Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 3: Suenan campanas

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Now, this is, of course, Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe, a new series from Coffee Break. And we hope that you're enjoying it. We hope that you're enjoying being part of the cafe and the life that happens there with each of our Scenes. tell us what happened in the second episode of the second episode yes, in the second episode we met a young young people who just ended up knowing that they had selected for a football football but one of them was a little sad and sad because that would have to live in Italy and well, the girlfriend would stay in Spain so it's a bit complicated the relationships at distance but well, his friends tried to animate him saying that the relationships at distance sometimes work are possible yes, are possible ok, so we're going to listen as usual to the chapter now we'll listen to a slightly slower version then we'll talk about the language in it and then of course we'll listen to the normal speed version ¿te parece bien? sí, sí, genial pues vamos a por ello Hay días que parece que la gente se pone de acuerdo para no venir. La cosa hoy ha estado muy tranquila. Han venido los señores mayores de siempre. Matías, José, Francisco y Antonio Sobre la hora de siempre Y hemos servido desayunos y menús de mediodía Pero poco más No obstante, hemos tenido una visita especial a la hora de la merienda Sobre las cinco y media de la tarde han entrado tres mujeres en el bar. Eran claramente una madre y sus dos hijas. Venían cansadísimas, pero felices. Llevaban revistas y recortes de telas. Hablaban de presupuestos, colores de zapatos y tipos de velos. Se sentaron en una de las mesas que da al ventanal y pidieron dos cafés con leche y un té rojo. También pidieron un trozo de bizcocho de limón y un croissant de chocolate. ¡Estaban eufóricas! No paraban de charlar, mirar fotos y comparar telas. Cuando me acerqué a la mesa a llevarles su merienda, la hermana pequeña me pidió opinión. Buscando complicidad con su criterio, me animó a elegir el tipo de vestido que más me gustase. Estuve un rato hablando con ellas. Eran encantadoras. Al final se fueron del bar sin ponerse de acuerdo. y sin tener nada claro. Pero lo estaban pasando de maravilla, porque no paraban de reírse. Me ha dado mucha alegría ver un momento tan entrañable. Estas cosas me recuerdan a mi madre. La echo mucho de menos, y recuerdo los días en los que preparábamos todos los detalles de mi boda con ilusión. Ay, me encantan estos recuerdos, qué bonito Ok, let's go back through each sentence line by line and we'll talk about all of the interesting expressions, grammar and vocabulary in here Hay días que parece que la gente se pone de acuerdo para no venir I think this is an interesting sentence to start the chapter. Hay días que. There are days when. It's a kind of set phrase and it's very natural. So hay días que parece que. It seems that la gente se pone de acuerdo. People agree with each other para no venir not to come So it feels like the bar is quite empty today No hay pr ning cliente La cosa hoy ha estado muy tranquila This is interesting because you've got la cosa, singular, but I think in English we would probably say things, plural. So la cosa hoy ha estado muy tranquila. Things have been very quiet today. But in English we're saying things in Spanish. La cosa. Could you ever say las cosas? Gramaticalmente es correcto decir las cosas hoy, tendríamos que conjugar el verbo, han estado muy tranquilas. Pero creo que en esta situación, porque se refiere a la situación de que no hay nadie en el bar y está la cosa tranquila, creo que diríamos más la cosa en singular. Ok, me parece bien. Han venido los señores mayores de siempre, Matías, José, Francisco y Antonio, sobre la hora de siempre y hemos servido desayunos y menús de dedio día, pero poco más. Ok, so, han venido los señores mayores de siempre. So the usual elderly gentlemen have come in. Matías, José, Francisco and Antonio. They came in at the usual time, sobre la hora de siempre. Y hemos servido desayunos and we serve breakfast y menus de mediodía and lunch menus, pero poco más, but little else, but not much else. Muy bien. No obstante, hemos tenido una visita especial a la hora de la merienda. Okay, so la hora de la merienda is like snack time in the afternoon. So it's not dinner time, which would be much later. Would this be about five o'clock, would you think? Sí, entre las cinco o las seis, yo diría. So, no obstante, nevertheless, or however, hemos tenido una visita especial. We had a special visit around five to six p.m. Sobre las cinco y media de la tarde, han entrado tres mujeres en el bar. Eran claramente una madre y sus dos hijas. Sobre las cinco y media de la tarde, we've got our time indicated specifically, around half past five, han entrado tres mujeres en el bar. Three women came into the bar. Eran claramente una madre y sus dos hijas. They were clearly a mother and her two daughters. Venían cansadísimas, pero felices. So they came in absolutely exhausted, pero felices, but happy. Llevaban revistas y recortes de telas. Hablaban de presupuestos, colores de zapatos y tipos de velos. Okay, I think we can see what's happening here. Llevaban revistas, they were carrying magazines, y recortes de telas. Sotelas are fabrics, and recortes would be cuttings or swatches. I think if you're maybe thinking about buying an item, maybe a piece of furniture or a piece of clothing, you might get a piece of the fabric. Muy bien. Una nueva palabra para mí, Mark. Gracias. De nada. Y hablaban de