Beginners 42: Getting on with people

Hola y bienvenidos a Spanish Obsessed. Welcome to Spanish obsessed beginners. I'm Rob, and in this podcast series I'll teach you those tidbits of Spanish which will help you through the early stages of learning this language. This isn't a structured course, so you don't need to work through it from the start in order, but you can dip in and out listening to any episode in any order that takes your fancy. In this podcast, we're going to look at ways that you can talk about getting on with someone or not, as the case may be. But before I get into that, I want to tell you about a little gift that we've made for you. We've created a fluency phrasebook. When you start out learning Spanish, one thing I always recommend is learning phrases as opposed to just individual words. The way our brain works is with chunks of meaning, and a phrase perfectly encapsulates that. So we've created this fluency phrasebook. What is it? It's 95 phrases, which are all super functional, so you can plug them into your conversations right away, and it will give you a head start in your journey to Spanish fluency.

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¿Cómo te fue con Luisa, la amiga de Pablo? La conociste ayer ¿no? ¿Se llevaron bien o mal?

How did it go with Luisa, Pablo's friend? You met her yesterday, didn't you? Did you get on well or badly?

Pues muy mal con ella, la verdad. No me cayó bien para nada.

Well, really badly with her, to be honest. I didn't like her at all.

¿En serio? A mí me pareció súper chévere cuando la conocí el otro día.

Really? I thought she was really cool when I met her the other day.

Pues yo no hice clic con ella. Es muy creída. Sólo habla de ella y no escucha a los demás.

Well, I didn't click with her. She's really full of herself. She only talks about herself and doesn't listen to other people.

¡Qué raro! A mí me cayó re bien. La pasamos muy chévere hablando por horas.

How strange! I got on really well with her. We had a great time talking for hours.

Sí. Tú te llevaste súper bien con ella. Pero seguro yo le caí mal a ella también.

Yes. You got on really well with her. But I'm sure she didn't like me either.