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INTRODUCTION
Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier.
Jessie: And I’m Jessie - There is some interesting architecture on offer in the Spanish city. In this lesson, you will learn the usage of - hay, which means there is and there are in Spanish, as in there is a TV.
Javier: Hay una televisión. Where does this conversation take place?
Jessie: This conversation takes place at a department store.
Javier: Who is the conversation between?
Jessie: The conversation is between Christina and Javi. Two language students in Barcelona planning their vacation.
Javier: Escuchemos la conversación.
Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada!
2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí?
3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra.
4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de
Gaudí?
5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona.
Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation one time slowly.
1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada!
2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí?
3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra.
4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de
Gaudí?
5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona.
Jessie: And now with the translation.
1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada!
1. JAVI: I'm going to Granada on holiday.
2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí?
2. CHRISTINA: Granada? What's there?
3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra.
3. JAVI: There are a lot of Muslim buildings, like the Alhambra.
4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de
Gaudí?
4. CHRISTINA: Ah, I just remembered. Are there also modernist buildings like
Gaudí's?
5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona.
5. JAVI: No, that is only here in Barcelona.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Jessie: Okay so in the dialogue, they mentioned Gaudí.
Javier: Yes, Antoni Gaudí.
Jessie: He is a famous architect originally from Spain right?
Javier: That’s right. He is well known all around the world because of his descent in Barcelona.
Jessie: And he is known for his modern style.
Javier: Right.
Jessie: In the dialogue, we thought that they are also talking about Grenada and the types of buildings that are there. Is it a similar design?
Javier: No not at all. Gaudi’s buildings are modernist but in the South of Spain where Granada is, it’s more influenced by Arabic and Muslim culture.
Jessie: Like Javier said.
Javier: Right Spain is influenced from a lot of different countries. European influences in the North.
Jessie: Like Roman or Gothic.
Javier: And Arabic in the South.
Jessie: That’s quite interesting.
Javier: Yes I think so. Alright, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Jessie: The first word we will look at is
Javier: musulmán
Jessie: Muslim.
Javier: mu-sul-mán, musulmán
Jessie: Next is
Javier: haber
Jessie: To have, there is, there are
Javier: ha-ber, haber
Jessie: Next is
Javier: allí
Jessie: There
Javier: a-llí, allí
Jessie: Next is
Javier: edificio
Jessie: Building
Javier: e-di-fi-cio, edificio
Jessie: Next is
Javier: modernista
Jessie: Modernist
Javier: mo-der-nis-ta, modernista
Jessie: Next is
Javier: acordarse
Jessie: To remember
Javier: a-cor-dar-se, acordarse
Jessie: Next is
Javier: sólo
Jessie: Only
Javier: só-lo, sólo
Jessie: Last is
Javier: en
Jessie: In.
Javier: en, en
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Jessie: Let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is
Javier: allí
Jessie: An adverb that means there. Some examples please.
Javier: Sure. How about - Vamos allí.
Jessie: Let’s go there.
Javier: Allí está
Jessie: There it is. All right, the next one is
Javier: modernista
Jessie: This is an adjective neutral in gender that refers to a person or thing related to the art movement of modernism.
Javier: Earlier, we talked about Gaudi. He is - Un arquitecto modernista.
Jessie: A modernist architect.
Javier: La casa Güell es un edificio modernista.
Jessie: The Casa Güell is a modernist building.
Javier: But do not confuse moderno with modernista
Jessie: Right. Don’t confuse the word for fashionable or modern with the word for modernist and one last one.
Javier: edificio
Jessie: A masculine noun that means building. For example
Javier: Éste es un edificio muy alto.
Jessie: This is a very tall building.
Javier: Un edificio antiguo.
Jessie: An old building. Alright, on to the Grammar.

Lesson focus

Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the use of the verb - haber, to show existence as in
Javier: Hay un perro.
Jessie: There is a dog. While in English to explain or to say a person or thing exists in a certain location, we use the phrases there is and there are. However in Spanish, to express that something exists in some place, the verb - haber, is used.
Javier: haber
Jessie: And while in English you have the singular there is and pleural there are forms, in Spanish, there is just one form for both.
Javier: hay
Jessie: All right. Let’s see some examples.
Javier: Hay un perro.
Jessie: There is a dog.
Javier: Hay tres perros.
Jessie: There are three dogs. See how it stays the same. Okay now what if you want to make this negative and say that there isn’t something.
Javier: Very easy. You just need to add No before the verb - haber. For example, No hay leche.
Jessie: There is no milk
Javier: Or - No hay naranjas.
Jessie: There are no oranges, great. Now what if you want to make it a question like is there a supermarket around here. How do we say is there or are there?
Javier: No need to change anything but the intonation. So is there a supermarket around here would be - ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí?. Let’s compare them both now. Affirmative, Hay un supermercado por aquí.
Jessie: There is a supermarket around here.
Javier: Question form. ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí?
Jessie: Is there a supermarket around here? Great, now time for some examples. Listeners, listen and repeat. There is a plant.
Javier: Hay una planta.
Jessie: There is a mouse.
Javier: Hay un ratón.
Jessie: There are some flowers.
Javier: Hay unas flores.
Jessie: There are some guys.
Javier: Hay unos chicos.
Jessie: There is a hospital.
Javier: Hay un hospital.
Jessie: All right. It’s time to recap this lesson. We studied the word - hay, to show existence. The equivalent in English is there is and there are.
Javier: Hay muchas lecciones.
Jessie: There are many lessons.

Outro

Jessie: Well, that’s all for this lesson.
Javier: Please, leave us a comment if you have any question.
Jessie: Thank you everyone for listening.
Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto.
Jessie: Bye.

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