Prepare: Build a small decision tree from a delivery exchange.
Pick a delivery role-play or a household video with a clear instruction about leaving an item. Make three fields: first attempt, condition, fallback. Do not copy private addresses from a real clip into shared notes. The invented example practises language. It does not establish a carrier's delivery rules or prove that a building is secure enough for an unattended parcel.
A worked Spanish exchange
This is an invented teaching example. Read the Spanish first. Use the translation to check meaning, not as a substitute for real listening.
| Spanish | English meaning |
|---|---|
| Llegaré entre las dos y las cuatro. | I will arrive between two and four. |
| Si no estoy, déjelo con la vecina del segundo. | If I am not there, leave it with the neighbour on the second floor. |
| ¿Y si tampoco está? | And if she is not there either? |
| Entonces llámeme. No lo deje en el portal. | Then call me. Do not leave it in the building entrance. |
| De acuerdo, le llamo si no abre nadie. | All right, I will call you if nobody answers the door. |
Your turn / Evidence before guesses
Make your record
Draw the delivery choices in order. Include the stated arrival window, but do not turn it into an exact appointment. Identify the person allowed to receive the parcel and the prohibited location. Then state what should happen if neither person answers. Decide whether the exchange shows a completed delivery or only an agreement about a future attempt.
Open the answer key
The driver plans to arrive between two and four. Try the recipient first. If the recipient is absent, the neighbour on the second floor may receive the parcel. If she is absent too, call the recipient. Do not leave the parcel in the building entrance. The final reply agrees to call if nobody answers. No delivery is shown. The two-hour window is not a promise of arrival at exactly two or exactly four.
Try a changed version
Use arrows to make a yes-or-no tree: recipient answers; neighbour answers; call. Put a barred box around the entrance so the prohibited option remains visible. Now remove the neighbour's permission from the text. The tree must jump from absent recipient directly to call. This extension shows why you cannot import a familiar delivery routine into a new exchange when the speaker has not authorised it.
The detail that changes the meaning
Si no estoy opens the first condition. Tampoco extends the absence to the second person. Entonces connects that second failure to the fallback call. No lo deje is a prohibition, not a suggestion. Portal here means the building entrance, not an internet portal. Follow lo back to the parcel, even though the most recent noun in the conversation may be a person or a location.
Take the task to a real video
In your real video, listen for if, otherwise, and do not instructions. Make a decision tree rather than a list of place names. Check the caption for the negative instruction, since missing no can reverse the plan. Record the agreed process without saving personal data. For a real delivery, use the carrier's current contact and authorisation process. This sheet cannot give permission on anyone's behalf.
Tool note / Our app
We make Jibber Jabber. Use captions to inspect the condition and the negative instruction in a delivery scene. Keep private addresses out of shared vocabulary notes. Your decision tree remains outside the app. The tool does not authorise a real neighbour handover, track a parcel, or change a carrier's delivery instructions.
Questions & answers
Does entre las dos y las cuatro mean a two-hour appointment?
It is an arrival window. The exact arrival within it is not stated.
Can the driver leave it at the entrance?
No. The recipient explicitly prohibits that option in this exchange.
Has the neighbour accepted the parcel?
The text does not show that. It only gives permission for a future handover under a condition.
Sources for this worksheet
The dialogue, task, variation, and key are original editorial teaching material. They are not a transcript, a quotation, or a report of a real transaction.
- Official Jibber Jabber sources — supports the tool description and plan limits, not a claim about learning results. Retrieved 9 November 2026; source reviewed 28 October 2026.
- Workbook method — explains the evidence labels and the limits of the written key.
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Jibber Jabber. “A parcel delivery in Spanish: permission, condition, and fallback.” Spanish Fieldnotes. Updated 9 November 2026. https://spanishcomprehensibleinput.com/parcel-delivery-condition/