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3.8: Answer, how many children do you have? Nov 01, 2024

This 8th episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have. For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal) Oct 31, 2024

Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting. This 7th episode covers both situations.

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal) Oct 30, 2024

When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal. It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this m-episode.

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence Oct 29, 2024

3.4: Professions in Spanish Oct 28, 2024

This 4th episode teaches you how to say some basic professions in Spanish. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and you may need to look up how to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes Oct 27, 2024

In Latin America, it is actually unusual for somebody to ask what you do when you first meet. The first question you get is usually about your family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children. This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.

3.2: Conversation about work & family Oct 26, 2024

This 2nd episode is a basic overview of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. It is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. They have just met and are getting to know each other.

3.1: Talking about work & family Oct 25, 2024

This 1st episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

2.22 – Review + Congratulations Oct 24, 2024

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

2.21 – Visualization Practice Oct 23, 2024

This 21st episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live Oct 22, 2024

This 20th episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live Oct 21, 2024

2.18 – Answer “Where Are You From” vs “Where Are You All From” Oct 20, 2024

2.17 – Ask, “Where Are You From” Formal vs Informal Oct 19, 2024

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from. There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way., and one way to ask a group. This 17th episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

2.16 – Bring It Together Oct 18, 2024

This 16th episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

2.15 – Answer, “How Is The Weather In . . .” Oct 17, 2024

In this 15th episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

2.14 – Make It A Statement or a Question in Spanish Oct 16, 2024

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This 14th episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

2.13 – The Weather In Spanish Oct 15, 2024

2.12 – Bringing it Together: Ask + Answer “Do You Like” Oct 14, 2024

2.11 – Answering “Do You Like . . .” Oct 13, 2024

In this 11th episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . . Oct 12, 2024

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This m-episode walks you through each, with examples.

2.9 – Pulling It All Together: How Long Have You Lived In . . . Oct 11, 2024

Here, we bring together everything we've learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast so far. You'll practice talking about where you live, using basic numbers and days, weeks, or months to describe.

2.8 – On The Fly: How Long Have You Lived In Mexico? Oct 10, 2024

In this 8th episode we will make sure you have grasped what we've learned in this unit so far. In this episode, we'll see how well you can answer questions about how long you've lived somewhere -- on the fly! We'll provide a time frame -- say, four months -- and you add "He vivido in Mexico" in front of it.

2.7 – Telling People How Long You Have Lived Somewhere Oct 09, 2024

2.6 – Days, Weeks, and Months in Spanish Oct 08, 2024

In this 6th episode, you will learn how to say the word "day(s)," week(s)," and month(s)," and similar terms in Spanish. This is really important if you want to tell someone how long you've been somewhere, how long you're going to be somewhere, or find out how long other people have been in those locations.

2.5 – Numbers In Spanish Oct 07, 2024

2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___? Oct 06, 2024

Let's learn how to ask someone how long they have lived somewhere. In this m-episode, we're going to give you a location and all you have to do is repeat it out loud by adding the words "Cuanto tiempo a vivido en . . . " to the beginning of each sentence.

2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes Oct 05, 2024

To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous episode.

2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish Oct 04, 2024

In this 2nd episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in which two people discuss a location. That location is Boston, where a Mr. Michael Smith is from. This is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. Mr. Smith has recently moved to Mexico.

2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live Oct 03, 2024

1.15: Unit 1 Review Oct 02, 2024

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 1 of the Spanish Lingua podcast, brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others Respond to others when they greet you Introduce yourself and others with you Respond when others introduce themselves to you. If you are not confident with this yet, repeat this episode as many times as you need If you want additional free practice just visit our website LiveLingua.com. If you liked this episode, please take a minute to leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. As a small family-run boutique language school, we really appreciate it. In the next episode you will learn how to share basic information about where you are from and ask the same information of others you meet. Hasta pronto.

1.14: Visualization Practice Oct 01, 2024

1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others Sep 30, 2024

1.12: Bring It All Together Sep 29, 2024

1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members Sep 28, 2024

1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members Sep 27, 2024

1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing Sep 26, 2024

1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others Sep 25, 2024

1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics Sep 24, 2024

1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics Sep 23, 2024

1.5: Honorifics in Spanish Sep 22, 2024

Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this 5th episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish. I’ll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn’t actually know what an honorific was. It wasn’t until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we’re going to learn some of these titles. Side note — In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, they put a lot of emphasis on these titles. It’s very important that you call them Señor, Señora, Señorita. If you know they have a college degree or a Masters, they even have a title for that — and you’re going to learn this in this episode. It can be difficult for somebody who is not a native Spanish speaker to pick up on this in the beginning. But really put in the effort — in addition to the titles, you have to remember the gender. Enjoy the 5th episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos.

1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening Sep 21, 2024

1.3: Language + Cultural Notes Sep 20, 2024

1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & Others Sep 19, 2024

1.1: Introduction + Objectives Sep 18, 2024

10.13: Unit 10 review Sep 17, 2024

This 13th episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

10.12: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Sep 16, 2024

This 12th episode is a visualization practice that picks up where the visualization practice of Unit 9 leaves off. It continues the dining experience through ordering your meal. You may find it helpful to play both visualization practices back to back, just for practice.

10.11: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) review Sep 15, 2024

In this 11th episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this m-episode and the prior m-episodes in Unit 10.

10.10: Bring It All Together - Ordering at a restaurant Sep 14, 2024

This 10th episode brings everything you have learned in the past few episodes together. Listen to the material in English and say it in Spanish. The first run through we won’t give you the Spanish answer to give you time to say it yourself. Then we’ll go through it again and say the English with the Spanish answer.

10.9: Ordering your meal Sep 13, 2024

10.8: Asking if a dish has specific ingredients (gluten, peanuts, meat, shellfish, etc). Sep 12, 2024

This one is for those with dietary restrictions and their travel companions. One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this 8th episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.7: Asking what a dish is made of Sep 11, 2024

One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this 7th episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.6: Vocabulary - Ingredients in dishes Sep 10, 2024

10.5: Ordering your steak – well done to rare Sep 09, 2024

If you are going to order steak in Latin America they will probably ask you how well you would like it cooked. This 5th episode will teach you how to order your steak just how you like it, and know what to expect when the order is taken.

10.4: Different foods in Spanish Sep 08, 2024

10.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Sep 07, 2024

10.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Sep 06, 2024

10.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Sep 05, 2024

Welcome to Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Objectives. In this unit, you will learn how to ask for the menu, understand when the waiter asks what you want to order, ask what are certain dishes, and order your meal.

9.11: Unit 9 review Sep 04, 2024

This 11th episode is a quick recap of Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

9.10: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Sep 03, 2024

This 10th episode is a visualization practice that will help you imagine yourself dining at a restaurant in a Latin American country -- can you successfully ask for a table, peruse the menu, and order drinks? You should be able to, after reviewing the episodes in this Unit.

9.9: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) review Sep 02, 2024

In this 9th episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 9. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this episode.

9.8: Putting it all together - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Sep 01, 2024

9.7: How to say “I/We don’t want anything to drink” Aug 31, 2024

9.6: Ordering a drink - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Aug 30, 2024

9.5: Types of drinks in Spanish Aug 29, 2024

In this 5th episode you will learn about the types of drinks at a restaurant in Spanish. There are many different types of drinks in Latin America. You can find the common ones found around the world along with types that are unique to the region.

9.4: Asking for a table for your party - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Aug 28, 2024

When you enter a restaurant, one of the first things you will be asked is how many people are in your party. To answer the phrase you would use say the following: A table for X people please -> Una mesa para X personas, por favor.

9.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Aug 27, 2024

9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Aug 26, 2024

Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish. This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.

9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Aug 25, 2024

Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.

8.15: Unit 8 review Aug 24, 2024

This 15th episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department store Aug 23, 2024

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on the item description, its color, its size, and other factors. Practice in this m-episode.

8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review) Aug 22, 2024

This 13th episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to your personal shopping experience.

8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store Aug 21, 2024

This 12th episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits. If you haven't grasped anything in this m-episode, go back and review the rest of this Unit.

8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small Aug 20, 2024

So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit. First you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on. You'll learn how to do these things in this 11th episode.

8.10: Asking to try an item on Aug 19, 2024

This 10th episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish. If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as “it”, just like in English.

8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes Aug 18, 2024

8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person Aug 17, 2024

This 8th episode brings together all you have learned in the last four episodes. Say the following in Spanish. The first time through we will only say the English version so you have time to say it in Spanish. The second time through we’ll say it in Spanish and English so you can see if you got it right.

8.7: Buying items for other people Aug 16, 2024

Sometimes you need to buy items for people other than yourself. Let’s practice telling the clerk who you are buying the items for. This 7th episode teaches you just that. It may be helpful to review Unit 1.10 of the podcast if you struggle to remember how to say each family member.

8.6: Ask for specific items Aug 15, 2024

8.5: Items found in department stores Aug 14, 2024

8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store Aug 13, 2024

8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store Aug 12, 2024

8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store Aug 11, 2024

This 2nd episode is an introduction to shopping in a department store. You'll hear a common conversation that might take place between two people in the store. Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet -- we'll get to that and by the end of this unit, you will be shopping like a pro.

8.1: Shopping in a department store Aug 10, 2024

7.14: Unit 7 review Aug 09, 2024

This 14th episode is a quick recap of Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs Aug 08, 2024

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American market. You come across one or more souvenirs you want to buy, and decide that the price is too high. So, you negotiate that price down successfully, and come away with your souvenirs.

7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review) Aug 07, 2024

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation? After practicing through this 12th episode you will be able to successfully negotiate your way through a negotiation in a Latin American marketplace.

7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs Aug 06, 2024

This 11th episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets. By now, you should have the terms and sentence structure down to go to a market and come away with the things you want to buy.

7.10: Asking for a lower prices Aug 05, 2024

7.9: Asking “Why so expensive?” Aug 04, 2024

7.8: Asking “How much for these or those?” Aug 03, 2024

The third part of our "negotiating" series will make you a master negotiator at Latin American markets (after a bit of practice, of course). The final thing we need to add, building on the last two 8th episodes, is asking for multiple items, or items that are plural by nature (like shoes or earrings).

7.7 – Asking “How much for that?" Aug 02, 2024

Here we are going to build on what you learned in the past 7th episode to boost your negotiating skills even further. In the previous episode you learned how to ask “How much for this?” Now, we are going to learn how to ask for an item that is farther away from you by asking “How much for that?”

7.6: Asking “How much for this?” Aug 01, 2024

Like all things in Spanish, the gender used when negotiating is very important. After listening to this 6th episode. You will know how to ask how much something costs, while referring to it in the correct gender so as to show proper respect and knowledge of your subject.

7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of Jul 31, 2024

When you are interested in buying something, you may also be interested in what the product is made of. The most commonplace situation where this can apply is with jewelry. This 5th episode will teach you how to ask what something is made of, and how to understand the answer.

7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs Jul 30, 2024

This 4th episode is all about vocabulary. You'll learn the Spanish words for many common items that you'd shop for at a market, like souvenirs, plates, dolls, and more. In the accompanying blog post, there are matching exercises to help you memorize each of the items.

7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs Jul 29, 2024

7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs Jul 28, 2024

This 2nd episode is a conversation between Mr. Jacobs and a seller in a souvenir shop. You will hear the basics of a negotiation in Spanish. Mrs. Jacobs asks about the cost and material used in some of the souvenirs and tries to negotiate a lower price.

7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs Jul 27, 2024

Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for some common souvenir items by name, understand what material an item is made from, and negotiate a lower price.

6.9: Unit 6 review Jul 26, 2024

This 9th episode is a quick recap of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market Jul 25, 2024

This 8th episode is a visualization exercise of what you've learned in Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Imagine you are in a Latin American market. Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go. If you're in a place that allows it, try to have this conversation out loud.

6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review) Jul 24, 2024

This 7th episode reviews the conversation that you heard at the beginning of this unit, and helps to bring it together into a complete conversation. You should now be able to understand all of it. If there are parts of it that still aren't clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as you need.

6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product Jul 23, 2024

6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product Jul 22, 2024

6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market Jul 21, 2024

6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish Jul 20, 2024

6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market Jul 19, 2024

6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market Jul 18, 2024

6.1: Shopping in a Market Jul 17, 2024

Welcome to Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit we are going to teach you how to: Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product and pay the amount requested for the product.

5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review Jul 16, 2024

If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.

5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxi Jul 15, 2024

This 15th episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries. See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can.

5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review) Jul 14, 2024

Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those 13 episodes and repeat.

5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi Jul 13, 2024

5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have? Jul 12, 2024

To finish off your initial conversation with a taxi driver, let’s let the driver know how many pieces of luggage you have. This m-episode will teach you how to do so.

5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver Jul 11, 2024

This 11th episode is designed to help you learn how to negotiate a lower price for your taxi rides. You could also negotiate a higher price, if you so desired, but who are we kidding?

5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a location Jul 10, 2024

5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words Jul 09, 2024

Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let’s learn how to ask how far, or close the location is. This 9th episode covers basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you.

5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go Jul 08, 2024

Let's learn how to tell a driver where you want to go. In Spanish, when you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: “A”. We'll explain.

5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day? Jul 07, 2024

This 7th episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.

5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day? Jul 06, 2024

Now let’s put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time.

5.5-5: Times of the day in Spanish Jul 05, 2024

This 5th episode is all about time. If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use.

5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish Jul 04, 2024

This 4th episode covers the days of the week in Spanish. This is useful if you want to arrange a taxi or any other event for a future day.

5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxi Jul 03, 2024

This 3rd episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries.

