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- 971 - 2.5 – Numbers In SpanishFri, 03 May 2024 - 01min
- 970 - 2.4 – Asking “How Long Have You Lived In ___?Thu, 02 May 2024 - 01min
- 969 - 2.3 – Language and Cultural Notes
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.
Wed, 01 May 2024 - 02min - 968 - 2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish
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.
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 967 - 2.1 – Objectives: Talking About Where You Live
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.
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 01min - 966 - 1.15: Unit 1 Review
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.
Sun, 28 Apr 2024 - 01min - 965 - 1.14: Visualization Practice
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!
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 - 01min - 964 - 1.13: Conversation: Introduce Yourself and Others
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!
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 01min - 963 - 1.12: Bring It All Together
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!
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 03min - 962 - 1.11: How To Introduce Your Family Members
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!
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 02min - 961 - 1.10: Vocabulary – Family Members
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!
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 02min - 960 - 1.9: Asking People How They Are Doing
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!
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 03min - 959 - 1.8: Introducing Yourself + Others
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!
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 02min - 958 - 1.7: On The Fly: Practicing Greetings + Honorifics
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!
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 03min - 957 - 1.6: Combining Greetings and Honorifics
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!
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 03min - 956 - 1.5: Honorifics in Spanish
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.
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 05min - 955 - 1.4: How To Say Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening
¡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!
Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 02min - 954 - 1.3: Language + Cultural Notes
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!
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 05min - 953 - 1.2: A Conversation To Introduce Yourself & OthersThu, 11 Apr 2024 - 01min
- 952 - 1.1: Introduction + ObjectivesWed, 10 Apr 2024 - 01min
- 951 - 0.0: Learn Spanish with Live Lingua
¿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.
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 950 - 10.13: Unit 10 reviewFri, 12 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 949 - 10.12: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Food)Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 948 - 10.11: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Food) reviewWed, 10 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 947 - 10.10: Bring It All Together - Ordering at a restaurant
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.
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 03min - 946 - 10.9: Ordering your mealMon, 08 Jan 2024 - 03min
- 945 - 10.8: Asking if a dish has specific ingredients (gluten, peanuts, meat, shellfish, etc).Sun, 07 Jan 2024 - 03min
- 944 - 10.7: Asking what a dish is made ofSat, 06 Jan 2024 - 02min
- 943 - 10.6: Vocabulary - Ingredients in dishesFri, 05 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 942 - 10.5: Ordering your steak – well done to rareThu, 04 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 941 - 10.4: Different foods in SpanishWed, 03 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 940 - 10.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Food)Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 04min
- 939 - 10.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Food)Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 01min
- 938 - 10.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Food)Sun, 31 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 937 - 9.11: Unit 9 reviewSat, 30 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 936 - 9.10: Visualization - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks).Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 935 - 9.9: Conversation - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) reviewThu, 28 Dec 2023
- 934 - 9.8: Putting it all together - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks).Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 933 - 9.7: How to say “I/We don’t want anything to drink”Tue, 26 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 932 - 9.6: Ordering a drink - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks)Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 931 - 9.5: Types of drinks in SpanishSun, 24 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 930 - 9.4: Asking for a table for your party - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks)Sat, 23 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 929 - 9.3: Cultural and Language Notes - At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks)Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 928 - 9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks)Thu, 21 Dec 2023
- 927 - 9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks)Wed, 20 Dec 2023
- 926 - 8.15: Unit 8 reviewTue, 19 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 925 - 8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department storeMon, 18 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 924 - 8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review)Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 923 - 8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store
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.
Sat, 16 Dec 2023 - 02min - 922 - 8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too smallFri, 15 Dec 2023 - 04min
- 921 - 8.10: Asking to try an item onThu, 14 Dec 2023 - 03min
- 920 - 8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoesWed, 13 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 919 - 8.8: Ask for a specific item for a specific person
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.
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 - 02min - 918 - 8.7: Buying items for other peopleMon, 11 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 917 - 8.6: Ask for specific itemsSun, 10 Dec 2023 - 05min
- 916 - 8.5: Items found in department storesSat, 09 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 915 - 8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department storeFri, 08 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 914 - 8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department storeThu, 07 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 913 - 8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department storeWed, 06 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 912 - 8.1: Shopping in a department storeTue, 05 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 911 - 7.14: Unit 7 reviewMon, 04 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 910 - 7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirsSun, 03 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 909 - 7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review)Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - 01min
- 908 - 7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirsFri, 01 Dec 2023 - 02min
- 907 - 7.10: Asking for a lower pricesThu, 30 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 906 - 7.9: Asking “Why so expensive?”Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 905 - 7.8: Asking “How much for these or those?”Tue, 28 Nov 2023 - 04min
- 904 - 7.7 – Asking “How much for that?"Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 903 - 7.6: Asking “How much for this?”Sun, 26 Nov 2023 - 02min
- 902 - 7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made ofSat, 25 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 901 - 7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirsFri, 24 Nov 2023 - 02min
- 900 - 7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirsThu, 23 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 899 - 7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirsWed, 22 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 898 - 7.1: Negotiating for souvenirsTue, 21 Nov 2023
- 897 - 6.9: Unit 6 reviewMon, 20 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 896 - 6.8: Visualization Practice - Shopping in a Market
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.
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 - 01min - 895 - 6.7: Conversation - Shopping in a Market (Review)
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.
Sat, 18 Nov 2023 - 01min - 894 - 6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a productFri, 17 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 893 - 6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a productThu, 16 Nov 2023 - 04min
- 892 - 6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a marketWed, 15 Nov 2023 - 02min
- 891 - 6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a MarketMon, 13 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 890 - 6.4: Produce in the market in SpanishMon, 13 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 889 - 6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a MarketSun, 12 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 888 - 6.1: Shopping in a Market
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.
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 - 01min - 887 - 5.5-16: Unit 5.5 reviewFri, 10 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 886 - 5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxiThu, 09 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 885 - 5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review)Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 884 - 5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxiTue, 07 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 883 - 5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have?Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - 02min
- 882 - 5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driverSun, 05 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 881 - 5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a locationSat, 04 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 880 - 5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance wordsFri, 03 Nov 2023 - 01min
- 879 - 5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to goThu, 02 Nov 2023 - 03min
- 878 - 5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day?Wed, 01 Nov 2023 - 04min
- 877 - 5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day?Tue, 31 Oct 2023 - 02min
- 876 - 5.5-5: Times of the day in SpanishMon, 30 Oct 2023 - 01min
- 875 - 5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in SpanishSun, 29 Oct 2023 - 01min
- 874 - 5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxiSat, 28 Oct 2023 - 02min
- 873 - 5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxiFri, 27 Oct 2023 - 01min
- 872 - 5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an UberThu, 26 Oct 2023 - 01min
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