B1.12: Music: yesterday and today

Música: ayer y hoy

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

B1.12.1 Diálogo

En la tienda de discos: buscando recuerdos musicales

In the record store: searching for musical memories


B1.12.2 Cultura

Paco de Lucía y Camarón de la Isla: la revolución del flamenco

Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla: the revolution of flamenco


Vocabulary (8)

 El álbum: The album (Spanish)

El álbum

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The album Show

 El grupo: The band (Spanish)

El grupo

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The band Show

 En vivo: Live (Spanish)

En vivo

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Live Show

 La letra: The lyrics (Spanish)

La letra

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The lyrics Show

 Interpretar (to interpret) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Interpretar

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To interpret Show

 La lista de reproducción: The playlist (Spanish)

La lista de reproducción

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The playlist Show

 El videoclip: The music video (Spanish)

El videoclip

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The music video Show

 El canal de música: The music channel (Spanish)

El canal de música

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The music channel Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Pretérito imperfecto de los verbos irregulares: "ser, ir, ver“

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Imperfect tense of the irregular verbs: "ser, ir, ver"

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éramos, eran, íbamos, iba, ibais, veías, veíamos, era

1. Ser:
El músico ... muy talentoso y siempre componía canciones para el grupo.
(The musician was very talented and always composed songs for the band.)
2. Ir:
Cuando yo era niño ... al canal de música para ver videoclips de canciones modernas.
(When I was a child, I used to go to the music channel to watch music videos of modern songs.)
3. Ver:
Mientras el grupo interpretaba su éxito en vivo nosotros ... todo el concierto desde casa.
(While the group was performing their hit live, we were watching the whole concert from home.)
4. Ser:
Las letras de las canciones clásicas ... más poética que las de las canciones modernas.
(The lyrics of classic songs were more poetic than those of modern songs.)
5. Ir:
Nosotros ... a los conciertos de ese grupo porque sus álbumes eran espectaculares.
(We used to go to that group's concerts because their albums were spectacular.)
6. Ver:
Cuando ... el videoclip de la canción siempre querías añadirla a la lista de reproducción.
(When you watched the music video of the song, you always wanted to add it to the playlist.)
7. Ser:
Antes nosotros ... muy aficionados a la música clásica pero hoy preferimos la música moderna.
(Before, we used to be very fond of classical music, but today we prefer modern music.)
8. Ir:
Cuando erais jóvenes siempre ... a los festivales para ver a los músicos interpretar sus canciones en vivo.
(When you were young you always went to festivals to see the musicians performing their songs live.)

Grammar

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B1.12.3 Gramática

Pretérito imperfecto de los verbos irregulares: "ser, ir, ver“

Imperfect tense of the irregular verbs: "ser, ir, ver"


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Escribir to write

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) escribía I used to write
(tú) escribías You used to write
(él/ella) escribía he/she was writing
(nosotros/nosotras) escribíamos we were writing
(vosotros/vosotras) escribíais You wrote
(ellos/ellas) escribían they were writing

Exercises and examples phrases

Cantar to sing

Pretérito imperfecto

Spanish English
(yo) cantaba I was singing
(tú) cantabas You were singing
(él/ella) cantaba he/she was singing
(nosotros/nosotras) cantábamos we were singing
(vosotros/vosotras) cantabais You sang
(ellos/ellas) cantaban they sang

Exercises and examples phrases

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