{"id":15148,"date":"2021-08-24T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15148"},"modified":"2021-08-18T05:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:40:27","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-el-verbo-ser-the-family-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-el-verbo-ser-the-family-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts &#8211; El verbo Ser &amp; the family (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson of our English Spanish Parallel Texts course and we are going to practice using the Spanish verb Ser (To Be) to describe The Family. Start by reading the text in Spanish below. The English translation is provided later but please try not to look at it until you have read the Spanish version various times and tried your best to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>There may be some words and phrases in the text that you are unfamiliar with, but you should be aiming to capture the main essence of what is happening. There will always be words and phrases popping up in real-life situations that you have never heard before, so it is important never to get too distracted by details.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to investigate some of the words you don\u2019t know with a dictionary that would be great, please do, but do this after trying your best to understand with what you already have in your head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this video lesson with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-9-family-verb-%e2%80%9cser%e2%80%9d-and-possessive-determiners\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El verbo Ser &amp; the family<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15149\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15149\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1-350x164.jpg\" alt=\"El verbo Ser &amp; the family (Part 1)\" width=\"350\" height=\"164\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1-350x164.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/pixel2013-2364555\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2494952\">S. Hermann &amp; F. Richter<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2494952\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alba: Hola, buenas tardes. \u00bfEres hermano de Lucas?<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: \u00bfLucas, no, qui\u00e9n es Lucas?<br \/>\nAlba: Perdona. Lucas es un amigo m\u00edo. Te pareces mucho a \u00e9l.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Yo soy Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Mart\u00edn.<br \/>\nAlba: \u00bfVives aqu\u00ed Sebasti\u00e1n?<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: S\u00ed, toda la vida en este barrio.<br \/>\nAlba: Yo tambi\u00e9n. Soy Alba P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, hija de Juan y Mar\u00eda.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: \u00bfJuan P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez, el electricista?<br \/>\nAlba: S\u00ed, es mi padre.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Juan es un buen electricista y tambi\u00e9n muy buena persona.<br \/>\nAlba: Ya lo s\u00e9.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: \u00bfTienes una hermana tambi\u00e9n, no?<br \/>\nAlba: Tengo tres hermanas.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: \u00bfComo se llaman tus hermanas?<br \/>\nAlba: Son Carlota, Michelle y Julieta. Somos cuatro hermanas y dos hermanos. Mis hermanos son Mart\u00edn y Nicol\u00e1s.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: \u00a1Nicol\u00e1s P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda! \u00bfNicol\u00e1s es tu hermano? Es un amigo m\u00edo.<br \/>\nAlba: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices!<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Bueno, encantado de conocerte Alba.<br \/>\nAlba: Igualmente Sebasti\u00e1n.<\/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;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>English Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alba: Hello, good afternoon. Are you Lucas&#8217;s brother?<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Lucas, no, who is Lucas?<br \/>\nAlba: Excuse me. Lucas is a friend of mine. You look a lot like him.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: I&#8217;m Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Mart\u00edn.<br \/>\nAlba: Do you live here Sebasti\u00e1n?<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Yes, all my life in this neighborhood.<br \/>\nAlba: Me too. I&#8217;m Alba P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, daughter of Juan and Mar\u00eda.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Juan P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez, the electrician?<br \/>\nAlba: Yes, that&#8217;s my father.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Juan is a good electrician and also a very good person.<br \/>\nAlba: I know.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: You have a sister as well, don\u2019t you?<br \/>\nAlba: I have three sisters.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: What are your sisters called?<br \/>\nAlba: They are Carlota, Michelle and Julieta. We are four sisters and two brothers. My brothers are Mart\u00edn and Nicol\u00e1s.<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Nicol\u00e1s P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda! Nicol\u00e1s is your brother? He iss a friend of mine.<br \/>\nAlba: No way!<br \/>\nSebasti\u00e1n: Well, nice to meet you Alba.<br \/>\nAlba: Likewise Sebastian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>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&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;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":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1-350x164.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"El verbo Ser &amp; the family (Part 1)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1-350x164.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/El-verbo-Ser-the-family-Part-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Practice using the Spanish verb Ser (To be) to describe The Family 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":15149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15148","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\/15148","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=15148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15153,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions\/15153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}