ed. \u00bfEst\u00e1 bien?
\nMar\u00eda: Madrid es una ciudad espectacular. Lo mejor son los museos. Mis favoritos son el Museo de Do\u00f1a Sof\u00eda y el Museo del Prado.
\nBen: \u00bfMuseos? Yo nunca he estado en un museo. No me gustan. Son muy aburridos.
\nMar\u00eda: \u00bfAburridos? \u00bfY qu\u00e9 te gusta visitar cuando vas a una ciudad?
\nBen: Me gusta comer en restaurantes e ir de copas.
\nMar\u00eda: Pues Madrid es la ciudad perfecta para ti. Hay much\u00edsimos bares y restaurantes buen\u00edsimos. El a\u00f1o pasado, cuando fui a Madrid a visitar a mis padres, fuimos al restaurante Diverxo. Es el mejor restaurante de Madrid. Su comida es excelente.
\nBen: \u00bfEn serio?
\nMar\u00eda: S\u00ed, tienes que ir.
\nBen: Bueno, igual voy a Madrid alg\u00fan d\u00eda.<\/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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