Spanish A2.5 Listening Practice: Done Endings
Spanish A2 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for done endings.
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Level
A2.5
Audio
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Transcript
20 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Control familiar sentence patterns while adding people, objects, time, and description.
Use -ado and -ido participles to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
-ado and -ido participles
Practice aloud after listening
No he terminado todavia.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 3: add -ado and -ido participles 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 to ChickyTutor! I'm Carmen, and today we're mastering 'done' endings in Spanish using the '-ado' and '-ido' participles.
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2. Diego · Student
Hi Carmen! So these are used when talking about actions we've finished, like 'hablado' or 'comido'?
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego! Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía in a short conversation. Pay attention to how they use these participles.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, ¿has hablado ya con el nuevo vecino?
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Sí, he hablado con él y me ha dicho que ha vivido en Madrid.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
¡Qué bien! ¿Y has comido ya algo?
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7. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Yo no he comido nada aún, ¿y tú?
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
No he terminado todavía mi trabajo, así que comeré más tarde.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
Let's break that down! First, Álvaro asked Lucía: '¿Has hablado ya con el nuevo vecino?', which means 'Have you already spoken with the new neighbor?' Here, 'hablar' becomes 'hablado'.
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10. Diego · Student
So for standard '-ar' verbs, do we always replace '-ar' with '-ado'?
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11. Carmen · Teacher
That's right, Diego. Regular '-ar' verbs always take '-ado' to form the past participle.
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12. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Lucía explained that the neighbor 'ha vivido en Madrid', meaning 'he has lived in Madrid'.
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13. Diego · Student
Why did 'vivir' become 'vivido' instead of using '-ado'?
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14. Carmen · Teacher
Because '-ir' and '-er' verbs take '-ido'. So 'vivir' becomes 'vivido'.
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15. Carmen · Teacher
Then Lucía mentioned: 'Yo no he comido nada aún', which means 'I haven't eaten anything yet.'
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16. Diego · Student
And since 'comer' is an '-er' verb, it gets '-ido' to become 'comido'?
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17. Carmen · Teacher
Spot on! Both '-er' and '-ir' verbs share the '-ido' ending.
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18. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro used our challenge phrase: 'No he terminado todavía', meaning 'I haven't finished yet.'
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19. Diego · Student
So 'terminar' becomes 'terminado', and 'todavía' means 'yet' or 'still'?
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20. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly! Combining 'no he', the '-ado' participle, and 'todavía' forms a super helpful phrase for everyday conversations.
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