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Spanish · A1 · Listening

Slow standard Spanish

In the last topic you listened only for single key words. Here it is the opposite: you hear short texts spoken slowly and clearly – and try to understand them completely, sentence by sentence. Every word counts, even the small ones.

Listen several times

Feel free to listen to a text several times: the first time you understand what it is about. The second and third time you pay attention to the details – who, when, where, with whom.

Small words change a lot

In slow speech you also hear the small words – and they matter: con mi hermano or con mi hermana? Me gusta el té. or No me gusta el té.? With pero comes a contrast, with de ... a ... a period of time: de lunes a viernes, de ocho a cuatro.

Time words structure the text

In a story, time words show you the order: por la mañana, a mediodía, después, por la tarde, por la noche. Listen for them and you will know what happens first and what comes after.

Examples

  • Vivo en Panamá con mi hermano.
  • Trabajo de lunes a viernes, de ocho a cuatro.
  • No me gusta el café, pero me gusta mucho el té.

Exercises

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Exercise 1 of 4

Listening very closely

Listen to the sentence and choose exactly that sentence.

Click 🔊. The sentences differ in only one small detail.

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Now you will hear a short connected text: Laura introduces herself. All rows belong to the same text – listen to it as often as you like.

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Exercise 2 of 4

Laura's story

Listen to Laura's text and choose the true sentence in each row.

Click 🔊. Pay attention to every detail: age, work, times and the weekend.

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Exercise 3 of 4

Laura's text with all the small words

Fill in the small words. Afterwards you can listen to the text again.

Hola, me llamo Laura. Tengo treinta años vivo en Ciudad de Panamá.
Trabajo un hotel, en la recepción.
Trabajo lunes a viernes, de ocho cuatro.
Los sábados voy a la playa mis amigos, los domingos estoy en casa con mi familia.
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Exercise 4 of 4

Pablo's Saturday

Put Pablo's day in the right order. Afterwards you can listen to it read slowly.

The time words at the start of each sentence show you the order.