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Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansióninglés.com, recorded for March 2010.
And a big thank you to everyone who sent us suggestions and ideas to improve our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno mensual.
One of the things you asked for was more grammar, especially verbs.
Listen to these 8 verbs in Spanish and try to say the English translation before I do. Then repeat the verb and the sentences to practise pronunciation. Escucha y repite:
 
ser/estar – to be – I am, you are, we are, he, she and it is, they are.
En el pasado - I was, you were, we were, he, she and it was, they were
 
hablar ¿Qué es hablar en ingles? = to speak – it’s an irregular verb - es un verbo irregular - speak, spoke, spoken – I spoke to him, he spoke to me. Have you spoken to her? No? Haven’t you spoken to her yet? My God! Are you speaking to me? I’m speaking to you.
 
tener – tener means to have – it’s an irregular verb, listen - have, had, had – I have, he, she, it has, we have, they have - I had a dream, he had a great idea. Have you had lunch yet? I haven’t had a hamburger for ages. Repeat: a hamburger – had a hamburger – haven’t had a hamburger - I haven’t had a hamburger for ages. - I haven’t had a hamburger for ages.
 
escuchar - to listen – a regular verb – es un verbo regular – I listen, you listen, we listen  he, she, it listens, they listen. I listened to the mansión Inglés podcast last month. It was fantastic! Have you listened to this podcast yet? My sister always listens to the podcast.
 
levanter(se) - to get up – get up is a phrasal verb – to get up – el pasado es - got up. I always get up early, My mum gets up late. What time did you get up this morning? Yesterday I got up at 7.
 
leer - to read - an irregular verb – read, read, read. – I love reading - I’m reading a great book at the moment, How often do you read? Have you read any good books lately? I read your email this morning.
 
ir(se) - to go – go is an irregular verb – go – went – gone, I go to work by train. She goes on holiday once a year. I went to the cinema last night. My neighbour’s gone to Italy for a week. Have you gone mad?
 
Conducir - to drive – another irregular verb – another means uno más. - another irregular verb - drive, drove, driven. Repeat: drive, drove, driven.  I don’t like driving in traffic. She drove to France last summer. Have you ever driven on the left?





 





 
Ok, let’s practise some phrasal verbs. Listen to the Spanish and try to say the English translation before I do. Then repeat the verb and the sentences to practise pronunciation. Escucha y repite:
 
dejar - give up – you should give up smoking.
darse prisa - hurry up! – Hurry up or we’ll be late.
fregar - wash up – I’ll wash up
crecer - grow up – I grew up in London
continuar, aguantar - carry on – Don’t stop, carry on.
esperar - hold on – please hold on a minute.
tener ganas de algo/de hacer algo - look forward to – I’m really looking forward to the weekend.
tirar algo a la basura - throw away – Did you throw away my red T-shirt?
encender/apagar - turn on/off, switch on/off – Can you turn off the light?
hablar - talk about – What are you talking about?
buscar - look for – I’m looking for my other sock. 
estropearse - break down – My car’s never broken down.
 
Recuerdas que cuando el phrasal verb tiene un objeto, se va entre el verbo y la partícula, o después.
 
For example: I threw away the chicken.  or  I threw the chicken away.
El objeto tambien puedo ser un pronombre.
For example: I threw it away. (‘it’ is the chicken)
 
Por lo cual, existe phrasal verbs que no se puede insertar el objecto entre el ver