5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxi Jul 02, 2024

5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber Jul 01, 2024

Welcome to Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to: Say the day of the week and time of day, ask a cab driver if they are free, bargain with them over the fare, and understand if they ask if you have any luggage.

5.14: Unit 5 review Jun 30, 2024

This 14th episode is a quick recap of Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation. Jun 29, 2024

In this 13th episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to purchase bus, train, and airplane tickets, how to ask when a bus, train, or plain arrives, and how to ask when one will depart.

5.12: Conversation: Buying tickets for public transportation (Review) Jun 28, 2024

This 12th episode revisits the conversation that you heard in Unit 5.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand everything that is said -- if not, go back and review some of the previous episodes until you have it down.

5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation Jun 27, 2024

This 11th episode puts together everything you've learned in this unit and the previous units of the LiveLingua Spanish Podcast. You'll practice with complete sentences, and work on comprehending common responses you may receive to questions.

5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket Jun 26, 2024

This 10th episode teaches you to ask for a ticket to a specific destination from a teller. We're going to use some phrases you can use on any type of transportation, so you don't have to worry about the type of vehicle you are going to be using when using these phrases.

5.9: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane arrive?” Jun 25, 2024

5.8: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane leave?” Jun 24, 2024

This 8th episode covers how to ask what time a train, bus, or airplane departs from the terminal, and how to understand the reply that you will receive. In Spanish you ask "when does x leave for y?", where "x" is the vehicle (bus, plane, train) and "y" is the location you want to go to.

5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2). Jun 23, 2024

Now that you know how to say and understand the hours, let’s focus a bit on the minutes. In Spanish, you can say the minutes after the hours, just like in English. This m-episode covers how to do that, and how to say the information in a sentence.

5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1) Jun 22, 2024

5.5: Bring it all together – Numbers in Spanish. Jun 21, 2024

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned in the previous four episodes of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and helps you learn how to memorize it and use the skills in daily conversation while in a Latin American country.

5.4: Numbers from 10 to 999,999. Jun 20, 2024

Here you'll learn a basic formula for saying and reading all Spanish numbers between 10 and 999,999. You'll also gain basic information on how to tell time in Spanish, using the numbers we cover in this episode. Episode 2.5 may be a helpful preview.

5.3: Cultural and language notes – Buying tickets for public transport Jun 19, 2024

5.2: Conversation. Buying tickets for public transportation. Jun 18, 2024

4.10: Unit 4 review Jun 17, 2024

This 10th episode is a quick recap of Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.1: Objectives. Buying tickets for public transportation. Jun 17, 2024

Welcome to Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’re going to be traveling between cities in Spain or Latin America, chances are you’re going to be using some kind of public transportation, whether it be buses, trains or planes. In this unit, we’re going to work through some conversations on how to buy tickets for public transportation.

4.9: Visualization practice - Asking for directions Jun 16, 2024

In this 9 thepisode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to ask for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common tourist sites in Latin American countries such as hotels, restaurants, the bus station, and the airport.

4.8: Conversations – Asking for directions (Review) Jun 15, 2024

This 8th episode walks you again through the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 4. You should now be able to understand all of the conversation on how to ask for directions in Spanish. If there's are any parts that's still not clear, feel free to review this unit as many times as you need.

4.7: Saying “thank you”, “I don’t understand,” and “More slowly, please” Jun 14, 2024

4.6.2: Bring it all together - Understanding directions Jun 13, 2024

This 6th episode brings together all of the information you have learned so far in Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. We review asking for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common sites that tourists visit in Latin American countries.

4.6.1: Direction words in Spanish Jun 12, 2024

This 6th episode covers basic words people use to give directions. Knowing this vocabulary is critical, not only if you want to give directions, but actually, if you want to understand what people in Spanish speaking countries say when they give you the answer to the question ¿Dónde está? that you learned in the previous episode.

4.5: Ask: “Where is…_” Jun 11, 2024

4.4: Location vocabulary in Spanish Jun 10, 2024

This 4th episode walks you through the vocabulary for some common locations you would need to get to when you're traveling in Latin America. You'll learn about asking for directions to places like airports, bus stations, hotels, restaurants, and more common tourist sites.

4.3: Cultural and language notes - Asking for directions Jun 09, 2024

4.2: Conversation - Asking for directions Jun 08, 2024

This 2nd episode is a short conversation about how to ask for directions in Latin American countries. You may not understand all of it yet, but after working through Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, you will be able to ask for, and understand, directions in Spanish.

4.1: Asking for directions Jun 07, 2024

If you’re traveling to a Spanish-speaking country, or if you’re traveling anywhere, you probably need to ask for directions. This 1st episode is an introduction to the topic, and covers basic information on getting around in Latin American countries.

3.17: Unit 3 review & congratulations Jun 06, 2024

This 17th episode summarizes everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

3.16: Visualization Practice – Work and family Jun 05, 2024

Let's make sure you are comfortable in a situation where you have to speak about your work and family. This is a visualization exercise that will help you become comfortable talking about these two very common conversation pieces, in Spanish.

3.15: Conversation – Talking about work and family Jun 04, 2024

This 15th episode contains a thorough conversation about work and family in the Spanish language. You should be able to understand what is being said, and be able to apply the questions and answers to your own personal situations regarding employment and family.

3.14: Bring it all together – Talking about work and family Jun 03, 2024

This 14th episode is a review of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. We'll revisit the information we've covered in Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and give you some exercises to practice what you've learned in common situations.

3.13: Saying “Goodbye” in Spanish Jun 02, 2024

Like in English, and many other languages, there are many ways to say “goodbye” in Spanish. Here are a few of them you can use in most situations. We'll cover the most common ways to say goodbye, and explain the situations in which you'd want to use each one.

3.12: Answer “Where do you live?” Jun 01, 2024

Now that you know how to ask someone where they live, let’s practice answering people when they ask where you live. The answer can be as general as a country, or as specific as a street. After practicing this 12th episode, you will be able to tell someone where you live.

3.11: Ask “Where do you live? May 31, 2024

When asking someone where they live, the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal. This 11th episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.

3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children May 30, 2024

This 10th episode brings together everything you have learned so far in Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. You'll be able to practice asking and answering what you do for work, and how many kids you have, and will know the cultural notes to accompany the questions

3.9: Indicating the genders of your children May 29, 2024

Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls. This 9th episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.

3.8: Answer, how many children do you have? May 28, 2024

This 8th-episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have. For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal) May 27, 2024

Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting. This 7th-episode covers both situations.

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal) May 26, 2024

When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal. It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this 6th-episode.

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence May 25, 2024

This 5th-episode teaches you how to explain what you do for work in Spanish. If someone asks your profession, you could give a one-word answer as we did in the previous m-episode. But in general, it would sound more professional if you could actually speak in full sentences. In this m-episode, we'll learn how to do that.

3.4: Professions in Spanish May 24, 2024

This 4th-episode teaches you how to say some basic professions in Spanish. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and you may need to look up how to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes May 23, 2024

In Latin America it is actually unusual for somebody to ask what you do when you first meet. The first question you get is usually about your family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children. This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.

3.2: Conversation about work & family May 22, 2024

This 2nd-episode is a basic overview of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. It is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. They have just met and are getting to know each other.

3.1: Talking about work & family May 21, 2024

This m-episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

2.22 – Review + Congratulations May 20, 2024

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratualtions on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

2.21 – Visualization Practice May 19, 2024

This 21st-episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live May 18, 2024

This 20th-episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live May 17, 2024

This 19th-episode brings together what you've learned in the last few episodes to talk about where you live. Using what you learned in this unit translate common English sentences about where you live and what the weather is like there.

2.18 – Answer “Where Are You From” vs “Where Are You All From” May 16, 2024

This 18th-episode covers how to tell someone where you are from. We'll give you examples both for yourself, and for a group (in case you are traveling with friends or family, and need to answer for everyone).

2.17 – Ask, “Where Are You From” Formal vs Informal May 15, 2024

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from. There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way., and one way to ask a group. This m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

2.16 – Bring It Together May 14, 2024

This 16th-episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

2.15 – Answer, “How Is The Weather In . . .” May 13, 2024

In this 15th-episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

2.14 – Make It A Statement or a Question in Spanish May 12, 2024

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

2.13 – The Weather In Spanish May 11, 2024

This 13th-episode covers how to describe the weather in the place where you live. This is a key way to note whether or not you like this place, and this episode covers basic conversation about the weather and how to answer people's questions about it.

2.12 – Bringing it Together: Ask + Answer “Do You Like” May 10, 2024

In this 12th-episode you will say some phrases using the material you've learned in the last few episodes. The first time, we'll only say it in English to see if you can answer in Spanish yourself. The second time through, we'll say it in English and Spanish. Using what you learned in the previous two exercises translate the following English phrases into Spanish.

2.11 – Answering “Do You Like . . .” May 09, 2024

In this 11th episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . . May 08, 2024

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This 10th episode walks you through each, with examples.

2.9 – Pulling It All Together: How Long Have You Lived In . . . May 07, 2024

Here, we bring together everything we've learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast so far. You'll practice talking about where you live, using basic numbers and days, weeks, or months to describe.

2.8 – On The Fly: How Long Have You Lived In Mexico? May 06, 2024

In this 8th episode we will make sure you have grasped what we've learned in this unit so far. In this episode, we'll see how well you can answer questions about how long you've lived somewhere -- on the fly! We'll provide a time frame -- say, four months -- and you add "He vivido in Mexico" in front of it.

2.7 – Telling People How Long You Have Lived Somewhere May 05, 2024

This episode brings together the previous few. You'll learn how to tell people how long you've lived in a certain place, and how to understand how long they have lived where they live now. We'll practice in a few different situations.

2.6 – Days, Weeks, and Months in Spanish May 04, 2024

In this episode, you will learn how to say the word "day(s)," week(s)," and month(s)," and similar terms in Spanish. This is really important if you want to tell someone how long you've been somewhere, how long you're going to be somewhere, or find out how long other people have been in those locations.

2.5 – Numbers In Spanish May 03, 2024

Learning numbers in Spanish is probably one of the most valuable things you can do. This is true whether you're just visiting a country and want to negotiate, or whether you're planning on living there long-term. In this m-episode we're going to learn the numbers 1 through 10.

2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___? May 02, 2024

2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes May 01, 2024

To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous episode.

2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish Apr 30, 2024

In this episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in which two people discuss a location. That location is Boston, where a Mr. Michael Smith is from. This is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. Mr. Smith has recently moved to Mexico.

2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live Apr 29, 2024

This episode welcomes you to Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast. In this unit, you're going to learn how to reply when people ask where you live, count from 1 to 10 in Spanish, talk about how long you've lived somewhere, and how much you like (or don't like) living there.

1.15: Unit 1 Review Apr 28, 2024

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 1 of the Spanish Lingua podcast, brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others Respond to others when they greet you Introduce yourself and others with you Respond when others introduce themselves to you. If you are not confident with this yet, repeat this episode as many times as you need If you want additional free practice just visit our website LiveLingua.com. If you liked this episode, please take a minute to leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. As a small family-run boutique language school, we really appreciate it. In the next episode you will learn how to share basic information about where you are from and ask the same information of others you meet. Hasta pronto.

1.14: Visualization Practice Apr 27, 2024

One of the best ways to learn anything is to visualize it. This is why you see boxers doing a visualization of their practice and shadowboxing. We’re going to try the equivalent in language learning. We’re going to give you three scenarios. Close your eyes (as long as you’re not driving, of course) and imagine you’re in the scenarios. You’ll say something in Spanish based on what we’ve learned in this unit. Try to imagine the conversation in your head — either be the person who is asking the questions or answering them. Let’s see if you can do it! After listening, check out the corresponding blog post for written exercises and more. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others Apr 26, 2024

This is a review to help you review what we’ve learned so far in Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’ve listed to all of them and practices the exercises, you should be able to get through every word of it now – even if you weren’t able to when you started this course! If you listen to it again and there’s a part you still don’t understand, go back and listen to that episode (links here in the previous articles.) And be sure to check out the written material and exercises corresponding to this episode in our blog post. Let’s get started. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.12: Bring It All Together Apr 25, 2024

Let’s bring together everything you’ve learned in Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. You learned how to say “Good Morning,” “Good Afternoon,” “Good Evening.” You also learned people’s titles, and how to introduce the people in your family. Now, we’re going to give you a few phrases — in English — combing all of these. What I need you to do is to say them in Spanish! The first time we’re going to give you only the English. The second time, we’re going to say it in Spanish (after a short break) to give you the answer. Let’s get started! After listening, review the exercises and material in this blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members Apr 24, 2024

Let’s practice introducing others. To introduce others we will use the phrase ‘le presento’ which means ‘may I introduce you to’. This is followed by my ‘mi’ if you are introducing a family member, since you are implying a relationship to you. Example: Le presento a mi esposo -> May I introduce you to my husband. If you are introducing a person by their first name, without including their title, you add an ‘a’ before the name: Example: Le presento a Ray Blakney -> May I introduce you to Ray Blakney. If you are introducing a person with their title you add either an ‘a la’ if they are female or ‘al’, spelled ‘A-L’ if they are male. That is just contraction of ‘a el’. Example: Le presento a la doctora Sánchez -> May I introduce you to Dr. Sánchez. Now, repeat all the following phrases out loud, but add the word ‘le presento’ at the beginning of each one. Example: A mi hijo -> Le presento a mi hijo. Find more practice exercises in this blog post after listening to the episode. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members Apr 23, 2024

