Giving directions in Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n Image by Gerd Altmann<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text 1 in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n Diego: Hola, buenas. Perdona, no soy de aqu\u00ed, estoy en Bilbao de vacaciones. \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la calle Abandoibarra? Text 2 in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n Julia: Disculpa \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la estaci\u00f3n de autobuses? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text 1 in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n Diego: Hello, good day. Sorry, I’m not from here, I’m in Bilbao on holiday. Where is the street Abandoibarra? Text 2 in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n Julia: Excuse me. Where is the bus station? So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the original text before checking the translation? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, practice makes perfect! Be patient and keep reading, hearing, writing, and speaking Spanish. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Practice giving directions in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":15072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15071","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071","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=15071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15073,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071\/revisions\/15073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"giving](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/giving-directions-in-spanish-350x233.jpg\")
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\nVictoria: Encantada. Soy Victoria. Yo soy de Bilbao. \u00bfLa avenida Abandoibarra?
\nDiego: No s\u00e9 si es calle o avenida. Pero se llama Abandoibarra.
\nVictoria: \u00bfQuieres ver el Guggenheim?
\nDiego: Exacto.
\nVictoria: El Guggenheim est\u00e1 en la Avenida Abandoibarra. Est\u00e1 muy cerca. Todo recto, la segunda a la derecha. M\u00e1s o menos cinco minutos andando.
\nDiego: Muy bien. Gracias Victoria. Otra cosa\u2026 \u00bfHay un kiosko o un supermercado cerca de aqu\u00ed?
\nVictoria: Mira, hay un supermercado enfrente de la iglesia.
\nDiego: Es verdad. Perfecto. \u00a1Muchas gracias!
\nVictoria: \u00bfTienes un mapa de Bilbao?
\nDiego: No, no tengo mapa.
\nVictoria: Hay mapas gratis en la oficina de turismo al lado del Guggenheim.
\nDiego: Muchas gracias de nuevo Victoria. \u00a1Que tengas un buen d\u00eda!
\nVictoria: Igualmente. Adi\u00f3s. <\/p>\n
\nPablo: Est\u00e1 cerca de aqu\u00ed. La estaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 en frente de la biblioteca.
\nJulia: Gracias. Pero no s\u00e9 donde est\u00e1 la biblioteca.
\nPablo: Vale, perd\u00f3n. No eres de aqu\u00ed. La estaci\u00f3n de autobuses est\u00e1 en la Gran V\u00eda y esta es la Gran V\u00eda.
\nJulia: \u00bfEntonces, todo recto?
\nPablo: S\u00ed, todo recto unos veinte minutos hasta el final de la calle. Al final de la calle est\u00e1n la biblioteca y la estaci\u00f3n de autobuses.
\nJulia: Muy bien, gracias. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 f\u00e1cil!
\nPablo: Claro, es muy f\u00e1cil. \u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres?
\nJulia: Soy de Chile.
\nPablo: De Chile eh. \u00bfEst\u00e1s aqu\u00ed de vacaciones?
\nJulia: S\u00ed, para dos semanas. Mi hotel est\u00e1 en la Gran V\u00eda tambi\u00e9n, al lado del estadio de f\u00fatbol.
\nPablo: El hotel Carlton verdad.
\nJulia: No, el hotel Zenit.
\nPablo: Ah s\u00ed, detr\u00e1s del Carlton.
\nJulia: Exacto.
\nPablo: \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal el hotel Zenit?
\nJulia: Est\u00e1 muy bien.
\nPablo: Vale. \u00a1Disfruta de tus vacaciones!
\nJulia: Hasta luego y muchas gracias por tu ayuda.<\/p>\n
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\nVictoria: Lovely to meet you. I am Victoria. I am from Bilbao. Avenue Abandoibarra?
\nDiego: I don\u2019t know if it’s a street or avenue. But it’s called Abandoibarra.
\nVictoria: Do you want to see the Guggenheim?
\nDiego: Exactly.
\nVictoria: The Guggenheim is on Avenida Abandoibarra. It’s very close. Straight on, the second on the right. About five minutes walk.
\nDiego: Very good. Thanks, Victoria. Another thing… Is there a newsagents or a supermarket near here?
\nVictoria: Look, there’s a supermarket in front of the church.
\nDiego: It’s true. Perfect. Thank you!
\nVictoria: Do you have a map of Bilbao?
\nDiego: No, I do not have a map.
\nVictoria: There are free maps at the tourist office next to the Guggenheim.
\nDiego: Thank you very much again Victoria. You have a good day!
\nVictoria: Likewise. Goodbye.<\/p>\n
\nPablo: It’s close to here. The station is in front of the library.
\nJulia: Thanks. But I do not know where the library is.
\nPablo: Ok, sorry. You’re not from here. The bus station is on the high street and this is the high street.
\nJulia: So, straight on?
\nPablo: Yes, straight on for about twenty minutes to the end of the street. At the end of the street are the library and the bus station.
\nJulia: Very good, thank you. How easy!
\nPablo: Sure, it’s very easy. Where are you from?
\nJulia: I’m from Chile.
\nPablo: From Chile eh. Are you here on holiday?
\nJulia: Yes, for two weeks. My hotel is on the high street too, next to the football stadium.
\nPablo: The Carlton Hotel, no.
\nJulia: No, the Zenit hotel.
\nPablo: Oh yes, behind the Carlton.
\nJulia: Exactly.
\nPablo: How is the Zenit hotel?
\nJulia: It’s very good.
\nPablo: Okay. Enjoy your holiday!
\nJulia: See you later and thank you very much for your help.<\/p>\n
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