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It's the nod that says nice. It seems small, but it's huge. Shop nod worthy styles and brands at jack-o-moe.co.uk and choose your way to pay. Scenes from the Coffee Breaks Spanish Cafe, Chapter 6. Coffee Breaks Spanish Hello everyone and welcome to Coffee Breaks Spanish. I'm Marc. And I'm Pablo. Again. Always Pablo? How's it going Pablo? Very good, very good. And you Marc? Very good, very happy to be here in the studio with you to make another episode. Another episode? No, no, to make another episode. Very good, I saw you there quickly. We never see another episode. Another episode. So we're going to do another episode of Scenes from the Coffee Breaks Spanish Cafe. Pablo, can you tell us a little bit about what happened in the last episode? Well, Isabel told us about that group of friends who had met at the university. And while it was serving them, she found out that one of them got married. Yes, yes, yes. And now they're talking about dresses and wedding. Yes, all the plans of the wedding organization. Yes, yes, I mean, I'm super intrigued, I don't know you. Yes, yes, yes. Well, in this episode we're going to find more people and know more about what's happening in the coffee. Yes. As usual, we'll listen to the text and then we'll discuss it. And we'll listen to it one more time. So let's go for it. Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe. Chapter 6 This week is a little bit difficult for me. But today the day has been very beautiful. It's cold, but the sky is very beautiful. It's very beautiful. It's very beautiful. It's very beautiful. It's very beautiful. It's very beautiful. It's cold, but the sky is clear. So that encourages me to keep my mind positive. The afternoon has been quite calm. But the usual customers have passed through the bar. At their table they were Matias, José, Francisco and Antonio. Playing their part of Domino from the Wednesdays. And commenting on the political and economic situation of the country. When I approached to put the second round on them, Antonio told me how happy they were with Elena. They were so happy to have finally reached the floor they had for their son. He had to go out for work. I know it's an economic help that comes to them very well. Because they were a little bit upset. He told me that Margarita has prepared some sausages for him this morning. And he has put them in his house. So that the girl eats hot. That young people nowadays eat very badly. He has commented with a paternal tone. I know that Elena is also very happy to have found a floor so close to the institute. Also, having her family away, Antonio and Margarita are a great support for her. Because she feels that there is someone close to her that worries about her. After hearing Antonio's words, the truth is that he has changed my mind. And I have come back home with a very pleasant feeling. Oh, how sweet. I really liked that. That she eats hot, that they take her to the! I remember when I lived in Barcelona, when I was at the university. I lived next to a older woman. And she always brought me down. Like food tappers with the leftovers. Super, super cute. Ok, so let's read the text now. And if you want to start, Pablo. This week is a little bit difficult for me. But today the day has dawned very beautifully. The chapter. As if we're getting a little bit of weather forecast or weather report in the beginning. But there's a lovely expression. Tell us about this expression. For example, if you're having a difficult week because you have a lot of work, we hope you don't. I could say, this week is very difficult for me. Or at school. That signature is very difficult for me. So this Cuesta. Questa feels as if it comes from costar. It costs. But Cuesta actually is a noun as well. Yes, it can be. It's a steep street. So a Questa is the kind of thing you would see in a little... I don't know, I'm thinking of Frijiliana in Malaga. With super steep slopes. Lots of narrow and steep streets. The steep street that you're trying to go up. It's a hill, it's almost like a vertical climb. So I'm starting the week off on a difficult footing. Something like that. In this case, she's starting the... Yeah, it's the week that she's starting. This week is doing a little bit of a Questa up there. It's feeling tough for me. But today the day has dawned very beautifully. But today, there was a nice start to the day. The day dawned very nicely. So, it's cold, but the sky is clear. So that's encouraging me to maintain a positive mindset. That encourages me to