Shadowing Practice: Breakfast in Slow Spanish | Super Easy Spanish 105 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello everyone and welcome to Super Slow Easy Spanish.
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Today we will be able to film in Barcelona.
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But before we eat, right, Jose?
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Well, yes, what a good idea.
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I have fruit and sugar.
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And I have a bread.
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Oh!
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I want to bite.
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Let's go?
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Let's go, but where?
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Well, to Juanjo's house.
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Let's go!
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Oh Harry, what a surprise!
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You also come to visit a Joaco!
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Do you want to eat?
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Yes!
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Well, let's go!
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Let's go!
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We are going to eat tomorrow.
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What would you like to eat?
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¿Ya desayunaste?
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¿Quieres algo de desayunar?
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¿Quieres desayunar?
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Trajimos algunas cosas.
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¿Sí?
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Claro.
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¿Por qué no se van sentando?
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¿Te ayudamos con algo?
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¿Por qué no van poniendo la mesa?
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Perfecto.
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Casi la tiro toda.
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But I have to put the salt on the water.
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What do you usually eat?
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I can't start my day without a coffee cup.
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I like to eat something sweet.
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I prefer to eat something salty.
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I usually eat bread with paté.
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I don't usually eat more than just coffee.
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But, I had a few hours, I ate a little fruit and now I will share a ensaimada with Jose.
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The ensaimada is a typical Mallorca.
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My coffee loves me.
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Without sugar, without milk, so nothing more.
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I usually prepare it in French press, but unfortunately it broke.
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And now I do it in the cafeteria.
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I usually eat fruit with nuts,
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but today I'm going to eat a star egg with bread,
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a orange jug, and a little bit of a coffee with olive oil.
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I like the eggs, also rolled,
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cooked, but my favorite ones are the pochados.
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I love this moment.
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I love the egg with bread.
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I can also put the egg on the bread and eat it like a toast.
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And these croissants look very good.
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Maybe one too.
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Mmm, that's good!
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Yes, Aida.
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What do you usually eat?
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Ah, I usually eat with a bit of yogurt and a bit of an apple.
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Why are you not eating with us?
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I'm doing the exercises.
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Well, but a coffee, a croissant...
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Let's go.
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With the exercises that Aida is doing, you can practice the vocabulary and the grammar that you see in the episodes.
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For example, in this episode, you can practice, like, taza, plato.
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Is it good, Aida?
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Good.
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Además de los ejercicios, tenemos una comunidad con muchos beneficios, hasta sesiones de conversación con Aida y conmigo.
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Si quieren ver las membresías, está el link en la descripción.
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Buenísimo.
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Buenísimo.
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Buenísimo.
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Yo soy más de té.
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Prefiero tomar tea.
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How do you like tea?
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I like it with a little milk or without milk. Do you want coffee? With milk? With sugar?
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Normally, I usually take a cup of tea.
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I show you how to prepare.
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Spanish say, the one who waits, waits.
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Now we are going to put the tea bag in the cup and the water is burning.
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And when the tea is ready, a little bit of milk.
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Perfect!
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Mmm, we ate very delicious!
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The breakfast was very delicious!
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¡Qué buen desayuno!
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¿Y tú?
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¿Qué desayunaste?
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Escríbelo en los comentarios, dale me gusta a este video,
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suscríbete a nuestro canal y si quieres escuchar a las personas hablar acerca del té y de café,
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puedes ver este video aquí.
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¡Adiós!
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¡Provecho!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 91 sentences and 568 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:00. The speaker talks slowly, about 81 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 66% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
algorithm noun/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input…
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
bite verb/baɪt/To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
canal noun/kəˈnæl/An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
grammar noun/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
olive noun/ˈɑ.lɪv/A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
dale noun/deu/A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
toast noun/toʊst/Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
vocabulary noun/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
salty adjective/ˈsɔlti/Tasting of salt.
persona noun/pɝˈsoʊnə/A social role.
yogurt noun/ˈjɒɡ.ət/A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
mesa noun/ˈmeɪ.sə/A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
croissant noun/kɹəˈsɑnt/A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around noware you not eating · I'm doing · is doing
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingare going to eat · I'm going to eat · are going to put
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill be · will share

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like delicious, algorithm, egg.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →