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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - How often do you watch Spanish movies? In this lesson, you learn how to use time expressions in Spanish such as? |
| Javier: a menudo |
| Jessie: Often and |
| Javier: de vez en cuando |
| Jessie: Sometimes. |
| Javier: Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a café. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Maria and Pedro. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. MARIA: ¿Vas a menudo al cine? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sólo de vez en cuando, una vez al mes, más o menos. ¿Tú vas |
| mucho? |
| 3. MARIA: Casi nunca, siempre me alquilo las películas que es más barato. |
| 4. PEDRO: Jaja, es verdad, aunque yo como no tengo DVD nunca alquilo |
| películas. |
| Jessie: Now let’s hear it one time slowly. |
| 1. MARIA: ¿Vas a menudo al cine? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sólo de vez en cuando, una vez al mes, más o menos. ¿Tú vas |
| mucho? |
| 3. MARIA: Casi nunca, siempre me alquilo las películas que es más barato. |
| 4. PEDRO: Jaja, es verdad, aunque yo como no tengo DVD nunca alquilo |
| películas. |
| Jessie: And now with the English translation. |
| 1. MARIA: ¿Vas a menudo al cine? |
| 1. MARIA: Do you go to the movies often? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sólo de vez en cuando, una vez al mes, más o menos. ¿Tú vas |
| mucho? |
| 2. PEDRO: Only sometimes...once a month, more or less. Do you go a lot? |
| 3. MARIA: Casi nunca, siempre me alquilo las películas que es más barato. |
| 3. MARIA: Almost never; I always rent movies because it's cheaper. |
| 4. PEDRO: Jaja, es verdad, aunque yo como no tengo DVD nunca alquilo |
| películas. |
| 4. PEDRO: Ha ha, that's true, but since I don't have a DVD player, I never rent |
| movies. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: Javier, do you often go to the movies? |
| Javier: Not much, only sometimes. |
| Jessie: When do you usually go? |
| Javier: If I can, I go on Wednesdays because it’s cheaper but often I go on the weekends when I have time off. |
| Jessie: What’s the good time to go? |
| Javier: Well I like to go around 7. So when the movie ends, you can go to have a beer or get dinner. |
| Jessie: Is that time pretty busy then? |
| Javier: Yes I think it’s a busiest time when everyone wants to go. How about you Jessie?. Do you go to the movies? |
| Jessie: Sometimes. |
| Javier: de vez en cuando. |
| Jessie: Right. I am like Maria. I usually rent DVDs and watch them at home. |
| Javier: Then you can enjoy them any time. |
| Jessie: Right. I like being able to watch it when I want. How about you listeners? Do you go to the movies often? |
| Javier: a menudo |
| Jessie: Or sometimes. |
| Javier: de vez en cuando |
| Jessie: Let us know. Okay, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word we will look at is |
| Javier: a menudo |
| Jessie: Often |
| Javier: a me-nu-do, a menudo |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: de vez en cuando |
| Jessie: Sometimes. |
| Javier: de vez en cu-an-do, de vez en cuando |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: el cine |
| Jessie: Movie Theater. |
| Javier: el ci-ne, el cine |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: nunca |
| Jessie: Never, ever. |
| Javier: nun-ca, nunca |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: siempre |
| Jessie: Always, ever. |
| Javier: si-em-pre, siempre |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: barato |
| Jessie: Inexpensive, cheap. |
| Javier: ba-ra-to, barato |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: alquilar |
| Jessie: To rent. |
| Javier: al-qui-lar, alquilar |
| Jessie: And last we have. |
| Javier: aunque |
| Jessie: Although, even though. |
| Javier: aun-que, aunque |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Jessie: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: siempre |
| Jessie: An adverb of frequency meaning always in English. Can we hear an example sentence? |
| Javier: Siempre voy al gimnasio después de trabajar. |
| Jessie: I always go to the gym after work. Another meaning it has is, every time that something happens and so it gets translated as every time. For example |
| Javier: Siempre que el ve Titanic se queda dormido. |
| Jessie: Every time he watches Titanic, he falls asleep. All right and the next one is |
| Javier: a menudo |
| Jessie: Another adverb of frequency that means often or frequently. |
| Javier: A menudo voy a jugar a fútbol. |
| Jessie: I go to play soccer often. We will look at some more time expressions and how to use them later on in this lesson and the last one |
| Javier: barato |
| Jessie: An adjective that means cheap when talking about price. |
| Javier: Remember that it can be masculine or feminine and singular or plural. So the different forms are barato, barata, baratos, baratas. |
| Jessie: Some examples. |
| Javier: El traje es barato. |
| Jessie: The suit is cheap. |
| Javier: Las corbatas son baratas. |
| Jessie: The neckties are cheap. Alright on to the Grammar section. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: In this lesson, you learned some useful time expressions in Spanish. |
| Javier: These expressions talk about how often you do something. |
| Jessie: Right. How often one does something or how often something occurs. Let’s take a look at some common ones. |
| Javier: We have siempre |
| Jessie: Always |
| Javier: a menudo |
| Jessie: Often |
| Javier: de vez en cuando |
| Jessie: Sometimes. |
| Javier: casi nunca |
| Jessie: Almost never. |
| Javier: nunca or jamás |
| Jessie: Never. So let’s look at some examples using those phrases. |
| Javier: Siempre como en casa. |
| Jessie: I always eat at home. |
| Javier: Hago deporte sólo de vez en cuando. |
| Jessie: I only play sports sometimes. |
| Javier: Nunca como carne. |
| Jessie: I never eat meat. All right, let’s see how they use these expressions and then listen dialogue. Maria asks. |
| Javier: ¿Vas a menudo al cine? |
| Jessie: Do you often go to the movies. So the answer would be yes or no in this case. Pedro says in response. |
| Javier: Sólo a veces. |
| Jessie: Only sometimes. Then Pedro asks Maria. |
| Javier: ¿Tú vas mucho? |
| Jessie: Do you go a lot and Maria replies. |
| Javier: Casi nunca. |
| Jessie: Almost never. |
| Javier: Siempre me alquilo las películas que es más barato. |
| Jessie: I always rent movies because it’s cheaper. Time for some practice. Listeners, listen and repeat. I always listen to music. |
| Javier: Siempre escucho música. |
| Jessie: I often go to the bar. |
| Javier: Yo voy a menudo al bar. |
| Jessie: You drink wine sometimes. |
| Javier: Tú bebes vino de vez en cuando. |
| Jessie: They almost never travel. |
| Javier: Ellas casi nunca van de viaje. |
| Jessie: He never comes with us. |
| Javier: Él nunca viene con nosotros. |
| Jessie: All right. Let’s recap this lesson. We studied time expressions in Spanish to say how often or when you do something such as |
| Javier: Estudio español sólo de vez en cuando. |
| Jessie: I study Spanish only sometimes. |
| Javier: Is that true? |
| Jessie: Well we hope you study a bit more than that. |
Outro |
| Jessie: Well that’s all for this lesson, and as always. |
| Javier: como siempre |
| Jessie: In the lesson notes, you will find more examples and explanations, so be sure to read them. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto. |
| Jessie: Bye, everyone. |
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