For better or worse, we may actually have to introduce members of our family to the people we meet in Latin America or in Spain — this may be more embarrassing for some than for others! Here at Live Lingua, we’re going to teach you the basic vocabularly words you need to do so. Say them out loud, both in English and Spanish — we promise, it will help you memorize the terms. Without further ado, let’s get started with the practice. After listening, try the practice episodes here in this blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing Apr 22, 2024

In this section, we’re going to learn how to say “How are you?” in different circumstances. Now, this might sound simple — but in Spanish, we have both formal and informal, and to add a spin in there, it’s even more complicated when talking to a group of people. Asking “How are you guys?” or “How are you girls?” has it’s own way of being said in Spanish. If you’re going to ask one person how they are doing, you’d say “¿Come esta?” That’s formal, but you could make it more formal by saying “¿Como esta Usted? You don’t have to add the pronoun, but you can. In an informal setting among friends, you would say “¿Como estas?” If we’re talking plural, whether three people or a million people, you would say “¿Como estan?” With the pronoun, that would be, “¿Como estan Ustedes?” Notice that we don’t actually have gender differences here, which makes it a little easier. We don’t have to worry about Mr. and Mrs. when we’re asking this. In this section we practice saying “How are you?” in the formal singular ‘usted’ or informal ‘tú’ form as well as the plural ‘ustedes’ form. Note that in most of Latin America there is no different formal and informal for the plural. After listening, work through the exercises in the corresponding blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others Apr 21, 2024

Now that you’ve learned how to say good morning, good afternoon, and good evening in Spanish, as well as addressing the people you’re talking to, let’s move on to the next step: How to introduce yourself! When you introduce yourself, the only phrase you really need to know is “Yo soy” – “I am.” You put this phrase in front of your name and you’ve done it! Yo soy Ray Blakney — I am Ray Blakney. In this example, we’ll pretend you are introducing yourself. To make it more complicated, replace the names we give you with your own name so that you can practice using the phrase as you will in a Spanish speaking country. Practice introducing yourself at the phrase “yo soy” (I am) to the front of each Spanish phrase. Example: El señor Jack Smith -> Yo soy el Señor Jack Smith. La doctora Jane Sánchez -> Yo soy la doctora Jane Sánchez. Run through the practice exercises in our blog post after listening to this episode. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics Apr 20, 2024

In this episode, we’re going to practice everything that you’ve learned in the past episodes. We’re going to do this by giving you the time of day and the subject of the conversation. Perhaps “married female” or “Dr. Ramirez.” From that, we’re going to ask you to come up with the correct greeting for this person. For example: Example: Morning – Married female -> Buenos días, señora. Afternoon – Doctor Ramírez -> Buenas tardes, doctor Ramírez (where it is implied that Dr. Ramírez is a man). When you hear the time of day and title of the person in English, create the greeting in Spanish. The first time through, we will only say the question so you can come up with the answer. Then we will go through the questions a second time and include the correct answer in Spanish. Do try it the first time through yourself — you don’t want to just blindly repeat what we say! Review the practice episodes here after listening to this episode. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics Apr 19, 2024

What we’re going to do in this section is bring it all together! We’re going to combine what you’ve learned in the past few episodes about greetings and honorifics. Let’s practice a little bit. When you hear a phrase in Spanish, we want you to translate it into English. Say it out loud if you can, because that’s one of the best ways to learn. Here are some examples: If we say, “Buenos Dias, Señor Smith.” You would say, “Good morning, Mr. Smith.” If we say, “Buenas Noches, Licienciada Sanchez.” That translates to, “Good evening, Mrs. Sanchez,” but we’re also implying that Mrs. Sanchez has a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Is that clear? Don’t worry if not, because we’re going to go through all of this and our exercises are pretty much the same — and you can repeat this episode as many times as you need. After listening, complete the practice episodes here in our blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.5: Honorifics in Spanish Apr 14, 2024

Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this m-episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish. I’ll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn’t actually know what an honorific was. It wasn’t until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we’re going to learn some of these titles. Side note — In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, they put a lot of emphasis on these titles. It’s very important that you call them Señor, Señora, Señorita. If you know they have a college degree or a Masters, they even have a title for that — and you’re going to learn this in this episode. It can be difficult for somebody who is not a native Spanish speaker to pick up on this in the beginning. But really put in the effort — in addition to the titles, you have to remember the gender. Enjoy the m-episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos.

1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening Apr 13, 2024

¡Buenos dias! In this episode, we're going to learn how to say Good Morning (hint: we just did!), Good Afternoon, and Good Evening in Spanish. In order to say "Good Morning," you'd say: Buenos Dias In order to say "Good Afternoon," you'd say: Buenas Tardes In order to say "Good Evening," you'd say: Buenas Noches The one thing to pay attention to is the ending on the "Buenos.," the "good" part. In the morning, it ends with an "-os," as the term is male. In the afternoon and evening, it ends in "-as", as the term is female. This is one of the most common errors I see people trying to learn Spanish make when they are trying to greet people in Mexico. As you listen to this episode, complete the exercises in this blog post by simply repeating what you hear -- repeat it in Spanish and in English, as this will actually imprint it on your mind. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and share!

1.3: Language + Cultural Notes Apr 12, 2024

In this episode we’re going to go over some basic language and cultural notes for the Spanish language. When you’re learning another language, one of the most important things to understand is that it’s not just about learning the words and vocabulary. I know this from personal experience when I was learning Spanish — it’s about learning about the culture. There are certain things that make sense to English speakers that aren’t done in the same way when you’re speaking Spanish. An anecdotal story for me is that when I was first learning Spanish in Mexico, I would attempt to tell jokes. Even when I knew the words for the jokes, the jokes made absolutely no sense to the Mexicans. While I thought I was being hilarious, I was usually greeted with crickets. Sadly, this hasn’t improved that much 10 years down the road, but I’m still working on it. But that’s why it’s so important to listen to the sections and understand what we say. because that will make this unit and all future units in the Live Lingua Spanish Podcasts make sense. After listening to the episode, click here for practice exercises. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & Others Apr 11, 2024

1.1: Introduction + Objectives Apr 10, 2024

0.0: Learn Spanish with Live Lingua Apr 09, 2024

¿Are you ready to learn Spanish?

Welcome to the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, a Spanish course in podcast form.

This podcast will teach you basic Spanish like how to introduce yourself and others, how to talk about what you do for a living, and how to order food in a restaurant.

For more, and to follow along with the exercises related to each episode, please visit our website at Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

If you don't want to miss future episodes, don't forget to subscribe,

Que tenga un buen día.

10.13: Unit 10 review Jan 12, 2024

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

10.12: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 11, 2024

This m-episode is a visualization practice that picks up where the visualization practice of Unit 9 leaves off.

It continues the dining experience through ordering your meal. You may find it helpful to play both visualization practices back to back, just for practice.

10.11: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) review Jan 10, 2024

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it.

If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this m-episode and the prior m-episodes in Unit 10.

10.10: Bring It All Together - Ordering at a restaurant Jan 09, 2024

This m-episode brings everything you have learned in the past few episodes together.

Listen to the material in English and say it in Spanish. The first run through we won’t give you the Spanish answer to give you time to say it yourself. Then we’ll go through it again and say the English with the Spanish answer.

10.9: Ordering your meal Jan 08, 2024

In this episode you'll learn how to reply.

10.8: Asking if a dish has specific ingredients (gluten, peanuts, meat, shellfish, etc). Jan 07, 2024

This one is for those with dietary restrictions and their travel companions. One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat.

In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.7: Asking what a dish is made of Jan 06, 2024

One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat.

In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.6: Vocabulary - Ingredients in dishes Jan 05, 2024

You'll learn how to do that in this m-episode, including uncommon ingredients.

10.5: Ordering your steak – well done to rare Jan 04, 2024

If you are going to order steak in Latin America they will probably ask you how well you would like it cooked.

This m-episode will teach you how to order your steak just how you like it, and know what to expect when the order is taken.

10.4: Different foods in Spanish Jan 03, 2024

You'll learn about these, and how to order them, in this m-episode.

10.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 02, 2024

You'll learn about common dining times and customs, and things to avoid when eating out, along with tips to have the best experience possible.

10.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 01, 2024

You'll do just that in this m-episode, a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They are seated at a table and order their meal.

10.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Dec 31, 2023

Welcome to Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

Objectives. In this unit you will learn how to ask for the menu, understand when the waiter asks what you want to order, ask what are certain dishes, and order your meal.

9.11: Unit 9 review Dec 30, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

9.10: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Dec 29, 2023

This m-episode is a visualization practice that will help you imagine yourself dining at a restaurant in a Latin American country -- can you successfully ask for a table, peruse the menu, and order drinks?

You should be able to, after reviewing the episodes in this Unit.

9.9: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) review Dec 28, 2023

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 9.

You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this episode.

9.8: Putting it all together - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Dec 27, 2023

We'll form more of a realistic situation with entering, asking for a table, and ordering drinks, all in the Spanish language.

9.7: How to say “I/We don’t want anything to drink” Dec 26, 2023

9.6: Ordering a drink - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 25, 2023

When ordering a drink you would use the phrase: Tráigame un X por favor” -> “Please bring me a X," Where the X is the drink that you want. Remember that to change the gender of the word “un” (a) based on the gender of the drink.

9.5: Types of drinks in Spanish Dec 24, 2023

In this m-episode you will learn about the types of drinks at a restaurant in Spanish.

There are many different types of drinks in Latin America. You can find the common ones found around the word along with types that are unique to the region.

9.4: Asking for a table for your party - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 23, 2023

When you enter a restaurant, one of the first things you will be asked is how many people are in your party. To answer the phrase you would use say the following: A table for X people please -> Una mesa para X personas, por favor.

9.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 22, 2023

You'll learn how to address the waitstaff, how to phrase common orders, and more that will make your dining experience easier.

9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 21, 2023

Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish.

This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.

9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 20, 2023

Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

In this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.

8.15: Unit 8 review Dec 19, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department store Dec 18, 2023

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on item description, its color, its size, and other factors.

Practice in this m-episode.

8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review) Dec 17, 2023

This m-episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to your personal shopping experience.

8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store Dec 16, 2023

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits.

If you haven't grasped anything in this m-episode, go back and review the rest of this Unit.

8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small Dec 15, 2023

So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit. First, you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on.

You'll learn how to do these things in this m-episode.

8.10: Asking to try an item on Dec 14, 2023

This m-episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish.

If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as “it”, just like in English.

8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes Dec 13, 2023

8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person Dec 12, 2023

This m-episode brings together all you have learned in the last four m-episodes.

Say the following in Spanish. The first time through we will only say the English version so you have time to say it in Spanish. The second time through we’ll say it in Spanish and English so you can see if you got it right.

8.7: Buying items for other people Dec 11, 2023

Sometimes you need to buy items for people other than yourself.

Let’s practice telling the clerk who you are buying the items for. This m-episode teaches you just that. It may be helpful to review Unit 1.10 of the podcast if you struggle to remember how to say each family member.

8.6: Ask for specific items Dec 10, 2023

You'll learn how to ask for specific items in specific colors, properly. The m-episode covers common differences between English and Spanish, such as that in Spanish, the color goes after the item, no before, like in English.

8.5: Items found in department stores Dec 09, 2023

8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store Dec 08, 2023

You'll learn how to apply them to shopping in a department store, and how to ask for certain clothing items in a specific color of your choice.

8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store Dec 07, 2023

8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store Dec 06, 2023

This m-episode is an introduction to shopping in a department store.

You'll hear a common conversation that might take place between two people in the store.

Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet -- we'll get to that and by the end of this unit, you will be shopping like a pro.

8.1: Shopping in a department store Dec 05, 2023

In this unit you will learn how to shop in a department store, and we'll also cover basic vocab for shopping and lifestyle excursions such as colors in Spanish, sizing of clothes, and how to ask to try on an item.

7.14: Unit 7 review Dec 04, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs Dec 03, 2023

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American market.

You come across one or more souvenirs you want to buy, and decide that the price is too high. So, you negotiate that price down successfully, and come away with your souvenirs.

7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review) Dec 02, 2023

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation?

After practicing through this m-episode you will be able to successfully negotiate your way through a negotiation in a Latin American marketplace.

7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs Dec 01, 2023

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets.

By now, you should have the terms and sentence structure down to go to a market and come away with the things you want to buy.

7.10: Asking for a lower prices Nov 30, 2023

We're going to put you into a (hypothetical) situation in this exercise. The seller is going to give you a price for an item that you would like to buy. It costs too much -- and you should ask for a price 100 pesos less than the one offered.

7.9: Asking “Why so expensive?” Nov 29, 2023

7.8: Asking “How much for these or those?” Nov 28, 2023

The third part of our "negotiating" series will make you a master negotiator at Latin American markets (after a bit of practice, of course).

The final thing we need to add, building on the last two m-episodes, is asking for multiple items, or items that are plural by nature (like shoes or earrings).

7.7 – Asking “How much for that?" Nov 27, 2023

Here we are going to build on what you learned in the past m-episode to boost your negotiating skills even further.

In the previous episode you learned how to ask “How much for this?” Now, we are going to learn how to ask for an item that is farther away from you by asking “How much for that?”

7.6: Asking “How much for this?” Nov 26, 2023

Like all things in Spanish, the gender used when negotiating is very important.

After listening to this m-episode. You will know how to ask how much something costs, while referring to it in the correct gender so as to show proper respect and knowledge of your subject.

7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of Nov 25, 2023

When you are interested in buying something, you may also be interested in what the product is made of. The most commonplace situation where this can apply is with jewelry.

This m-episode will teach you how to ask what something is made of, and how to understand the answer.

7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs Nov 24, 2023

This m-episode is all about vocabulary.

