Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. Now in this lesson, lesson 40, we're going to

be talking about los idiomas, languages, and we'll have a conversation with Alfonso

about how he uses languages on a daily basis. We hope that you find this lesson useful

and that you can take lots of vocabulary from the lesson to use in your own conversations.

We'll take a breath, yes.

Now you know the routine by now, I'm going to let you hear the whole conversation that

I had with Alfonso about los idiomas, languages. Have a listen, see how much you understand

and then we'll go through it together.

Well Alfonso, what languages do you speak?

Well, I'm Spanish, so I speak Spanish and a little bit of English.

And is it important for you to speak other languages?

For me, particularly yes, because I work in tourism and I demand to speak English.

Are you studying English in the school?

Yes, it's mandatory. In Spanish, you study English in the school and in the

institute too.

So, what does a language here in Spanish begin to study?

When I was little, 20 years ago, we started studying English with eight or nine years.

Now it begins before, maybe with six years.

And do you think this is important?

Yes, of course it is important. We have to understand each other, right?

In Spanish you speak other languages too.

Yes, in addition to Spanish, in Galicia you speak the Galician, in the

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