What is your city like? Describe it en espaƱo! šļø
Learn how to describe a city in Spanish using ser, estar, and haber.
In this episode, discover simple words and phrases to talk about places, locations, and things you can find in a town.
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Episode Transcript
This is speaking Spanish for beginners quital swim. Marco, you're
Latino Spanish teacher. If I ask you what is your
city like? Would you know how to answer an espanel.
In today's episode, you learn how to describe a city
in simple Spanish. You'll pick up basic words for places
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and discover how to use the verse said start and Avid,
we're talking about them. Are you ready for this? Yes, Mama.
First let's listen to a short dialogue. A friend of
mine wants to visit San Pedro data Kama, a town
in the north of Chile. I've been to before. She
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asked me what is it like and what she can
find there? Big close attention to the words I used
to describe the place and the things it has and
it doesn't have here. We go.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Ola, Marco Elbro, Simoz, Pedro, the Atacama, some.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Pedro, Takama, Quiva, can Is Lugarota and North Chile and
Decerto Takama suen sante k I I t I kaye
pequnas retrantees de comida local, I Mucho's lugar, touristicos cer
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cal pueblo, vien see pedro, no I playa some Pedro
takamata and decertoo no i mucha awa. Okay, let's break
it down.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
First.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Listen, lize how it describes some pedro. I said, is
lugar moo lugar bonito, lugar please bonito beautiful, so beat
for a place on lugar bonito. Notice I use the
verb is a a area which is to be san
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pedro is lugar And why, sir, because we serve for
permanent characteristics of a place. Let's continue. Then we talk
about its location. I said, in a northa in the north.
It's in the north of tile here. I use a
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start to be again to be yes, but a start
said the area is the verb to be, but for location,
in a northe the north, that's the location. That's why
I use a start, so sir, to describe a place
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and a start for location. And finally, the things you
can find there? Did you catch them all? I tendasa
craft shops, eye gays, pecunias, small streets, eye restaurantes, the
comita local local food restaurants, I muchos lokasturisticos, touristic places.
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They ve here is a there at a bay a
eri ab in its form I at aga, I I
miss there is and there are. And here is the
good news. Singular or plural is always I. I on restaurante.
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There is a restaurant. I mochose restaurantes. There are many restaurants.
You see. I didn't change nice and simple, and this
says Spanish is difficult. Come on, smooy facil. I also
mentioned the things you won't find in some pedro. No
I playa there is no beat, no imcha awa. There
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isn't much water here. What is important to notice is
that the word no goes before the verb. I said
no I plaia, not I know plaia. I know plaia.
Sounds like a greeno who hasn't studied Spanish since high school.
(04:23):
So the fix is very simple. Put no before the verb,
say no I plaia and not I know plaia. Anow
that you know the vocabulary. Let's listen to the dialogue again.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Ola marco el Broxy, Momez, pedro attakama some.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Pedro atta gamma, quiva can lar and north and deo takama.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Ki i.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Kaye pekenyas aretrantees de comida locale i muchos logardes touristikos
sir cal pueblo vien see pedro no I plaia sam
pedro da takama eta l decertoeso no I mucha awa
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better this time. If you still want extra help, chake
out the transcript of the listener activity and summary of
this lesson on my blog at latin el dot com
check the link in the episode description. And now time
to practice. That's why this is called speaking Spanish for beginners.
(05:47):
You have to speak to practice and learn. I'll ask
you what is your city like Espanol and when you
hear this sound, you have to reply with your own information.
Ready for this, here we go, come ons to sue
that ki ah jack keto busy to do that tomor
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on a service juntos. And that's offer today Glaciers butt
escutar Speaking Spanish for beginners. If you enjoy the show,
please give it a first review and recommend it to
your amigos. And if you want to go deeper on
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