You'll learn the Spanish words for many common items that you'd shop for at a market, like souvenirs, plates, dolls, and more. In the accompanying blog post, there are matching exercises to help you memorize each of the items.

7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 23, 2023

7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 22, 2023

This m-episode is a conversation between Mr. Jacobs and a seller in a souvenir shop.

You will hear the basics of a negotiation in Spanish. Mrs. Jacobs asks about the cost and material used in some of the souvenirs and tries to negotiate a lower price.

7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 21, 2023

Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

In this unit you will learn how to ask for some common souvenir items by name, understand what material an item is made from, and negotiate a lower price.

6.9: Unit 6 review Nov 20, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market Nov 19, 2023

This m-episode is a visualization exercise of what you've learned in Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Imagine you are in Latin American market. Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go. If you're in a place that allows it, try to have this conversation out loud.

6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review) Nov 18, 2023

This m-episode reviews the conversation that you heard at the beginning of this unit, and helps to bring it together into a complete conversation. You should now be able to understand all of it. If there's parts of it that still aren't clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as you need.

6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product Nov 17, 2023

6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product Nov 16, 2023

6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market Nov 15, 2023

6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market Nov 13, 2023

6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish Nov 13, 2023

6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market Nov 12, 2023

6.1: Shopping in a Market Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit we are going to teach you how to: Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product, and pay the amount requested for the product.

5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review Nov 10, 2023

If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.

5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxi Nov 09, 2023

This m-episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries. See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can.

5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review) Nov 08, 2023

Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those m-episodes and repeat.

5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi Nov 07, 2023

5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have? Nov 06, 2023

To finish off your initial conversation with a taxi driver, let’s let the driver know how many pieces of luggage you have. This m-episode will teach you how to do so.

5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver Nov 05, 2023

This m-episode is designed to help you learn how to negotiate a lower price for your taxi rides. You could also negotiate a higher price, if you so desired, but who are we kidding?

5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a location Nov 04, 2023

5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words Nov 03, 2023

Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let’s learn how to ask how far, or close the location is. This m-episode covers basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you.

5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go Nov 02, 2023

Let's learn how to tell a driver where you want to go. In Spanish, when you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: “A”. We'll explain.

5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day? Nov 01, 2023

This m-episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.

5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day? Oct 31, 2023

Now let’s put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time.

5.5-5: Times of the day in Spanish Oct 30, 2023

This m-episode is all about time. If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use.

5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish Oct 29, 2023

This m-episode covers the days of the week in Spanish. This is useful if you want to arrange a taxi or any other event for a future day.

5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxi Oct 28, 2023

This m-episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries.

5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxi Oct 27, 2023

5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber Oct 26, 2023

Welcome to Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to: Say the day of the week and time of day, ask a cab driver if they are free, bargain with them over the fare, and understand if they ask if you have any luggage.

5.14: Unit 5 review May 05, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation. May 04, 2023

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to purchase bus, train, and airplane tickets, how to ask when a bus, train, or plain arrives, and how to ask when one will depart.

5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation May 02, 2023

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned in this unit and the previous units of the LiveLingua Spanish Podcast. You'll practice with complete sentences, and work on comprehending common responses you may receive to questions.

5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket May 01, 2023

This m-episode teaches you to ask for a ticket to a specific destination from a teller. We're going to use some phrases you can use on any type of transportation, so you don't have to worry about the type of vehicle you are going to be using when using these phrases.

5.9: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane arrive?” Apr 30, 2023

5.8: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane leave?” Apr 29, 2023

This m-episode covers how to ask what time a train, bus, or airplane departs from the terminal, and how to understand the reply that you will receive. In Spanish you ask "when does x leave for y?", where "x" is the vehicle (bus, plain, train) and "y" is the location you want to go to.

5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2). Apr 28, 2023

Now that you know how to say and understand the hours, let’s focus a bit on the minutes. In Spanish, you can say the minutes after the hours, just like in English. This m-episode covers how to do that, and how to say the information in a sentence.

5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1) Apr 27, 2023

5.5: Bring it all together – Numbers in Spanish. Apr 26, 2023

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned in the previous four episodes of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and helps you learn how to memorize it and use the skills in daily conversation while in a Latin American country.

5.4: Numbers from 10 to 999,999. Apr 25, 2023

Here you'll learn a basic formula for saying and reading all Spanish numbers between 10 and 999,999. You'll also gain basic information on how to tell time in Spanish, using the numbers we cover in this episode. M-episode 2.5 may be a helpful preview.

5.3: Cultural and language notes – Buying tickets for public transport Apr 24, 2023

5.2: Conversation. Buying tickets for public transportation. Apr 23, 2023

This m-episode is an introductory lesson on how to buy a bus ticket at a terminal or station in Latin America, speaking in Spanish. You'll hear a conversation between a purchaser and seller, and learn the basics of how to talk through the transaction.

4.10: Unit 4 review Apr 22, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.1: Objectives. Buying tickets for public transportation. Apr 22, 2023

Welcome to Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’re going to be traveling between cities in Spain or Latin America, chances are you’re going to be using some kind of public transportation, whether it be buses, trains or planes. In this unit, we’re going to work through some conversations on how to buy tickets for public transportation.

4.9: Visualization practice - Asking for directions Apr 21, 2023

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to ask for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common tourist sites in Latin American countries such as hotels, restaurants, the bus station, and the airport.

4.8: Conversations – Asking for directions (Review) Apr 20, 2023

This m-episode walks you again through the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 4. You should now be able to understand all of the conversation on how to ask for directions in Spanish. If there's are any part that's still not clear, feel free to review this unit as many times as you need.

4.7: Saying “thank you”, “I don’t understand,” and “More slowly, please” Apr 19, 2023

4.6.2: Bring it all together - Understanding directions Apr 18, 2023

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned so far in Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. We review asking for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common sites that tourists visit in Latin American countries.

4.6.1: Direction words in Spanish Apr 17, 2023

This m-episode covers basic words people use to give directions. Knowing this vocabulary is critical, not only if you want to give directions, but actually, if you want to understand what people in Spanish speaking countries say when they give you the answer to the question ¿Dónde está? that you learned in the previous episode.

4.5: Ask: “Where is…_” Apr 16, 2023

4.4: Location vocabulary in Spanish Apr 15, 2023

This m-episode walks you through the vocabulary for some common locations you would need to get to when you're traveling in Latin America. You'll learn about asking for directions to places like airports, bus stations, hotels, restaurants, and more common tourist sites.

4.3: Cultural and language notes - Asking for directions Apr 14, 2023

4.2: Conversation - Asking for directions Apr 13, 2023

This m-episode is a short conversation about how to ask for directions in Latin American countries. You may not understand all of it yet, but after working through Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, you will be able to ask for, and understand, directions in Spanish.

4.1: Asking for directions Apr 12, 2023

If you’re traveling to a Spanish-speaking country, or if you’re traveling anywhere, you probably need to ask for directions. This m-episode is an introduction to the topic, and covers basic information on getting around in Latin American countries.

3.17: Unit 3 review & congratulations Apr 11, 2023

This m-episode summarizes everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

3.16: Visualization Practice – Work and family Apr 10, 2023

3.15: Conversation – Talking about work and family Apr 09, 2023

This m-episode contains a thorough conversation about work and family in the Spanish language. You should be able to understand what is being said, and be able to apply the questions and answers to your own personal situations regarding employment and family.

3.14: Bring it all together – Talking about work and family Apr 08, 2023

3.13: Saying “Goodbye” in Spanish Apr 07, 2023

Like in English, and many other languages, there are many ways to say “goodbye” in Spanish. Here are a few of them you can use in most situations. We'll cover the most common ways to say goodbye, and explain the situations in which you'd want to use each one.

3.12: Answer “Where do you live?” Apr 06, 2023

Now that you know how to ask someone where they live, let’s practice answering people when they ask where you live. The answer can be as general as a country, or as specific as a street. After practicing this m-episode, you will be able to tell someone where you live.

3.11: Ask “Where do you live? Apr 05, 2023

When asking someone where they live, the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal. This m-episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.

3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children Apr 04, 2023

3.9: Indicating the genders of your children Apr 03, 2023

Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls. This m-episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.

3.8: Answer, how many children do you have? Apr 02, 2023

This m-episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have. For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal) Apr 01, 2023

Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting. This m-episode covers both situations.

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal) Mar 31, 2023

When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal. It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this m-episode.

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence Mar 30, 2023

3.4: Professions in Spanish Mar 29, 2023

This m-episode teaches you how to say some basic professions in Spanish. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and you may need to look up how to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes Mar 28, 2023

In Latin America it is actually unusual for somebody to ask what you do when you first meet. The first question you get is usually about your family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children. This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.

3.2: Conversation about work & family Mar 27, 2023

This m-episode is a basic overview of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. It is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. They have just met and are getting to know each other.

3.1: Talking about work & family Mar 26, 2023

This m-episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

2.22 – Review + Congratulations Mar 25, 2023

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratualtions on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

2.21 – Visualization Practice Mar 24, 2023

This m-episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live Mar 23, 2023

This m-episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live Mar 22, 2023

2.18 – Answer “Where Are You From” vs “Where Are You All From” Mar 21, 2023

2.17 – Ask, “Where Are You From” Formal vs Informal Mar 20, 2023

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from. There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way., and one way to ask a group. This m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

2.16 – Bring It Together Mar 19, 2023

This m-episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

2.15 – Answer, “How Is The Weather In . . .” Mar 18, 2023

In this m-episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

2.14 – Make It A Statement or a Question in Spanish Mar 17, 2023

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

2.13 – The Weather In Spanish Mar 16, 2023

2.12 – Bringing it Together: Ask + Answer “Do You Like” Mar 15, 2023

2.11 – Answering “Do You Like . . .” Mar 14, 2023

In this m-episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . . Mar 13, 2023

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This m-episode walks you through each, with examples.

2.9 – Pulling It All Together: How Long Have You Lived In . . . Mar 12, 2023

Here, we bring together everything we've learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast so far. You'll practice talking about where you live, using basic numbers and days, weeks, or months to describe.

2.8 – On The Fly: How Long Have You Lived In Mexico? Mar 11, 2023

In this m-episode we will make sure you have grasped what we've learned in this unit so far. In this episode, we'll see how well you can answer questions about how long you've lived somewhere -- on the fly! We'll provide a time frame -- say, four months -- and you add "He vivido in Mexico" in front of it.

2.7 – Telling People How Long You Have Lived Somewhere Mar 10, 2023

2.6 – Days, Weeks, and Months in Spanish Mar 09, 2023

In this m-episode, you will learn how to say the word "day(s)," week(s)," and month(s)," and similar terms in Spanish. This is really important if you want to tell someone how long you've been somewhere, how long you're going to be somewhere, or find out how long other people have been in those locations.

2.5 – Numbers In Spanish Mar 08, 2023

2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___? Mar 07, 2023

Let's learn how to ask someone how long they have lived somewhere. In this m-episode, we're going to give you a location and all you have to do is repeat it out loud by adding the words "Cuanto tiempo a vivido en . . . " to the beginning of each sentence.

2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes Mar 06, 2023

To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous episode.

2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish Mar 05, 2023

In this m-episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in which two people discuss a location. That location is Boston, where a Mr. Michael Smith is from. This is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. Mr. Smith has recently moved to Mexico.

2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live Mar 04, 2023

1.15: Unit 1 Review Mar 03, 2023

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 1 of the Spanish Lingua podcast, brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others Respond to others when they greet you Introduce yourself and others with you Respond when others introduce themselves to you. If you are not confident with this yet, repeat this episode as many times as you need If you want additional free practice just visit our website LiveLingua.com. If you liked this episode, please take a minute to leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. As a small family-run boutique language school, we really appreciate it. In the next episode you will learn how to share basic information about where you are from and ask the same information of others you meet. Hasta pronto.

5.12: Conversation: Buying tickets for public transportation (Review) Mar 03, 2023

This m-episode revisits the conversation that you heard in Unit 5.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand everything that is said -- if not, go back and review some of the previous episodes until you have it down.

1.14: Visualization Practice Mar 02, 2023

1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others Mar 01, 2023

1.12: Bring It All Together Feb 28, 2023

1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members Feb 27, 2023

1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members Feb 26, 2023

1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing Feb 25, 2023

1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others Feb 24, 2023

1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics Feb 23, 2023

1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics Feb 22, 2023

1.5: Honorifics in Spanish Feb 17, 2023

Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this m-episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish. I’ll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn’t actually know what an honorific was. It wasn’t until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we’re going to learn some of these titles. Side note — In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, they put a lot of emphasis on these titles. It’s very important that you call them Señor, Señora, Señorita. If you know they have a college degree or a Masters, they even have a title for that — and you’re going to learn this in this episode. It can be difficult for somebody who is not a native Spanish speaker to pick up on this in the beginning. But really put in the effort — in addition to the titles, you have to remember the gender. Enjoy the m-episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos.

1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening Feb 16, 2023

1.3: Language + Cultural Notes Feb 15, 2023

In this episode we’re going to go over some basic language and cultural notes for the Spanish language. When you’re learning another language, one of the most important things to understand is that it’s not just about learning the words and vocabulary.

I know this from personal experience when I was learning Spanish — it’s about learning about the culture. There are certain things that make sense to English speakers that aren’t done in the same way when you’re speaking Spanish.

An anecdotal story for me is that when I was first learning Spanish in Mexico, I would attempt to tell jokes. Even when I knew the words for the jokes, the jokes made absolutely no sense to the Mexicans. While I thought I was being hilarious, I was usually greeted with crickets.

