Sevillanas de Nochebuena

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level B1

Listen to this Flamenco-style song that incorporates the lyrics to a couple of more traditional Spanish Christmas carols. These are known as villancicos flamencos. There are several times where you can hear a very Andalucian way of pronouncing words, in particular where they drop the letter D from near the end of words. You can read more about this phenomenon here: Omission of the letter d in colloquial Spanish.

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the position of pronouns with conjugated verbs and the position of direct and indirect object pronouns with affirmative commands.

Exercise: Sevillanas de Nochebuena

Watch the video, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your KwizIQ notebook to practise later.

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