Venezuela, a pattern with quedar, and no sé qué
August 11, 2024
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Hola language learner, Following Venezuela's recent presidential election, our featured story revisits the migrations of one family during the rise of Nicolas Maduro. After the story, we share part of a Soundbite, clue you in to a catch-all filler phrase, and tell you what the NFL is doing in Brazil this fall. |
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Exploring Jiveworld
Soundbites: Useful patterns
A Soundbite is a mini-lesson, or listening challenge, taken from a Jiveworld story. Each one focuses on a specific aspect of language or culture. Let's review this example from the story Miedo that explores a useful language pattern.
First, you are given a question to consider as you listen to an excerpt from the story.
What does Hernando mean when he says: Quedé como un pendejo…
After listening, reveal the answer to learn more.
Quedar (to stay) is used in a plethora of different expressions to mean many different things. You can think of quedar como as a synonym for verse como or parecer.
Try the pattern quedar como + noun:
- Vas a quedar como un galán después de ese corte de pelo.
- You’ll look like a movie star after that haircut.
We only shared a portion of this Soundbite, but you can listen to the full thing – and 3 more – whether or not you have a Jiveworld subscription as you progress through Miedo.
ICYMI
No sé qué
You're sure to hear this filler phrase in Spanish conversations: No sé qué. It essentially means "and so on." Listen to it in context in this short video which features a Soundbite from Radio Ambulante story 240 aves.
What we're reading
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Eagles to open season in NFL's first Brazil game
Jiveworld English isn't the only thing coming to Brazil this year. American football is coming to São Paolo in September 2024. It will be the NFL's first regular season game played in Brazil and its first international game in South America.
Featured Review
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"...I consider myself an advanced student and believe I have outgrown most apps. I take lessons with native speakers online a couple of times a week and generally go around listening to podcasts in Spanish including Radio Ambulante. I understand what the journalists are saying but often get lost with the interviewees. That’s where the Soundbites come in! They are carefully chosen snippets of the story featuring difficult pronunciation or interesting grammatical structure or a piece of cultural context. They are short and fun and motivating. You can listen at different speeds, reveal and hide the words and review a vocabulary list. You get explanation of patterns used with similar examples... I highly recommend this app. It’s the one you will actually use and improve your Spanish while learning interesting things and having fun." Katerina100, Apple App Store review ★★★★★ |
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