Coffee Break Spanish CBS 2.34 | Conditional tense in a café setting
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Feb 15, 2011 Join María-José as she navigates a café scene, revisiting previous language lessons while introducing the conditional tense. Discover how to order delicious dishes like tortilla española, and learn important vocabulary for café culture. The hosts explain the conditional mood with practical examples, making polite requests and hypothetical statements easier to understand. Plus, delve into irregular conditional verbs and their forms. It's a fun and educational dive into Spanish language and culture!
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Café Order And Dish Suggestion
- María José orders a ham and cheese sandwich and a Diet Coke while her friend requests a chicken salad and fries.
- The waiter offers tortilla española and explains it contains eggs, potatoes and onions, which her friend has never tried.
Impersonal 'Se' Creates Passive Meaning
- The podcast explains se used impersonally to create passive-like phrases such as se puede and se habla.
- This structure turns actions into general statements like "English is spoken here."
Say 'Never Tried' With Nunca + Haber
- Use the present perfect with haber to say someone has or hasn't tried something: Nunca la ha probado.
- Remember la refers back to the feminine noun, here la tortilla española.