Empanadas

Today is podcast day and I listened to #4 of the Duolingo Podcast series. I hope they put more of them on the YouTube channel, because it's very handy to watch the video while you listen.

Una chilena en China

This podcast was about a Chilean girl who while in China found a restaurant serving Chilean style empanadas, a welcome taste of home. She ends up meeting the chef and they fall in love. Of course they do! I want to know about the empanadas. I think most cultures have some sort of meat pie, though they might call it something else. In the podcast she mentions empanada del mar y carne.

This video talks about the empanada pino, which is beef, boiled egg, black olive and a raisin. Though from the comments on the video there seems to be some controversy. I may not have followed all of it though. People are so serious about food!

Would I Lie to You?

This morning I re-listened to Language Transfer Track #41 in which he introduces us to the second future tense "would". He explains that similar to "will":

• we add to the "to form" of the verb
• the stress moves to the end of the word or "into the future"; and
• there is one set of endings for all verbs -AR, -ER and -IR

The key sound is "ía"

• bailaría - I, He, She, It and You (formal) would dance 
• bailaríamos - We would dance
• bailarías - You (informal) would dance
• bailarían - They would dance

Which brings me to my video today, like Doris Day, Annie Lennox will help me remember this particular future tense. Would I Lie to You? - ¿Te mentiría? - Right?

Also today Ismar had us listen to the first Duolingo Podcast (with the transcript). Anouska posted a YouTube video from the Duolingo channel which had the transcript simultaneously playing with the sound, which was helpful. Sadly they don't have all the podcasts. But they did have this one, which is one of my favorites. Do you have a favorite?