{"id":15233,"date":"2021-10-12T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15233"},"modified":"2021-10-03T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T20:54:09","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-describing-personality-with-el-verbo-ser-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-describing-personality-with-el-verbo-ser-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts – Describing personality with El verbo Ser (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this lesson of our English Spanish Parallel Texts course and we are going to practice describing personality with El verbo Ser in Spanish. 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

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

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

Check out this video lesson with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Describing personality with El verbo Ser<\/a><\/p>\n

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Felipe: Silvia, \u00bfc\u00f3mo es tu padre?
\nSilvia: Mi padre es muy alto, tiene barba, pelo corto y ojos marrones.
\nFelipe: \u00bfY su personalidad? \u00bfC\u00f3mo es tu padre como persona?
\nSilvia: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 preguntas Felipe?
\nFelipe: Trabajo con tu padre ahora. Es mi jefe.
\nSilvia: \u00bfEn serio?
\nFelipe: S\u00ed, tu padre es mi jefe en la oficina donde trabajo ahora.
\nSilvia: No te preocupes, mi padre es una persona muy amable.
\nFelipe: S\u00ed. Pero igual es diferente en el trabajo.
\nSilvia: No creo. Es siempre simp\u00e1tico y divertido. Es su car\u00e1cter.
\nFelipe: No s\u00e9\u2026 algunas personas dicen que \u00e9l es muy estricto.
\nSilvia: Muy estricto seguro que no. Estricto, quiz\u00e1s. Le gusta mucho su trabajo.
\nFelipe: S\u00ed, mis compa\u00f1eros dicen que tiene pasi\u00f3n por su trabajo.
\nSilvia: Eso es bueno, \u00bfno?
\nFelipe: Tu padre es un hombre muy robusto, como un oso, con su barba y su risa a todo volumen. Da un poco de miedo.
\nSilvia: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices! Mi padre no da miedo. Es como un oso igual. Pero un oso de peluche. Suave y tierno. No es antip\u00e1tico ni violento.
\nFelipe: Vale. Gracias Silvia. Yo soy ordenado, trabajador y honesto. No estoy tan preocupado.
\nSilvia: Tambi\u00e9n eres listo y de fiar. No te preocupes por nada.<\/p>\n

 
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English Text<\/h2>\n

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Felipe: Silvia, how is your father?
\nSilvia: My father is very tall, he has a beard, short hair and brown eyes.
\nFelipe: And his personality? How is your father as a person?
\nSilvia: Why are you asking Felipe?
\nFelipe: I work with your father now. He’s my boss.
\nSilvia: Really?
\nFelipe: Yes, your father is my boss in the office where I work now.
\nSilvia: Don\u2019t worry, my father is a very kind person.
\nFelipe: Yes. But maybe it\u2019s different at work.
\nSilvia: I don\u2019t think so. He is always friendly and funny. It is his character.
\nFelipe: I dunno … some people say that he is very strict.
\nSilvia: Very strict, certainly not. Strict, perhaps. He likes his work very much.
\nFelipe: Yes, my colleagues say that he is passionate about his work.
\nSilvia: That’s good, right?
\nFelipe: Your father is a very robust man, like a bear, with his beard and his loud laughter. He scares me a bit.
\nSilvia: What! My father is not scary. Maybe he is like a bear. But a teddy bear. Soft and tender. He is not unfriendly or violent.
\nFelipe: Okay. Thanks Silvia. I am organised, hardworking and honest. I’m not so worried
\nSilvia: You are also smart and trustworthy. Don\u2019t worry about anything.<\/p>\n

 
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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":"\"Describing

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