Sadly, this hasn’t improved that much 10 years down the road, but I’m still working on it.

But that’s why it’s so important to listen to the sections and understand what we say. because that will make this unit and all future units in the Live Lingua Spanish Podcasts make sense.

After listening to the episode, click here for practice exercises. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

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1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & Others Feb 14, 2023

Conversations — the vehicle of language. Being able to properly introduce yourself is akin to hopping into the vehicle.

This audio and text guide will show you how to do just that. This is a conversation between Ms. Laura Ramirez and her husband, Ray, who is an American that speaks a little bit of Spanish (yes, those are really our names!)

They’re meeting with someone called Miguel Gomez, and this episode is an introduction when they first meet. Then, the same conversation in Spanish. Don’t worry if you can’t understand it yet. We will break it down and practice it.

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1.1: Introduction + Objectives Feb 13, 2023

Welcome to the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast!

This unit is made up of 15 episodes that take from 1 to 5 minutes.

That way, you can go back and review the parts that you’ve missed without having to go through a whole 45-minute class.

The goal of Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast is to learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish.

In this unit of the podcast, you’ll learn how to greet others, respond to others when they greet you, introduce yourself and others, and respond when others introduce themselves to you.

This episode introduces the podcast and its format, and will get you prepared for Unit 1, where you will learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish.

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10.13: Unit 10 review Jan 12, 2023

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

10.12: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 11, 2023

This m-episode is a visualization practice that picks up where the visualization practice of Unit 9 leaves off. It continues the dining experience through ordering your meal. You may find it helpful to play both visualization practices back to back, just for practice.

10.11: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) review Jan 10, 2023

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this m-episode and the prior m-episodes in Unit 10.

10.10: Bring It All Together - Ordering at a restaurant Jan 09, 2023

This m-episode brings everything you have learned in the past few episodes together. Listen to the material in English and say it in Spanish. The first run through we won’t give you the Spanish answer to give you time to say it yourself. Then we’ll go through it again and say the English with the Spanish answer.

10.9: Ordering your meal Jan 08, 2023

This m-episode moves on to the good stuff -- how to order a meal in Spanish. When a waiter is ready to take your order, they will typically say something like, ¿Qué van a pedir señores? In this episode you'll learn how to reply.

10.8: Asking if a dish has specific ingredients (gluten, peanuts, meat, shellfish, etc). Jan 07, 2023

This one is for those with dietary restrictions and their travel companions. One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.7: Asking what a dish is made of Jan 06, 2023

One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.6: Vocabulary - Ingredients in dishes Jan 05, 2023

If you are traveling to a place you have never been before, you may run into dishes you don’t know. In these cases you may want to ask what is in the dish. You'll learn how to do that in this m-episode, including uncommon ingredients.

10.5: Ordering your steak – well done to rare Jan 04, 2023

If you are going to order steak in Latin America they will probably ask you how well you would like it cooked. This m-episode will teach you how to order your steak just how you like it, and know what to expect when the order is taken.

10.4: Different foods in Spanish Jan 03, 2023

While the variety of food you can try when traveling around Latin America and Mexico is almost limitless, there are some staple dishes that you can see almost everywhere. You'll learn about these, and how to order them, in this m-episode.

10.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 02, 2023

This m-episode covers the cultural notes surrounding dining in Latin American countries. You'll learn about common dining times and customs, and things to avoid when eating out, along with tips to have the best experience possible.

10.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Jan 01, 2023

The best way to get familiar with how to dine at a Latin American restaurant is to dive into conversation. You'll do just that in this m-episode, a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They are seated at a table and order their meal.

10.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Dec 31, 2022

Welcome to Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Objectives. In this unit you will learn how to ask for the menu, understand when the waiter asks what you want to order, ask what are certain dishes, and order your meal.

9.11: Unit 9 review Dec 30, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

9.10: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Dec 29, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization practice that will help you imagine yourself dining at a restaurant in a Latin American country -- can you successfully ask for a table, peruse the menu, and order drinks? You should be able to, after reviewing the episodes in this Unit.

9.9: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) review Dec 28, 2022

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 9. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this episode.

9.8: Putting it all together - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks). Dec 27, 2022

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far about dining in a restaurant in Latin America. We'll form more of a realistic situation with entering, asking for a table, and ordering drinks, all in the Spanish language.

9.7: How to say “I/We don’t want anything to drink” Dec 26, 2022

Now let's learn how to say "no" when a waiter asks you if you would like something to drink. If you don’t want to order anything to drink then you would use the phrase: No, no voy a tomar nada.If you are answering for two or more people you would say: No, no vamos a tomar nada.

9.6: Ordering a drink - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 25, 2022

In this m-episode you will learn how to order drinks in Spanish at a restaurant in Latin America. When ordering a drink you would use the phrase: Tráigame un X por favor” -> “Please bring me a X," Where the X is the drink that you want. Remember that to change the gender of the word “un” (a) based on the gender of the drink.

9.5: Types of drinks in Spanish Dec 24, 2022

In this m-episode you will learn about the types of drinks at a restaurant in Spanish. There are many different types of drinks in Latin America. You can find the common ones found around the word along with types that are unique to the region.

9.4: Asking for a table for your party - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 23, 2022

When you enter a restaurant, one of the first things you will be asked is how many people are in your party. To answer the phrase you would use say the following: A table for X people please -> Una mesa para X personas, por favor.

9.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 22, 2022

This m-episode covers common cultural notes related to dining at restaurants in Latin American countries. You'll learn how to address the waitstaff, how to phrase common orders, and more that will make your dining experience easier.

9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 21, 2022

Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish. This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.

9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Dec 20, 2022

Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.

8.15: Unit 8 review Dec 19, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department store Dec 18, 2022

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on item description, its color, its size, and other factors. Practice in this m-episode.

8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review) Dec 17, 2022

This m-episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to your personal shopping experience.

8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store Dec 16, 2022

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits. If you haven't grasped anything in this m-episode, go back and review the rest of this Unit.

8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small Dec 15, 2022

So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit. First you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on. You'll learn how to do these things in this m-episode.

8.10: Asking to try an item on Dec 14, 2022

This m-episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish. If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as “it”, just like in English.

8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes Dec 13, 2022

You'll learn how to ask for specific items in the right size for you (or someone else) in this m-episode. Like the rest of the world, in Latin America the item size can be described in two ways. A general size such as small, medium and large and a specific size like size 6 or size 10.

8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person Dec 12, 2022

This m-episode brings together all you have learned in the last four m-episodes. Say the following in Spanish. The first time through we will only say the English version so you have time to say it in Spanish. The second time through we’ll say it in Spanish and English so you can see if you got it right.

8.7: Buying items for other people Dec 11, 2022

Sometimes you need to buy items for people other than yourself. Let’s practice telling the clerk who you are buying the items for. This m-episode teaches you just that. It may be helpful to review Unit 1.10 of the podcast if you struggle to remember how to say each family member.

8.6: Ask for specific items Dec 10, 2022

This m-episode builds on the previous two episodes. You'll learn how to ask for specific items in specific colors, properly. The m-episode covers common differences between English and Spanish, such as that in Spanish, the color goes after the item, no before, like in English.

8.5: Items found in department stores Dec 09, 2022

You'll learn how to say the names of many common items found in department stores in this m-episode. There is some overlap in items found in a department store and those we went over in Unit 7, so please feel free to review that episode if you need to brush up on them.

8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store Dec 08, 2022

This m-episode is a basic introduction to the common colors in Spanish. You'll learn how to apply them to shopping in a department store, and how to ask for certain clothing items in a specific color of your choice.

8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store Dec 07, 2022

Here you'll learn the common cultural notes to be aware of before shopping in a Latin American department store. You will learn how to ask whether or not you can pay with a credit card, for example, and other common phrases necessary for a successful excursion.

8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store Dec 06, 2022

This m-episode is an introduction to shopping in a department store. You'll hear a common conversation that might take place between two people in the store. Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet -- we'll get to that and by the end of this unit, you will be shopping like a pro.

8.1: Shopping in a department store Dec 05, 2022

Welcome to Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to shop in a department store, and we'll also cover basic vocab for shopping and lifestyle excursions such as colors in Spanish, sizing of clothes, and how to ask to try on an item.

7.14: Unit 7 review Dec 04, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs Dec 03, 2022

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American market. You come across one or more souvenirs you want to buy, and decide that the price is too high. So, you negotiate that price down successfully, and come away with your souvenirs.

7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review) Dec 02, 2022

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation? After practicing through this m-episode you will be able to successfully negotiate your way through a negotiation in a Latin American marketplace.

7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs Dec 01, 2022

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets. By now, you should have the terms and sentence structure down to go to a market and come away with the things you want to buy.

7.10: Asking for a lower prices Nov 30, 2022

Here is your chance to practice. We're going to put you into a (hypothetical) situation in this exercise. The seller is going to give you a price for an item that you would like to buy. It costs too much -- and you should ask for a price 100 pesos less than the one offered.

7.9: Asking “Why so expensive?” Nov 29, 2022

Now we're going to actually give you the skills (and the terms behind those skills) to negotiate like an experienced market shopper in Latin America. If an item is more expensive than it should be, this episode will teach you how to talk it down to a more appropriate price.

7.8: Asking “How much for these or those?” Nov 28, 2022

The third part of our "negotiating" series will make you a master negotiator at Latin American markets (after a bit of practice, of course). The final thing we need to add, building on the last two m-episodes, is asking for multiple items, or items that are plural by nature (like shoes or earrings).

7.7 – Asking “How much for that?" Nov 27, 2022

Here we are going to build on what you learned in the past m-episode to boost your negotiating skills even further. In the previous episode you learned how to ask “How much for this?” Now, we are going to learn how to ask for an item that is farther away from you by asking “How much for that?”

7.6: Asking “How much for this?” Nov 26, 2022

Like all things in Spanish, the gender used when negotiating is very important. After listening to this m-episode. You will know how to ask how much something costs, while referring to it in the correct gender so as to show proper respect and knowledge of your subject.

7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of Nov 25, 2022

When you are interested in buying something, you may also be interested in what the product is made of. The most commonplace situation where this can apply is with jewelry. This m-episode will teach you how to ask what something is made of, and how to understand the answer.

7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs Nov 24, 2022

This m-episode is all about vocabulary. You'll learn the Spanish words for many common items that you'd shop for at a market, like souvenirs, plates, dolls, and more. In the accompanying blog post, there are matching exercises to help you memorize each of the items.

7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 23, 2022

This m-episode is an overview of cultural notes to be aware of before going to a market in Latin American countries. It also covers things to be aware of, how to avoid paying more than you should, and common words and phrases that you'll hear along the way.

7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 22, 2022

This m-episode is a conversation between Mr. Jacobs and a seller in a souvenir shop. You will hear the basics of a negotiation in Spanish. Mrs. Jacobs asks about the cost and material used in some of the souvenirs and tries to negotiate a lower price.

7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs Nov 21, 2022

Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for some common souvenir items by name, understand what material an item is made from, and negotiate a lower price.

6.9: Unit 6 review Nov 20, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market Nov 19, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization exercise of what you've learned in Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Imagine you are in Latin American market. Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go. If you're in a place that allows it, try to have this conversation out loud.

6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review) Nov 18, 2022

This m-episode reviews the conversation that you heard at the beginning of this unit, and helps to bring it together into a complete conversation. You should now be able to understand all of it. If there's parts of it that still aren't clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as you need.

6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product Nov 17, 2022

In this m-episode we’ll learn how to ask for a specific number of a product. You'll learn how to use a complete sentence to put in your order, and learn what to expect in return from the seller at a market in Latin America. If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, please review Units 2.5 and 5.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product Nov 16, 2022

In this m-episode we’ll learn how to ask for a specific weight of a product. You'll learn how to ask for and understand these weights using the Metric system, the primary unit of measurement used in Latin America. If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, feel free to review episodes 2.5 and 5.4.

6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market Nov 15, 2022

Here, you will practice using the vocabulary you learned in the last m-episode and make it practical to use. After hearing the word for a product in English, you'll learn to translate it into Spanish and add the phrase "¿cuánto cuesta un kilo de x?" in the front of it.

6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish Nov 14, 2022

This m-episode covers some basic products in the market. We're going to say them in English and in Spanish so just repeat them both out loud until you memorize them.

6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market Nov 13, 2022

In this m-episode you'll learn the cultural notes necessary for a proper trip to the market. Most countries in Latin America measure things in the metric system. This means they use kilometers and meters when measuring distance, and kilograms and grams when measuring weight.

6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market Nov 12, 2022

This m-episode is a conversation between Laura Ramirez and a seller at a market. Miss. Ramirez is buying her weekly groceries. Don't worry if you can't understand it yet, we'll break it down and practice it in the episodes of this unit.

6.1: Shopping in a Market Nov 11, 2022

Welcome to Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit we are going to teach you how to: Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product, and pay the amount requested for the product.

5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review Nov 10, 2022

If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.

5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxi Nov 09, 2022

This m-episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries. See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can.

5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review) Nov 08, 2022

Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those m-episodes and repeat.

5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi Nov 07, 2022

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far in Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. We'll give you phrases in English, and you translate them in Spanish. The second time through, we'll give you the answer after we're done so you can make sure you got it right.

5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have? Nov 06, 2022

To finish off your initial conversation with a taxi driver, let’s let the driver know how many pieces of luggage you have. This m-episode will teach you how to do so.

5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver Nov 05, 2022

This m-episode is designed to help you learn how to negotiate a lower price for your taxi rides. You could also negotiate a higher price, if you so desired, but who are we kidding?

