Hey! Que Tal? - Free Spanish Lessons

Lesson 07: Orientándose, getting our bearings straight

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Hola y bienvenidos a un nuevo capitulo de Hey Que tal? Lecciones de español gratuitas, mi nombre es Pablo Apiolazza y como veniamos hablando de viajar hoy vamos a hablar de orientación. Hi and welcome to a new chapter of Hey Que tal? Free spanish lessons. My name is Pablo Apiolazza and since we´ve been talking about travelling today we´re going to talk about bearings.When we get to a new place one of the first things we do is grab a map. Spanish for map is very easy: Mapa.The map has cardinal points, puntos cardinales. North is NorteSouth is SurEast is Esteand West is OesteWhen we navigate on a map, the places are either north, south, east or west of other places. For instance, in Buenos Aires, the airport is out of town, south west from the city. The way to say this is the following En Buenos Aires, el aeropuerto está en las afueras, al sudeste de la ciudad.In other words, the city is placed at north of the airport. La ciudad esta al norte del aeropuerto. If we are on the city, you wouldn´t be lying if you s