{"id":13587,"date":"2020-07-06T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13587"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:33:03","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Colloquial Spanish friends and family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to learn and practice colloquial ways of describing friends and family in Spanish. First we will learn some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation 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. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13588\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13588\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family-350x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family-350x242.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colloquial Spanish ways to describe friends and family:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mother: La vieja<br \/>\nFather: El viejo<br \/>\nParents: Los viejos<br \/>\nWife: La jefa<br \/>\nHusband \/ Partner: Mi gordi \/ Mi costi \/ Mi cari<br \/>\nMy love \/ Sweetheart: Mi amor \/ Mi vida<br \/>\nChildren: Los chavales \/ Los cr\u00edos<br \/>\nChild: El nene \/ La nena \/ El peque \/ La peque<br \/>\nGirlfriend: Mi chica<br \/>\nBoyfriend: Mi chico<br \/>\nFriend: Amigo\/a<br \/>\nMate \/ Buddy: Amigote \/ Colega \/ Tronco \/ T\u00edo\/a<br \/>\nSoul mate: Amigo del alma<br \/>\nAcquaintance: Conocido\/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_69e9dd9f829c06.10029977\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e9dd9f829c06.10029977','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e9dd9f829c06.10029977');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e9dd9f829c06.10029977\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e9dd9f829c06.10029977','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e9dd9f829c06.10029977');\" \/><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>Mar\u00eda: Daniel mi cari. Hoy vienen mis padres a comer.<br \/>\nDaniel: \u00bfVienen los viejos?<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: No los llames as\u00ed por favor. Un poco de respecto.<br \/>\nDaniel: Bueno, perdona.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: \u00bfPuedes decirle a la peque que se levante? Tiene que darse prisa que mis padres van a venir pronto.<br \/>\nDaniel: Pero vienen a comer \u00bfno? Son las diez de la ma\u00f1ana.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: A ver, mi gordi. Vendr\u00e1n sobre las once. Les gusta venir pronto y dar un paseo con nosotros. Dile a la nena que se levante, por favor mi amor.<br \/>\nDaniel: Pues yo hab\u00eda quedado con mi colega Juli\u00e1n a las once para dar una vuelta en la bici.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: Pues ll\u00e1male a tu amigote y dile que no puedes, mi vida.<br \/>\nDaniel: Jope\u2026 Me pod\u00edas haber avisado antes de que ven\u00edan tus viejos.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: No los llames as\u00ed, \u00a1por favor! Te lo dije la semana pasada. Pero est\u00e1 claro que no me estabas escuchando.<br \/>\nDaniel: \u00bfSeguro que me lo dijiste? No me suena para nada.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: S\u00ed, seguro mi cari. \u00bfYa le has dicho a la peque que se levante?<br \/>\nDaniel: No, voy a llamar a Juli\u00e1n primero.<br \/>\nMar\u00eda: \u00a1Juli\u00e1n! \u00a1Siempre Juli\u00e1n! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 t\u00edo m\u00e1s pesado!<\/p>\n<p>Daniel: \u00a1Juli\u00e1n! S\u00ed\u2026 Mira que los viejos de mi jefa vienen ahora. Quedamos otro d\u00eda \u00bfvale? Adi\u00f3s tronco.<\/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=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family-350x242.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\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family-350x242.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/colloquial-spanish-friends-and-family.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial ways of describing friends and family in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13587","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-culture","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587","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=13587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587\/revisions\/13590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}