Episode Summary
In this episode of The Expat Files, Johnny Mueller dives into the world of language learning with a focus on Spanish. The episode begins with Johnny addressing a question about the best Miami package forwarding service for delivering items to Latin America, but he quickly shifts focus to a language learning segment. He introduces the use of AI tools like Chat GPT for searching through podcast archives to find information on specific topics. The segment transitions into a language learning exercise from Pimsleur's 'Speak and Read Essential Spanish One,' focusing on basic Spanish phrases and conversation practice. Johnny guides the listener through a conversation between a man and a woman practicing Spanish, explaining key vocabulary and phrases, including greetings, introductions, and basic conversation structures. The segment also provides a language lesson in Spanish, focusing on the use of masculine and feminine articles with nouns like 'día' (day) and 'tarde' (afternoon). Johnny explains that 'día' is masculine and uses 'el,' while 'tarde' is feminine and uses 'la.' He then demonstrates how to say 'good morning' as 'Buenas días' and 'good afternoon' as 'Buenas tardes.' The segment includes practice phrases for common greetings, introductions, and basic conversations, such as asking someone's origin and expressing understanding in Spanish. The episode continues with Johnny teaching Spanish phrases, focusing on greetings, introductions, and basic conversational phrases. He guides the listener through common expressions such as 'De donde es usted' (Where are you from?), 'Soy de Bolivia' (I'm from Bolivia), and 'Buenas noches, señor' (Good evening, sir). The segment also includes practice phrases for asking how someone is feeling and responding appropriately, as well as phrases for introducing oneself as 'Mrs. Garcia' or 'Mr. Jones.' Johnny emphasizes repetition and listening as key methods for language acquisition.
Topics
Expat Life in Latin America, Language Learning, AI and Podcast Archives, Spanish Language Practice, Spanish language basics, Masculine and feminine articles in Spanish, Greetings and introductions in Spanish, Basic conversation phrases
Chapters
00:00:00 Opening 00:00:14 Welcome to The Expat Files 00:00:26 Introduction to the Show 00:00:59 AI and Podcast Archives 00:01:34 Language Learning Segment 00:10:28 Introduction to Spanish Articles and Nouns 00:10:42 How to Say 'The Afternoon' in Spanish 00:11:49 Practice Phrases for Greetings and Introductions 00:20:15 Introduction to Spanish Greetings and Introductions 00:21:28 Practice with Common Phrases and Responses 00:23:01 Introducing Oneself in Spanish
Transcript
Automatically transcribed from the original recording; names and wording may contain errors.
[00:00] South of the border down Mexico way That's where I fell in love when the stars above came out to play and now as I wonder Hello there all you ex-pad wannabes. I'm Johnny Mueller and you're listening to the expat files living in Latin America The show that tells you just what it's like to live work play and or retire down here in Latin America It's a mix of the good the bad the ugly and the great and it's all right here. So let's get started Alright, we're on let's start by tying up some loose hands Like for example this question from mark. He says hello, Johnny What's the best Miami package forwarding service for delivering items to Guatemala or other places in Latin America?
[00:47] I've gone through your archives, but I can't discover the answer to what service is best your help will be greatly appreciated Okay, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let's stop here. He mentioned my archives Searching various topics in the archives to be precise, you know, I understand just recently with the release of chat GPT for Podcasters or anyone with any kind of audio can now use AI and let chat GPT do your search You just put in the topic and it'll reference every single time that topic was mentioned and then 19 I'm locust a young poco You have just read your first sentence in Spanish
[01:34] This is the end of unit two. This is unit three of Pimsleur's speak and read essential Spanish one Listen to this conversation Buenos dias señor. Buenos dias como esta usted señor pien No, señor a no muy bien no entiendo castellano Si si entiendo bien señor habla muy bien gracias señora Listen to the conversation again Buenos dias señor. Buenos dias como esta usted señor pien No, señor a no muy bien No entiendo castellano Si si entiendo bien señor habla muy bien gracias señora
[02:22] Do you remember how to excuse yourself in Spanish? Perdon Ask the woman if she understands entiendo entiendo usted Yes, sir. Si señor. And you? Listen and repeat the word and y y Usted usted say and you usted
[03:10] Answer no, ma'am No, señora Say I don't understand No entiendo Say I don't speak No hablo. I don't speak Spanish No hablo castellano No hablo castellano. I speak English hablo ingles ingles
[03:59] hablo ingles And you you stayed I don't speak English No hablo ingles Ask him if he's North American Es usted north americano North americano Es usted north americano Yes, miss Si señorita
[04:47] And you? Usted Ask her are you north american? Es usted north americana North americana Es usted north americana Listen and repeat the woman's answer. I'm not north american No, soy north americana Soy Soy No, soy north americana
[05:37] How do you say I am in Spanish? Soy Soy Say I'm north american. Soy north americano Soy north americana Say I'm not north american. No soy north americano No soy north americana Ask. And you? You stayed. You stayed.
[06:29] Are you North American? Estos te en Norte Americano. Say, yes, ma'am. Si, señora. I am from Chicago. Listen and repeat. Soy de Chicago. De. De. Soy de Chicago. How do you say, from, in Spanish? De. De.
