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Learn Spanish with Live Lingua
Need to learn Spanish quickly? Join Ray on his quest to improve his Spanish in these quick mini-episodes as he walks you through and breaks down real-world Spanish conversations. Brought to you by LiveLingua.com.
Episodes
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.12: 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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.10: Asking to try an item on
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.9: Asking for a specific size of clothes or shoes
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.8: 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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.7: Buying items for other people
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.6: Ask for specific items
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.5: Items found in department stores
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.4: Colors in Spanish - Shopping in a department store
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.3: Cultural and language notes - Shopping in a department store
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.2: Conversation: Shopping in a department store
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua8.1: Shopping in a department store
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.14: Unit 7 review
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.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.13: Visualization practice - Negotiating for souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.12: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs (review)
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.11: Bring it all together - Negotiating for souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.10: Asking for a lower prices
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.9: Asking "Why so expensive?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.8: Asking "How much for these or those?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.7 – Asking "How much for that?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.6: Asking "How much for this?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.5: Asking what the souvenir is made of
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.4: Vocabulary of different types of souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.3: Cultural and language notes - Negotiating for souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.2: Conversation - Negotiating for souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua7.1: Negotiating for souvenirs
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.9: Unit 6 review
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.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.8: 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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.7: 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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.6: Ask for a specific amount (in numbers) of a product
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.5.2: Asking for a specific weight of a product
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.5.1: Ask the price of a product in a market
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.4: Produce in the market in Spanish
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.2: Conversation - Shopping in a Market
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua6.1: 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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-16: Unit 5.5 review
If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-15: Visualization Practice - Taking a taxi
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-14: Conversation - Taking a taxi (Review)
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-13: Bring it all together - Taking a taxi
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-12: Answer - How many bags do you have?
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-10: Bring it all together - How near or far is a location
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-9: Vocabulary- Distance words
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-7: Answer - Are you free at a specific time of day?
This m-episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-6: Ask - Are you free at a specific time of day?
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.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-5: Times of the day in Spanish
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-4: Vocabulary - Days of the week in Spanish
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.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-3: Cultural & language notes - Taking a taxi
This m-episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-2: Conversation - Taking a taxi
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.5-1: Objectives - Taking a taxi or an Uber
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.14: Unit 5 review
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.
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.13: Visualization Practice - Buying tickets for public transportation.
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.11: Bring it all together - Buying tickets for public transportation
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.10: Buying a bus, plane, train ticket
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.9: Ask: "When does the bus, train, plane arrive?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.8: Ask: "When does the bus, train, plane leave?"
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.7: Telling time in Spanish (Part 2).
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…
Learn Spanish with Live Lingua5.6: Telling time in Spanish (Part 1)
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…