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Who Is Don Ramón? A Funny Neighbor from Mexico 🇲🇽 · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Speaker 1: Don Ramón is one of the most beloved TV characters
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  Speaker 1: in Latin America. He's famous for avoiding work, owing the rent,
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  Speaker 1: and getting angry at the kids in his neighborhood. How
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  Speaker 1: come a person like this is liked? Well, today you'll
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  Speaker 1: learn about this iconic character while practicing your Spanish in
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  Speaker 1: this episode of Spanish for Beginners. As you listen, pay
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  Speaker 1: attention to these three questions.¿ Cómo es la personalidad de
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  Speaker 1: Don Ramón? What is his personality like?¿ Cuál es su profesión?
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  Speaker 1: What is his occupation? And¿ Con quién vive? Who does
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  Speaker 1: he live with?¿ Listos?¡ Sí, señor! Let's listen first at
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  Speaker 1: a slow speed.¡ Vamos! Don Ramón es un personaje mexicano.
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  Speaker 1: de la serie El Chavo del Ocho. Es un hombre divertido,
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  Speaker 1: gruñón y un poco perezoso. Vive en un vecindario pobre
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  Speaker 1: con su hija, la chilindrina. Don Ramón no tiene un
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  Speaker 1: trabajo fijo. A veces trabaja como carpintero, vendedor o mecánico,
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  Speaker 1: pero normalmente evita el trabajo. Muchas veces no tiene dinero
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  Speaker 1: para pagar La renta. Don Ramón es uno de los
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  Speaker 1: personajes más queridos de la televisión latinoamericana. Too difficult? The
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  Speaker 1: transcript is available in the show notes. Remember the information
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  Speaker 1: you have to catch from this episode.¿ Cómo es la
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  Speaker 1: personalidad de Don Ramón?¿ Cuál es su profesión?¿ Con quién vive?
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  Speaker 1: Let's listen one more time now at a normal speed.
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  Speaker 1: Don Ramón es un personaje mexicano de la serie El
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  Speaker 1: Chavo del Ocho. Es un hombre divertido, gruñón y un
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  Speaker 1: poco perezoso. Vive en un vecindario pobre con su hija,
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  Speaker 1: la chilindrina. Don Ramón no tiene un trabajo fijo. A
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  Speaker 1: veces trabaja como carpintero, vendedor o mecánico, pero normalmente evita
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  Speaker 1: el trabajo. Muchas veces no tiene dinero para pagar la renta.
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  Speaker 1: Don Ramón es uno de los personajes más queridos de
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  Speaker 1: la televisión latinoamericana. Ok, let's break it down. First, personality.
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  Speaker 1: You get what his personality is like? In the orio,
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  Speaker 1: I say Don Ramón es divertido, gruñón y un poco perezoso.
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  Speaker 1: Let's repeat those adjectives. Divertido, gruñón, perezoso. Divertido means fun. Divertido.
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  Speaker 1: Gruñón is grumpy. Gruñón and perezoso. Perezoso means lazy, a
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  Speaker 1: person who doesn't like work very much. Perezoso. And Don
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  Speaker 1: Ramón fits that description. If you have amigos latinos, ask them,¿
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  Speaker 1: Conoces a Don Ramón? And I'm sure they'll look at
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  Speaker 1: you with a smile. Now, let's talk about his profession.
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  Speaker 1: Did you catch¿ Cuál es su profesión? Well, one interesting
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  Speaker 1: thing about Don Ramón in the series is that he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have a permanent job. In the audio, I say,
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  Speaker 1: no tiene un trabajo fijo. Trabajo fijo is a regular
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  Speaker 1: or permanent job. And that's why Don Ramón does different jobs.
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  Speaker 1: For example, carpintero, carpenter. Vendedor, salesperson. And mecánico, mechanic. Let's
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  Speaker 1: repeat them again. Carpintero, vendedor, mecánico. And finally, did you
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  Speaker 1: catch con quién vive? In the Oreo, I say, vive
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  Speaker 1: con su hija, la chilindrina. So he lives with his daughter,
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  Speaker 1: la chilindrina. Don Ramón and la chilindrina are one of
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  Speaker 1: the most famous father and daughter pairs in Latin American television.
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  Speaker 1: And another important word to understand the story of Don
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  Speaker 1: Ramón is la renta. In the orio, I say, no
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  Speaker 1: tiene dinero para pagar la renta. La renta is the rent.
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  Speaker 1: And that's one of the most common jokes in El
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  Speaker 1: Chavo del Ocho. The landlord, el señor Barriga, comes to
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  Speaker 1: collect the rent in almost every episode. And he always
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  Speaker 1: makes funny excuses for not having the money. And now
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  Speaker 1: that I say that out loud, Don Ramón wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: good example for kids. In fact, he's kind of the opposite.
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  Speaker 1: But he was really fun to watch. And that's why
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  Speaker 1: he remains one of the most recognizable and beloved characters
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  Speaker 1: in Latin America. And now that you know the vocabulary,
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  Speaker 1: let's listen to it one more time. Don Ramón es
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  Speaker 1: un personaje mexicano de la serie El Chavo del Ocho.
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  Speaker 1: Es un hombre divertido, gruñón y un poco perezoso. Vive
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  Speaker 1: en un vecindario pobre con su hija, la chilindrina. Don
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  Speaker 1: Ramón no tiene un trabajo fijo. A veces trabaja como carpintero,
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  Speaker 1: vendedor o mecánico. pero normalmente evita el trabajo. Muchas veces
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  Speaker 1: no tiene dinero para pagar la renta. Don Ramón es
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  Speaker 1: uno de los personajes más queridos de la televisión latinoamericana.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all for today. Gracias por escuchar Spanish for Beginners.
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  Speaker 1: El Chapulín Colorado, Mafalda, Condorito, and Don Ramón. So you
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  Speaker 1: Hasta la próxima!¡ Chao, chao!