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Chema y Emma son hermanos. Viven en una ciudad grande. Su abuela vive en el campo en un pueblo lejos de la ciudad. Cada mes, Chema y Emma van al campo con sus padres para ver su abuelita. Un día, el padre les dice….
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By the way, “Chema” is a boy’s name in Spanish. It is the nickname (el apodo) of the male name “José María.”
Is “Chema” a girl’s name or a boy’s name in Spanish?
¡Hola!
Chema is a boy. It’s a nickname for “José María”, a very Spanish boy’s name in Spain. I need to tell Mommy to add this info to the blog entry.
¡Hasta luego!
this was a good story i kinda liked it .
i would like to know what hermano means?
never mind i know what it means
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Hi, that was good. Great quality audio and a nice story. The difficulty was just about right for me (ie a bit challenging). I particularly liked the speaker’s accent – she sounds native. How much slower than natural/native speech is this and where is the accent from?
Hi Angela,
Thanks for your message. Cristina is the reader of this story (in the audio) and yes, she’s a native Spanish speaker from Barcelona, Spain. She read the story at a moderate speed, not too fast and not too slow. Although the story is for beginners, I didn’t want it to be read at a pace that would seem exaggerated or excessively slow, particularly since there are people of all levels, from beginner to native-speaker, who listen to these stories.
If after a couple of times listening to the audio you could understand more or less what was being read without seeing the text, you’re doing great!
Keep it up!
who do they write the letter to?
Su sitio web es lo que estoy buscando. He estudio Espanol por muchos anos pero todavia encuento problems cuando escucho a conversacion por ejemplo en las telenovelas. Muchos gracias por el recurso que ud provee.
Carolina
De nada, Carolina. Me alegra saberlo. Gracias a ti por escuchar el podcast y espero que siga siendo un recurso útil para ti en el futuro.
Saludos cordiales desde Madrid,
Eleena
A mis estudiantes de español les encantan los cuentos de Chema y Emma. ¿Cuándo vienen más cuentos? Gena
Hola Gena,
Gracias por su comentario. Me gustaría ofrecer más cuentos de este nivel pero me falta “feedback” de los oyentes. Si tiene alguna sugerencia (en cuanto a los temas gramaticales, etc.) se la agradecería.
If anyone would like to offer any suggestions or specific feedback to use in creating future Beginner-level stories, please email me directly at: eleena@codyscuentos.com
Thanks!
That was wonderful!