maintain a positive mindset. To maintain a positive mindset. A frame of mind. Just so you know, Larry's waist. Interesting there. You've got two different verbal constructions. The first is... We're seeing if you fancy, if you've kind of got the get up and go to run a marathon, but there is animarse a hacer algo. And likewise with the second one, no me animo, I'm not feeling like doing something. But we can also have something else that animates us. So for example, in the case of the text, El cielo despejado le anima a Isabel. It encourages her, it pushes her to have a positive mindset. Exactamente, Mar. Tenemos los dos casos que algo o alguien te anima a hacer algo, o que tú te animas a hacer algo. La tarde ha sido bastante tranquila, pero han pasado por el bar los clientes habituales. Ok, so la tarde de afternoon ha sido bastante tranquila. Has been quite quiet, quite peaceful, pero han pasado por el bar los clientes habituales. But the usual customers came through the bar, they passed by the bar, they came in. And commenting on the political and economic situation of the country. Putting the world straight. But is that really what you do when you are in a bar? In her table of almas, there was Matías José Francisco and Antonio. Matías José Francisco and Antonio were in their usual table playing their domino game. And you have played the domino game? Yes, many times. But is it good or not? No, I prefer the other games. And commenting on the political and economic situation of the country. Ok, here we've got Last time we saw Lo felices que están las abuelas y lo cansadas que están después de haber Cuidado de los nietos. Ok, so, we have a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of fun. Antonio told me again, and I love that expression, volver a hacer algo. Lo contentos que están con Elena. So, lo contentos, the happy they are, that they are with Elena. How happy they are with Elena. Now, we've seen that exact construction in our previous episode, where we were talking about the older ladies who were very happy. Lo felices que estaban de ser abuelas. I think it was something like that. And so, it's really nice seeing lo plus an adjective which has to agree with whoever we're talking about. Sí. Okay. So, they're happy, están felices de haber alquilado por fin. They're happy to have finally rented out el piso, the flat, que tenían para su hijo that they had for their son, que se tuvo que ir fuera por trabajo, who had to leave, go elsewhere for work. And if you remember a couple of episodes ago, this flat was being hired out by... Elena. Elena, claro. La verdad es que sé que es una ayuda económica que les viene muy bien, porque estaban un poco apurados. So, the truth is, la verdad es que sé, ay no, que es una ayuda económica. It's a financial help que les viene muy bien, which really suits them quite well, porque estaban un poco apurados, because they're a little short. Sí, les cuesta llegar a fin de mes un poquito, quizás. OK, so they are struggling a little to make it to the end of the month. We'll find out a little more when we come back after the break. 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Stay one step ahead when you get the edge with 5G Plus on EE, the UK's best network. Search EE best network. Okay, so we're coming back to our text now. And we've just heard about the fact that it's quite useful that Elena is renting out the flat, the apartment, because it's quite useful for Antonio and Margarita. But they're loving it as well, aren't they? Yes, it's very good. So let's continue. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So let's continue. So you're always happy to take the leftovers, the extra stuff, yeah? Okay, so... Isabel's talking, he told me, Antonio told me, that Margarita had prepared some meatballs, delicious meatballs for Elena, this morning, and he took them down to her, to her house, to her flat. Elena has gone down, and this is C, of course it's the indirect compliment pronoun, but it should be... Le. There, I'm putting you to the test. So if you think so, let's dissect the sentence. Perfect. So just a little explanation in English. It's an interesting construction here because the C, really in normal circumstances, would be Le. But let's explain exactly how this is happening in this phrase. Over to you, Barbara. So let's start with Antonio has gone down to Elena, some meatballs. Let's first replace some meatballs, okay? So it would be Antonio has gone down to Elena. He took them down to Elena. Okay, so far so good. Pablo, can we now put las albondigas back