{"id":13026,"date":"2019-11-13T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T12:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13026"},"modified":"2019-11-13T07:54:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T12:54:55","slug":"advanced-spanish-listening-practice-spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/advanced-spanish-listening-practice-spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Spanish direct and indirect object pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice using Spanish direct and indirect 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_13027\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13027\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my Advanced Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. 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>Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/pronombres-de-objeto-directo-e-indirecto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Advanced Spanish Lesson &#8211; Spanish direct and indirect object pronouns<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now play the audio to listen a conversation. Can you understand what is being said? 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_69e4828966a2e0.10884308\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e4828966a2e0.10884308','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e4828966a2e0.10884308');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e4828966a2e0.10884308\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e4828966a2e0.10884308','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e4828966a2e0.10884308');\" \/><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;<br \/>\n&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>M\u00f3nica: Jack, \u00bfhas llamado a tu madre hoy?<\/p>\n<p>Jack: Oh, no. Se me ha olvidado. La llamar\u00e9 ma\u00f1ana, o pasado ma\u00f1ana.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: Hace muchos d\u00edas que no hablas no ella. A tu madre le hace falta hablar contigo. Vive sola y necesita hablar con gente.<\/p>\n<p>Jack: Creo que exageras. Mi madre tiene muchas amigas y queda con ellas todos los d\u00edas. El otro d\u00eda, cuando fui a visitarla, hab\u00eda organizado una fiesta en su casa. <\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: \u00bfUna fiesta?<\/p>\n<p>Jack: S\u00ed, s\u00ed. Una fiesta. <\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: Creo que a tu madre no le hace falta tanta compa\u00f1\u00eda como pensaba pero a\u00fan as\u00ed, seguro que quiere hablar contigo. Lo necesita.<\/p>\n<p>Jack: Bueno, quiz\u00e1s tienes raz\u00f3n. La llamar\u00e9 ma\u00f1ana.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: \u00bfPodr\u00edas ir a visitarla? Seguro que lo prefiere.<\/p>\n<p>Jack: \u00bfVisitar a mi madre? No, no. Seguro que est\u00e1n todas sus amigas en su casa. <\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: \u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa con sus amigas? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no las quieres ver?<\/p>\n<p>Jack: Son muy cotillas. Me preguntan de todo sobre mi vida privada. No lo puedo soportar.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices! Seguro que solo se preocupan por ti, hombre.<\/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\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-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\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Spanish-direct-and-indirect-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 using Spanish direct and indirect object pronouns.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13026","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-culture","category-grammar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026","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=13026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13029,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026\/revisions\/13029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}