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Spanish Listening Practice #7

Introduction

This is the final audio in the series where my friend, Dayana, from Colombia talks about her business project, getting healthier and going to the gym.

In this message, Dayana talks about being called in to help out at her old job and what that job entails. It’s an interesting mix of more specific vocabulary and high frequency phrasal units like “por decirlo así”.

Let’s listen in…

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Spanish Listening Practice #2

Background

This audio clip is part of a series of messages that my friend from Colombia, Dayana, left me in response to me asking her how her business project was going. “¿Cómo te va el emprendimiento?”

As her business adventure has to do with health and wellness, she begins to talk about how she’s been feeling lately and what changes she plans to make in her life to feel better.

This 1 minute long clip is loaded with verbs that we use to talk about daily routine and activities and other expressions that are used frequently in daily conversation.

Listening Task

Which two verbs does Dayana use to talk about her sleep/wake cycle? Write your answer in the comment section below.

Audio File

Transcription

La verdad yo me siento muy cansada, me da mucho sueño, no me dan ganas de hacer nada…

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Spanish Listening Practice #1

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:

  1. How many times does Dayana say “o sea” in the clip?
  2. 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…

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