In this first episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso you’ll learn about informal command forms (the imperative), Fernanda will help you get to grips with the subjunctive after cuando , and our Spanish quotation of the week looks at the theme of generosity. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Espresso features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio materials, you can access the pr...
Sep 26, 2014•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: Alba asks, si te encontraras un billete de €50, ¿qué harías con él? – if you found €50, what would you do with it? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Las Ruinas Aztecas in Mexico; and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Gabriel’s question about the how best to translate “to take” or “to bring” in Spanish using traer , llevar and tomar . This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are inc...
Sep 04, 2013•19 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: Alba asks, si esta noche tuvieras una cita a ciegas, ¿qué estarías haciendo ahora mismo? – if you had a blind date tonight, what would you be doing right now? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of La Riviera Maya in Mexico; and JP and Nahyeli answer a very interesting question from listener Steve about using ser or estar with food. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are includ...
Aug 27, 2013•20 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: Alba asks, ¿a quién admiras más en el mundo? – whom do you admire most in the world? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Havana; and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Jessica’s question about how to translate “something else altogether”. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audi...
Aug 13, 2013•22 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with another edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿qué es para ti el verano? – what does summer mean to you? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of the Dominican Republic; and JP and Nahyeli answer a listener’s question about the use of the imperfect and perfect subjunctive. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, less...
Jul 24, 2013•14 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with another edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿adónde te irás de vacaciones este verano? – where will you be going on holiday this summer? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Venezuela; and JP and Nahyeli answer Richard’s question about the difference between el mismo and lo mismo . This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video...
Jun 28, 2013•17 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to this latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿qué ves cuando miras en el espejo? – what do you see when you look in the mirror? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Bogotá, Colombia; and JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Georgie about the pronunciation of ‘b’ and ‘v’. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video ve...
Jun 15, 2013•22 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to this latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿cómo te describiría tu mejor amigo o amiga? – how would your best friend describe you? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Machu Picchu in Peru; and JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Ezgi who is curious about how best to translate “to love” in its many uses into Spanish. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the po...
Jun 01, 2013•19 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with a new episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿qué es lo primero que has pensado esta mañana? – what was the first thing you thought about this morning? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Easter Island; and JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Iván who wants to know about the nuances of using the immediate future tense (voy a mandar una carta) or the simple future tense (mandaré una carta). This season of Coffee Break Spanish Maga...
May 22, 2013•16 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with a new season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: Alba asks, ¿qué te llevarías a una isla desierta? – what would you take to a desert island? Fernanda tells Mark all about the the city of Buenos Aires; and JP and Nahyeli answer an interesting question about a word which listener Rodney has come across in a Mexican soap opera! This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like ...
May 05, 2013•17 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with a new season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! In this episode: Alba asks the question, ¿cuál es tu forma favorita de ligar? – what’s your best chat-up line? JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Jess about using quantities in Spanish; and we’re introducing a new member of the team – Mark is joined by Fernanda from Chile for the first leg of a journey around the tourist highlights of Latin America. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 l...
Apr 27, 2013•20 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast It’s time for the final lesson in this season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: It’s a time for making New Year’s Resolutions and examining what we want to change about ourselves. This week Alba is asking the question, ¿cuál es tu peor hábito? ; Laura’s frase idiomática is an interesting one today: irse por los cerros de Úbeda. Find out what this means in this lesson; and JP and Nahyeli answer a question from listener Rodney about an interesting...
Nov 05, 2012•15 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Join the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine team and improve your Spanish listening skills. In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, ¿cuál es el mejor regalo que has recibido jamás? ; Laura teaches us the phrases de tal palo, tal astillo, meaning “like father, like son” or “a chip off the old block”; and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Heather’s question about the difference between ahora and ahorita , which is particularly important in Mexican Spanish when there is a signi...
Nov 01, 2012•17 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to episode 8 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, si te tocara la lotería, ¿qué harías con el dinero? Like last week you’ll hear a range of accents featured in the answers, with a sprinkling of imperfect subjunctives and conditionals for good measure!; Laura teaches us the phrases tirar la casa por la ventana, meaning “to splash out” or to spend a lot of money; and JP and Nahyeli...
Oct 31, 2012•23 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast The latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, ¿ayer hiciste algo especial? Answers cover a range of topics – and accents!; Laura teaches us what hablar por los codos means; and JP and Nahyeli discuss medical Spanish in response to a listener’s question. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast fee...
Oct 30, 2012•17 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s Coffee Break Spanish Magazine episode is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba has an interesting question for some women on the streets of Barcelona. She asks ¿qué puedes aprender de un hombre si hablas con su madre? – what can you learn about a man if you speak to his mother?; Learn to avoid difficult questions with Laura’s frase idiomática, hacerse el sueco ; and JP and Nahyeli help listener Ana answer the door in Spa...
