{"id":13845,"date":"2020-11-17T07:35:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13845"},"modified":"2020-11-17T07:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:35:11","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-animals-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-animals-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about animals in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking Spanish about animals 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_13846\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13846\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Talking about animals in Spanish\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about animals in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El buitre: vulture<br \/>\nEl cocodrilo: crocodile<br \/>\nEl guepardo: cheetah<br \/>\nEl hipop\u00f3tamo: hippo<br \/>\nEl leopardo: leopard<br \/>\nEl lobo: wolf<br \/>\nEl rinoceronte: rhino<br \/>\nEl tibur\u00f3n: shark<br \/>\nLa ara\u00f1a: spider<br \/>\nLa hormiga: ant<br \/>\nEl loro: parrot<br \/>\nLa jirafa: giraffe<br \/>\nEl gato: cat<br \/>\nEl p\u00e1jaro: bird<br \/>\nEl pez: fish<br \/>\nEl mono: monkey<br \/>\nEl le\u00f3n: lion<br \/>\nEl tigre: tiger<br \/>\nEl elefante: elephant<br \/>\nLa serpiente: snake<br \/>\nLa mosca: fly<br \/>\nEl oso: bear<br \/>\nEl mosquito: mosquito<br \/>\nEl sapo: toad<br \/>\nLa cebra: zebra<br \/>\nLa gorila: gorilla<br \/>\nLa pira\u00f1a: piranha<br \/>\nLa rana: frog<\/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_69d749ab4869d4.74228737\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d749ab4869d4.74228737','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d749ab4869d4.74228737');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d749ab4869d4.74228737\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d749ab4869d4.74228737','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d749ab4869d4.74228737');\" \/><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>Henry:\u00a1Hola Sara! \u00bfHas estado en \u00c1frica?<br \/>\nSara: \u00bfQu\u00e9 pregunta m\u00e1s extra\u00f1a. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9?<br \/>\nHenry: Voy a \u00c1frica, a un safari dentro de dos semanas.<br \/>\nSara: \u00a1Guau! Eso suena maravilloso.<br \/>\nHenry: S\u00ed, eso pensaba yo. Pero ahora estoy empezando a ponerme nervioso.<br \/>\nSara: Nervioso, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9?<br \/>\nHenry: Estoy teniendo pesadillas sobre serpientes, leones y tigres.<br \/>\nSara: No te olvides de los hipop\u00f3tamos.<br \/>\nHenry:\u00a1Los hipop\u00f3tamos! Parecen mimosos, lindos y tiernos.<br \/>\nSara:\u00a1No le digas eso a un hipop\u00f3tamo! Matan a m\u00e1s humanos cada a\u00f1o que ning\u00fan otro animal en \u00c1frica.<br \/>\nHenry: Qu\u00e9 dices.<br \/>\nSara: Lo que oyes. Los hipop\u00f3tamos son herb\u00edvoros pero son muy protectores de su territorio y de sus beb\u00e9s. Muy agresivos y r\u00e1pidos dentro y fuera del agua. \u00a1Y tienen unos dientes enormes!<br \/>\nHenry:\u00a1Jolinas!<br \/>\nSara: Los cocodrilos son m\u00e1s peligrosos que los leones y que los tigres. Y tambi\u00e9n hay que tener mucho cuidado con los mosquitos.<br \/>\nHenry: Los mosquitos no me asustan mucho. Los cocodrilos, por supuesto.<br \/>\nSara: Los mosquitos son a\u00fan m\u00e1s peligrosos que los hipop\u00f3tamos, si se tienen en cuenta todas las enfermedades mortales que propagan como la malaria y la fiebre amarilla.<br \/>\nHenry: \u00a1Dios m\u00edo! \u00a1Voy a tener pesadillas sobre cocodrilos, hipop\u00f3tamos y mosquitos esta noche!<br \/>\nSara: Escucha, ir de safari es una experiencia para toda la vida. \u00a1Te va a encantar!<br \/>\nHenry: No s\u00e9 Sara.<br \/>\nSara: Fui a \u00c1frica el a\u00f1o pasado y fue una experiencia inolvidable. Me sent\u00ed completamente segura. No te preocupes.<br \/>\nHenry: Es bueno escuchar eso Sara. Adoro a los animales y tengo much\u00edsimas ganas de ver jirafas, cebras, elefantes&#8230; Simplemente no estoy acostumbrado a los animales peligrosos.<br \/>\nSara: Te comprendo. La verdad es que no hay animales peligrosos en Inglaterra. En Espa\u00f1a tampoco. Creo que hay algunos osos y lobos todav\u00eda en Espa\u00f1a, pero no muchos.<br \/>\nHenry: En Inglaterra algunas serpientes peligrosas tal vez.<br \/>\nSara:\u00a1P\u00e1salo s\u00faper bien en el safari Henry! M\u00e1ndame una postal.<\/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\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking about animals in Spanish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-animals-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about animals in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13845","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\/13845","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=13845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13848,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions\/13848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}