into the sentence, but this time, replace Elena. Claro, entonces diríamos Antonio le ha bajado unas albondigas. Okay, and in this case, we would have previously mentioned who they were being taken to. So Antonio took the meatballs to her, of course it's to Elena, we know that. But what happens when we're replacing both to Elena and the meatballs? Yeah, this le las, it sounds heavy. It's a nice way to do it. And say las just runs together, it sounds so natural. So let's go through this again. Replacing the albondigas, we do that with las. Replacing, if we're only replacing Elena, we can do that with le. However, when we replace both Elena and the albondigas, rather than saying le las, we make it se las. It doesn't change the meaning, that se is not a new word or anything, that is simply making the le sound better. Okay, can we do that once more, but not with albondigas and not with Elena? Claro que si, venga. So, what if Isabel had prepared a coffee for Miguel? Okay, so that's the full sentence. Let's start replacing things. So if we're going to start by replacing the cafe. And the crucial thing is here we've already mentioned that cafe. It's already been discussed, we know that it's, we can hear her making the coffee. So who has she prepared it for? Miguel. So, lo ha preparado a Miguel. So the lo referring to the cafe. Now, let's say imagine, we've already talked about Miguel. And what has she prepared for Miguel? Un café. Entonces diríamos Isabel le ha preparado un café. So the le there is the same regardless of whether it's to a male or a female, it's le, le ha preparado. If it were more than one person, it would be Miguel and Antonio, then it would be les. Okay, so now what happens? The listeners do this first of all. So Isabel has prepared it for him. So, the C and the lo come before the verb and before the auxiliary verb too. And the lo is still standing for the cafe and the C is replacing the le. Efectivamente, si. One final question in this. We're probably taking it a little further. We need to know the C and the lo. So, the C and the lo come before the verb and before the auxiliary verb too. And the lo is still standing for the cafe and the C is replacing the le. So far then we need to do this. Contrary to the agreement. What if it were? Isabel told the ladies that she was going to close soon. So they've got Isabel les dijo a las señoras. Les a las señoras refers to the indirect element there. there. So to them, to the ladies, who was going to do it, who was going to do it, so here, if we wanted to change, to take out the ladies, we still need to keep in the less. But if we wanted to replace all of that information that she was going to close soon, if that's considered as one piece of information, how would we say Isabel told them it? Well, we would say Isabel said it in the week and at, at the ladies. Isabel said it, she told them it, what was it she told them? That she was going to close soon. Which is that they were going to close soon. Interesting stuff. We've still got a little bit of the text to finish, so let's come back to it now. Okay, so here, we've got Antonio, this is an Antonio's voice. Para que la niña coma caliente. He's saying, the girls should eat nice warm food. Que los jóvenes hoy en día come muy mal. Young people today eat very badly. And they look at another one of those que, that's just sitting in there. It's kind of like a porque in this case. So, para que la niña coma caliente. Why have we got this para que the girl is being subjunctive there? Porque lo que estamos diciendo es Antonio está haciendo eso para que la niña Elena coma caliente. So, the girl, obviously, she's a girl in comparison to them. She's a grown woman, pero para que la niña coma caliente. I'm doing this so that the girl has something warm to eat. Exacto, entonces hay un cambio de sujetos. Ah, and it was said en a tono paternal, in a paternal tone. Y me gusta la expresión comer caliente que, yo creo que hace, sobre todo referencia a lo que decimos como un plato de cuchara. Un plato de cuchara. Pues es un guiso de más elaborado, algo que se ha hecho con más cariño, que requiere más elaboración, que probablemente te lo hayan hecho en casa cuando eras más pequeño. Yo creo que es esa idea que Elena está tratando de... Ok, so un plato de cuchara would be like a dish with that you use a spoon to eat. Un plato de lentejas, una sopa, cocido. Something warm and hearty. Exacto. Hearty. Ok, good. Let's continue. Sé que Elena también está muy contenta de haber encontrado un piso tan cerquita del instituto. So, I know that