Spanish B2.7 Listening Practice: Ago With Hace
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A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 7: add hace plus time to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome back to ChickyTutor! I'm Carmen, and today we're mastering how to say 'ago' in Spanish using the verb form 'hace'.
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2. Carmen · Teacher
Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía catching up on a colleague's schedule.
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
¿Sabes si Marcos sigue en la ciudad o si ya ha vuelto de sus vacaciones?
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Hablé con él hace dos días y me dijo que regresaba este fin de semana.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Qué raro, porque yo lo vi hace una semana cerca de la oficina y parecía bastante atareado.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Quizá estuvo haciendo unos recados de última hora antes de salir de viaje.
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7. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Tienes razón, seguro que se fue después de solucionar esos asuntos pendientes.
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8. Carmen · Teacher
Now, let's break down the key phrases from their conversation.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
First, Álvaro said, 'Hablé con él hace dos días.' In Spanish, to express 'two days ago', you put 'hace' right before the time duration: 'hace dos días'.
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10. Diego · Student
So does 'hace' always come before the timeframe when we want to say 'ago'?
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego! Unlike English, where 'ago' goes after the time frame, in Spanish 'hace' leads the phrase, as in 'hace una semana' or 'hace dos días'.
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12. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Lucía said: 'Lo vi hace una semana.' This combines 'hace una semana', meaning 'a week ago', with 'lo vi', meaning 'I saw him'.
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13. Diego · Student
Does 'lo' always refer to 'him' in a sentence like 'Lo vi hace una semana'?
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14. Carmen · Teacher
'Lo' can mean 'him' or 'it' depending on context, but here Lucía is referring to Marcos, so 'Lo vi' means 'I saw him'.
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15. Carmen · Teacher
Practice using 'hace' plus time to build your own sentences about past events. Until next time!
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