{"id":13840,"date":"2020-11-09T17:41:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13840"},"modified":"2020-11-09T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:41:27","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-spanish-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-spanish-at-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking Spanish at the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking Spanish at the beach. 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_13842\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13842\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach-350x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"191\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach-350x191.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking Spanish at the beach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El chiringuito: beach bar<br \/>\nLa corriente: current<br \/>\nLa concha: shell<br \/>\nEl alga marina: seaweed<br \/>\nLa quemadura de sol: sunburn<br \/>\nLos surfistas: surfers<br \/>\nLa marea: tide<br \/>\nLos ba\u00f1istas: bathers<br \/>\nEl oc\u00e9ano: ocean<br \/>\nLa costa: coast<br \/>\nLa orilla: shore<br \/>\nLa palmera: palm tree<br \/>\nLa brisa: breeze<br \/>\nLa isla: island<br \/>\nEl coral: coral<br \/>\nEl salvavidas: life preserver, life vest<br \/>\nEl socorrista: lifeguard<br \/>\nLa lancha: motorboat<br \/>\nEl pez: fish<br \/>\nEl tibur\u00f3n: shark<br \/>\nEl protector solar: sunscreen<br \/>\nLa loci\u00f3n bronceadora: suntan lotion<br \/>\nLa moto de agua: jet-ski<br \/>\nLa playa: beach<br \/>\nEl mar: sea<br \/>\nLa arena: sand<br \/>\nEl sol: sun<br \/>\nLa toalla: towel<br \/>\nTomar el sol: to sunbathe<br \/>\nEl ba\u00f1ador\/El traje de ba\u00f1o: swimming costume, swimsuit<br \/>\nEl bikini: bikini<br \/>\nLas gafas de sol: sunglasses<br \/>\nEl helado: ice cream<br \/>\nEl polo: popsicle, ice lolly<br \/>\nNadar: to swim<br \/>\nHacer esn\u00f3rkel: to snorkel<br \/>\nEl traje de neopreno: wetsuit<br \/>\nLa tabla de surf: surfboard<br \/>\nLa ola: wave<br \/>\nEl arrecife: reef<\/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_69d734521a46d2.45406485\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d734521a46d2.45406485','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d734521a46d2.45406485');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d734521a46d2.45406485\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d734521a46d2.45406485','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d734521a46d2.45406485');\" \/><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>Julia: Steven, te veo muy rojo. \u00bfCu\u00e1nto tiempo llevas tomando el sol?<br \/>\nSteven: Todo el d\u00eda. Desde las 10 de la ma\u00f1ana.<br \/>\nJulia: \u00bfTe has puesto crema solar?<br \/>\nSteven: No, no uso crema solar.<br \/>\nJulia: Creo que deber\u00edas usarla. Tu espalda est\u00e1 quemada. \u00bfNo te duele?<br \/>\nSteven: No. No me preocupo por cosas as\u00ed. El dolor es un mito.<br \/>\nJulia: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices hombre! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 chorrada!<br \/>\nSteven: \u00bfHas o\u00eddo lo que me pas\u00f3 el fin de semana pasado?<br \/>\nJulia: \u00bfQu\u00e9?<br \/>\nSteven: Estaba haciendo surf en esta playa y me atac\u00f3 un tibur\u00f3n.<br \/>\nJulia: No hay tiburones en estas aguas.<br \/>\nSteven: Por supuesto que los hay. Hay muchos tipos diferentes de tiburones en este oc\u00e9ano.<br \/>\nJulia: Vale, vale. Bueno sigue. \u00bfEntonces qu\u00e9 te pas\u00f3?<br \/>\nSteven: Bueno, estaba surfeando junto al arrecife cuando un enorme tibur\u00f3n se me acerc\u00f3.<br \/>\nJulia: Ah, claro, s\u00ed, me lo puedo imaginar. \u00bfEntonces qu\u00e9 hiciste? \u00bfGolpearle al tibur\u00f3n?<br \/>\nSteven: Por supuesto que no. Amo a los animales, nunca podr\u00eda hacer da\u00f1o a una criatura marina. Me fui r\u00e1pido, cog\u00ed la siguiente ola y la surfe\u00e9 hasta la orilla.<br \/>\nJulia: \u00bfY el tibur\u00f3n?<br \/>\nSteven: El tibur\u00f3n estuvo montando la ola detr\u00e1s de m\u00ed por un tiempo, pero fui demasiado r\u00e1pido y se larg\u00f3.<br \/>\nJulia: S\u00ed, claro. As\u00ed que en realidad no te atac\u00f3.<br \/>\nSteven: Ya te lo he dicho, fui demasiado r\u00e1pido. \u00a1Los socorristas no se lo pod\u00edan creer!<br \/>\nJulia: S\u00ed, yo tampoco me lo puedo creer.<br \/>\nSteven: Y los otros ba\u00f1istas en el agua y la gente en la playa estaban vitoreando.<br \/>\nJulia: \u00a1Venga ya! \u00a1D\u00e9jate de tonter\u00edas! Creo que el sol te ha calentado la cabeza.<br \/>\nSteven: \u00bfTe apetece tomar algo en ese chiringuito?<br \/>\nJulia: Para aguantar m\u00e1s tonter\u00edas como est\u00e1&#8230; No.<\/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=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach-350x191.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\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach-350x191.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-Spanish-at-the-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking Spanish at the beach and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13840","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\/13840","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=13840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13843,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions\/13843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}