Spanish B1.4 Listening Practice: With Me, With You
Spanish B1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for with me, with you.
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Level
B1.4
Audio
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Transcript
22 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Connect ideas across purpose, reason, future, condition, and past background.
Use con plus pronoun forms to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
con plus pronoun forms
Practice aloud after listening
Voy contigo, no con el.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 5: add con plus pronoun 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
Welcome to today's lesson! Today, we're focusing on how to say 'with me', 'with you', and 'with him' in Spanish. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía planning their evening. Pay close attention to how they use these prepositions.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, ¿quieres venir al concierto conmigo esta noche?
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Me encantaría ir contigo, pero creo que Carlos también quería ir.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Bueno, voy contigo, no con él, porque solo tengo una entrada libre.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Entendido, entonces hablaré con él para explicarle la situación.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Perfecto, avísame cuando estés lista para salir.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Let's break down those five sentences! First, Álvaro asked: 'Lucía, ¿quieres venir al concierto conmigo esta noche?' This means, 'Lucía, do you want to come to the concert with me tonight?' Notice that 'with me' becomes a single special word: 'conmigo'.
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8. Diego · Student
So we never say 'con mí' in Spanish?
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9. Carmen · Teacher
That's right, Diego. 'Con' and 'mí' always combine to form 'conmigo'.
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10. Carmen · Teacher
In the second sentence, Lucía replied: 'Me encantaría ir contigo, pero creo que Carlos también quería ir.' That translates to: 'I'd love to go with you, but I think Carlos wanted to go too.' Here, 'with you' becomes 'contigo'.
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11. Diego · Student
Is 'contigo' used for both formal and informal 'you'?
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12. Carmen · Teacher
It's only for the informal 'tú'. For formal 'usted', you would say 'con usted'.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Álvaro said: 'Bueno, voy contigo, no con él, porque solo tengo una entrada libre.' Meaning: 'Well, I'm going with you, not with him, because I only have one extra ticket.' Notice that 'with him' is two separate words: 'con él'.
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14. Diego · Student
Does 'él' keep its written accent mark after 'con'?
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15. Carmen · Teacher
Yes, the accent on 'él' shows it's the pronoun 'him', not the article 'el' meaning 'the'.
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16. Carmen · Teacher
Lucía then answered: 'Entendido, entonces hablaré con él para explicarle la situación.' This means: 'Understood, then I'll speak with him to explain the situation.'
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17. Diego · Student
Is 'hablaré' in the simple future tense?
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18. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly. 'Hablaré' means 'I will speak'.
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19. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro said: 'Perfecto, avísame cuando estés lista para salir.' Which means: 'Perfect, let me know when you're ready to leave.'
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20. Diego · Student
Why does Álvaro use 'lista' instead of 'listo'?
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21. Carmen · Teacher
Because he is addressing Lucía, so the adjective must be feminine.
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22. Carmen · Teacher
Fantastic work today! Remembering 'conmigo', 'contigo', and 'con él' will make your natural Spanish flow much more smoothly. Until next time!
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