5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a location Nov 04, 2022

Now let’s practice what you've learned about distance, but put everything into full sentences. When asking how near or far a location is, you can use the word "Queda."

5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words Nov 03, 2022

Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let’s learn how to ask how far, or close the location is. This m-episode covers basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you.

5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go Nov 02, 2022

Let's learn how to tell a driver where you want to go. In Spanish, when you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: “A”. We'll explain.

5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day? Nov 01, 2022

This m-episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.

5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day? Oct 31, 2022

Now let’s put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time.

5.5-5: Times of the day in Spanish Oct 30, 2022

This m-episode is all about time. If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use.

5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish Oct 29, 2022

This m-episode covers the days of the week in Spanish. This is useful if you want to arrange a taxi or any other event for a future day.

5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxi Oct 28, 2022

This m-episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries.

5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxi Oct 27, 2022

This m-episode is a conversation between Laura Ramirez and a taxi driver. Mrs. Ramirez is trying to get to her hotel and must negotiate the price. Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet, we're going to break it down bit by bit in this unit and practice everything.

5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber Oct 26, 2022

Welcome to Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to: Say the day of the week and time of day, ask a cab driver if they are free, bargain with them over the fare, and understand if they ask if you have any luggage.

5.14: Unit 5 review Jul 28, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation. Jul 27, 2022

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to purchase bus, train, and airplane tickets, how to ask when a bus, train, or plain arrives, and how to ask when one will depart.

5.12: Conversation: Buying tickets for public transportation (Review) Jul 26, 2022

This m-episode revisits the conversation that you heard in Unit 5.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand everything that is said -- if not, go back and review some of the previous episodes until you have it down.

5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation Jul 25, 2022

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned in this unit and the previous units of the LiveLingua Spanish Podcast. You'll practice with complete sentences, and work on comprehending common responses you may receive to questions.

5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket Jul 24, 2022

This m-episode teaches you to ask for a ticket to a specific destination from a teller. We're going to use some phrases you can use on any type of transportation, so you don't have to worry about the type of vehicle you are going to be using when using these phrases.

5.9: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane arrive?” Jul 23, 2022

This m-episode covers how to ask what time a train, bus, or airplane arrives at its destination, and how to understand the reply that you will receive. In Spanish, ask "when does x arrive?", where "x" is the vehicle, you just have to say "¿a qué hora llega "x"?

5.8: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane leave?” Jul 22, 2022

This m-episode covers how to ask what time a train, bus, or airplane departs from the terminal, and how to understand the reply that you will receive. In Spanish you ask "when does x leave for y?", where "x" is the vehicle (bus, plain, train) and "y" is the location you want to go to.

5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2). Jul 21, 2022

Now that you know how to say and understand the hours, let’s focus a bit on the minutes. In Spanish, you can say the minutes after the hours, just like in English. This m-episode covers how to do that, and how to say the information in a sentence.

5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1) Jul 20, 2022

Now let’s combine the numbers you learned in the previous m-episode so you can tell the time. When telling time in Spanish all you need to do is start the sentence with “Son las” and add the number, unless it is 1:00, where you would say '"Es La."

5.5: Bring it all together – Numbers in Spanish. Jul 19, 2022

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned in the previous four episodes of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and helps you learn how to memorize it and use the skills in daily conversation while in a Latin American country.

5.4: Numbers from 10 to 999,999. Jul 18, 2022

Here you'll learn a basic formula for saying and reading all Spanish numbers between 10 and 999,999. You'll also gain basic information on how to tell time in Spanish, using the numbers we cover in this episode. M-episode 2.5 may be a helpful preview.

5.3: Cultural and language notes – Buying tickets for public transport Jul 17, 2022

In this m-episode you will learn how to understand information about public transportation in Latin American countries. For example, we'll cover what someone will reply when you ask them what time a bus leaves, and how to ask about the price of a ticket.

5.2: Conversation. Buying tickets for public transportation. Jul 16, 2022

This m-episode is an introductory lesson on how to buy a bus ticket at a terminal or station in Latin America, speaking in Spanish. You'll hear a conversation between a purchaser and seller, and learn the basics of how to talk through the transaction.

5.1: Objectives. Buying tickets for public transportation. Jul 15, 2022

Welcome to Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’re going to be traveling between cities in Spain or Latin America, chances are you’re going to be using some kind of public transportation, whether it be buses, trains or planes. In this unit, we’re going to work through some conversations on how to buy tickets for public transportation.

4.10: Unit 4 review Jul 15, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

4.9: Visualization practice - Asking for directions Jul 14, 2022

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to ask for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common tourist sites in Latin American countries such as hotels, restaurants, the bus station, and the airport.

4.8: Conversations – Asking for directions (Review) Jul 13, 2022

This m-episode walks you again through the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 4. You should now be able to understand all of the conversation on how to ask for directions in Spanish. If there's are any part that's still not clear, feel free to review this unit as many times as you need.

4.7: Saying “thank you”, “I don’t understand,” and “More slowly, please” Jul 12, 2022

If you're asking for directions in Spanish, there's generally two things that can happen after they're given to you. You can either say "thank you" and be on your way, or you can ask for a clarification. This m-episode walks you through both situations. Listen and repeat the following phrases in English and in Spanish.

4.6.2: Bring it all together - Understanding directions Jul 11, 2022

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned so far in Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. We review asking for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common sites that tourists visit in Latin American countries.

4.6.1: Direction words in Spanish Jul 10, 2022

This m-episode covers basic words people use to give directions. Knowing this vocabulary is critical, not only if you want to give directions, but actually, if you want to understand what people in Spanish speaking countries say when they give you the answer to the question ¿Dónde está? that you learned in the previous episode.

4.5: Ask: “Where is…_” Jul 09, 2022

After learning the vocabulary in the last episode for some common locations in Spanish, this m-episode puts it into a complete sentence. You'll learn how to specifically ask where something is, in the Spanish language.

4.4: Location vocabulary in Spanish Jul 08, 2022

This m-episode walks you through the vocabulary for some common locations you would need to get to when you're traveling in Latin America. You'll learn about asking for directions to places like airports, bus stations, hotels, restaurants, and more common tourist sites.

4.3: Cultural and language notes - Asking for directions Jul 07, 2022

This m-episode covers cultural notes regarding directions, as specific to Latin American countries. You'll learn how to understand key differences and nuances between asking for directions in English and asking for directions in Spanish.

4.2: Conversation - Asking for directions Jul 06, 2022

This m-episode is a short conversation about how to ask for directions in Latin American countries. You may not understand all of it yet, but after working through Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, you will be able to ask for, and understand, directions in Spanish.

4.1: Asking for directions Jul 05, 2022

If you’re traveling to a Spanish-speaking country, or if you’re traveling anywhere, you probably need to ask for directions. This m-episode is an introduction to the topic, and covers basic information on getting around in Latin American countries.

3.17: Unit 3 review & congratulations Jul 04, 2022

This m-episode summarizes everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

3.16: Visualization Practice – Work and family Jul 03, 2022

Let's make sure you are comfortable in a situation where you have to speak about your work and family. This is a visualization exercise that will help you become comfortable talking about these two very common conversation pieces, in Spanish.

3.15: Conversation – Talking about work and family Jul 02, 2022

This m-episode contains a thorough conversation about work and family in the Spanish language. You should be able to understand what is being said, and be able to apply the questions and answers to your own personal situations regarding employment and family.

3.14: Bring it all together – Talking about work and family Jul 01, 2022

This m-episode is a review of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. We'll revisit the information we've covered in Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and give you some exercises to practice what you've learned in common situations.

3.13: Saying “Goodbye” in Spanish Jun 30, 2022

Like in English, and many other languages, there are many ways to say “goodbye” in Spanish. Here are a few of them you can use in most situations. We'll cover the most common ways to say goodbye, and explain the situations in which you'd want to use each one.

3.12: Answer “Where do you live?” Jun 29, 2022

Now that you know how to ask someone where they live, let’s practice answering people when they ask where you live. The answer can be as general as a country, or as specific as a street. After practicing this m-episode, you will be able to tell someone where you live.

3.11: Ask “Where do you live? Jun 28, 2022

When asking someone where they live, the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal. This m-episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.

3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children Jun 27, 2022

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far in Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. You'll be able to practice asking and answering what you do for work, and how many kids you have, and will know the cultural notes to accompany the questions

3.9: Indicating the genders of your children Jun 26, 2022

Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls. This m-episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.

3.8: Answer, how many children do you have? Jun 25, 2022

This m-episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have. For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal) Jun 24, 2022

Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting. This m-episode covers both situations.

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal) Jun 23, 2022

When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal. It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this m-episode.

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence Jun 22, 2022

This m-episode teaches you how to explain what you do for work in Spanish. If someone asks your profession, you could give a one-word answer as we did in the previous m-episode. But in general, it would sound more professional if you could actually speak in full sentences. In this m-episode, we'll learn how to do that.

3.4: Professions in Spanish Jun 21, 2022

This m-episode teaches you how to say some basic professions in Spanish. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and you may need to look up how to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes Jun 20, 2022

In Latin America it is actually unusual for somebody to ask what you do when you first meet. The first question you get is usually about your family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children. This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.

3.2: Conversation about work & family Jun 19, 2022

This m-episode is a basic overview of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. It is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. They have just met and are getting to know each other.

3.1: Talking about work & family Jun 18, 2022

This m-episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

2.22 – Review + Congratulations Jun 17, 2022

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratualtions on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

2.21 – Visualization Practice Jun 16, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live Jun 15, 2022

This m-episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live Jun 14, 2022

This m-episode brings together what you've learned in the last few episodes to talk about where you live. Using what you learned in this unit translate common English sentences about where you live and what the weather is like there.

2.18 – Answer “Where Are You From” vs “Where Are You All From” Jun 13, 2022

This m-episode covers how to tell someone where you are from. We'll give you examples both for yourself, and for a group (in case you are traveling with friends or family, and need to answer for everyone).

2.17 – Ask, “Where Are You From” Formal vs Informal Jun 12, 2022

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from. There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way., and one way to ask a group. This m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

2.16 – Bring It Together Jun 11, 2022

This m-episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

2.15 – Answer, “How Is The Weather In . . .” Jun 10, 2022

In this m-episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

2.14 – Make It A Statement or a Question in Spanish Jun 09, 2022

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

2.13 – The Weather In Spanish Jun 08, 2022

This m-episode covers how to describe the weather in the place where you live. This is a key way to note whether or not you like this place, and this episode covers basic conversation about the weather and how to answer people's questions about it.

2.12 – Bringing it Together: Ask + Answer “Do You Like” Jun 07, 2022

In this m-episode you will say some phrases using the material you've learned in the last few episodes. The first time, we'll only say it in English to see if you can answer in Spanish yourself. The second time through, we'll say it in English and Spanish. Using what you learned in the previous two exercises translate the following English phrases into Spanish.

2.11 – Answering “Do You Like . . .” Jun 06, 2022

In this m-episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . . Jun 05, 2022

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This m-episode walks you through each, with examples.

2.9 – Pulling It All Together: How Long Have You Lived In . . . Jun 04, 2022

Here, we bring together everything we've learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast so far. You'll practice talking about where you live, using basic numbers and days, weeks, or months to describe.

2.8 – On The Fly: How Long Have You Lived In Mexico? Jun 03, 2022

In this m-episode we will make sure you have grasped what we've learned in this unit so far. In this episode, we'll see how well you can answer questions about how long you've lived somewhere -- on the fly! We'll provide a time frame -- say, four months -- and you add "He vivido in Mexico" in front of it.

2.7 – Telling People How Long You Have Lived Somewhere Jun 02, 2022

This m-episode brings together the previous few. You'll learn how to tell people how long you've lived in a certain place, and how to understand how long they have lived where they live now. We'll practice in a few different situations.

2.6 – Days, Weeks, and Months in Spanish Jun 01, 2022

In this m-episode, you will learn how to say the word "day(s)," week(s)," and month(s)," and similar terms in Spanish. This is really important if you want to tell someone how long you've been somewhere, how long you're going to be somewhere, or find out how long other people have been in those locations.

2.5 – Numbers In Spanish May 31, 2022

Learning numbers in Spanish is probably one of the most valuable things you can do. This is true whether you're just visiting a country and want to negotiate, or whether you're planning on living there long-term. In this m-episode we're going to learn the numbers 1 through 10.

2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___? May 30, 2022

Let's learn how to ask someone how long they have lived somewhere. In this m-episode, we're going to give you a location and all you have to do is repeat it out loud by adding the words "Cuanto tiempo a vivido en . . . " to the beginning of each sentence.

2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes May 29, 2022

To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous episode.

2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish May 28, 2022

In this m-episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in which two people discuss a location. That location is Boston, where a Mr. Michael Smith is from. This is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. Mr. Smith has recently moved to Mexico.

2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live May 27, 2022

This m-episode welcomes you to Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast. In this unit, you're going to learn how to reply when people ask where you live, count from 1 to 10 in Spanish, talk about how long you've lived somewhere, and how much you like (or don't like) living there.

1.15: Unit 1 Review May 26, 2022

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 1 of the Spanish Lingua podcast, brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others Respond to others when they greet you Introduce yourself and others with you Respond when others introduce themselves to you. If you are not confident with this yet, repeat this episode as many times as you need If you want additional free practice just visit our website LiveLingua.com. If you liked this episode, please take a minute to leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. As a small family-run boutique language school, we really appreciate it. In the next episode you will learn how to share basic information about where you are from and ask the same information of others you meet. Hasta pronto.

