Oral topic: España

Question 1

I have been to spain many times

Answer 1

he estado en España muchas veces

Question 2

but i keep a special memory of the time I stayed in spain 2 years ago

Answer 2

pero guerdo un recuerdo especial de la vez que estuve en España hace dos años

Question 3

at the start of August I went to a small town in Gerona for 2 weeks

Answer 3

A principios de agosto fui a un pueblecito de Gerona dos semanas

Question 4

to learn and improve my spanish

Answer 4

para aprender y mejorar mi español

Question 5

and to experience the spanish culture and to live without my family

Answer 5

y experienciar la cultura española y vivir sin mi familia

Question 6

I learned a lot of spanish and i had a great time

Answer 6

Aprendí mucho y lo pasé genial

Question 7

i stayed with a very nice catalan family that had 3 daughters

Answer 7

me quedaba con una familia catalana muy maja que tenía tres hijas

Question 8

3 daughters aged 13, 15 and 19

Answer 8

tres hijas de 13, 15 y 19

Question 9

i got on best with the middle one

Answer 9

me llevaba mejor con la mediana

Question 10

because she came to my house on an exchange the year before

Answer 10

porque ella vino de intercambio a mi casa el año anterior

Question 11

i already knew her

Answer 11

ya la conocía

Question 12

we played basketball together

Answer 12

Jugábamos al baloncesto juntas

Question 13

I didn’t attend classes

Answer 13

no asistía a clases

Question 14

I spoke spanish all day

Answer 14

hablaba en español todo el día

Question 15

even though in Catalonia the people speak catalan

Answer 15

aun que en Cataluña la gente habla catalán

Question 16

they spoke to me in castillian

Answer 16

me hablaban en Castellano

Question 17

I understood them very well

Answer 17

les entendía muy bien

Question 18

at the start they spoke to me slower

Answer 18

al principio me hablaban más despacio

Question 19

some days we went to the municipal pool 2 minutes walk away

Answer 19

algunos días iba a la piscina municipal a dos minutos andando

Question 20

we could stay all day

Answer 20

podíamos quedarnos todo el día

Question 21

reading in the shade or playing cards

Answer 21

leer en la sombra o jugar alas cartas

Question 22

other days we went to the beach

Answer 22

otros días íbamos a la playa

Question 23

i liked it a lot because it was a stoney beach

Answer 23

me gustó mucho porque era de piedrecitas

Question 24

i don’t like sand

Answer 24

a mí no me gusta la arena

Question 25

you could swim far and it wasn’t dangerous

Answer 25

se podía nadar lejos y no era peligroso

Question 26

it wasn’t wavy

Answer 26

no había oleaje

Question 27

there were many fish but no jellyfish

Answer 27

había muchos peces pero no había medusas

Question 28

at night time we went on walks or jogging

Answer 28

por las noches íbamos de paseo o hacer footing

Question 29

what I liked best was the way of life and the weather

Answer 29

lo que más me gustó era la forma de vida y el tiempo

Question 30

because it was sunny and hot every day you could live life outside

Answer 30

como hacía sol y calor cada día, se podía hacer la vida al aire libre

Question 31

the spanish spend a lot of time on the street

Answer 31

los españoles pasan mucho tiempo en la calle

Question 32

walking, talking or on the patios drinking something

Answer 32

paseando, charlando o en las terrazas tomando algo