Spanish A2.15 Listening Practice: Bored Or Boring
Spanish A2 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for bored or boring.
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Level
A2.15
Audio
1m 10s
Transcript
16 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Control familiar sentence patterns while adding people, objects, time, and description.
Use adjectives that change with ser/estar to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
adjectives that change with ser/estar
Practice aloud after listening
La clase no es aburrida.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 4: add adjectives that change with ser/estar 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
Imagine a Prado visit with a friend who has had enough for the moment. Él dice que el museo de arte es aburrido.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Puede ser su opinión. Pero quizá él está aburrido hoy.
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Es aburrido describes something as boring; está aburrido describes someone feeling bored.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Claro. El chico está aburrido ahora, pero no es una persona aburrida.
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5. Carmen · Teacher
El museo ofrece ideas para la visita y lugares para descansar. That last action means to rest.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
En nuestro plan, el amigo está aburrido después de mucho tiempo aquí.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Puede ser el momento para cambiar nuestro plan y tomar algo.
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8. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Podemos salir a tomar agua ahora.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
Podemos cambiar el plan sin ver todo hoy.
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10. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Nuestro amigo no quiere ver todo hoy. Otra parte del museo puede esperar.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
How would you say: The class is not boring?
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12. Carmen · Teacher
La clase no es aburrida.
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13. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
A different visitor is not bored; he wants food. Say: You are not bored; you want to eat.
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14. Carmen · Teacher
No estás aburrido, quieres comer.
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15. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Vamos a tomar algo. Otra parte del museo puede esperar.
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16. Carmen · Teacher
Ahora podemos descansar. Podemos volver otro día.
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