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

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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

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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, 2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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, 2023

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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, 2023

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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

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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?"

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