Background
Today’s audio comes from a conversation I was having over WhatsApp with a friend of mine from Colombia, Dayana.
I had left her an audio message but my phone was connected to a speaker through bluetooth and therefore, the sound didn’t come through well.
In this :38 second clip you will hear Dayana use several different and common expressions that all mean essentially “no entiendo”.
Listening Task
“O sea” is a highly used expression in Spanish no matter where the speaker is from. Today’s task has 2 parts:
- How many times does Dayana say “o sea” in the clip?
- How does “o sea…” best translate to English? “However”, “therefore” or “in other words”?
Leave your answers in the comments section!
Audio File
Transcription
“Hola Tom. Bueno, no te entendí nada, pero…porque no, no entiendo bien lo que dices…
O sea, no se escucha bien el audio. Hay como, como un eco y solamente escucho que hablas, pero no entiendo lo que dices …y, no logro entender, o sea, las palabras.
No se te entiende bien. No se te escucha bien, por eso no logro entender.
O sea, no logro traducir que, que me quiere decir.”
Vocabulary/Useful Phrases
- no te entendí – I didn’t understand you
- no entiendo bien – I don’t understand well
- no se te entiende bien – you are not well understood
- lograr – to be able to/to achieve
- traducir – translate
- o sea – in other words
¿Entendiste bien el audio de hoy?
Leave me a comment with your answer using the verb “entender”.
¡Hasta la próxima!
Rosita1
O sea was difficult to hear . The transcripts helped