presupuestos. They were talking about budgets, colores de zapatos, shoe colors, y tipos de velos, and types of veils. okay I think we see what's going on here but we'll leave that for after the break in each episode of the scenes from the coffee break cafe podcast you'll enjoy listening to the story and our discussion of key words and phrases from each chapter but what if you could explore the language even further and take your learning to the next level. That's where the Scenes online course comes in. For every chapter, you'll get comprehensive lesson notes, a video version of the reading, exercises, vocabulary, and even spotlight videos that help break down the key expressions and grammar points with additional examples. It's the perfect way to deepen your understanding and get even more from the story. To access this wealth of learning resources, visit coffeebreaklanguages.com slash scenes. Okay, so we are back in the cafe in the bar and we have got three ladies, a mother and her two daughters and they seem to be talking about all things related to una boda. Sí. Se sentaron en una de las mesas que da al ventanal y pidieron dos cafés con leche y un té rojo. So they sat at one of the tables y se sentaron en una de las mesas que da al ventanal, which looks out… well, it's the big window, isn't it? El ventanal. It's very interesting that expression, dar, a, y lugar. And it's used a lot. For example, you could say, imagine if you're on a trip and you want a room that gives you the mountain or that gives you the sea or that gives you what you want. Yeah, so this is a room that looks out over the mountain or the sea or whatever. And we use the verb dar, sí. And you're interestingly using the subjunctive there because you don't necessarily know if this room exists. there may not be any rooms that look over the sea or it may not be available many things can happen but here what it's looking out over it's less about what it's looking out over and more about the kind of shape of the room so it's even like leads to in a way, you know it's by the big window basically and they ordered two cafes with ledze and they ordered two with coffee with milk. And red tea. What is red tea, Pablo? Well Mark you already know that I don drink a lot of tea So a red tea I think it a Chinese tea Okay I don't know much more. I'm looking at the notes that we've got here, and I'm afraid I don't know how to pronounce this, but it seems to be like a Chinese tea. No lo he oído nunca. Not sure, but anyway, a red tea. It's quite common in Spain to see it in the restaurants' cards. We will need to find out more about this. Anyway, let's continue on. They also asked a piece of lemon biscuit and a chocolate croissant. So they also asked for a piece of lemon biscuit. So a biscuit is like a sponge cake, isn't it? That's it, yes. So a lemon sponge cake and a chocolate croissant. chocolate croissant. Sí, y bueno, nuestros amigos franceses quizás no están muy de acuerdo, pero la palabra croissant en España la pronunciamos muy mal, entonces la hemos adaptado al español y la escribimos tal cual. Croissant. Con acento en la A. Ok. Estaban eufóricas, no paraban de charlar, mirar fotos y comparar telas. So they were eufóricas, they were euphoric, they were so happy. no paraban de charlar. They were constantly chatting. They weren't stopping talking, mirar fotos, looking at photos y comparar telas and comparing fabrics. So all of those, the infinitives, charlar, mirar fotos y comparar telas are all linked to the no paraban de. So they weren't stopping doing all of those things. Cuando me acerqué a la mesa a llevarles su merienda, la hermana pequeña me pidió opinión. So when I approached the table, cuando me acerqué a la mesa a llevarle su merienda to give them their snack, la hermana pequeña, the younger sister, me pidió opinión. She asked for my opinion. Y Mark, aquí tenemos cuando con indicativo, porque es una acción finalizada, cuando me acerqué. Pero sabemos que cuando a veces va con subjuntivo cuando se refiere a acciones futuras. Futuros, sí. Buscando complicidad con su criterio, me animó a elegir el tipo de vestido que más me gustase. What a wonderful sentence here. So, buscando complicidad con su criterio. So, literally, looking for complicity with her criterion. A mí me suena bien en inglés esto. Me suena muy mal. Me suena un poquito mal, sí, sí. Basically, she's looking for some support for her own decision or judgment, something like that. Me animo a elegir el tipo de vestido que más me gustase. So me animo, she encouraged me, a elegir to choose el tipo de vestido, the type of dress que más me gustase, that I liked most. So gustase here is in perfect subjunctive. Pablo, explain to us why we're using a subjunctive here. Pues porque no está claro cuál es el tipo de vestido que le gusta. Entonces, si lo supiéramos, podríamos decir el tipo de vestido que más me gusta. Ahí estaría absolutamente claro qué tipo de vestido es, pero como no lo está, usamos él. So, basically, there's an element of doubt here. el vestido que más me gustase, the type of, or del tipo de vestido, the type of dress que más me gustase, that I might prefer, that I might like best. Okay. Bueno, pero no te preocupes porque en nuestro Spotlight vamos a tratar este tema. Perfecto, okay. Estuve un rato hablando con ellas. Eran encantadoras. So I literally was a while speaking with them. I spent a while chatting to them. eran encantadoras. They were delightful. Al final, se fueron del bar sin ponerse de acuerdo y sin tener nada claro. Pero lo estaban pasando de maravilla porque no paraban de reírse. So, al final, se fueron del bar. In the