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