How to Talk About Skills in Spanish – European Spanish Beginner (Free Lesson for Adults)
CEFR Level:
- A2 Level (Advanced Beginner)
Goal:
At the end of your learning session, you must be able to understand the script provided on this page just by reading and listening to it. Your goal is to understand the script, not memorise it.
Learn to Talk About Skills in Spanish (w/ FREE Script and Audio)
Título: Hablando de habilidades
Personajes: Carlos y Elena
Escenario: Carlos y Elena se encuentran al aire libre y conversan sobre lo que se les da bien hacer y lo que no.
Title: Talking about skills Characters: Carlos and ElenaSetting: Carlos and Elena meet outdoors and chat about the things they are good at doing and what they don’t know how to do.
Carlos:
¡Hola, Elena! ¿Qué tal? Estaba pensando… ¿qué cosas sabes hacer bien? NM: Hi Elena! How’s it going? I was thinking… what things are you good at doing? LT: Hello, Elena! How such? I was thinking… what things know you to do well?
¡Hola, Elena! ¿Qué tal? Estaba pensando… ¿qué cosas sabes hacer bien? NM: Hi Elena! How’s it going? I was thinking… what things are you good at doing? LT: Hello, Elena! How such? I was thinking… what things know you to do well?
Por ejemplo, sé montar en bicicleta y también juego fútbol los fines de semana.
NM: For example, I know how to ride a bike, and I also play soccer on weekends.
LT: For example, I know to mount on bicycle and also I play football the ends of week.
Elena:
¡Qué bien, Carlos! A mí se me da bien el deporte también, pero prefiero la música. NM: That’s cool, Carlos! I’m good at sports too, but I prefer music. LT: How good, Carlos! To me itself to me gives well the sport too, but I prefer the music.
¡Qué bien, Carlos! A mí se me da bien el deporte también, pero prefiero la música. NM: That’s cool, Carlos! I’m good at sports too, but I prefer music. LT: How good, Carlos! To me itself to me gives well the sport too, but I prefer the music.
¿Tocas la guitarra?
NM: Do you play the guitar?
LT: Touch you the guitar?
Carlos:
No, la verdad es que me cuesta mucho tocar instrumentos. NM: No, to be honest, playing instruments is really hard for me. LT: No, the truth is that to me costs much to touch instruments.
No, la verdad es que me cuesta mucho tocar instrumentos. NM: No, to be honest, playing instruments is really hard for me. LT: No, the truth is that to me costs much to touch instruments.
Al principio me daba cosa ponerme a aprender el piano por miedo a equivocarme,
NM: At first, I felt a bit hesitant to start learning the piano out of fear of making mistakes,
LT: At the beginning to me gave thing to put myself to learn the piano by fear to mistake myself,
y al final nunca lo intenté. ¿Y tú?
NM: and in the end, I never tried. How about you?
LT: and at the end never it I tried. And you?
Elena:
Yo sí sé tocar la guitarra un poco, y me encanta cantar. NM: I do know how to play the guitar a little, and I love singing. LT: I yes know to touch the guitar a little, and to me enchants to sing.
Yo sí sé tocar la guitarra un poco, y me encanta cantar. NM: I do know how to play the guitar a little, and I love singing. LT: I yes know to touch the guitar a little, and to me enchants to sing.
Aunque lo que mejor se me da es la cocina. Sé preparar un ceviche delicioso.
NM: Though what I’m best at is cooking. I know how to make a delicious ceviche.
LT: Although that which best itself to me gives is the kitchen. I know to prepare a ceviche delicious.
Carlos:
¡Qué rico! Yo no sé cocinar platos complejos, pero sé preparar flan. NM: Yummy! I don’t know how to cook complex dishes, but I know how to make flan. LT: How rich! I not know to cook dishes complex, but I know to prepare flan.
¡Qué rico! Yo no sé cocinar platos complejos, pero sé preparar flan. NM: Yummy! I don’t know how to cook complex dishes, but I know how to make flan. LT: How rich! I not know to cook dishes complex, but I know to prepare flan.
Me sale bastante bien el flan casero,
NM: My homemade flan turns out pretty well,
LT: To me comes out quite well the flan homemade,
aunque sea la versión más sencilla sin muchos ingredientes.
NM: even if it’s just the simplest version without many ingredients.
LT: although it be the version more simple without many ingredients.
Elena:
¡Amo el flan! Oye, ¿hablas español? NM: I love flan! Hey, do you speak Spanish? LT: I love the flan! Hear, speak you Spanish?
¡Amo el flan! Oye, ¿hablas español? NM: I love flan! Hey, do you speak Spanish? LT: I love the flan! Hear, speak you Spanish?
Es broma, ya veo que sí, pero… ¿sabes otros idiomas?
NM: Just kidding, I can see you do, but… do you speak any other languages?
LT: It is joke, already I see that yes, but… know you other languages?
Carlos:
Sí, sé hablar inglés fluido. El inglés lo aprendí de pequeño. NM: Yeah, I speak fluent English. I learned English when I was little. LT: Yes, I know to speak English fluid. The English it I learned of small.
Sí, sé hablar inglés fluido. El inglés lo aprendí de pequeño. NM: Yeah, I speak fluent English. I learned English when I was little. LT: Yes, I know to speak English fluid. The English it I learned of small.
¿Tú hablas otros idiomas?
NM: Do you speak other languages?
LT: You speak other languages?
Elena:
Un poco de inglés nada más. NM: Just a little bit of English, that’s all. LT: A little of English nothing more.
Un poco de inglés nada más. NM: Just a little bit of English, that’s all. LT: A little of English nothing more.
A mí me gusta más hablar y contar historias en mi propia lengua.
NM: I prefer talking and telling stories in my own language.
LT: To me to me likes more to speak and to count stories in my own tongue.
Carlos:
Entiendo. Oye, ¿te apetece caminar un rato por el parque? NM: I get it. Hey, do you feel like taking a walk in the park for a bit? LT: I understand. Hear, to you appeals to walk a while through the park?
Entiendo. Oye, ¿te apetece caminar un rato por el parque? NM: I get it. Hey, do you feel like taking a walk in the park for a bit? LT: I understand. Hear, to you appeals to walk a while through the park?
Puedo llevar la bici si quieres.
NM: I can bring my bike if you want.
LT: I can to carry the bike if you want.
Elena:
¡Vale! Caminar me viene genial. NM: Okay! A walk sounds great to me. LT: Okay! To walk to me comes great.
¡Vale! Caminar me viene genial. NM: Okay! A walk sounds great to me. LT: Okay! To walk to me comes great.
Pero dame diez minutos para arreglarme un poco,
NM: But give me ten minutes to get ready,
LT: But give to me ten minutes to fix myself a little,
por ir hecha una persona decente al salir a la calle.
NM: just to look like a presentable human being when going out.
LT: by going made a person decent at the exiting to the street.
Luego podemos ir a comer un taco o algo rico.
NM: Afterwards, we can go eat a taco or something tasty.
LT: Then we can to go to eat a taco or something rich.
Carlos:
¡Me parece una idea estupenda! Te espero. NM: Sounds like a great idea to me! I’ll wait for you. LT: To me seems an idea stupendous! You I wait.
¡Me parece una idea estupenda! Te espero. NM: Sounds like a great idea to me! I’ll wait for you. LT: To me seems an idea stupendous! You I wait.
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