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We’re introducing a new “mini-series” – Preguntas con Pilar. Rob chats with Pilar, who is one of the teachers in the Spanish Obsessed Academy. She has incredible experience teaching Spanish, and in her conversations with Rob they focus more on the language aspect of Spanish. In this episode, they talk a little about Pilar’s experience, and Rob asks about a weird verb pattern he’s heard in Colombia.
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Rob

Rob

Inglés

Pilar

Pilar

Colombiana

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Transcript

Rob

[00:00:05]
Hola, Pilar. ¿Como estás?
Translation

Hi Pilar, how are you?

Pilar

[00:01:03]
Hola. ¿Qué tal?
Translation

Hi. How are you?

Rob

[00:01:04]
Bien, bien. Todo bien. ¿Como te fue la llegada a la sede internacional de Spanish Obsessed?
Translation

Good, good. All right. How was your arrival at the international headquarters of Spanish Obsessed?

Pilar

[00:01:10]
Fue fácil. Bueno, si tomas el transporte a tiempo y haces el buen cálculo, llegas.
Translation

It was easy. Well, if you take the shuttle on time and make the right calculation, you get there.

Rob

[00:01:17]
¿Tomaste un Uber o el Transmi?
Translation

Did you take an Uber or the Transmi?

Pilar

[00:01:20]
No, Transmi. Sí. Sí, sí.
Translation

No, Transmi. Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Rob

[00:01:23]
Pero tú vives muy al norte de Bogotá, ¿cierto?
Translation

But you live far north of Bogotá, right?

Pilar

[00:01:25]
Sí, vivo al nor occidente de Bogotá. Y pues siempre es distante. Pero a esta hora, Bogotá puede ser bastante amable. Entonces no tienes problema, no tienes estrés.
Translation

Yes, I live northwest of Bogotá. So it's definitely distant. But at this time of day, Bogotá can be quite friendly. So you don't have a problem, you don't have stress.

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