Spanish A1.15 Listening Practice: The E Opens
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for the e opens.
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Level
A1.15
Audio
1m 4s
Transcript
14 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use e to ie in stressed roots to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
e to ie in stressed roots
Practice aloud after listening
Tiene tiempo y quiere ayudar.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 2: add e to ie in stressed roots 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
Ella quiere preparar una tortilla. Imagine two friends choosing lunch, with different opinions about one ingredient.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Y él piensa diferente sobre la comida.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
A traditional Spanish potato omelette uses eggs, potatoes and olive oil; many versions also have onion. Our fictional pair disagrees about the onion.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Ella quiere cebolla, pero él no quiere cebolla.
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5. Carmen · Teacher
Cebolla, onion. Compare querer, to want, with quiero, I want: the stressed root opens.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Él piensa diferente. Ella tiene una idea para comer hoy.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Now test your root changes. How do you say: he has time and wants to help?
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Tiene tiempo y quiere ayudar.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
And how do you say: she thinks differently?
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10. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Ella piensa diferente.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
So how do they settle it without claiming one version is universal truth?
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12. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Ella tiene una idea: una tortilla con cebolla y otra sin.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Es una buena idea. Cada uno come como quiere.
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14. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Ella tiene su comida con cebolla, y él come sin cebolla.
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