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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric.
Alex: And I'm Alex.
Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Spanish Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 10. Asking about time.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for asking about time.
PATTERN
Eric: For example,
Eric: "When does the next bus depart?"
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Alex: [slow] ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Eric: The pattern for asking about time has 3 elements. First, "When."
Alex: Cuándo.
Eric: Second, a conjugated verb, "depart."
Alex: sale.
Eric: Third, a complement, "the next bus."
Alex: el próximo autobús.
Eric: Altogether, we have..."When does the next bus depart?"
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús? [slow] ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús? [normal] ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Eric: Start with the question word "when", followed by a conjugated verb that demonstrates who or what will be done or has already been done, and add more details to the end to complement the question.
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Eric: So remember to ask when an action takes place, start with the word "when", followed by a conjugated verb, and end with a complement for more details.
Eric: Here is another example meaning, "When does the pizza arrive? " First, "When."
Alex: Cuándo.
Eric: Second, the conjugated verb, "arrive."
Alex: llega.
Eric: Third, the complement, "the pizza."
Alex: la pizza.
Eric: Altogether we have..
Alex: ¿Cuándo llega la pizza? [slow] ¿Cuándo llega la pizza? [normal] ¿Cuándo llega la pizza?
Eric: "When does the pizza arrive?"
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo llega la pizza?
Eric: How do you say - "When will the concert start?" To give you a hint, "concert" is..
Alex: concierto. [slow] concierto. [normal] concierto.
Eric: When will the concert start?
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto? [slow] ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto? [normal] ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto?
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto?
REVIEW
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Spanish. Here we go.
Eric: "When does the next bus depart?"
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Eric: "When does the pizza arrive?"
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo llega la pizza?
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo llega la pizza?
Eric: "When will the concert start?"
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto?
[pause]
Alex: ¿Cuándo empezará el concierto?

Outro

Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for asking about time, as in..
Alex: ¿Cuándo sale el próximo autobús?
Eric: meaning "When does the next bus depart?"
Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on SpanishPod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Alex: Hasta la próxima.

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