Spanish A1.3 Listening Practice: Shared -ante And -ente Words
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for shared -ante and -ente words.
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Level
A1.3
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Transcript
22 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use -ant/-ent to -ante/-ente to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
-ant/-ent to -ante/-ente
Practice aloud after listening
Es importante.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 1: add -ant/-ent to -ante/-ente 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
Welcome! I'm Carmen. Today we are looking at a quick trick for Spanish vocabulary: turning English words ending in -ant or -ent into Spanish words ending in -ante or -ente. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es importante.
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Es un caso diferente.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
El problema es evidente.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Eso es muy importante.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Ahora todo es diferente.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
First, Álvaro said: 'Es importante.' This means 'It is important.' Words ending in -ant in English usually add an 'e' in Spanish.
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8. Diego · Student
So 'important' just becomes 'importante'?
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9. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly! You just add an 'e' at the end.
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Lucía said: 'Es un caso diferente.' That means 'It is a different case.' Here, 'different' becomes 'diferente'.
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11. Diego · Student
Does the English -ent ending change to -ente in Spanish as well?
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12. Carmen · Teacher
Yes, almost always! It is a very consistent pattern.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Then Álvaro said: 'El problema es evidente.' This translates to 'The problem is evident.' Notice how 'evident' becomes 'evidente'.
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14. Diego · Student
Why does 'problema' use 'el' if it ends with an 'a'?
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15. Carmen · Teacher
'El problema' is a masculine noun exception in Spanish, so we always use 'el'.
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16. Carmen · Teacher
After that, Lucía said: 'Eso es muy importante.' That means 'That is very important.'
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17. Diego · Student
What does 'eso' mean in this context?
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18. Carmen · Teacher
'Eso' means 'that' when referring to an idea or statement.
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19. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro said: 'Ahora todo es diferente.' This means 'Now everything is different.'
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20. Diego · Student
What is the meaning of 'ahora'?
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21. Carmen · Teacher
'Ahora' means 'now', a handy word to start sentences.
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22. Carmen · Teacher
Great job today! Remember this pattern to expand your Spanish vocabulary quickly. See you next time!
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