Spanish A1.4 Listening Practice: Meet Want With -cion Words
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for meet want with -cion words.
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Level
A1.4
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11 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use -tion to -cion nouns and quiero to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
-tion to -cion nouns and quiero
Practice aloud after listening
Quiero una opinion.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 1: add -tion to -cion nouns and quiero to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome! I'm Carmen. Today we are exploring how English words ending in '-tion' easily convert into Spanish words ending in '-ción', paired with 'quiero', which means 'I want'. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, quiero una opinión.
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
¿Sobre qué opción?
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es una decisión difícil.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Yo quiero ayudar.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Gracias por tu opinión.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Let's break that down. Álvaro started by saying: 'Lucía, quiero una opinión.' This means 'Lucía, I want an opinion.' 'Quiero' means 'I want'.
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8. Diego · Student
So English words ending in '-tion' usually end in '-ción' in Spanish?
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9. Carmen · Teacher
That's right, Diego! 'Opinion' becomes 'opinión', 'decision' becomes 'decisión', and 'option' becomes 'opción'. Lucía then asked '¿Sobre qué opción?', meaning 'About which option?'
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10. Diego · Student
That makes expanding vocabulary so fast! How do you pronounce that ending in Spain?
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11. Carmen · Teacher
In Castilian Spanish, the 'c' before 'i' sounds like the 'th' in 'think', so '-ción' is pronounced 'thyohn'. Keep listening for these pattern words!
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