Spanish A1.17 Listening Practice: Splits Only Under Stress
Spanish A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for splits only under stress.
Podcast listening is in beta while creation and discussion tools are refined. This published chapter includes its complete segmented audio and transcript.
Level
A1.17
Audio
45s
Transcript
13 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Build short guided Spanish sentences from one new pattern at a time.
Use stem changes disappear in unstressed forms to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
stem changes disappear in unstressed forms
Practice aloud after listening
Podemos dormir despues.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 2: add stem changes disappear in unstressed forms 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
An imagined tapas tasting: Queremos comer algo aquí.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Sí. Queremos comer algo pequeño hoy.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Compare quiero and queremos. The root changes only while stressed.
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4. Carmen · Teacher
Several tapas can make a meal. Let's start small.
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5. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Podemos comer una tapa ahora. Tapa is a small portion.
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6. Carmen · Teacher
Compare puedo and podemos : I can, we can.
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7. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Puedo comer solo una, pero podemos comer dos.
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8. Carmen · Teacher
¿Podemos comer una tapa ahora y otra después?
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9. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Sí. Primero una tapa.
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Our choice: we want to eat something here.
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11. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Queremos comer algo aquí.
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12. Carmen · Teacher
After a long day, in a different setting: we can sleep later.
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13. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Podemos dormir después.
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