{"id":13856,"date":"2020-11-23T05:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2020-12-01T07:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:37:43","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-plants-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-plants-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about plants in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking about plants 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_13857\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13857\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/talking-abou-plants-in-spanish-350x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/talking-abou-plants-in-spanish-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/talking-abou-plants-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about plants in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cosechar: to harvest<br \/>\nCultivar: to grow<br \/>\nEl abono: compost<br \/>\nEl \u00e1rbol: tree<br \/>\nEl arbusto: bush<br \/>\nEl bosque: forest<br \/>\nEl bulbo: bulb<br \/>\nEl capullo: bud<br \/>\nEl c\u00e9sped: lawn<br \/>\nEl huerto: allotment, plot<br \/>\nEl jard\u00edn: garden<br \/>\nEl p\u00e9talo: petal<br \/>\nEl polen: polen<br \/>\nEl seto: hedgerow<br \/>\nEl tallo: stem<br \/>\nGerminar: to germinate<br \/>\nLa espina: thorn<br \/>\nLa flor: flower<br \/>\nLa fruta: fruit<br \/>\nLa hierba: grass<br \/>\nLa hierba arom\u00e1tica: herb<br \/>\nLa hoja: leaf<br \/>\nLa maceta: plant pot<br \/>\nEl fruto seco: nut<br \/>\nLa planta: plant<br \/>\nLa ra\u00edz: root<br \/>\nLa tierra: soil<br \/>\nLa vid: vine<br \/>\nLas herramientas: tools<br \/>\nLas pl\u00e1ntulas: seedlings<br \/>\nLas semillas: seeds<br \/>\nLas verduras: vegetables<br \/>\nLos hierbajos: weeds<br \/>\nPlantar: to plant<br \/>\nSembrar: to sow<\/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_69d7a79f92b901.20496722\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d7a79f92b901.20496722','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Talking-about-plants-in-Spanish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d7a79f92b901.20496722');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d7a79f92b901.20496722\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d7a79f92b901.20496722','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d7a79f92b901.20496722');\" \/><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>Maite: Hola Jonathan. \u00a1Guauu! \u00a1Tu jard\u00edn est\u00e1 incre\u00edble! Has estado trabajando duro, \u00bfeh?<br \/>\nJonathan: S\u00ed. He estado en el jard\u00edn todos los d\u00edas durante el mes.<br \/>\nMaite: \u00bfY eso por qu\u00e9?<br \/>\nJonathan: He decidido que no quiero comprar m\u00e1s comida del supermercado.<br \/>\nMaite: Quieres ser autosuficiente.<br \/>\nJonathan: \u00a1Voy a ser autosuficiente! Estoy decidido.<br \/>\nMaite: Pues yo no tengo tiempo para este tipo de cosas.<br \/>\nJonathan: Yo tampoco. Pero si realmente quieres hacer algo, encuentras la manera.<br \/>\nMaite: Mi jard\u00edn es un desastre.<br \/>\nJonathan: Solo porque no lo cuidas Maite. Mi jard\u00edn era una jungla de malas hierbas hace cinco semanas.<br \/>\nMaite: Me encantan las plantas. Especialmente las flores. Pero no s\u00e9 nada sobre c\u00f3mo cultivarlas. Matar\u00e9 todo lo que intente cultivar, fijo.<br \/>\nJonathan: No soy un experto. Solo uso informaci\u00f3n en Internet. V\u00eddeos de Youtube y grupos de Facebook. No necesitas saber nada. Solo seguir las instrucciones.<br \/>\nMaite: La verdad es que me gusta mi c\u00e9sped.<br \/>\nJonathan: El c\u00e9sped es una p\u00e9rdida de espacio. Es mucho mejor cultivar vegetales.<br \/>\nMaite: No lo s\u00e9. Tal vez. \u00bfEs f\u00e1cil cultivar frutas?<br \/>\nJonathan: La fruta es lo m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil de cultivar. Planta algunos arbustos y \u00e1rboles y espera a que tengan fruto.<br \/>\nMaite: \u00bfY los frutos secos?<br \/>\nJonathan: Son f\u00e1ciles tambi\u00e9n. Solo necesitas espacio para los \u00e1rboles.<br \/>\nMaite: Tengo un jard\u00edn muy grande. Tal vez plante \u00e1rboles frutales y de frutos secos.<br \/>\nJonathan: \u00a1Venga hazlo! Las hierbas arom\u00e1ticas son muy simples de plantar y cultivar tambi\u00e9n. Y plantar flores tambi\u00e9n.<br \/>\nMaite: Me imagino que las verduras son m\u00e1s complicadas y requieren m\u00e1s tiempo.<br \/>\nJonathan: En general, s\u00ed. \u00a1Pero tenemos que dejar de comprar verduras importadas que no son ecol\u00f3gicas y cubiertas de pl\u00e1stico!<br \/>\nMaite: Bien por ti Jonathan. Tal vez te pueda comprar a ti las verduras en el futuro.<\/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=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/talking-abou-plants-in-spanish-350x234.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-abou-plants-in-spanish-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/talking-abou-plants-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about plants in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13856","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\/13856","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=13856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13879,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13856\/revisions\/13879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}