A story on Radio Ambulante
Camila wants a true story in Spanish and plays a Radio Ambulante episode. One new word stops her, and the transcript on the site opens the sentence.
Radio Ambulante: historias para escuchar
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What you'll learn
Present indicative and the verb querer in a scene about a real podcast.
Camila listens to a Radio Ambulante episode, a Spanish podcast of true stories, with episodes since 2012. Daniel Alarcón is one of the founders. She opens the transcript, writes down one word, and tells her brother what she understands.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
historias para escuchar
newstories to listen to
A compact phrase for audio stories.
Useful for choosing listening material.
desde 2012
newsince 2012
Desde marks the starting point of an action that continues.
Useful for saying when something began.
pulsa el botón de reproducción
newpresses the play button
Pulsa is used for pressing a button or control.
Useful with phones and audio players.
vuelve a una frase
newgoes back to a phrase
Volver a means to return to something.
Useful when reviewing audio or text.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Episodes
episodios
episodes
Separate instalments of a podcast or series.
A core podcast word.
Transcript
transcripción
transcript
A written version of spoken audio.
Useful when reading along with audio.
Headphones
auriculares
headphones
A device worn on the ears to hear audio.
Useful for everyday listening.
Listeners
oyentes
listeners
People who listen to a programme or audio.
Useful for describing a podcast audience.
Notebook
cuaderno
notebook
A small book for writing notes.
Useful for study routines.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Identifying with ser
es un podcast
is a podcast
Es identifies what Radio Ambulante is.
Useful for defining people and things.
Poder plus infinitive
puede escuchar
can listen
Puede is followed by the infinitive escuchar.
Useful for talking about possibilities.
A veces for frequency
A veces para el audio
Sometimes she stops the audio
A veces says that an action happens on some occasions.
Useful for describing habits without saying always.
A yes-no question
¿Escuchas podcasts en español?
Do you listen to podcasts in Spanish?
The question uses the tú form escuchas and question marks.
Useful for asking someone about a habit.
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