{"id":12089,"date":"2018-12-01T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2018-12-01T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T21:51:09","slug":"intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-negative-spanish-imperatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-negative-spanish-imperatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Negative Spanish Imperatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we will practice using negative Spanish imperatives. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12090\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12090\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are the grammar rules of how to create negative Spanish imperatives:<\/p>\n<p><strong>-AR: (mirar: to look):<\/strong><br \/>\n(T\u00fa) no mires: Don\u2019t look (friendly)<br \/>\n(Usted) no mire: Don\u2019t look (formal)<br \/>\n(Vosotros\/as) no mir\u00e9is: Don\u2019t look (group\/friendly)<br \/>\n(Ustedes) no miren: Don\u2019t look (group\/formal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-ER: (comer: to eat):<\/strong><br \/>\n(T\u00fa) no comas: Don\u2019t eat (friendly)<br \/>\n(Usted) no coma: Don\u2019t eat (formal)<br \/>\n(Vosotros\/as) no com\u00e1is: Don\u2019t eat (group\/friendly)<br \/>\n(Ustedes) no coman: Don\u2019t eat (group\/formal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-IR: (escribir: to write):<\/strong><br \/>\n(T\u00fa) no escribas: Don\u2019t write (friendly)<br \/>\n(Usted) no escriba: Don\u2019t write (formal)<br \/>\n(Vosotros\/as) no escrib\u00e1is: Don\u2019t write (group\/friendly)<br \/>\n(Ustedes) no escriban: Don\u2019t write (group\/formal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;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<p><strong>Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exagerado\/a: someone who exagerates<br \/>\nEn serio: seriously<br \/>\nPillar: to catch (coloquial)<br \/>\nSugerir: to suggest<\/p>\n<p><strong>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&#8217;t worry if you don&#8217;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<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69daf094cdf106.82006371\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69daf094cdf106.82006371','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/85-2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69daf094cdf106.82006371');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69daf094cdf106.82006371\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69daf094cdf106.82006371','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69daf094cdf106.82006371');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rebeca: \u00a1Hola Mark! \u00bfQu\u00e9 planes tienes para esta noche?<br \/>\nMark: Voy a ir a tomar algo al bar Mediterr\u00e1neo<br \/>\nRebeca: Oh no, no vayas a ese bar.  Es horrible.<br \/>\nMark: Pues he quedado all\u00ed con unos amigos. As\u00ed que ir\u00e9.<br \/>\nRebeca: Pues no bebas nada. Porque todas las bebidas est\u00e1n mal\u00edsimas.<br \/>\nMark: \u00bfTodas? No seas exagerada Rebeca. Eso es imposible.<br \/>\nRebeca: En serio.<br \/>\nMark: Bueno vale, beber\u00e9 agua y comer\u00e9 unas tapas.<br \/>\nRebeca: \u00bfQu\u00e9 dices? No comas nada all\u00ed por favor. La \u00fanica vez que fui pill\u00e9 la salmonella.<br \/>\nMark: Jo, pues beber\u00e9 agua solo.<br \/>\nRebeca: El agua tambi\u00e9n es mala Mark.<br \/>\nMark: Bueno, pues \u00bfd\u00f3nde sugieres que vayamos?<br \/>\nRebeca: Id al bar Pepe. Es ideal. Tiene unos c\u00f3cteles fant\u00e1sticos y sus tapas est\u00e1n buen\u00edsimas. Si vais a comer algo no vayais muy tarde. La cocina cierra pronto.<br \/>\nMark: Vale suena bien. Voy a llamar a mis amigos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;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":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Negative-Spanish-Imperatives.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Review relevant Spanish grammar and vocabulary and then listen to a conversation in Spanish between two people. Practice practice using negative Spanish imperatives.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12089","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12093,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions\/12093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}