Here is anther free Spanish lesson in celebration of el Mundial (The World Cup)
When I was writing the script for this lesson, I was tempted to write Brazil into the story as finalists. Am I glad I thought better of that!
I just watched them get thumped 7-1 by Germany.
Anyway, this lesson’s bigger purpose is to give you Spanish you can use in the real world anytime. That’s why you’ll learn useful everyday language.
It follows on from the Gol 101 audios on this blog post:
http://www.synergyspanishsystems.com/blog/gooool-speak-some-spanish-in-the-past/
Here’s some of the vocabulary for today’s audio:
| No era justo | – | it wasn’t fair |
| Llevaba | – | he used to wear |
| Durante | – | during |
| Dijo | – | he said |
| Me dijo | – | he said to me |
| Siempre | – | always |
| Todo el mundo | – | everyone (Literally, “all the world”) |
| La camiseta amarilla | – | the yellow t-shirt |
This is an advanced lesson that moves in and out of different verb tenses.
Sound complicated?
¡No te preocupes! (Don’t be worried!)
You’ll be surprised to discover how well you can speak with advanced Spanish structures.
Click the play arrow below and see how you do.
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I’m getting more confident
gracias por el espanol leccion gratis; he estado aprendiendo mucho de usted.
gracias por el espanol leccion gratis; he estado aprendiendo mucho de usted.
A great help in understanding conversational Spanish. Extending the verb conjugations beyond the first person singular would be good.
Marcus, ¡Yo creo que en realidad estoy hacienda un poco mejor! Muchas gracias por los videos que hablar, son el mejor . Eres muy amable. Estoy un poca perezosa practicar y los videos me provoco trabajar.
Siempre interesante y gracias por enseñar el tiempo pasado que es muy util en la conversación.
Encantada recibir sus lecciones.
Hasta pronto, Irene
Awesome, como siempre. !Muchisimas gracias Marcos! Btw, gotta set up my keyboard for spanish punctuation one of these days. :))
It is a wonderful feeling to have this taster of the advanced spanish presented in a way which makes it as to be so interesting and also to be so manageable.
Great stuff as always, Can you put these new audios in print? I would love to buy the book.
I won’t be selling a book of these but I will make a free transcript available soon.
Estupendo Marcus!
Bola de Nieve Really Does get me thinking in Spanish. Your technique works. Addictive. You even got me interested in football! Thanks for the extra lessons.
Saludos,
Mary
Hola Marcus,
Enjoyed Gol 101 very much. I also enjoyed Copa Mundial. I had told my wife and two sons, when it was down to 16 teams, that the winner of the match between France and Germany would win the Cup, so I’m boasting a little. I thought of you watching Ronaldo and Messi. They both were clearly great. And I thought that Robben of Holanda was the best playmaker I’ve ever seen. By the way, what’s the spanish expression for “Spain bombed”? (a little “ouch” for you).
I still love the course. Enjoying it greatly.
Saludos.
El fracaso total de España. It hurts to write it, even though I am not Spanish. It’s better to be Australian and celebrate our side losing all their games but putting up a good fight.
Once again some really helpful structures. Thoroughly enjoying Bola de Nieve at the moment, keep up the good work.
Muchas gracias, Marcus. Your method cuts straight to working Spanish, giving practical working. Knowledge that i can build on. – it got me through my first get together with purely Spanish speakers, though I have to confess my vocabulary was not extensive enough to understand most of what was said to me
As always, very good and you manage to keep the interest to learn more Spanish!
Kari
Great lesson! Can you put a download link to this? Much appreciated 🙂
Gracias Marcus, it is always interesting to learn new structures and verbs.
I appreciate your involvement in teaching Spanish.
Louise
This is so very helpful – muchas gracias Marcus!
Gracias Marcus y Yamil para(por?) una otra leccion que muy bueno! Lo siento mi amigos de Argentina pero felicidades mi amigos de Aleman.
Marcus, this is brilliant. It´s clear and very good to practise. Thank you.
Hola Marcus
You nailed it again spot on just what I needed! keep up the good work
Saludos
Ian
Hola Marcus ; gracias de nuevo por tus audios y y lecciones ; soy profesor de ingles y danés pero cuando hablamos de español no tengo ningún examen aparte de las calificaciones he aprendido de su enseñanza excelente : tu eres el verdadero maestro y profesor . Muchos saludos , Poul Joergensen.
muchas gracias para las lecciones en espanol
Thank you amigo, this just makes it so easy to get your head around speaking spainish.I find it a great help, makes me want more ,so thank you.
Excelente! Gracias por la lección. Me encanta mucho.
Saludos
Saleem
This style of learning helped to imbed previous knowledge. Even though I am not a football fan I found this lesson fun and has inspired me to try more. Thankyou.
Como siempre, excelente, divertido y util. Que impresionante! Muchisimas gracias Marcus.
Your audio lessons are very simple but to the point and makes learning a lot easier.
These lessons are a good tool to help you measure where you are with Spanish listening comprehension. I enjoy studying with Marcus, and am presently taking Advanced Concepts Intensive with him, having finished all of his previous courses. His program is the best I have found for learning Spanish, and I have tried most of them. Some of the more highly touted and advertised programs for learning Spanish don’t even come close to his for effectiveness.
exlente como siempre.
muchas gracias
Although I knew all the words in the audio, I found it nice to have a refresher of a few concepts in past tenses. My comprehension of Spanish is very good; I just don’t have many opportunities to speak the language any more. Plus I’m not used to the situation of “How do you say ___ in Spanish?” I’m used to just plunging into a Question/Answer format.
I am always appreciative of your free material. Many thanks for the new, more advanced content.
Very good and interesting