{"id":12148,"date":"2018-12-20T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12148"},"modified":"2018-12-20T07:15:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:15:29","slug":"intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-asking-permission-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-asking-permission-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Asking permission in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we will practice asking permission in Spanish. 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_12149\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12149\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish-350x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are some example structures of how to ask permission in Spanish:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPuedo \u2026.?: Can I \u2026?<br \/>\n\u00bfPuedo abrir la ventana?: Can I open the window?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPodr\u00eda \u2026.?: Could I\u2026?<br \/>\n\u00bfPodr\u00eda abrir la ventana?: Could I open the window?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfMe permite\/s\u2026?: Do you allow me to\u2026.?<br \/>\n\u00bfMe permite\/s abrir la ventana?: Do you allow me to open the window?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfTe\/le importa\u2026? Do you mind \u2026.?<br \/>\n\u00bfTe\/le importa abrir la ventana?: Do you mind opening the window?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfTe\/le importar\u00eda\u2026? Would you mind\u2026?<br \/>\n\u00bfTe\/le importar\u00eda abrir la ventana?: Would you mind opening the window?<\/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>Sed: Thirst<br \/>\nProfe: Teacher (Profesor\/Profesora)<br \/>\nBa\u00f1o: Toilet\/Bathroom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now play the audio to listen a conversation between a teacher and a student. 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_69d5459d345002.53068008\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5459d345002.53068008','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/88.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5459d345002.53068008');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5459d345002.53068008\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5459d345002.53068008','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5459d345002.53068008');\" \/><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>Robert: \u00a1Profe!<br \/>\nProfesora: Dime Robert<br \/>\nRobert:\u00bfPuedo ir al ba\u00f1o?<br \/>\nProfesora: No, ahora no. Espera a que terminemos la clase.<br \/>\nRobert:\u00bfLe importar\u00eda repetir profe? No he entendido bien.<br \/>\nProfesora: Digo que tienes que esperar. Luego vas al ba\u00f1o, despu\u00e9s de la clase. \u00bfMe permites que contin\u00fae con la clase?<br \/>\nRobert: S\u00ed claro profe.<br \/>\nProfesora: Gracias Robert.<br \/>\nRobert: Otra cosa profe.<br \/>\nProfesora: A ver.<br \/>\nRobert: \u00bfPuedo ir a comprar una botella de agua?<br \/>\nProfesora: \u00bfQu\u00e9?<br \/>\nRobert: Tengo mucha sed.<br \/>\nProfesora: No, Robert. No te permito ir a comprar agua. Tienes que quedarte aqu\u00ed hasta que terminemos.<br \/>\nRobert:\u00bfLe importa repetir profe? No he entendido bien.<br \/>\nProfesora: Ay Robert. Tienes que estudiar m\u00e1s. No entiendes nada.<\/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=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish-350x250.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\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Asking-permission-in-Spanish.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 asking permission in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12148","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\/12148","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=12148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12148\/revisions\/12151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}