5.2 Intralingual subtitles
To practise the use of intralingual subtitles, watch the video of Celia with Spanish subtitles. Make a note of five new words or expressions you are not familiar with.
Actividad 22
To practise the use of intralingual subtitles, watch the video of Celia with Spanish subtitles. Make a note of five new words or expressions you are not familiar with.
Transcript
Actividad 23
Add the five words and phrases you identified in Actividad 22 to the table below. Then complete the rest of the table by looking them up in a dictionary. The first link will take you to a monolingual Spanish only online dictionary, and the second to a Spanish-English one.
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Link: Diccionario de la lengua española [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
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Link: WordReference
| New word or phrase | English | Spanish definition |
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| de trato fácil | easy going | persona flexible, agradable, positiva y servicial |
| entorno | environment, context | círculo(s) donde se vive o se mueve una persona, por ejemplo el trabajo, el hogar, etc. |
Answer
You may have noted some of these words.
| New word or phrase | English | Spanish definition |
|---|---|---|
| de trato fácil | easy going | persona flexible, agradable, positiva y servicial |
| entorno | environment, context | círculo(s) donde se vive o se mueve una persona, por ejemplo el trabajo, el hogar, etc. |
| buen humor | Good humoured | Tendencia alegre de una persona |
| sentirme bien conmigo misma | Feeling good about myself | (Note that misma is feminine and a male would say: mismo) |
| a corto plazo | Short term | Dentro de un periodo breve |
| Nuevas metas | New goals | Fin a que se dirigen las acciones o deseos |
| Falta de miedo | Lack of fear | Sin angustias o aprensiones |