[07:18] Say, from Chicago. De Chicago. Say, I am. Soy. How would you tell someone you're from Washington? Soy de Washington. De Washington. Soy de Washington. I'm North American. Soy Norte Americano. From where? Listen and repeat.
[08:04] De donde. De donde. De donde. Say the word, where, in Spanish. Donde. Donde. Do you remember how to ask, are you North American? Estos te en Norte Americano. And now try to ask, from where are you? De donde estos te. Estos te. De donde.
[08:57] De donde estos te. De donde estos te. Say, I am from Los Angeles. Soy de Los Angeles. Los Angeles. De Los Angeles. Soy de Los Angeles. Do you remember how to say, good morning? Buenos dias. Here's how to say, good afternoon. Listen and repeat. Buenas tardes. Tardes. Tardes. Buenas. Buenas tardes.
[09:59] Literally, you are saying, good afternoons. Say, good afternoon, in Spanish. Buenas tardes. Buenas tardes. Say, good morning. Buenas dias. Did you notice that you were saying... Buenas. In one case, and... Buenas. In the other. The reason is that... Dias. Is a masculine word, while... Tardes. Is a feminine word. Say, afternoons. Tardes. Here's how to say, the afternoon. Listen and repeat.
[10:47] La tarde. La tarde. The... La... Shows that... Tarde... Is a feminine word. A masculine word would use... El... Instead. Listen and repeat. El señor. La señora. Remembering that... Dias... Is a masculine word. Try to say, the day. El dia. El... El dia. Say, good morning. Buenas dias. Buenas.
[11:35] Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Buenas. How do you say, the afternoon? La tarde. Say, the day. El dia. Ask, how are you? Como esta usted? Como esta? Como esta usted? Answer, fine thanks. Bien gracias.
[12:21] Muy bien. Say, I'm from Chicago. Soy de Chicago. Soy de Chicago. I understand English. Entiendo ingles. I don't understand Spanish. Nú entiendo castellano. Nú entiendo castellano. Ask, do you speak English?
[13:12] Abla ingles. Abla usted ingles. Say, good afternoon, miss. Buenas tardes, senorita. Buenas tardes. Here's how to greet someone after dark. Listen and repeat. Buenas noches, senorita. Noches. Noches. Buenas. Buenas noches. Buenas noches, senorita.
[14:05] Say, good evening. Buenas noches. Literally, this means good nights, but it is used like our good evening. Say it again. Buenas noches. Now, guess what the word for night is in Spanish. Noche. Is it an el or a la word? La noche. La noche. Say, good evening. Buenas noches. Buenas noches.
[14:53] Say, the day. El día. El día. Good morning. Buenas días. How would you tell someone that you are a North American? Soy North Americano. Soy North Americana. Ask her, from where? De donde. De donde. Answer, from Mexico.
[15:43] De México. De México. I'm from Mexico. Soy de México. Soy de México. Say, I'm from Los Angeles. Soy de los Angeles. Soy de los Angeles. And you? Usted. You are from Mexico. Usted es de México.
[16:33] Usted es de México. She says, very good. Muy bien. Muy bien. You understand. Entiende. Usted en tiende. Say, yes, I understand. Si entiendo. A little. Un poco. I understand, a little. Entiendo un poco.
[17:24] She says, you speak Spanish. Abla castellano. Usted abla castellano. And you understand, very well. Entiendo muy bien. Entiendo muy bien. Thank you, ma'am. Gracias, señora. Goodbye. Adios. Good night, sir.
[18:14] Buenas noches, señor. Buenas noches, señora. Do you remember how to say, excuse me. Perdón. Ask the woman if she speaks English. Abla inglés, señora. Abla usted inglés. No, sir, I don't speak English. No, señor. No, abla inglés. No, señor.
[18:59] No, abla inglés. I speak Spanish. Abla castellano. Do you understand Spanish? Entiendo castellano. Entiendo usted castellano. A little. Un poco. Not very well. No muy bien. Say, I'm North American.
[19:46] Soy Norte Americano. Try to say, I'm from North America. Soy de Norte America. Norte America. America. Norte. Norte America. Soy de Norte America. Ask the woman where she's from. De donde es usted.
[20:34] De donde es usted. From Bolivia. Listen and repeat. De Bolivia. De Bolivia. Say, I'm from Bolivia. Soy de Bolivia. I'm from North America. Soy de Norte America. Ask the lady how she's feeling. Como esta usted, señora. Como esta, señora.
[21:23] Como esta usted, señora. Fine, thanks. Bien, gracias. And you? Usted. Very well, thanks. Muy bien, gracias. Good night, sir. Buenas noches, señor. Goodbye, ma'am. Adiós, señora. Now say, good morning, sir.
[22:15] Buenas días, señor. Buenas días, señor. No, ma'am. No, señora. Good evening. Buenas noches. No, good afternoon. No, buenas tardes. Very good. Muy bien. Good afternoon. Buenas tardes.
[23:01] She says, I'm Mrs. Garcia. Listen and repeat. Soy la señora Garcia. La señora. La señora Garcia. Soy la señora Garcia. He says, I'm Mr. Jones.