Elena is also very happy. Sé que Elena también está muy contenta de haber encontrado un piso tan cerquita del instituto. So, she's very happy to have found a flat or an apartment tan cerquita del instituto. So close to the college, to the school. Cerquita, why not just cerca? Pues aquí puede ser tanto que está súper, súper cerca pero también como en un tono para añadirle como un toque más cariñoso a la frase. Podría ser ambas. Yeah, it could be very close or it could just be like so nice and close to the school. Además, al tener a su familia lejos, Antonio y Margarita son un gran apoyo para ella porque siente que hay alguien cerca que se preocupa por ella. So what's more, además, al tener a su familia lejos and this is this idea of al plus the infinitive but it's not just on doing something. In this case it's more the fact that her family are far away. Given that her family are far away, Antonio y Margarita son un gran apoyo para ella. They are a great support for her porque siente que alguien cerca que se preocupa por ella because she feels that there's someone close by que se preocupa por ella. Who's worried about her, who's looking after her. That's a great question Pablo. We've got al tener a su familia lejos. There's not a specific person. I know if it were al tener a su marido lejos or whatever then there would be a specific person involved but familia I guess is a group of people. So do we use the personal out there as well? Sí y no Marc, porque por ejemplo yo podría decir tengo mis amigos, mi trabajo, mi casa pero si digo tengo mis amigos por si necesito cualquier cosa. Entiendo perfectamente, entonces da más, no sé, emoción Sí, como estás mostrando que tienes una conexión que esa persona o esas personas van a estar ahí por si necesitas cualquier cosa. So let's continue, one more phrase to go through. So after listening to Antonio's words después de escuchar la palabras de Antonio la verdad es que me ha cambiado el ánimo. The truth is that it changed my mood y he vuelto a casa con una sensación muy agradable. And I went home with a very nice feeling a pleasant feeling inside. Y Marc, me estaba fijando en la palabra ánimo y no sé si te acuerdas al principio del capítulo. We were talking about the ánimar verb, or animarse. Sí, sí, sí. Y usted estaba pensando cuánto usamos este verbo y esta palabra y también estaba pensando en la expresión mucho ánimo, o ánimo que lo decimos muy a menudo para desear suerte o que algo vaya bien. Muy útil. Sí, una palabra súper útil. Ok, let's see if you can spot these animarse and animar and ánimo in the reading of the text as we go through it one last time. Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe, capítulo 6. Esta semana se me está haciendo un poco cuesta arriba. Pero hoy el día ha amanecido muy bonito. Hace frío, pero el cielo está despejado. Así que eso me anima a mantener la mente positiva. La tarde ha sido bastante tranquila, pero han pasado por el bar los clientes habituales. En su mesa de siempre estaban Matías, José, Francisco y Antonio, jugando su partida de tránsito. Y Antonio, jugando su partida de domino de los miércoles. Y comentando la situación política y económica del país. Cuando me he acercado a ponerles la segunda ronda, Antonio me ha vuelto a decir lo contentos que están con Elena. Están felices de haber alquilado por fin el piso que tenían para su hijo, y que ir fuera por trabajo. La verdad es que sé que es una ayuda económica que les viene muy bien, porque estaban un poco apurados. Me ha dicho que Margarita le ha preparado unas albóndigas esta mañana, y él se las ha bajado a su casa. Para que la niña coma caliente, que los jóvenes de hoy en día comen muy mal. Ha comentado con tono paternal. Sé que Elena también está muy contenta de haber encontrado un piso tan cerquita del instituto. Además, al tener a su familia lejos, Antonio y Margarita son un gran apoyo para ella, porque siente que hay alguien cerca que se preocupa por ella. Después de escuchar las palabras de Antonio, la verdad es que me ha cambiado el ánimo, y he vuelto a casa con una sensación muy agradable. Perfecto. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias. Perfecto. Muchas gracias. Muchas gracias a vosotros por escuchar y hasta la próxima. Adiós. There are those who have the edge with 5G plus on EE, and others, not so much. Those who can download a kids film while boarding a plane, or those who can't. Those who put the only taxie nearby, or those that are like... We're going to have to walk to the airport. 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