1.14: Visualization Practice May 25, 2022

One of the best ways to learn anything is to visualize it. This is why you see boxers doing a visualization of their practice and shadowboxing. We’re going to try the equivalent in language learning. We’re going to give you three scenarios. Close your eyes (as long as you’re not driving, of course) and imagine you’re in the scenarios. You’ll say something in Spanish based on what we’ve learned in this unit. Try to imagine the conversation in your head — either be the person who is asking the questions or answering them. Let’s see if you can do it! After listening, check out the corresponding blog post for written exercises and more. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others May 24, 2022

This is a review to help you review what we’ve learned so far in Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’ve listed to all of them and practices the exercises, you should be able to get through every word of it now – even if you weren’t able to when you started this course! If you listen to it again and there’s a part you still don’t understand, go back and listen to that episode (links here in the previous articles.) And be sure to check out the written material and exercises corresponding to this episode in our blog post. Let’s get started. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.12: Bring It All Together May 23, 2022

Let’s bring together everything you’ve learned in Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. You learned how to say “Good Morning,” “Good Afternoon,” “Good Evening.” You also learned people’s titles, and how to introduce the people in your family. Now, we’re going to give you a few phrases — in English — combing all of these. What I need you to do is to say them in Spanish! The first time we’re going to give you only the English. The second time, we’re going to say it in Spanish (after a short break) to give you the answer. Let’s get started! After listening, review the exercises and material in this blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members May 22, 2022

Let’s practice introducing others. To introduce others we will use the phrase ‘le presento’ which means ‘may I introduce you to’. This is followed by my ‘mi’ if you are introducing a family member, since you are implying a relationship to you. Example: Le presento a mi esposo -> May I introduce you to my husband. If you are introducing a person by their first name, without including their title, you add an ‘a’ before the name: Example: Le presento a Ray Blakney -> May I introduce you to Ray Blakney. If you are introducing a person with their title you add either an ‘a la’ if they are female or ‘al’, spelled ‘A-L’ if they are male. That is just contraction of ‘a el’. Example: Le presento a la doctora Sánchez -> May I introduce you to Dr. Sánchez. Now, repeat all the following phrases out loud, but add the word ‘le presento’ at the beginning of each one. Example: A mi hijo -> Le presento a mi hijo. Find more practice exercises in this blog post after listening to the episode. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members May 21, 2022

For better or worse, we may actually have to introduce members of our family to the people we meet in Latin America or in Spain — this may be more embarrassing for some than for others! Here at Live Lingua, we’re going to teach you the basic vocabularly words you need to do so. Say them out loud, both in English and Spanish — we promise, it will help you memorize the terms. Without further ado, let’s get started with the practice. After listening, try the practice episodes here in this blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing May 20, 2022

In this section, we’re going to learn how to say “How are you?” in different circumstances. Now, this might sound simple — but in Spanish, we have both formal and informal, and to add a spin in there, it’s even more complicated when talking to a group of people. Asking “How are you guys?” or “How are you girls?” has it’s own way of being said in Spanish. If you’re going to ask one person how they are doing, you’d say “¿Come esta?” That’s formal, but you could make it more formal by saying “¿Como esta Usted? You don’t have to add the pronoun, but you can. In an informal setting among friends, you would say “¿Como estas?” If we’re talking plural, whether three people or a million people, you would say “¿Como estan?” With the pronoun, that would be, “¿Como estan Ustedes?” Notice that we don’t actually have gender differences here, which makes it a little easier. We don’t have to worry about Mr. and Mrs. when we’re asking this. In this section we practice saying “How are you?” in the formal singular ‘usted’ or informal ‘tú’ form as well as the plural ‘ustedes’ form. Note that in most of Latin America there is no different formal and informal for the plural. After listening, work through the exercises in the corresponding blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others May 19, 2022

Now that you’ve learned how to say good morning, good afternoon, and good evening in Spanish, as well as addressing the people you’re talking to, let’s move on to the next step: How to introduce yourself! When you introduce yourself, the only phrase you really need to know is “Yo soy” – “I am.” You put this phrase in front of your name and you’ve done it! Yo soy Ray Blakney — I am Ray Blakney. In this example, we’ll pretend you are introducing yourself. To make it more complicated, replace the names we give you with your own name so that you can practice using the phrase as you will in a Spanish speaking country. Practice introducing yourself at the phrase “yo soy” (I am) to the front of each Spanish phrase. Example: El señor Jack Smith -> Yo soy el Señor Jack Smith. La doctora Jane Sánchez -> Yo soy la doctora Jane Sánchez. Run through the practice exercises in our blog post after listening to this episode. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics May 18, 2022

1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics May 17, 2022

What we’re going to do in this section is bring it all together! We’re going to combine what you’ve learned in the past few episodes about greetings and honorifics. Let’s practice a little bit. When you hear a phrase in Spanish, we want you to translate it into English. Say it out loud if you can, because that’s one of the best ways to learn. Here are some examples: If we say, “Buenos Dias, Señor Smith.” You would say, “Good morning, Mr. Smith.” If we say, “Buenas Noches, Licienciada Sanchez.” That translates to, “Good evening, Mrs. Sanchez,” but we’re also implying that Mrs. Sanchez has a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Is that clear? Don’t worry if not, because we’re going to go through all of this and our exercises are pretty much the same — and you can repeat this episode as many times as you need. After listening, complete the practice episodes here in our blog post. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.5: Honorifics in Spanish May 12, 2022

Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this m-episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish. I’ll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn’t actually know what an honorific was. It wasn’t until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we’re going to learn some of these titles. Side note — In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, they put a lot of emphasis on these titles. It’s very important that you call them Señor, Señora, Señorita. If you know they have a college degree or a Masters, they even have a title for that — and you’re going to learn this in this episode. It can be difficult for somebody who is not a native Spanish speaker to pick up on this in the beginning. But really put in the effort — in addition to the titles, you have to remember the gender. Enjoy the m-episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos.

1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening May 11, 2022

¡Buenos dias! In this episode, we're going to learn how to say Good Morning (hint: we just did!), Good Afternoon, and Good Evening in Spanish. In order to say "Good Morning," you'd say: Buenos Dias In order to say "Good Afternoon," you'd say: Buenas Tardes In order to say "Good Evening," you'd say: Buenas Noches The one thing to pay attention to is the ending on the "Buenos.," the "good" part. In the morning, it ends with an "-os," as the term is male. In the afternoon and evening, it ends in "-as", as the term is female. This is one of the most common errors I see people trying to learn Spanish make when they are trying to greet people in Mexico. As you listen to this episode, complete the exercises in this blog post by simply repeating what you hear -- repeat it in Spanish and in English, as this will actually imprint it on your mind. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and share!

1.3: Language + Cultural Notes May 10, 2022

1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & Others May 06, 2022

Conversations — the vehicle of language. Being able to properly introduce yourself is akin to hopping into the vehicle. This audio and text guide will show you how to do just that. This is a conversation between Ms. Laura Ramirez and her husband, Ray, who is an American that speaks a little bit of Spanish (yes, those are really our names!) They’re meeting with someone called Miguel Gomez, and this episode is an introduction when they first meet. Then, the same conversation in Spanish. Don’t worry if you can’t understand it yet. We will break it down and practice it. After listening to the episode, click here for free practice exercises. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

1.1: Introduction + Objectives May 05, 2022

Welcome to the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast!

This unit is made up of 15 episodes that take from 1 to 5 minutes.

That way, you can go back and review the parts that you’ve missed without having to go through a whole 45-minute class.

The goal of Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast is to learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish.

In this unit of the podcast, you’ll learn how to greet others, respond to others when they greet you, introduce yourself and others, and respond when others introduce themselves to you.

This episode introduces the podcast and its format, and will get you prepared for Unit 1, where you will learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish.

After listening to the episode, click here for free practice exercises.

Click here to subscribe. Don't forget to rate 5 stars, subscribe, and leave a review!

https://www.livelingua.com/podcast/1-1-objectives/

Live Lingua Podcast - Intro May 04, 2022

Welcome to the Learn Spanish with Live Lingua podcast. With this series of podcasts we are going to learn how to have basic conversations in Spanish from the comfort of your own home in small 3-5 minute lessons every day. Emp

10.13: Unit 10 review May 03, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

10.12: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) May 02, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization practice that picks up where the visualization practice of Unit 9 leaves off. It continues the dining experience through ordering your meal. You may find it helpful to play both visualization practices back to back, just for practice.

10.11: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) review May 01, 2022

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this m-episode and the prior m-episodes in Unit 10.

10.10: Bring It All Together - Ordering at a restaurant Apr 30, 2022

This m-episode brings everything you have learned in the past few episodes together. Listen to the material in English and say it in Spanish. The first run through we won’t give you the Spanish answer to give you time to say it yourself. Then we’ll go through it again and say the English with the Spanish answer.

10.9: Ordering your meal Apr 29, 2022

10.8: Asking if a dish has specific ingredients (gluten, peanuts, meat, shellfish, etc). Apr 28, 2022

This one is for those with dietary restrictions and their travel companions. One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.7: Asking what a dish is made of Apr 27, 2022

One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we’ll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

10.6: Vocabulary - Ingredients in dishes Apr 26, 2022

10.5: Ordering your steak – well done to rare Apr 25, 2022

If you are going to order steak in Latin America they will probably ask you how well you would like it cooked. This m-episode will teach you how to order your steak just how you like it, and know what to expect when the order is taken.

10.4: Different foods in Spanish Apr 24, 2022

10.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Apr 23, 2022

10.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Apr 22, 2022

10.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Food) Apr 21, 2022

Welcome to Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Objectives. In this unit you will learn how to ask for the menu, understand when the waiter asks what you want to order, ask what are certain dishes, and order your meal.

9.11: Unit 9 review Apr 20, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

9.10: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 19, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization practice that will help you imagine yourself dining at a restaurant in a Latin American country -- can you successfully ask for a table, peruse the menu, and order drinks? You should be able to, after reviewing the episodes in this Unit.

9.9: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) review Apr 18, 2022

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 9. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this episode.

9.8: Putting it all together - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 17, 2022

9.7: How to say “I/We don’t want anything to drink” Apr 16, 2022

9.6: Ordering a drink - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 15, 2022

9.5: Types of drinks in Spanish Apr 14, 2022

In this m-episode you will learn about the types of drinks at a restaurant in Spanish. There are many different types of drinks in Latin America. You can find the common ones found around the word along with types that are unique to the region.

9.4: Asking for a table for your party - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 13, 2022

When you enter a restaurant, one of the first things you will be asked is how many people are in your party. To answer the phrase you would use say the following: A table for X people please -> Una mesa para X personas, por favor.

9.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 12, 2022

9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 11, 2022

Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish. This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.

9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) Apr 10, 2022

Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.

8.15: Unit 8 review Apr 09, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department store Apr 08, 2022

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on item description, its color, its size, and other factors. Practice in this m-episode.

8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review) Apr 07, 2022

This m-episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to your personal shopping experience.

8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store Apr 06, 2022

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits. If you haven't grasped anything in this m-episode, go back and review the rest of this Unit.

8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small Apr 05, 2022

So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit. First you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on. You'll learn how to do these things in this m-episode.

8.10: Asking to try an item on Apr 04, 2022

This m-episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish. If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as “it”, just like in English.

8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes Apr 03, 2022

8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person Apr 02, 2022

This m-episode brings together all you have learned in the last four m-episodes. Say the following in Spanish. The first time through we will only say the English version so you have time to say it in Spanish. The second time through we’ll say it in Spanish and English so you can see if you got it right.

8.7: Buying items for other people Apr 01, 2022

Sometimes you need to buy items for people other than yourself. Let’s practice telling the clerk who you are buying the items for. This m-episode teaches you just that. It may be helpful to review Unit 1.10 of the podcast if you struggle to remember how to say each family member.

8.6: Ask for specific items Mar 31, 2022

8.5: Items found in department stores Mar 30, 2022

8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store Mar 29, 2022

8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store Mar 28, 2022

8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store Mar 27, 2022

This m-episode is an introduction to shopping in a department store. You'll hear a common conversation that might take place between two people in the store. Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet -- we'll get to that and by the end of this unit, you will be shopping like a pro.

8.1: Shopping in a department store Mar 26, 2022

7.14: Unit 7 review Mar 25, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs Mar 24, 2022

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American market. You come across one or more souvenirs you want to buy, and decide that the price is too high. So, you negotiate that price down successfully, and come away with your souvenirs.

7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review) Mar 23, 2022

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation? After practicing through this m-episode you will be able to successfully negotiate your way through a negotiation in a Latin American marketplace.

7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs Mar 22, 2022

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets. By now, you should have the terms and sentence structure down to go to a market and come away with the things you want to buy.

7.10: Asking for a lower prices Mar 21, 2022

7.9: Asking “Why so expensive?” Mar 20, 2022

7.8: Asking “How much for these or those?” Mar 19, 2022

The third part of our "negotiating" series will make you a master negotiator at Latin American markets (after a bit of practice, of course). The final thing we need to add, building on the last two m-episodes, is asking for multiple items, or items that are plural by nature (like shoes or earrings).

7.7 – Asking “How much for that?" Mar 18, 2022

Here we are going to build on what you learned in the past m-episode to boost your negotiating skills even further. In the previous episode you learned how to ask “How much for this?” Now, we are going to learn how to ask for an item that is farther away from you by asking “How much for that?”

7.6: Asking “How much for this?” Mar 17, 2022

Like all things in Spanish, the gender used when negotiating is very important. After listening to this m-episode. You will know how to ask how much something costs, while referring to it in the correct gender so as to show proper respect and knowledge of your subject.

