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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 se...

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 (afte...

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.<...

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...

Buenos días, señora. \n Afternoon – Doctor Ramírez -> Buenas tardes, doctor Ramírez (where it is implied that Dr. Ramírez is a man).\n\nWhen 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.\n\nThen we will go through the questions a second time and include the correct answer in Spanish.\n\nDo try it the first time through yourself — you don't want to just blindly repeat what we s...

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 do...

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

Una mesa para X personas, por favor."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":14337,"3":{"1":0,"3":1},"14":{"1":3,"3":1},"15":"Arial","16":10}"> 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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?"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this 6th 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.

In this 5th 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.