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Isabel y Paula contigo - Transporte público en Madrid - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

In part three of their video about public transportation in Spain's capital, Isabel and Paula tell us about about the different transportation card options, including available discounts for certain travelers, as well as the possibility of certain embarrassing subway situations.

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Caption 74 [es]: O sea, yo estaba así y la mochila,
Caption 74 [en]: I mean, I was like this, and the backpack,

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Isabel y Paula contigo - Transporte público en Madrid - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

In this second part of their video on transportation in Madrid, Isabel and Paula tell us more about the pros and cons of the different public options as well as ticketing in the past and present.

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Caption 48 [es]: o el sello estaba tan tenue que no se veía.
Caption 48 [en]: or the stamp was so faint that you couldn't see it.

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Pésame y condolencias - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia introduces us to some common phrases one might use to express their condolences to a friend or family member who has recently lost a loved one.

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Caption 18 [es]: sabíamos que estaba "de luto".
Caption 18 [en]: we knew that they were "in mourning."

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Horas, fechas y períodos de tiempo - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia continues to introduce us to dialogues that contain useful expressions about dates, times, and time periods. This time, we hear a phone conversation regarding booking an apartment for a vacation.

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Caption 36 [es]: "Vaya, creía que estaba abierto hasta las nueve de la noche".
Caption 36 [en]: "Darn, I thought that you were open until nine at night."

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Medios de transporte - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

What means of transportation do you know in Spanish? Silvia will teach you a plethora of transportation-related terms as well as the various categories they can be grouped into.

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Caption 2 [es]: El otro día estaba en un avión,
Caption 2 [en]: The other day, I was on an airplane,

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Soledad - El argot

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In addition to Spanish, five other co-official languages are spoken in different regions of Spain, and many areas have additionally developed their own argot, or vocabulary that, while utilized by members of a certain community, might not even be found in the dictionary! Soledad gives us some examples she discovered upon leaving her home province of Alicante.

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Caption 89 [es]: Había palabras que yo estaba segura que existían
Caption 89 [en]: There were words that I was sure existed,

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Soledad - Experiencias

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

What's better, the city life or the country life? Let's hear about Soledad's childhood experience growing up in the country and the conclusions she has subsequently drawn.

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Caption 36 [es]: yo estaba en la huerta, como veis, rodeada de naturaleza,
Caption 36 [en]: I was in the cultivated area, as you see, surrounded by nature,

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Soledad - Amistades

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Soledad talks about the extent to which friends can surprise you in both positive and negative ways and shares with us one of her family member's personal experiences with a so-called friend,

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Caption 52 [es]: que una de esas españolas siempre estaba preguntándole a otra
Caption 52 [en]: that one of those Spanish women was always asking another,

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Campanas - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Back by popular demand, Silvia continues to tell us more things that happened during her childhood in the town of Chóvar in Valencia, Spain. This time, she focuses on the significance of bells and their different chimes in that community.

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Caption 62 [es]: estaba dando vueltas por el pueblo.
Caption 62 [en]: was wandering around the town.

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El Aula Azul - Conversación: Un día de mala suerte

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

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Caption 14 [es]: y resulta que la ventanilla estaba rota.
Caption 14 [en]: and it turns out that the window was broken.

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El Aula Azul - Conversación: Vacaciones recientes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

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Caption 24 [es]: Estaba precioso, en otoño con las hojas en el suelo.
Caption 24 [en]: It was beautiful in fall with the leaves on the ground.

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El Aula Azul - La Doctora Consejos: El pasado

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Listen for the use of the past (preterite) tense in Spanish as Adrian and Doctor Advice (instructors from El Aula Azul) discuss all of the progress he is making in various aspects of his life.

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Caption 19 [es]: Mi madre estaba muy contenta.
Caption 19 [en]: My mother was very happy.

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Cómetelo - Crema de brócoli - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In this segment, the chef shows us how to make the creamy broth in his cream of broccoli soup.

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Caption 46 [es]: Como todo estaba muy blando,
Caption 46 [en]: As everything was very soft,

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Cómetelo - Crema de brócoli - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Our animated chef continues to demonstrate the process of making broccoli soup, along with some homemade croutons as a garnish.

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Caption 31 [es]: Siempre estaba diciendo eso.
Caption 31 [en]: She was always saying that.

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