Mini Challenge #8: 🎧 Guess Their Age and Personality

Mini Challenge #8: 🎧 Guess Their Age and Personality

Author: Latin ELE June 24, 2026 Duration: 3:14
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Improve your Spanish listening skills with this beginner‑friendly challenge.

In this episode, you’ll hear a short conversation between two friends talking about new members of a sports club: Marcelo and Carolina.

Your task is to identify their age and personality based on the Spanish dialogue.

This mini‑challenge helps you review essential beginner topics such as age with “tener”, personality adjectives with “ser”, and everyday conversational phrases.

Ready? ¡Vamos!

📝 Dialogue Transcript 
A: ¿Conoces al nuevo miembro del club de deportes?
B: Sí, se llama Marcelo. Es muy simpático. Parece mayor, pero es joven, solo tiene 22 años.
A: Muy joven.
B: Sí, y también hay una señora nueva.
A: Ah sí, Carolina. Es un poco seria, pero no hablo mucho con ella. Tiene 40 años.

📚 Need extra help? Here are some lessons to review ⬇️

Age in Spanish 👇
https://latinele.com/talking-about-your-age-in-spanish/

Describing personality 👇
https://latinele.com/spanish-adjectives-to-describe-personality/

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