Season 3, Lesson 2

Question 1

Mark was telling us

Answer 1

Mark nos contaba…

Question 2

he told us

Answer 2

nos contó

Question 3

that is to say that…

Answer 3

es decir que …

Question 4

Italian and English

Answer 4

italiano e inglés

Question 5

what other languages do you speak?

Answer 5

¿qué otros idiomas hablas?

Question 6

let’s say that…

Answer 6

digamos que… (Digamos is present subjunctive of decir and is used in an imperative form: “let’s do something…”.)

Question 7

you could say / one could say (that)

Answer 7

se podría decir (que)

Question 8

other than that

Answer 8

además de eso

Question 9

Norwegian

Answer 9

el noruego

Question 10

I’ve been told…

Answer 10

me han contado

Question 11

I know that

Answer 11

lo sé yo

Question 12

don’t lie to me

Answer 12

no me mientas

Question 13

our listeners can check that out for themselves; our listeners will soon see for themselves

Answer 13

ya lo comprobarán nuestros oyentes

Question 14

which is your favourite

Answer 14

¿cuál es tu preferido?

Question 15

the sound

Answer 15

el sonido

Question 16

magic

Answer 16

mágico

Question 17

I was living for a year

Answer 17

estuve viviendo un año

Question 18

a whole year

Answer 18

un año entero

Question 19

let’s get back to Spanish

Answer 19

volvamos quizás al español

Question 20

right at this moment

Answer 20

ahora mismo

Question 21

I love the way it sounds

Answer 21

me encanta cómo suena

Question 22

now that I’m living

Answer 22

ahora que estoy viviendo

Question 23

by the way, moreover

Answer 23

por cierto

Question 24

to mean

Answer 24

significar

Question 25

to be correct

Answer 25

tener razón

Question 26

One could say that I like Spanish.

Answer 26

Se podría decir que me gusta el español.

Question 27

I’ve been told that you speak German.

Answer 27

Me han dicho que hablas alemán.

Question 28

Don’t lie to me: I know that you speak Italian.

Answer 28

No me mientas: sé que hablas italiano.

Question 29

Let’s speak Japanese together.

Answer 29

Hablemos japonés juntos.

Question 30

Let’s say what we have to say in Chinese.

Answer 30

Digamos lo que tenemos que decir en chino.

Question 31

I love the way Norwegian sounds.

Answer 31

Me encanta el sonido del noruego.

Question 32

You’re right: Icelandic is a difficult language.

Answer 32

Tienes razón: el islandés es una lengua difícil / un idioma difícil.

Question 33

I’ll tell you when I speak Portuguese.

Answer 33

Ya te diré cuando hable portugués.