March 3rd, 2007
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Lesson 19
Notes
In this edition: a
round-up of the
language
covered in
lessons 11-18.
¿Qué has aprendido?
Lesson 19
Programme Notes
Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast
aimed at independent learners of Spanish. In
Coffee Break Spanish we’ll be guiding you
through the basics of the Spanish language and
helping you to learn to communicate in Spain
and Spanish-speaking countries.
Since this lesson marks the end of our second
unit of Coffee Break Spanish, much of the lesson
is about review. Included are exercises which will
test your knowledge of the phrases covered in
lessons 11-18 of the programme. The exercises
will also test your knowledge of the bonus
vocabulary covered in each lesson. We would
suggest that you revise each unit before tackling
the exercises.
Answers to the exercises can be found at the end
of the unit.
Exercises
correct spelling and including any accents
required:
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I’m hungry
Can you bring us a menu in English?
I speak Italian.
Do you have a table?
I want a pineapple juice.
Go straight on.
Another beer, please.
I’d like a portion of omelette.
I’m a vegetarian.
Is it far from here?
If you’ve been using the pdf guides for each
lesson you’ve also had access to the bonus
vocabulary. The following two exercises will test
your knowledge of this vocabulary.
Exercise 3 (bonus)
Exercise 1 (basic)
Translate the following phrases into English:
Translate the following phrases into English:
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Lunes, quince de febrero
¿Cómo se escribe?
Más despacio, por favor
¿Dónde está la plaza?
Para mi amigo una caña
Estoy aprendiendo español
Está al lado de la farmacia
¿Hay un banco por aquí?
Soy alérgico a las nueces
¿Tienes sed?
¿Dónde está el ayuntamiento?
Tuerza a la derecha.
¿En qué puedo ayudarle?
No hay problema.
Cuéntame un poco...
Quiero practicar mi español.
¿Cómo se pronuncia esta palabra?
¿Hay alguien que hable inglés?
No he pedido esto.
¿Tardará mucho nuestra comida?
Exercise 4 (bonus)
Exercise 2 (basic)
Translate the following phrases into Spanish,
taking care to ensure that you’re using the
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Translate the following phrases into Spanish,
again taking care to ensure that you’re spelling
the words correctly and using the correct
masculine or feminine forms where appropriate:
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I’m diabetic.
I’ll have the same as him.
A shot of gin
Where is the stadium?
Can you tell me if...?
Am I saying it right?
Your face seems familiar
We’re ready to order
Is there a set menu?
Do you have low fat food?
cinemas and more than nineteen
restaurants*. I like going out at night with
my friends to discos. There are many
discos and bars in the centre of the city.
*Rafa mentions “more than nineteen
restaurants”, referring to our song in lesson 14: y
hay diecinueve restaurantes.
Dialogue
Here’s the dialogue from lesson 19.
See the end of this lesson to check your answers
for the exercises.
Listening text
The following text was included as a listening
exercise in this week’s lesson.
Hola, me llamo Rafa y soy español. Vivo
en Barcelona. Me gusta esta ciudad. Hay
muchas cosas interesantes en
Barcelona. Hay una catedral que se
llama la Sagrada Familia. Es muy
famosa. También hay muchos cines y
más de diecinueve restaurantes. Me
gusta salir por la noche con mis amigos
a las discotecas. Hay muchas discotecas
y bares en el centro de la ciudad.
Kara: Por favor...
Mark: Sí, ¿en qué puedo ayudarle?
Kara: ¿Me sabe decir dónde está la
oficina de turismo?
Mark: A ver... no está lejos.
Kara: ¿Me puede indicar dónde está en
este plano?
Mark: Mire, estamos aquí en la plaza
Jaime 3. Vaya todo recto y tome la
segunda calle a la derecha.
Kara: Vale. Todo recto y la segunda a la
derecha.
Mark: Sí, eso es.
Kara: ¿Está bastante cerca?
Mark: Sí, a unos diez minutos de aquí a
pie.
Kara: Muchas gracias.
The questions for the listening exericses are as
follows:
1.
Does Rafa like living in Barcelona?
2.
What is La Sagrada Familia?
3.
How does Rafa describe La Sagrada
Familia?
4.
Rafa mentions that there are lots of
restaurants in the city. What else does he say
that there are lots of ?
5.
What does he like doing in the evening?
6.
What is there in the centre of the city?
Here is an exact translation:
Hi. My name is Rafa and I’m Spanish. I
live in Barcelona. I like this city. There are
many interesting things in Barcelona.
There is a cathedral which is called the
Sagrada Familia (Sacred Family). It is
very famous. There are also many
Coffee Break Spanish: Lesson 19
Mark: De nada. Que tenga buen día.
There are one or two items of vocabulary in this
dialogue which we need to explain.
me puede indicar ... en este plano
can you show me ... on this map?
mire
look
We’ve already covered “straight on”. You may
hear the word vaya in this phrase too:
vaya todo recto
go straight on
tome la segunda calle
take the second street
page 2
eso es
that’s right
está a unos diez minutos de aquí
it’s about 10 minutes from here
The phrase unos diez minutos suggests that it’s
around ten minutes from here.
que tenga buen día
have a nice day
Exercise 2 (basic)
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Tengo hambre.
¿Nos trae una carta en inglés? (or un menú)
Hablo italiano.
¿Tienen una mesa?
Quiero un zumo (or jugo) de piña.
Vaya todo recto / derecho.
Otra cerveza / caña, por favor.
Quisiera una ración de tortilla.
Soy vegetariano/a.
¿Está lejos de aquí?
Exercise 3 (bonus)
If you’re speaking to more than one person you
can use the plural form of the verb: tengan:
que tengan buen día
have a nice day
Answers to exercises
Exercise 1 (basic)
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10.
Monday, 15th of February
How is it written?
Slower, please.
Where is the square?
A beer for my friend.
I’m learning Spanish.
It’s beside the chemist’s / pharmacy.
Is there a bank around here?
I’m allergic to nuts.
Are you thirsty?
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Where is the town hall?
Turn right.
How can I help you?
No problem.
Tell me...
I want to practise my Spanish.
How is this word pronounced?
Is there anyone who can speak English?
I didn’t order this.
Will our meal be long?
Exercise 4 (bonus)
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10.
Soy diabético / a
Para mí lo mismo que él.
Un trago de ginebra.
¿Dónde está el estadio?
¿Me sabe decir si...?
Me suena mucho tu cara.
¿Lo digo bien?
Estamos listos para pedir.
¿Hay un menú del día?
¿Tienen comida baja en grasas?
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