{"id":12118,"date":"2018-12-08T17:34:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T22:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12118"},"modified":"2018-12-08T17:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T22:34:52","slug":"intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-spanish-imperatives-with-direct-object-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-spanish-imperatives-with-direct-object-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Spanish imperatives with direct object pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we will practice using Spanish imperatives with direct object pronouns. 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_12119\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12119\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are the grammar rules of how to create Spanish imperatives with direct object pronouns:<\/p>\n<p>Lo: It<br \/>\nLa: It<br \/>\nLos: Them<br \/>\nLas: Them<\/p>\n<p>M\u00edralo: Look at it (friendly)<br \/>\nM\u00edrala: Look at it (friendly)<br \/>\nM\u00edralos: Look at them (friendly)<br \/>\nM\u00edralas: Look at them (friendly)<\/p>\n<p>No lo mires: Don\u2019t look at it (friendly)<br \/>\nNo la mires: Don\u2019t look at it (friendly)<br \/>\nNo los mires: Don\u2019t look at them (friendly)<br \/>\nNo las mires: Don\u2019t look at them (friendly)<\/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>Bolso: handbag<br \/>\nMochila: rucksack<br \/>\nTerciopelo: velvet<br \/>\nDevolver: to return something<br \/>\nDesagradecido\/a: ungrateful<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now play the audio to listen a conversation between two people. 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_69d5b790916d64.77035307\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5b790916d64.77035307','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/86.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5b790916d64.77035307');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5b790916d64.77035307\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5b790916d64.77035307','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5b790916d64.77035307');\" \/><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>Sara: Peter, \u00bfHas visto mi bolso? No lo encuentro.<br \/>\nPeter: M\u00edralo, est\u00e1 ah\u00ed.<br \/>\nSara: \u00bfD\u00f3nde?<br \/>\nPeter: Ah\u00ed, pero no lo cojas.<br \/>\nSara: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no?<br \/>\nPeter: Te he comprado esta mochila. T\u00f3cala, es de terciopelo.<br \/>\nSara: \u00a1Guau! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 suave!<br \/>\nPeter: \u00bfTe gusta?<br \/>\nSara: S\u00ed, me gusta. Pero devu\u00e9lvela a la tienda.<br \/>\nPeter: \u00bfQu\u00e9 dices? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9?<br \/>\nSara: Porque prefiero mi bolso. No necesito una mochila.<br \/>\nPeter: Pero en la mochila puedes meter muchas m\u00e1s cosas que en tu bolso. \u00c1brela, es muy grande. M\u00edrala..<br \/>\nSara: No, no, no la abras. Ll\u00e9vala a la tienda. Prefiero mi bolso. D\u00e1melo.<br \/>\nPeter: Vale, t\u00f3malo. Qu\u00e9 desagradecida.<\/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=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns-350x233.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\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Spanish-imperative-with-direct-object-pronouns.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 Spanish imperatives with direct object pronouns.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12118","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\/12118","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=12118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12122,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12118\/revisions\/12122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}