Speaker 1: Mayana is one of those words that confuses Spanish learners.
Speaker 1: It can mean tomorrow but also morning, so which is
Speaker 1: watch listend out. In this episode, listen Don't Mama to
Speaker 1: explore howmaniana is used. Let's listen to a short dialok
Speaker 1: where two people talk about when their mom is arriving.
Speaker 1: Pay close attention to how they use manyana and what
Speaker 1: it means in each case. Can you infer the rule?
Speaker 1: Here we go Carolina quando jega.
Speaker 2: Lama man diega manyana mayana akiyoa jega la maniana ah.
Speaker 1: Mprano and Tom says manyana e la manyana lavemos too
Speaker 1: many manyanas. It can be tricky, but did you catch
Speaker 1: how they know when it's morning and when it's tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Think of your answer? Got it? Let's see When Carolina
Speaker 1: says jega manyana, she means tomorrow, and when she says
Speaker 1: the mom jega e la manyana, she means in the morning.
Speaker 1: And here is the key. Mayana with no article no
Speaker 1: nothing is tomorrow. It's a time advert It tell us
Speaker 1: when the action happens. La mama jega mayana, mom arrives tomorrow,
Speaker 1: and la manyana with article is the morning here Manyana
Speaker 1: is a feminine nun, so we use the article la
Speaker 1: jega in la manyana, she arrives in the morning. Spanish
Speaker 1: speakers always indicate morning with an article. Example, Oi is
Speaker 1: una manyana tranquila Today is a quiet morning. Another example,
Speaker 1: E la manyana travajo and your ficina in the morning.
Speaker 1: I work at my office. You see moi fasil, so
Speaker 1: I can't I own I wanta parad if mayana is
Speaker 1: tomorrow and el la mayanna with article is in the morning.
Speaker 1: What do you say tomorrow morning? Got your answer? It's
Speaker 1: mayana ell la mayana, perfectly natural in Spanish. Another you
Speaker 1: know how mayana works an espanol. Let's listen to the
Speaker 1: dialogue again to reinforce what you just learn. Carolina conto jega.
Speaker 2: LaMaMa diega manyana manyana a kiyoa jega lamaiana ah.
Speaker 1: Mprano and to says maniana E la maniana lavemos two difficult.
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