end, they left the bar sin ponerse de acuerdo, without reaching an agreement, without agreeing y sin tener nada claro. And without having anything decided, anything clear, pero lo estaban pasando de maravilla. But they were having a wonderful time porque no paraban de reírse because they didn't stop laughing. They sound very happy. Eso es. Me ha dado mucha alegría ver un momento tan entrañable. I love that word, entrañable. So, me ha dado mucha alegría. It gave me great joy ver un momento tan entrañable. To see such a touching moment, to see such a heartwarming moment, perhaps. It's very interesting, Omar, because you know where it comes from? Well, entranar. But entranar the verb also comes from a adjective. Entranar. You know what are the entrañas? They're the tripes, right? Yes, like the gut. So it's a bit like, it can be something positive if we're talking about something. But it's because it's the feeling that something moves you inside. That something moves you inside. Nice. So just to go through that then. Las entrañas are your guts, your intestines, basically. And so if something is affecting you so deeply that it's part of you, then it's really, to be perfectly honest, I like heartwarming better than guts. Sí, la verdad que sí. Y también lo podemos usar para personas. Por ejemplo, aquí estamos diciendo un momento tan entrañable, pero puedes decir, ay, es un hombre entrañable. En este caso, quizá la traducción al inglés cambiaría un poquito and it would be like someone very nice, very smart, who is very concerned about others, who has a very special personality Yeah You know as we talking about this I am thinking about the word gut in English we can say if something is gut but wrenching but gut-wrenching would be like a really very emotional story like a film or something like that that's very emotional very hard to watch so we do use our gut but it's a slightly different situation very interesting y muy interesante. Estas cosas me recuerdan a mi madre. So these things remind me of my mother. When something reminds you of something, then you use the verb recordar. So me recuerdan a mi madre. They remind me of my mother. And the other is a personal lie. It's not an indirect lie. La he hecho mucho de menos y recuerdo los días en los que preparábamos todos los detalles de mi boda con ilusión. So Isabel saying, la echo mucho de menos. I miss her very much. We'll come back to that. Y recuerdo los días, and I remember the days en los que preparábamos todos los detalles, in which we were preparing all the details de mi boda, of my wedding, con ilusión, with excitement. So, echar de menos is to miss someone, but that's quite a Spanish, spin Spanish phrase. En Latinoamérica usarían extrañar. Sí. La extraño. Muy bien. OK, lots of interesting things in this particular episode. Some cultural things. We had merienda. We had the bizcocho. The croissant. El croissant. And also the velo. Sí, sí, sí. Sí, también lo de la cosa. Hemos visto varios ejemplos de imperfecto. Y luego entrañable. Sí. A palabra entrañable. Listen now for these as we listen again to the whole text, this time at a normal speaking speed. and menus of the afternoon, but little more. However, we had a special visit to the dinner. About the five and a half of the afternoon, there were three women in the bar. They were clearly a mother and two daughters. They were very happy, but they were very happy. They were very happy. They were very happy and shorted. They were talking about the clothes, shoes, shoes and types of shoes. They were sitting in a table that was at the window and they were two coffee with milk and a red wine. They were also a piece of lemon and a croissant of chocolate. They were euphoric. They were not talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, photos y comparártelas. Cuando me acerqué a la mesa a llevarle su merienda, la hermana pequeña me pidió opinión. Buscando complicidad con su criterio, me animó a elegir el tipo de vestido que más me gustase. Estuve un rato hablando con ellas. Eran encantadoras. Al final se fueron del bar sin ponerse de acuerdo y sin tener nada claro. Pero lo estaban pasando de maravilla, porque no paraban de reírse. Me ha dado mucha alegría ver un momento tan entrañable. Estas cosas me recuerdan a mi madre. La echo mucho de menos y recuerdo los días en los que preparábamos todos los detalles de mi boda con ilusión. Now, Pablo also mentioned earlier the spotlight video and that's part of our Scenes from the Coffee Break Cafe course which includes additional materials to help you get more out of these texts. The course includes the spotlight videos where we go into a particular aspect of the text in greater detail. There are exercises, vocabulary lists and the lesson notes themselves which will help you understand everything and as I say, provide more examples of the interesting expressions that we cover in the text. You can find out all about this at coffeebreakacademy.com And remember that you can also sign up for our free Spanish newsletter where you'll receive weekly mini lessons on many different things. Just go to coffeebreakspanish.com and subscribe. Perfecto. That's it for this episode of Scenes from the Coffee Break Cafe. We hope you've enjoyed it. Join us again soon for more Scenes. For now, muchas gracias, Pablo. Nada, Mar, muchas gracias a ti, porque he aprendido dos palabras nuevas hoy. Y yo muchas. Pues muchas gracias y hasta la próxima. Adiós. you have been listening to a coffee break languages production for the radiolingua network copyright 2026 radiolingua limited recording copyright 2026 radiolingua limited all rights reserved