Spanish A1.1 Listening Practice: First Cognate Sentence
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for first cognate sentence.
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Level
A1.1
Audio
1m 9s
Transcript
16 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use es plus one transparent -al word to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
es plus one transparent -al word
Practice aloud after listening
Es normal.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 1: add es plus one transparent -al word to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Read while you listen.
1. Carmen · Teacher
Es normal. Imagine arriving at a Spanish restaurant early and finding an empty dining room.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Normal? I was ready to check whether I had walked into someone's living room.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Restaurant dinner service commonly runs around eight to ten thirty. Two different clocks.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es normal. The empty room makes more sense now.
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5. Carmen · Teacher
And imagine this small restaurant belongs to people from the neighbourhood: Es local.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
So local is familiar too. I have two useful descriptions before the food even arrives.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Keep the little sentence together: es plus the description. Es normal. Es local.
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Normal. Keep the stress at the end of that shared word.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
I still wouldn't assume every restaurant opens at the same time. A quick check beats a long wait.
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10. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
My stomach would appreciate that particular piece of research.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Another visitor worries about our imagined empty room. Reassure them: it is normal.
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12. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es normal.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Good. Now the room is quiet, but the situation has a reason.
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14. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
And the restaurant is connected to the neighbourhood: Es local.
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15. Carmen · Teacher
At another small neighbourhood business, say: it is local.
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16. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es local.
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