Are You Still a Beginner? Let’s Find Out
Speaking Spanish for Beginners
Latin ELE
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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🤔 Think you’re already beyond the Spanish beginner level?
In this episode, you’ll hear an excerpt from my other show, Basic Spanish Conversation, where I tell the story of Tom Araya, the Chilean‑born vocalist of the band Slayer.
This short listening test will help you check your Spanish level and see if you’re ready to move from beginner to upper‑beginner.
Are you ready for this challenge? ¡Vamos!
📝 Excerpt Transcript:
Entrevistadora: ¿Dónde y cuándo nació Tom Araya?
Marco: Tom Araya nació en la ciudad de Viña del Mar, en Chile. Nació el 6 de junio de 1961. Chile es su país natal, pero luego se fue a Estados Unidos.
Entrevistadora: ¿A qué edad se mudó a los Estados Unidos?
Marco: Se mudó a los Estados Unidos a los cinco años, en 1966. Se fue a la ciudad de South Gate, California.
Entrevistadora: ¿Qué instrumento toca?
Marco: Toca el bajo.
Entrevistadora: ¿A qué edad tuvo su primer bajo?
Marco: Él tuvo su primer bajo a los ocho años. A esa edad comenzó a tocar el instrumento con canciones de los Beatles y Rolling Stones.
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https://latinele.com/spanish-preterite-tense-practice-tom-araya/
¡Hasta pronto!
Marco
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| 0:00.0 | Still stuck at just saying, |
| 0:02.0 | hola in Spanish starter pack, |
| 0:06.0 | an ebook with 30 beginner-friendly lessons |
| 0:09.0 | that go along with this show, speaking Spanish for beginners. |
| 0:12.0 | Grab it for free at latinale.com slash Spanish dash beginners. |
| 0:17.0 | Do you think you're already beyond the beginner level in Spanish? |
| 0:22.2 | Let's find out. |
| 0:27.4 | In this episode, you'll hear an excerpt from my show Basic Spanish Conversations, where I tell the story of heavy metal legend Tomaraja, the vocalist of Slayer, who was born in Chile. |
| 0:34.0 | If you can follow this story, you're definitely not an early beginner anymore. |
| 0:39.0 | And to make it more interesting, here are three comprehension questions. |
| 0:43.7 | Number one, when was he born? |
| 0:47.8 | When was he born? |
| 0:49.8 | Number two, |
| 0:51.5 | At what age did he move to the United States? At what age did he move to the United States? And number three, what instrument to talk, and at what instrument does he play and when did he start? Are you ready for this? Sir, yes, sir! Let's! |
| 1:15.7 | Where and when Nacio? Tom Araya |
| 1:18.3 | Nacio, Nassio in the city |
| 1:19.6 | of Vinya del Mar, in Chile. |
| 1:21.9 | Nacio, the 6th of |
| 1:23.2 | June of 1961. |
| 1:26.0 | Chile is their |
| 1:27.0 | country natal, but then |
| 1:28.7 | he went to the States. |
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