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Question 1

How is it going for you? How are you coping with the cold?

Answer 1

¿Cómo te va? ¿Cómo llevas el frío?

Question 2

It’s going well for me, but I’m cold.

Answer 2

Me va muy bien, pero tengo frío.

Question 3

I thought as much! (I imagined so!)

Answer 3

¡Me lo imaginaba!

Question 4

Here where I live it doesn’t tend to snow a lot, but this time it truly has snowed.

Answer 4

Aquí donde vivo no suele nevar mucho, pero esta vez sí que ha nevado.

Question 5

The streets are covered in snow.

Answer 5

Están las calles cubiertas de nieve.

Question 6

And who is this guest?

Answer 6

Y ¿quién es este invitado?

Question 7

It’s a pleasure to be here with you and Alba.

Answer 7

Es un placer estar aquí contigo y Alba.

Question 8

Where are you from?

Answer 8

¿de dónde vienes? (Venir here means “to be from/ to be a native of)

Question 9

Well, I come from Galicia, which is a region located in the northwest of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula.

Answer 9

Pues yo vengo de Galicia que es una región que está situada en el noroeste de España en la península ibérica.

Question 10

Can you explain to us a little about what it is like geographically?

Answer 10

Nos puedes explicar un poco cómo es geográficamente?

Question 11

It has very dense vegetation, it has many trees.

Answer 11

Tiene una vegetación muy densa, tiene muchos árboles.

Question 12

That’s why it’s very similar to here.

Answer 12

Por eso es muy parecido a aquí.

Question 13

What are the best-known cities?

Answer 13

¿Cuáles son las ciudades más conocidas?

Question 14

Well Galicia is not a place that stands out for its cities because they are very large or have many - it is quite rural.

Answer 14

Bueno Galicia no es un lugar que destaque por sus ciudades porque sean muy grandes o tenga muchas - es bastante rural. (Destacar = to stand out. Subjunctive used because this place may or may not exist “destaque”, “sean”)

Question 15

Ah, this one does sound familiar.

Answer 15

Ah, esta sí que me suena.

Question 16

The Cathedral of Santiago is quite famous, and there, in theory, supposedly, lie the remains of the apostle Santiago.

Answer 16

La Catedral de Santiago es bastante famosa, y allí, en teoría, supuestamente, yacen los restos del apóstolo Santiago. (Yacer = to lie i.e. to be buried)

Question 17

Perhaps it is better that you explain a little about what the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) consists of.

Answer 17

Quizás sea mejor que expliques un poco en qué consiste el Camino de Santiago. (Expliques = subjunctive of explicar. Subjunctive after es/sea mejor que…)

Question 18

Let’s see, well, the Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage that can be done from various points.

Answer 18

A ver, pues, el Camino de Santiago es un peregrinaje que se puede realizar desde diversos puntos. (Realizar = to execute i.e. to carry out/ to do/ to perform)

Question 19

Lately, in recent years there are people who do it on horseback, by bicycle… each one does it how they want.

Answer 19

últimamente en los últimos años hay gente que lo realiza a caballo, en bicicleta… cada uno se lo monta como quiere. (Montarse = to handle/ to organize (Spain colloquial). Realizar = to undertake/ to complete)

Question 20

I have already explained to you that I am Catalan and, well, very proud of being so and I wanted to ask you David if in Galicia you are also lucky enough to speak two languages.

Answer 20

Ya te he explicado que soy catalana y, bueno, muy orgullosa de serlo y yo quería preguntarte David si en Galicia también tenéis la suerte de hablar dos idiomas.

Question 21

In Galicia, apart from Spanish, which is the state language, we have our own language, native to the land, which is Galician.

Answer 21

En Galicia, aparte del español, que es la lengua estatal, tenemos el idioma propio, originario de la tierra que es el gallego.

Question 22

It’s similar to Spanish, Mark, but it’s more like portuguese.

Answer 22

Se parece al castellano, Mark, pero se parece bastante más al portugués.

Question 23

Let’s see, well instead of saying ‘thank you’, the normal thing is to say “graziñas”…

Answer 23

A ver, pues en vez de decir ‘gracias’, lo normal es decir graziñas…

Question 24

But nevertheless, in certain schools or institutes, especially if they are private, Spanish is used more.

Answer 24

Pero sin embargo en determinados colegios o en institutos, sobretodo si son privados, se utiliza más el castellano.

Question 25

Well look, we were just talking about it.

Answer 25

Pues mira, justamente lo estábamos hablando. (Justamente can also mean accurately or in a just manner)

Question 26

I think that in Spain it is not an event that people usually celebrate as often as it can be here.

Answer 26

Creo que en España no es un evento que la gente suela celebrar tan a menudo como puede ser aquí. (Unclear why soler is in the subjunctive)

Question 27

Yes, we have our own day of love.

Answer 27

Sí, tenemos nuestro propio día de amor.

Question 28

San Jordi consists of the boys giving a rose (normally red) to the girls, and the girls giving books to the boys, although the tradition is changing

Answer 28

San Jordi consiste en que los chicos regalan una rosa (roja normalmente) a las chicas, y las chicas les regalan libros a los chicos, aunque la tradición está cambiando. (Regalar = to give (as a gift) or to give away (for free)

Question 29

Before ending this conversation, one thing is missing.

Answer 29

Antes de terminar esta conversación, falta una cosa.

Question 30

I wouldn’t trade one minute of yesterday with you for a hundred years of life without you.

Answer 30

No cambiaría un minuto de ayer contigo por cien años de vida sin ti.

Question 31

Well I think it’s time to finish before this gets out of hand, right?!

Answer 31

Bueno creo que ya es hora de terminar antes de que esto se salga de madre, ¡¿no?! (Salirse de madre = to get out of control)

Question 32

We’ve talked a little about Valentine’s Day traditions, since next Saturday is the fourteenth of February.

Answer 32

Hemos hablado un poco sobre las tradiciones de San Valentín, dado que el sábado que viene es día catorce de febrero. (Dado que = given that/ since)

Question 33

I’m pleased Alba’s boyfriend is with us today

Answer 33

me alegro de que el novio de Alba esté con nosotros hoy (Note: me alegro de que + subjunctive.)

Question 34

Calm down/ don’t worry

Answer 34

tranquilízate