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8.10: Asking to try an item on

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Amer...

8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

8.7: Buying items for other people

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

8.6: Ask for specific items

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

8.5: Items found in department stores

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 depa...

8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

8.1: Shopping in a department store

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 voc...

7.14: Unit 7 review

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Span...

7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review)

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation? After practicing through this m-episode you will be able to su...

7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets. By now, you should have the t...

7.10: Asking for a lower prices

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 f...

7.9: Asking "Why so expensive?"

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Americ...

7.8: Asking "How much for these or those?"

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 fi...

7.7 – Asking "How much for that?"

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 lea...

7.6: Asking "How much for this?"

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 muc...

7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, plate...

7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 aw...

7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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. Jac...

7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 wha...

6.9: Unit 6 review

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Span...

6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market

19 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review)

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Met...

6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market

12 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

6.1: Shopping in a Market

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 convers...

5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review)

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ba...

5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 teac...

5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 u...

5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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". ...

5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day?

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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?

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 dri...

5.14: Unit 5 review

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Span...

5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation.

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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,...

5.12: Conversation: Buying tickets for public transportation (Review)

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ev...

5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.9: Ask: "When does the bus, train, plane arrive?"

23 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 rece...

5.8: Ask: "When does the bus, train, plane leave?"

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 recei...

5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2).

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1)

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 st...

5.5: Bring it all together – Numbers in Spanish.

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

5.4: Numbers from 10 to 999,999.

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

5.3: Cultural and language notes – Buying tickets for public transport

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this m-episode you will learn how to understand information about public transportation in Latin American countries. For example, we'll cover wh...

5.2: Conversation. Buying tickets for public transportation.

16 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

5.1: Objectives. Buying tickets for public transportation.

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

4.10: Unit 4 review

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Span...

4.9: Visualization practice - Asking for directions

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

4.8: Conversations – Asking for directions (Review)

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

4.7: Saying "thank you", "I don't understand," and "More slowly, please"

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 yo...

4.6.2: Bring it all together - Understanding directions

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 di...

4.6.1: Direction words in Spanish

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

4.5: Ask: "Where is…_"

09 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 lea...

4.4: Location vocabulary in Spanish

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 l...

4.3: Cultural and language notes - Asking for directions

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This m-episode covers cultural notes regarding directions, as specific to Latin American countries. You'll learn how to understand key differences ...

4.2: Conversation - Asking for directions

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

4.1: Asking for directions

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

3.17: Unit 3 review & congratulations

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 s...

3.16: Visualization Practice – Work and family

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

3.15: Conversation – Talking about work and family

02 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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,...

3.14: Bring it all together – Talking about work and family

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Lingu...

3.13: Saying "Goodbye" in Spanish

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

3.12: Answer "Where do you live?"

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

3.11: Ask "Where do you live?

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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-epi...

3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

3.9: Indicating the genders of your children

26 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, incl...

3.8: Answer, how many children do you have?

25 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

3.7: Do you have kids (formal vs informal)

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

3.6: Ask what you do (formal vs informal)

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 form...

3.5: Saying your profession in a complete sentence

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

3.4: Professions in Spanish

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

3.3: Work & family language and cultural notes

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 famil...

3.2: Conversation about work & family

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

3.1: Talking about work & family

18 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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, expl...

2.22 – Review + Congratulations

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

2.21 – Visualization Practice

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This m-episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and pro...

2.20 — Conversation About Where You Live

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

2.19 – Bring It All Together – Talking About Where You Live

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 trans...

2.18 – Answer "Where Are You From" vs "Where Are You All From"

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

2.17 – Ask, "Where Are You From" Formal vs Informal

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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., ...

2.16 – Bring It Together

11 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

2.15 – Answer, "How Is The Weather In . . ."

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 gr...