Speaker 1: Ser o star to be or wait to be again.
Speaker 1: Why are there two verbs that mean to be in Spanish? Well,
Speaker 1: let's find out in this new episode of Speaking Spanish
Speaker 1: four Beginners, bamos get my dear listener, comstas do vien
Speaker 1: I really hope so Welcome to a new episode of
Speaker 1: Speaking Spanish four Beginners. Mayamo marco so cry at this podcast,
Speaker 1: and in this episode you learn some of the uses
Speaker 1: of the verbs there and a star. Have you heard
Speaker 1: about these two verbs before?
Speaker 2: Yes, they are a pain in the act.
Speaker 1: They seems to be a headache for many students. But
Speaker 1: here I will give you some explanation on how they
Speaker 1: work and also a listening exercise so you can practice
Speaker 1: this verve and learn how to use them. List tos bamos.
Speaker 1: In order to learn about ser and start, we will
Speaker 1: first listen to a dialogue between two friends who run
Speaker 1: into each other on the street. They haven't seen each
Speaker 1: other for a long time, and they ask questions about
Speaker 1: how they are doing. They talk about a mutual person
Speaker 1: they know well, basically catching up, and after we listen,
Speaker 1: we will analyze what it's involved in sert and start
Speaker 1: in the dialogue. Ready, bamos alla Patricia coast tempo.
Speaker 2: Ola marco to.
Speaker 1: Bien stoy moi felis for quevajo and nova presa miss
Speaker 1: collet on mui sympaticos it doo kiases la.
Speaker 2: Vida jenn l is moya maritos.
Speaker 1: Posa jessica yesta vien he just professora elon vers lava
Speaker 1: gultard stastra gasa Jessica sta mui contenta lafa gultad bheno
Speaker 1: mamas aver. Let's learn more about cer and a star.
Speaker 1: Let's start with the uses of the verb in the dialogue.
Speaker 1: This verb is used to describe what people are like.
Speaker 1: In the dialogue. For example, I describe my colleagues collegas,
Speaker 1: say oh l a a hey ah s collegas, I say,
Speaker 1: miss college so moi sympaticos. Sympathico means likable, agreeable, sympaticos.
Speaker 1: And to describe my colleagues, I say so on sympaticos
Speaker 1: using the verb ser Patricia also describes a person. She
Speaker 1: describes her boss hefe hotel a fe a hefe hey yeah,
Speaker 1: discreve as so hefe She says eli's mooi a mavele
Speaker 1: a mavely means kind and nice a mavely ah amy
Speaker 1: ah b l a a a mavele, and she says,
Speaker 1: is mooei a maveley, he's very nice. So that's the
Speaker 1: first use of the verb ser to describe a person.
Speaker 1: It can be a physical description, or it can also
Speaker 1: be about the personality, to describe a person as they
Speaker 1: normally are. That's a key aspect to understand the verb
Speaker 1: seir the features we normally associate with a person. The
Speaker 1: second use of the verb set in the dialogue is
Speaker 1: for describing the occupation of people. When you talk about
Speaker 1: another person in the dialogue, Jessica, who is me esposa?
Speaker 1: I say, A yeah is puro fasoda, She's a professor
Speaker 1: at the university. A yeah is professsda e lon Niversida.
Speaker 1: Using sert plus occupation is profes soda. So, my friends,
Speaker 1: to reck up this section. The first use of ser
Speaker 1: is to describe a person or something, and the second
Speaker 1: use is to talk about a person's occupation. Let's continue
Speaker 1: now with the verb start. This is using the dialogue
Speaker 1: to describe the mood of the people talking. When Patricia
Speaker 1: asked me, how are you, I say, bien a stoy
Speaker 1: moi Phelie, I'm very happy. Stoy mouei felice porque bajo
Speaker 1: and una nueva compania. I'm very happy because I work
Speaker 1: at a new company. So stoy Phelie. That's my mood.
Speaker 1: That's how I feel. When she asked me how are you?
Speaker 1: That's not so? Why the question to us about how
Speaker 1: are you? In Spanish is como. Stars are not como.
Speaker 1: It is so we ask como is tas. I also
Speaker 1: use a start in the dialogue. When I describe how
Speaker 1: my wife feels at university. I say, hey, yeah, start
Speaker 1: MOI contenta elon Universai that mean and she's very glad
Speaker 1: with her job at the faculty. A yesta my contenta
Speaker 1: la faculta. Another use of a start in the dialogue
Speaker 1: is to talk about location. I mentioned that university when
Speaker 1: my wife works, is close to her house. Laugh facultat
Speaker 1: ista circa the faculty is close. So to talk about
Speaker 1: the locations of people and things, we use a start.
Speaker 1: And here I want to clarify something I said. We
Speaker 1: use a start with location, not origin. What do I
Speaker 1: mean by that? If somebody asked me, they don't there,
Speaker 1: it is where are you from? They don't there it is.
Speaker 1: I would say so the tile, using the verb sair
Speaker 1: to talk about my origin. But if somebody asks me
Speaker 1: where are you, don't they is stars asking about my location?
Speaker 1: I would reply a stoy e mi casa using the
Speaker 1: verb star, because that's where I am at this moment.
Speaker 1: So to recap this section about a star, we use
Speaker 1: this verb to talk about the mood of somebody or
Speaker 1: how a person feels, and also to talk about locations
Speaker 1: of people and objects. It all starts to make sense now, easy,
Speaker 1: psy nice. So let's listen to the dialogue one more
Speaker 1: time so you can practice more now that you know.
Speaker 1: Explanations of what is involved with ser and a star
Speaker 1: listos bamus ola Patricia coast tempo ola Marco to bien
Speaker 1: stoy moi felis forquevajo presa miss colegas on mui sympaticos
Speaker 1: it doo chiass la vida.
Speaker 2: J elis moya mariposa, Jessica yesta vien he just profesora e.
Speaker 1: La statra casa Jessica sta mui contenta. Was it easier
Speaker 1: this time? I really hope. So remember that you can
Speaker 1: always go back to that section in this podcast, and
Speaker 1: you may be thinking Marco h only four rules? Is
Speaker 1: that all about Said and a Star? Well, actually no,
Speaker 1: but this is what's relevant for you at this level.
Speaker 1: Some of my students have bought books about SI and
Speaker 1: a Star more than one hundred pages, but they normally
Speaker 1: end up more confused. So my advice is the following
Speaker 1: study what's relevant at your level. You don't want to
Speaker 1: generate any additional frustration on yourself at this point. Knowing
Speaker 1: these basic rules is a good start, and it's better
Speaker 1: than learning all the rules at once, So go at
Speaker 1: your own pace. There is no need to rush, and
Speaker 1: a good tutor can help you with that. Okay, miss
Speaker 1: a Egos, it's time to practice. Now. I will ask
Speaker 1: you two questions, and when you hear this sound, you
Speaker 1: have to reply with your own information. I will ask
Speaker 1: you about your occupation and where you are right now.
Speaker 1: List those they wonta or no qual less to go
Speaker 1: passion but they wonta does don't they?
Speaker 2: Is?
Speaker 1: That's aura? If you were paying attention, you must know
Speaker 1: that for question one you had to use se plus occupation,
Speaker 1: and in the second question, as that one was about location,
Speaker 1: you needed to use a start. Remember, you can always
Speaker 1: go back and listen again and that's all for today. Yes,
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