This is a new listening exercise. Listen to the audio file "Juan y sus hermanos", chapter 1. That is a good way to improve your Spanish language listening skills and learn new vocabulary. This first article about "Juan y sus hermanos" includes an audio file to listen to and a list of vocabulary. And no, there are no transcriptions! You'll find them here soon, together with expressions used, grammar points based on this audio and exercises.

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VOCABULARY (alphabetical)

buenas (f.) - good calle (f.) - street caramelos (m.) - sweets, candies claro - of course (in this context) comer - to eat cómodo (m.) - confortable contento (m.) - happy (ellos) deberían (inf. deber) - they should despreocuparse - to stop worring, to disregard ellos - they enfadado (m.) - angry esta (f.) - this estudiar - study les gusta (inf. gustar) - they like hacer - to make, to do hermana (f.) - sister hermano (m.) - brother historia (f.) - story ir - to go irse de paseo - to go for a walk jugar - to play

más - more mucho (m.) - much, a lot muy - very las notas (f.) - marks, grades padres (m.) - parents pasteles (m.) - cakes pero - but "la play" - the play station un poco - a bit, a little bit porque - because salir - to go out sus - his, her, their las tareas (f.) - (student) homework tarta (f.) - pie (é) tiene - he has todos (m.) - all tres - three (ellos) se llaman (inf. llamarse) - they are called (their names are…) ver la televisión - to watch tv y - and zoológico (m.) - zoo

NOTES:
(f.) - feminine noun, pronoun, article or adjective.
(m.) - masculine noun, pronoun, article or adjective.
(Inf.) - Infinitive form of the verb.