Speaker 1: Do you think you're already beyond the beginner level in Spanish?
Let's find out. In this episode you'll hear an excerpt
from my show Basic Spanish Conversations where I tell the
story of heavy metal legend Tomaya, the vocalist of Slayer,
who was born in Tille. If you can follow this story,
you're definitely not an early beginner anymore. And to make
it more interesting, here are three comprehension questions. No moto,
no quandonazo tomara ya, when was he born? Nometo? Does
a quida semudo a loostyle sunidos at what age did
he move to the United States? And no moto trees
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does he play? And when they start? Are you ready
for this?
Speaker 2: Don't they? Quand tom A yeah.
Speaker 1: Tomaraja, Nazio Elasuda, the mar and Chile Nacio el sjuno,
the mino sento Santa. You know Chile is super in
natal lust thou.
Speaker 2: I gueta semudo alostados.
Speaker 1: Also a minocentos says sefue Alasuda the South Kate California.
Speaker 3: Instrumental Toka toca maajo aquia to Supremier Bajo.
Speaker 1: El tuo sup Premier Bajo. Also, I said that commerso
at Carol intrumento concacune de lobetos rolling stones. Was that
too difficult? Let me give you a little help. This
part of the story is told in the petrich one
of the past tensas en Espanol. You usually start learning
this at an upper beginner level. Here are a few
close before we listen again. Oh, no, quando Nacio, it's
a year in the sixties, which one that's your job?
Those I give that semudo as.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: He wasn't an adult yet. That's already a big clue.
There is instrument to toka yaquive that comment so is
a string instrument and he started young. Ready for the
second listen, here we go.
Speaker 2: Don't they Quando tom arajam.
Speaker 1: Tomaraja Nacio elasuda mar and Chile Nacio the mino sento Santa.
You know Chile is super in natal plus a thousan.
Speaker 2: I give that semudo alos.
Speaker 1: Sem a minoo says sefue Alasua the South kate California.
Speaker 3: Canesmento toka toca bajo. I get that to Supremier Bajo
ail to sup.
Speaker 1: Premier Bajo loo I said that commentso at to carol
instrumento conconcerner de lobatus eat Rolling Stones one to check
your answers. The transcript is available in the episode description.
And if this was too hard, that's actually useful. It
helps you to see where you're right now in your
Spanish journey. Keep studying Spanish requires consistency, and today there
are so many resources that there are no excuses not
to learn Espanol. And if you felt comfortable with this excerpt,
you can listen to the full episode on my show
Basic Spanish Conversations, available on all major listening apps. Is
the perfectness step after speaking Spanish for beginners as a
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