CBS 2.39 | When to use the subjunctive

Coffee Break Spanish

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🗓️ 25 April 2011

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It’s the penultimate episode of this season of Coffee Break Spanish and we continue to follow the adventures of María-José and Andrew as they come to the end of their time together in Spain. This week Andrew is signing up for his course in the ayuntamiento and needs to ask for some directions. We’ll here more examples of the subjunctive in use. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 239 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

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0:00.0	As Helen opened her Amazon parcel,
0:03.0	her stomach filled with butterflies,
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0:08.0	this air-fryer tickled Helen's taste buds for a price lower
0:11.0	than she'd ever imagined.
0:13.0	Five stars from Helen.
0:15.0	Find star-rated products at star prices.
0:18.0	Start your search on Amazon today.
0:31.0	Well, that is a coffee break Spanish.
0:33.0	Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish.
0:35.0	It's lesson 79 and in this lesson,
0:38.0	we're continuing to look at the subjunctive.
0:40.0	And in particular, the triggers which make you use the subjunctive,
0:44.0	the words and phrases which mean that you have to use a subjunctive after them.
0:50.0	We'll also look at the context of directions
0:53.0	and look at some further command forms.
0:56.0	I hope you find this lesson useful.
1:01.0	Coffee break Spanish.
1:04.0	So as we explained, Andrew is taking his friend Michael to the Ayuntamiento,
1:09.0	which is kind of, can you remember what the Ayuntamiento is?
1:12.0	Is the town hall?
1:13.0	Yeah, exactly.
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