SPANISH WITH PAUL

MINI COURSE 5

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Hello this is Paul and welcome to Mini Course 5.

Inside I reveal one of my favorite shortcuts in Spanish using “acabo de” to instantly take you
into the past with any verb along with some new “high frequency” vocabulary.

I’ve also taken care to incorporate much of what you’ve already learned in the previous 4
courses in order to continue and sustain an even learning curve.
While these mini-courses will do wonders for your confidence and self-belief with Spanish
I’m still only dipping your toe in the water!
Whenever you’re ready to fully jump in and become completely fluent in conversational
Spanish my main course is waiting for you here.
Keep going, you absolutely can do this!

Paul

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English Spanish
I just acabo de
to eat comer
I just ate acabo de comer
to explain explicar
I just explained acabo de explicar
the reason why el porqué
I just explained the reason why acabo de explicar el porqué
to do it hacerlo
I just did it acabo de hacerlo
to call llamar
I just called acabo de llamar
to talk hablar
with him con él
I just talked with him acabo de hablar con él
with her con ella
I just talked with her acabo de hablar con ella
yesterday ayer
I just talked with her yesterday acabo de hablar con ella ayer
about sobre
the problem el problema
about the problem sobre el problema
I just talked with him yesterday about the problem acabo de hablar con él ayer sobre el problema
to discover descubrir
I just found out acabo de descubrir
I just found out the reason why acabo de descubrir el porqué
I just explained the reason why acabo de explicar el porqué
the truth la verdad
I just found out the truth today acabo de descubrir la verdad hoy
I just discovered the problem here acabo de descubrir el problema aquí
to arrive llegar
I just arrived acabo de llegar
I just arrived yesterday acabo de llegar ayer
he can't no puede
to be here estar aquí
I just found out the reason why he can't be here today acabo de descubrir el porqué no puede estar aquí hoy
about sobre
what happened que pasó
I just found out the truth about what happened yesterday acabo de descubrir la verdad sobre que pasó ayer
last night anoche
the house la casa
I just talked with her last night about the problem with the acabo de hablar con ella anoche sobre el problema con la casa
house
he/she just acaba de
to eat comer
he just ate acaba de comer
she just arrived acaba de llegar

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 to call llamar
to call me llamarme
she just called me yesterday acaba de llamarme ayer
he just found out what happened yesterday acaba de descubrir que pasó ayer
he just found out the truth acaba de descubrir la verdad
to tell decir
to tell me decirme
he just told me acaba de decirme
he just told me what happened yesterday acaba de decirme que pasó ayer
last night anoche
she just told me the reason why last night acaba de decirme el porqué anoche
that que
he just told me that acaba de decirme que
he can't do it no puede hacerlo
he just told me he can't do it today acaba de decirme que no puede hacerlo hoy
she just told me she can't be here tomorrow acaba de decirme que no puede estar aquí mañana
to work trabajar
he has to work tiene que trabajar
he just told me he can't be here tomorrow because he has to acaba de decirme que no puede estar aquí mañana porque tiene
work que trabajar
with you contigo
she just told me she doesn't want to talk with you acaba de decirme que no quiere hablar contigo
he just discovered the reason why she doesn't want to be here acaba de descubrir el porqué no quiere estar aquí hoy
now
to call llamar
to call you llamarte
to go out salir
she wants to call you because she just discovered that she quiere llamarte porque acaba de descubrir que no puede salir
can't go out tonight because she has to work esta noche porque tiene que trabajar
I can't do it today because he just told me that I have to work no puedo hacerlo hoy porque acaba de decirme que tengo que
trabajar
I know sé
I know that it's important sé que es importante
I know that it's important but I can't be here today because I sé que es importante pero no puedo hacerlo hoy porque acabo
just found out I have to work de descubrir que tengo que trabajar
to see ver
to see him verlo
I just saw him acabo de verlo
I just saw him yesterday acabo de verlo ayer
at the party en la fiesta
I just saw him at the party acabo de verlo en la fiesta
to see her verla
I just saw her at the party last night acabo de verla en la fiesta anoche
I would like me gustaría
I would like to see her me gustaría verla
I would like to see him today me gustaría verlo hoy
I wouldn't like no me gustaría
I wouldn’t like to do it no me gustaría hacerlo

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 again
I wouldn't like to see her again
I wouldn't like to do it again
to go
I would like to go with you
all day
I would like to go with you but I can't because I just found out
I have to be here all day
otra vez
no me gustaría verla otra vez
no me gustaría hacerlo otra vez
ir
me gustaría ir contigo
todo el día
me gustaría ir contigo pero no puedo porque acabo de
descubrir que tengo que estar aquí todo el día

Vocabulary Drill

I just acabo de
he/she just acaba de
to eat comer
to explain explicar
the reason why el porqué
to do hacer
to do it hacerlo
to call llamar
to call me llamarme
to tell decir
to tell me decirme
to talk hablar
with him con él
with her con ella
with you contigo
yesterday ayer
today hoy
about sobre
the problem el problema
to discover descubrir
the truth la verdad
to arrive llegar
what happened que pasó
last night anoche
the house la casa
that que
to work trabajar
to go out salir
I know sé
important importante
to see ver
to see him verlo
to see her verla
at the party en la fiesta

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