Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from
mansióninglés.com, recorded for March 2010.
And a big thank you to everyone who sent us suggestions and ideas
to improve our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno mensual.
One of the things you asked for was more grammar, especially verbs.
Listen to these 8 verbs in Spanish and try to say the English
translation before I do. Then repeat the verb and the sentences to
practise pronunciation. Escucha y repite:
ser/estar – to be – I am, you are, we are, he, she and it
is, they are.
En el pasado - I was, you were, we were, he, she and it was, they
were
hablar ¿Qué es hablar en ingles? = to speak – it’s an
irregular verb - es un verbo irregular - speak, spoke, spoken – I spoke
to him, he spoke to me. Have you spoken to her? No? Haven’t you spoken
to her yet? My God! Are you speaking to me? I’m speaking to you.
tener – tener means to have – it’s an irregular verb,
listen - have, had, had – I have, he, she, it has, we have, they have -
I had a dream, he had a great idea. Have you had lunch yet? I haven’t
had a hamburger for ages. Repeat: a hamburger – had a hamburger –
haven’t had a hamburger - I haven’t had a hamburger for ages. - I
haven’t had a hamburger for ages.
escuchar - to listen – a regular verb – es un verbo
regular – I listen, you listen, we listen he, she, it listens, they
listen. I listened to the mansión Inglés podcast last month. It was
fantastic! Have you listened to this podcast yet? My sister always
listens to the podcast.
levanter(se) - to get up – get up is a phrasal verb – to
get up – el pasado es - got up. I always get up early, My mum
gets up late. What time did you get up this morning? Yesterday I got up
at 7.
leer - to read - an irregular verb – read, read, read. – I
love reading - I’m reading a great book at the moment, How often do you
read? Have you read any good books lately? I read your email this
morning.
ir(se) - to go – go is an irregular verb – go – went –
gone, I go to work by train. She goes on holiday once a year. I went to
the cinema last night. My neighbour’s gone to Italy for a week. Have you
gone mad?
conducir - to drive – another irregular verb – another
means uno más. - another irregular verb - drive, drove, driven. Repeat:
drive, drove, driven. I don’t like driving in traffic. She drove to
France last summer. Have you ever driven on the left?
Break
Ok, let’s practise some phrasal verbs. Listen to the Spanish and try to
say the English translation before I do. Then repeat the verb and the
sentences to practise pronunciation. Escucha y repite:
dejar - give up – you should give up smoking.
darse prisa - hurry up! – Hurry up or we’ll be late.
fregar - wash up – I’ll wash up
crecer - grow up – I grew up in London
continuar, aguantar - carry on – Don’t stop, carry on.
esperar - hold on – please hold on a minute.
tener ganas de algo/de hacer algo - look forward to – I’m really
looking forward to the weekend.
tirar algo a la basura - throw away – Did you throw away my red
T-shirt?
encender/apagar - turn on/off, switch on/off – Can you turn off
the light?
hablar - talk about – What are you talking about?
buscar - look for – I’m looking for my other sock.
estropearse - break down – My car’s never broken down.
Recuerda que cuando el phrasal verb tiene un objeto, va entre
el verbo y la partícula, o después.
For example: I threw away the chicken. or I threw the chicken away.
El objeto tambien puede ser un pronombre.
For example: I threw it away. (‘it’ is the chicken)
Por lo cual, existen phrasal verbs en los que no se puede insertar el
objeto entre el verbo y su partícula.
For example I’m looking for a flat. No se dice: XI’m
looking a flat for.X
Give up smoking. Can we say “give smoking up”? yes.
Wash up the dishes. Can we say “wash the dishes up? Yes
Talk about the weather. Can we say “Talk the weather about?” No
I’m looking forward to the weekend. Can we say “I’m looking the weekend
forward”? No.
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Collocations – las colocaciones – some words like to go together.
We say do business not Xmake businessX, for example and
we say make money not Xdo moneyX. Let’s practise some.
To have a feeling - I had a feeling that she was trying to trick
me into lending her money.
To pay attention - prestar atención – Please pay attention and
listen to what I’m saying.
To pay someone a compliment – I can’t remember the last time
someone paid me a compliment.
To take action – We must do something now. Take action
immediately.
To have a drink – Do you fancy having a coffee after class? Do
you fancy? means ¿Tienes ganas? o ¿Te apetece? - Do you fancy
having a beer? We can say “Do you fancy drinking a beer? But it’s
more common to use have for food and drink than the verbs to
eat and to drink. For example: I had a pizza. I’m having
chicken for dinner. Shall we have a cocktail? What will you have? I’ll
have a vodka and coke.
To pay your respects to someone – After the funeral we paid our
respects to her family.
To take a liking to someone - I took a liking to our new boss as
soon as he introduced himself.
To take a chance – I won’t marry her. I can’t take that chance.
Break
Business Vocabulary
If you’ve read the newsletter, the cuaderno, you should know these
business expressions. Try to say them after the description.
When two companies decide to join together, this is called a merger.
If a company employs more workers, we can say that it has taken on
more staff.
The organisation that negotiates with the management for the workers is
the union
If a company "cuts jobs" it has fewer workers
Extra money for doing extra work is called overtime
Until a company needs something, it stores it in a depot
A company that has a specialised product or service has a market
niche
When one company takes control of another it’s called a takeover
A company which has a lot of money in the bank has a cash pile
One way for a company to raise a lot of money is to issue shares
Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening and take care.
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