7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of Mar 16, 2022

When you are interested in buying something, you may also be interested in what the product is made of. The most commonplace situation where this can apply is with jewelry. This m-episode will teach you how to ask what something is made of, and how to understand the answer.

7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs Mar 15, 2022

This m-episode is all about vocabulary. You'll learn the Spanish words for many common items that you'd shop for at a market, like souvenirs, plates, dolls, and more. In the accompanying blog post, there are matching exercises to help you memorize each of the items.

7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs Mar 14, 2022

7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs Mar 13, 2022

This m-episode is a conversation between Mr. Jacobs and a seller in a souvenir shop. You will hear the basics of a negotiation in Spanish. Mrs. Jacobs asks about the cost and material used in some of the souvenirs and tries to negotiate a lower price.

7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs Mar 12, 2022

Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for some common souvenir items by name, understand what material an item is made from, and negotiate a lower price.

6.9: Unit 6 review Mar 11, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market Mar 10, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization exercise of what you've learned in Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Imagine you are in Latin American market. Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go. If you're in a place that allows it, try to have this conversation out loud.

6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review) Mar 09, 2022

This m-episode reviews the conversation that you heard at the beginning of this unit, and helps to bring it together into a complete conversation. You should now be able to understand all of it. If there's parts of it that still aren't clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as you need.

6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product Mar 08, 2022

6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product Mar 07, 2022

6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market Mar 06, 2022

6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish Mar 05, 2022

6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market Mar 04, 2022

6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market Mar 03, 2022

6.1: Shopping in a Market Mar 02, 2022

Welcome to Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit we are going to teach you how to: Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product, and pay the amount requested for the product.

5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review Mar 01, 2022

If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.

5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxi Feb 28, 2022

This m-episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries. See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can.

5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review) Feb 27, 2022

Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those m-episodes and repeat.

5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi Feb 26, 2022

5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have? Feb 25, 2022

To finish off your initial conversation with a taxi driver, let’s let the driver know how many pieces of luggage you have. This m-episode will teach you how to do so.

5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver Feb 24, 2022

This m-episode is designed to help you learn how to negotiate a lower price for your taxi rides. You could also negotiate a higher price, if you so desired, but who are we kidding?

5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a location Feb 23, 2022

5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words Feb 22, 2022

Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let’s learn how to ask how far, or close the location is. This m-episode covers basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you.

5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go Feb 21, 2022

Let's learn how to tell a driver where you want to go. In Spanish, when you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: “A”. We'll explain.

5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day? Feb 20, 2022

This m-episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.

5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day? Feb 19, 2022

Now let’s put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time.

5.5-5: Times of the day in Spanish Feb 18, 2022

This m-episode is all about time. If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use.

5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish Feb 17, 2022

This m-episode covers the days of the week in Spanish. This is useful if you want to arrange a taxi or any other event for a future day.

5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxi Feb 16, 2022

This m-episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries.

5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxi Feb 15, 2022

5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber Feb 14, 2022

Welcome to Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to: Say the day of the week and time of day, ask a cab driver if they are free, bargain with them over the fare, and understand if they ask if you have any luggage.

5.14: Unit 5 review Feb 13, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation Feb 12, 2022

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to purchase bus, train, and airplane tickets, how to ask when a bus, train, or plain arrives, and how to ask when one will depart.

5.12: Conversation: Buying tickets for public transportation (Review) Feb 11, 2022

This m-episode revisits the conversation that you heard in Unit 5.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand everything that is said -- if not, go back and review some of the previous episodes until you have it down.

5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation Feb 10, 2022

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned in this unit and the previous units of the LiveLingua Spanish Podcast. You'll practice with complete sentences, and work on comprehending common responses you may receive to questions.

5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket Feb 09, 2022

This m-episode teaches you to ask for a ticket to a specific destination from a teller. We're going to use some phrases you can use on any type of transportation, so you don't have to worry about the type of vehicle you are going to be using when using these phrases.

5.9: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane arrive?” Feb 08, 2022

5.8: Ask: “When does the bus, train, plane leave?” Feb 07, 2022

This m-episode covers how to ask what time a train, bus, or airplane departs from the terminal, and how to understand the reply that you will receive. In Spanish you ask "when does x leave for y?", where "x" is the vehicle (bus, plain, train) and "y" is the location you want to go to.

5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2) Feb 06, 2022

Now that you know how to say and understand the hours, let’s focus a bit on the minutes. In Spanish, you can say the minutes after the hours, just like in English. This m-episode covers how to do that, and how to say the information in a sentence.

5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1) Feb 05, 2022

5.5: Bring it all together – Numbers in Spanish Feb 04, 2022

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned in the previous four episodes of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and helps you learn how to memorize it and use the skills in daily conversation while in a Latin American country.

5.4: Numbers from 10 to 999,999 Feb 03, 2022

Here you'll learn a basic formula for saying and reading all Spanish numbers between 10 and 999,999. You'll also gain basic information on how to tell time in Spanish, using the numbers we cover in this episode. M-episode 2.5 may be a helpful preview.

5.3: Cultural and language notes – Buying tickets for public transport Feb 02, 2022

5.2: Conversation. Buying tickets for public transportation. Feb 01, 2022

5.1: Objectives. Buying tickets for public transportation Jan 31, 2022

Welcome to Unit 5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. If you’re going to be traveling between cities in Spain or Latin America, chances are you’re going to be using some kind of public transportation, whether it be buses, trains or planes. In this unit, we’re going to work through some conversations on how to buy tickets for public transportation.

4.10: Unit 4 review Jan 30, 2022

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

4.9: Visualization practice - Asking for directions Jan 29, 2022

In this m-episode, you have the chance to work through a visualization practice to help you learn how to ask for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common tourist sites in Latin American countries such as hotels, restaurants, the bus station, and the airport.

4.8: Conversations – Asking for directions (Review) Jan 28, 2022

This m-episode walks you again through the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 4. You should now be able to understand all of the conversation on how to ask for directions in Spanish. If there's are any part that's still not clear, feel free to review this unit as many times as you need.

4.7: Saying “thank you”, “I don’t understand,” and “More slowly, please” Jan 27, 2022

4.6.2: Bring it all together - Understanding directions Jan 26, 2022

This m-episode brings together all of the information you have learned so far in Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. We review asking for directions in Spanish, and how to locate common sites that tourists visit in Latin American countries.

4.6.1: Direction words in Spanish Jan 25, 2022

This m-episode covers basic words people use to give directions. Knowing this vocabulary is critical, not only if you want to give directions, but actually, if you want to understand what people in Spanish speaking countries say when they give you the answer to the question ¿Dónde está? that you learned in the previous episode.

4.5: Ask: “Where is…_” Jan 24, 2022

4.4: Location vocabulary in Spanish Jan 23, 2022

This m-episode walks you through the vocabulary for some common locations you would need to get to when you're traveling in Latin America. You'll learn about asking for directions to places like airports, bus stations, hotels, restaurants, and more common tourist sites.

4.3: Cultural and language notes - Asking for directions Jan 22, 2022

4.2: Conversation - Asking for directions Jan 21, 2022

This m-episode is a short conversation about how to ask for directions in Latin American countries. You may not understand all of it yet, but after working through Unit 4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, you will be able to ask for, and understand, directions in Spanish.

4.1: Asking for directions Jan 20, 2022

If you’re traveling to a Spanish-speaking country, or if you’re traveling anywhere, you probably need to ask for directions. This m-episode is an introduction to the topic, and covers basic information on getting around in Latin American countries.

3.17: Unit 3 review & congratulations Jan 19, 2022

This m-episode summarizes everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

3.16: Visualization Practice – Work and family Jan 18, 2022

3.15: Conversation – Talking about work and family Jan 17, 2022

This m-episode contains a thorough conversation about work and family in the Spanish language. You should be able to understand what is being said, and be able to apply the questions and answers to your own personal situations regarding employment and family.

3.14: Bring it all together – Talking about work and family Jan 16, 2022

3.13: Saying “Goodbye” in Spanish Jan 15, 2022

Like in English, and many other languages, there are many ways to say “goodbye” in Spanish. Here are a few of them you can use in most situations. We'll cover the most common ways to say goodbye, and explain the situations in which you'd want to use each one.

3.12: Answer “Where do you live?” Jan 14, 2022

Now that you know how to ask someone where they live, let’s practice answering people when they ask where you live. The answer can be as general as a country, or as specific as a street. After practicing this m-episode, you will be able to tell someone where you live.

3.11: Ask “Where do you live? Jan 13, 2022

When asking someone where they live, the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal. This m-episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.

3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children Jan 12, 2022

3.9: Indicating the genders of your children Jan 11, 2022

Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls. This m-episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.

3.8: Answer, how many children do you have? Jan 10, 2022

This m-episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have. For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal) Jan 09, 2022

Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting. This m-episode covers both situations.

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal) Jan 08, 2022

When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal. It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this m-episode.

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence Jan 07, 2022

3.4: Professions in Spanish Jan 06, 2022

This m-episode teaches you how to say some basic professions in Spanish. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and you may need to look up how to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes Jan 05, 2022

In Latin America it is actually unusual for somebody to ask what you do when you first meet. The first question you get is usually about your family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children. This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.

3.2: Conversation about work & family Jan 04, 2022

This m-episode is a basic overview of how to talk about work and family in Spanish. It is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. They have just met and are getting to know each other.

3.1: Talking about work & family Jan 03, 2022

This m-episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

2.22 – Review + Congratulations Jan 02, 2022

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

2.21 – Visualization Practice Jan 01, 2022

This m-episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live Dec 31, 2021

This m-episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live Dec 30, 2021

2.18 – Answer “Where Are You From” vs “Where Are You All From” Dec 29, 2021

2.17 – Ask, “Where Are You From” Formal vs Informal Dec 28, 2021

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from. There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way, and one way to ask a group. This m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

2.16 – Bring It Together Dec 27, 2021

This m-episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

2.15 – Answer, “How Is The Weather In . . .” Dec 26, 2021

In this m-episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

2.14 – Make It A Statement or a Question in Spanish Dec 25, 2021

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

2.13 – The Weather In Spanish Dec 24, 2021

2.12 – Bringing it Together: Ask + Answer “Do You Like” Dec 23, 2021

2.11 – Answering “Do You Like . . .” Dec 22, 2021

In this m-episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . . Dec 21, 2021

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This m-episode walks you through each, with examples.

2.9 – Pulling It All Together: How Long Have You Lived In . . . Dec 20, 2021

Here, we bring together everything we've learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast so far. You'll practice talking about where you live, using basic numbers and days, weeks, or months to describe.

2.8 – On The Fly: How Long Have You Lived In Mexico? Dec 19, 2021

In this m-episode we will make sure you have grasped what we've learned in this unit so far. In this episode, we'll see how well you can answer questions about how long you've lived somewhere -- on the fly! We'll provide a time frame -- say, four months -- and you add "He vivido in Mexico" in front of it.

2.7 – Telling People How Long You Have Lived Somewhere Dec 18, 2021

2.6 – Days, Weeks, and Months in Spanish Dec 17, 2021

In this m-episode, you will learn how to say the word "day(s)," week(s)," and month(s)," and similar terms in Spanish. This is really important if you want to tell someone how long you've been somewhere, how long you're going to be somewhere, or find out how long other people have been in those locations.

2.5 – Numbers In Spanish Dec 16, 2021

2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___?” Dec 15, 2021

Let's learn how to ask someone how long they have lived somewhere. In this m-episode, we're going to give you a location and all you have to do is repeat it out loud by adding the words "Cuanto tiempo a vivido en . . . " to the beginning of each sentence.

2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes Dec 14, 2021

To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous episode.

2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish Dec 13, 2021

In this m-episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in which two people discuss a location. That location is Boston, where a Mr. Michael Smith is from. This is a conversation between Mrs. Laura Ramirez & Michael Smith. Mr. Smith has recently moved to Mexico.

2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live Dec 12, 2021

1.15: Unit 1 Review Dec 11, 2021

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 1 of the Spanish Lingua podcast, brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others Respond to others when they greet you Introduce yourself and others with you Respond when others introduce themselves to you. If you are not confident with this yet, repeat this episode as many times as you need If you want additional free practice just visit our website LiveLingua.com. If you liked this episode, please take a minute to leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. As a small family-run boutique language school, we really appreciate it. In the next episode you will learn how to share basic information about where you are from and ask the same information of others you meet. Hasta pronto.

1.14: Visualization Practice Dec 10, 2021

1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others Dec 09, 2021

1.12: Bring It All Together Dec 08, 2021

1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members Dec 07, 2021

1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members Dec 06, 2021

1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing Dec 05, 2021

1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others Dec 04, 2021

1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics Dec 03, 2021

1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics Dec 02, 2021

1.5: Honorifics in Spanish Dec 01, 2021

Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this m-episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish. I’ll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn’t actually know what an honorific was. It wasn’t until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we’re going to learn some of these titles. Side note — In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, they put a lot of emphasis on these titles. It’s very important that you call them Señor, Señora, Señorita. If you know they have a college degree or a Masters, they even have a title for that — and you’re going to learn this in this episode. It can be difficult for somebody who is not a native Spanish speaker to pick up on this in the beginning. But really put in the effort — in addition to the titles, you have to remember the gender. Enjoy the m-episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos.

1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening Nov 30, 2021

1.3: Language + Cultural Notes Nov 29, 2021

1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & Others Nov 28, 2021

1.1: Introduction + Objectives Nov 27, 2021

Eps 0-0 Live Lingua Podcast - Intro Nov 26, 2021

10.13: Unit 10 review Nov 25, 2021

¡Hola! Welcome to m-episode 10.13 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

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This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

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