Oct 29, 2012•15 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast The Coffee Break Spanish team is back with a new episode of the Magazine. In this edition: Alba asks passers-by in the streets of Barcelona, ¿De qué pasarías horas hablando? ; Laura teaches us the expression se me ha ido el santo al cielo , meaning “I completely lost track of the time”; and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Emily’s question about using the subjunctive when talking about the recent past. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of ...
Oct 28, 2012•16 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s episode of the Coffee Break Spanish is a slightly spooky Hallowe’en episode. In this edition: Alba asks the macabre question ¿Cuál es tu peor pesadilla? ; Laura introduces the expression me he levantado con el pie izquierdo , meaning “to get out of the wrong side of the bed”; and JP and Nahyeli help listener Kelly understand the differences between the verbs querer and amar ? This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, al...
Oct 27, 2012•14 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast This is the third episode of our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: JP and Nayheli answer listener Beth’s question about how to translate “every other…” into Spanish; Laura explains the expression tener una mosca detrás de la oreja , meaning “to be suspicious about something” and in our interviews, Alba asks ¿En qué pasas demasiado tiempo? This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to bene...
Oct 26, 2012•16 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast This is the second episode of our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: Laura introduces us to the expression por si las moscas ; JP and Nahyeli answer Steve’s question about using the verb fingir , meaning “to pretend” and in our interviews, Alba asks ¿Qué es para ti un buen profesor? This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio mate...
Oct 15, 2012•16 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast It’s here! We’re delighted to present the first edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: Alba asks the question ¿Cómo pasabas el verano cuando eras niño? – “How did you spend your summers as a child?”; Laura introduces us to the expression de perillas ; and in our Q&A Spanish section JP and Nahyeli answer Molly’s question concerning gender of nouns. This season of Coffee Break Spanish Magazine features a total of 10 lessons, all of which are included in the podcast feed...
Oct 03, 2012•21 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast In this promo episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Mark outlines what listeners can expect from each episode of the show. The video episode (normally part of the premium materials) is included below to give you a feel for the new style of show: Subscribe to the CBS Magazine in iTunes | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 26, 2012•10 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast The final episode in the third series of Coffee Break Spanish includes episode eight of our soap Verano Español . Just what will Laura say to Ángel and Fiona after discovering them together? And will Ramón finally have the courage to tell Laura how he feels? Find out in the long-awaited final instalment of the telenovela . Please note that lesson 40 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 340 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things...
Jan 24, 2012•26 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast We’re delighted to be joined once more by Alba in this special episode of Coffee Break Spanish. It’s the last ‘normal’ episode in the series: next week we’ll have the eighth and final instalment of Verano Español. We find out what Alba has been doing since before the summer and Mark takes the opportunity to test listeners on some of the phrases learned earlier in the series. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 339 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the ...
Jan 17, 2012•23 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Mark is joined by Sofía from Argentina and Ana Isabel from Ecuador. Language points discussed include the difference between si no and sino , using hace with a time phrase, and voseo , the use of vos in Rioplatense Spanish. Please note that lesson 38 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 338 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total...
Jan 10, 2012•24 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast This week Mark returns with Loreto for the second of our Chilean episodes of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3. In episode 37 we learn a bit more about Chilean culture and Loreto teaches Mark some Chilean expressions. Please note that lesson 37 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 337 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total of 40 lessons, all of whic...
Jan 04, 2012•20 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast ¡Estamos de vuelta! We’re delighted to be back with a new episode of Coffee Break Spanish in which Mark is joined by Loreto, from Chile. In this first of two episodes with Loreto, we learn about the geography and culture of Chile. Please note that lesson 36 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 336 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total of 40 les...
Dec 28, 2011•22 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s show we’re returning to our telenovela, Verano Español. It’s the morning after the night before when Ángel arrived drunk at Iona’s party. Needless to say Laura’s dad isn’t very impressed with Ángel! Laura’s friend Fiona arrives from Scotland and the love triangle threatens to become a square! As usual, in Act II, Mark will help listeners understand the story by working through a series of questions and answers about what happens in this episode. Please note that lesson 35 of Seaso...
Dec 21, 2011•30 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish! We’re staying in Mexico in episode 34 as Mark and Juan discuss some of the interesting aspects of Mexican Spanish. ¡Todo está padrísimo en este episodio! Language points covered include pedir a alguien que + subjunctive, the expression referirse a, and llevarse a cabo . José’s intermedio concentrates on phrases which involve being angry or in a bad mood. Please note that lesson 34 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 334 of Cof...
Dec 13, 2011•22 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In lesson 33, it’s destination Mexico as Mark is joined by Juan from México D.F. Juan introduces Mark to the geography and some of the tourist attractions of Mexico. Language concepts included the use of soler , the difference between amable and amigable , and a reminder of the fact that 'another' is otro/otra in Spanish – and not un otro / una otra… Please note that lesson 33 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 333 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as...
Dec 06, 2011•22 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast 
