Do you know Latin American Spanish already and want to go a stage further? If you're planning a visit to South America, need to brush up your Latin American Spanish for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and extend your skills.
Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study. Structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Latin American Spanish, it has been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of the grammar and vocabulary.
Key features of Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2 include:
Revision material to help consolidate and build up your basics
Lots of spoken and written exercises in each unit
A grammar reference and detailed answer keys
Extensive Spanish/English and English/Spanish glossaries
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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Carlos and Verónica are checking who is absent from a meeting, which is due to start soon.
CARLOS Mira, Javier no ha podido venir porque está con un fuerte resfrío. Me parece que está algo débil y no se cuida. Aunque está de vacaciones, no ha dejado de trabajar en varios asuntos pendientes. Me preocupa, porque estuvo mal de los bronquios durante varios meses el año pasado. Es muy descuidado cuando se trata de su salud.
VERÓNICA Ojalá que no sea nada que se le complique y termine otra vez en el hospital, como la vez pasada.
CARLOS ¿Y Marisa?
VERÓNICA Ella no ha venido tampoco porque está de viaje.
CARLOS No me digas que está de veraneo en alguna playa caribeña.
VERÓNICA No, no. Marisa ha viajado por asuntos de negocios. Está tratando de negociar un nuevo contrato con los representantes en Chile y Argentina. Creo que ahora está en Buenos Aires. Es muy viajera.
Vocabulary ◆
no se cuida
doesn't look after herself
asuntos pendientes
pending matters
mal de los bronquios
bronchitis
descuidado
careless
de veraneo
on summer holidays
Language point ◆
Ser and estar
Generally speaking ser is used to indicate identity or nature, as in these examples:
El producto es mexicano. The product is Mexican.
La bebe es tranquila. She is a quiet baby.
Note: In some countries, Argentina for example, beba is used to refer to a baby girl.
On the other hand, estar usually indicates state, as in these examples:
El conflicto está en su peor momento. The conflict is at its worst moment.
No me parece que esta comida ya esté preparada. I don’t think that this meal is already cooked.
Other uses of ser and estar
ser + de (made of)
El auto es de fibra de vidrio. The car is made of fibreglass.
El envase es de cartón reciclable. This cardboard container is recyclable.
ser + de (description)
La situación es de correr. You just want to escape from that situation.
La chica es de armas tomar. This girl is someone you don’t mess about with.
estar + de (mood, situation)
Marisa está de veraneo. Marisa is on summer holiday.
Esa farmacia está de turno. That chemist is on duty.
Note: in Latin America, the expression usually used to refer to an establishment or person ‘on duty’ is de turno. In Spain de guardia is preferred.
estar + con (physically or emotionally affected)
Ricardo está con dolor de cabeza. Ricardo has a headache.
Azucena está con ganas de volver a actuar. Azucena wants to return to acting.
estar + por (about to be done)
Estamos por salir. We are about to leave.
Esa historia está todavía por escribirse. Nobody has written that story yet.
estar + que (to indicate intense or repeated action)
Pobre mujer, está que llora todo el día. Poor woman, she has been crying all day long.
Estoy que me muero de hambre. I am starving.
Exercise 1
Select one of the following expressions to fill in the gaps in the sentences below.
ser de
estar con
estar de
estar por
estar que
Toda la noche ha _________ fiebre muy alta. La chica _________ llora sin parar.
La parte exterior _________ metal, pero el interior no.
Había _________ llamarte, pero no llegué a hacerlo.
Mi marido es militar y cuando _________ servicio no tiene hora fija para volver a casa.
El bebe _________ se queja constantemente. Creo que voy a llamar al médico.
Esas personas _________ confianza. Te van a ayudar.
Quisiera una cerveza. (Yo) _________ me muero de sed.
Me faltan unas dos o tres páginas. (Yo) _________ terminar de leer el libro.
No, no está en el trabajo. (Ella) _________ vacaciones.
