{"id":15294,"date":"2021-11-16T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15294"},"modified":"2021-11-02T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T09:54:13","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-using-regular-spanish-verbs-in-present-tense-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-using-regular-spanish-verbs-in-present-tense-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts &#8211; Using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson of our English Spanish Parallel Texts course and we are going to practice using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense. 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 these video lessons with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-13-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish verbs in Present Tense (Part 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-14-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish verbs in Present Tense (Part 2)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15295\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15295\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense (Part 1)\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/nastya_gepp-3773230\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3560929\">Anastasia Gepp<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3560929\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jorge: Hola Isabel, \u00bfqu\u00e9 tal est\u00e1s?<br \/>\nIsabel: Muy bien Jorge, gracias. \u00bfY t\u00fa?<br \/>\nJorge: Yo, muy bien tambi\u00e9n. Ahora trabajo con tu hermana Elisa.<br \/>\nIsabel: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices! No lo sab\u00eda. \u00bfEn la oficina de Serviplan?<br \/>\nJorge: Eso es. En la calle Ram\u00f3n Gallud.<br \/>\nIsabel: \u00bfElisa y t\u00fa hac\u00e9is el mismo trabajo?<br \/>\nJorge: No exactamente. Elisa trabaja m\u00e1s con los clientes. Est\u00e1 cara al p\u00fablico. Y yo estoy en la misma oficina pero detr\u00e1s, con mi ordenador y mi tel\u00e9fono.<br \/>\nIsabel: Conozco vuestra oficina. Siempre est\u00e1 llena de gente. Muy concurrida y ruidosa. No s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo Elisa siempre est\u00e1 tan tranquila.<br \/>\nJorge: Yo tampoco. Ella es muy paciente. Es un \u00e1ngel. Muy buena con los clientes.<br \/>\nIsabel: Es verdad, mi hermana es una persona estupenda.<br \/>\nJorge: \u00bfY qu\u00e9 cosas hace en su tiempo libre?<br \/>\nIsabel: Elisa hace mucho deporte. Nada todos los d\u00edas. Anda en su bicicleta. Ella tambi\u00e9n juega al tenis. Y le gusta caminar por el monte.<br \/>\nJorge: Es muy activa entonces.<br \/>\nIsabel: S\u00ed, muy activa. No duerme mucho.<br \/>\nJorge: \u00bfCu\u00e1les son sus comidas favoritas?<br \/>\nIsabel: Ella es vegetariana y come muchas verduras y frutas.<br \/>\nJorge: \u00bfPerdona, pero tiene novio ahora?<br \/>\nIsabel: No, no tiene novio.<br \/>\nJorge: \u00a1Qu\u00e9 bien! <\/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>Jorge: Hi Isabel, how are you?<br \/>\nIsabel: Very well Jorge, thank you. And you?<br \/>\nJorge: Me, very well too. Now I work with your sister Elisa.<br \/>\nIsabel: What! I didn\u2019t know. In the Serviplan office?<br \/>\nJorge: That&#8217;s right. On Ram\u00f3n Gallud Street.<br \/>\nIsabel: Elisa and you do the same job?<br \/>\nJorge: Not exactly. Elisa works more with customers. She is front office. And I&#8217;m in the same office but in the back, with my computer and my telephone.<br \/>\nIsabel: I know your office. It is always full of people. Very busy and noisy. I don\u2019t know how Elisa is always so calm.<br \/>\nJorge: Me neither. She is very patient. An angel. Very good with customers.<br \/>\nIsabel: It&#8217;s true, my sister is a great person.<br \/>\nJorge: And what does she do in her free time?<br \/>\nIsabel: Elisa does a lot of sport. She swims every day. Rides her bike. She also plays tennis. And she likes to walk in the mountains.<br \/>\nJorge: She\u2019s very active then.<br \/>\nIsabel: Yes, very active. She doesn\u2019t sleep much.<br \/>\nJorge: What are her favourite foods?<br \/>\nIsabel: She is a vegetarian and eats lots of vegetables and fruits.<br \/>\nJorge: Excuse me, but does she have a boyfriend right now?<br \/>\nIsabel: No, she does not have a boyfriend.<br \/>\nJorge: Great!<\/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=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense (Part 1)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Using-Regular-Spanish-Verbs-in-Present-Tense-Part-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Practice using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense 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":15295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15294","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\/15294","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=15294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15297,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15294\/revisions\/15297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}