Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends

Want to speak confidently in Spanish? In this beginner-friendly episode, we’ll teach you how to conjugate regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs in the present tense — so you can start building thousands of real Spanish sentences like “yo hablo español/ I speak spanish” right away. 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ When to use the present tense in Spanish ✅ The 3 types of regular verbs (-AR, -ER, -IR...

Want to say your birthday month in Spanish? 🎉 In this episode, we’ll teach you how to say all 12 months of the year in order, give you two clever tricks to help you remember them, and show you how to ask and answer when your birthday is — in clear, beginner-friendly Spanish 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ How to pronounce and remember all 12 months in Spanish ✅ Easy patterns to help lock th...

Planning a trip to a Spanish-speaking country or want to feel more confident navigating Spanish-speaking cities? In this episode, we teach you how to ask for directions using the verb ESTAR , and how to understand the most common responses — in clear, beginner-friendly Spanish. 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ How to ask “Where is…?” using ¿Dónde está...? ✅ 5 essential adverbs to describe loc...

Want to learn how to say the 7 days of the week in Spanish? In this episode, we teach you how to talk about the days of the week and key time words like today , yesterday , tomorrow — plus two cool bonus words: how to say “the day after tomorrow” and “the day before yesterday” using just one word in Spanish! 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ The 7 days of the week in Spanish (with pronunciation...

Ready to level up your Spanish from just “yo soy” and “tú estás”? In this episode, we teach you how to say “we are,” “they are,” and “you all are” in Spanish — with clear examples, cultural tips, and conversation practice to help you speak more naturally. 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ When to use nosotros/nosotras , ellos/ellas , and ustedes/vosotros ✅ How to conjugate them using both ser...

😅 Feeling a little confundido about emotions in Spanish? This beginner-friendly episode teaches you when to use estar (not tener ) for feelings — plus 10 essential emotions to boost your Spanish fast and take your conversations to the next levels!  In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ 5 high-energy emotions (I’m good, fantastic, well, happy and excited) ✅ 5 lower-energy emotions (I’m so-so, not goo...

🧠 Struggling with Ser vs Estar in Spanish? This episode is your beginner-friendly guide to finally understanding how to say “to be” in Spanish — and when to use each one! In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ What Estar means and how to conjugate it in the present tense (I am/ You Are / She&He Is) ✅ The 2 main reasons to use Estar (emotion & location) ✅ The 2 main reasons to use Ser (identi...

🎉 In this episode of Spanglish Friends , we explore Spanish birthday vocabulary and phrases for beginners! Whether you're learning Spanish from scratch or want to build your confidence, this lesson is for you. 💬 We’ll teach you: How to ask “How old are you?” in Spanish 🎂 Useful birthday-related words (party, cake, guests, gifts!) 🎁 Common phrases like “Happy Birthday” and “Have a great birthda...

Learn how to count from 0 to 100 in beginners Spanish!  In this episode, Val and Em will teach you:  ✅ How to count 0-10 & tricks to remember the numbers  ✅ How to count 11-15 (the tricky ones!) and then the simple trick to remember 16-19  ✅ How to count 20-100 and the key trick (adding ‘-enta’) to remember  🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week This week’s shout out goes to our new ami...

Learn some more adjectives to describe sizes and people, plus learn how to say ‘I am’, ‘You are’ and ‘He/She is’ with the verb “ser” in beginners Spanish!  In this episode, Val and Em will teach you:  ✅ What are the most common adjectives - those describing words-  to describe shape and sizes - like tall, small, big etc?  ✅ What are the common adjectives to describe peoples personalities - such...

Learn how to say the colors in beginners Spanish!  In this episode, Val and Em will teach you:  ✅ How to say the names of the basic fundamental colors in Spanish  ✅ The correct sentence structure in Spanish (of noun + adjective)  ✅ The secret trick you can use to figure out if the ending of the adjective needs to change to match the gender of the noun  ✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week Tell us in...

Do you know how to start using the genders to describe stuff in beginners Spanish?  In this episode, Val and Em will teach you:  ✅ The 4 ‘thes’ of Spanish - El, La, Los and Las. The secret is, male nouns (people, places or things) generally end in o (e.g. el libro / the book) or los libros / the books), and feminine nouns generally end in a or -cion (e.g. la casa / the house or las canciones / th...

Welcome to PART 3 of your crash course on how to pronounce words as a beginner Speaker!  In 60ish minutes, you are going to accomplish something it took your first years of primary school to do if you are a native English speaker.  You’ll be able to pick up any menu, lyrics, or book and be able to pronounce everything correctly, even though you may not know the meaning of every word yet.  In this...

Welcome to PART 2 of your crash course on how to pronounce words as a beginner Speaker!  In 60ish minutes, you are going to accomplish something it took your first years of primary school to do if you are a native English speaker.  You’ll be able to pick up any menu, lyrics, or book and be able to pronounce everything correctly, even though you may not know the meaning of every word yet.  In this...

Welcome to PART 1 of your crash course on how to pronounce words as a beginner Speaker!  In 60ish minutes, you are going to accomplish something it took your first years of primary school to do if you are a native English speaker.  You’ll be able to pick up any menu, lyrics, or book and be able to pronounce everything correctly, even though you may not know the meaning of every word yet.  In this...

Have you been looking for a podcast that's actually for true beginner Spanish learners? Look no further, welcome to the Spanglish Friends community! In this episode, Val and Em: ✅ Introduce themselves as co-hosts and share their language learning and teaching stories ✅ Discuss who this podcast is for and how to know if its the right podcast for you ✅ Make 3 promises as to how they are going to...

How do you actually start to learn Spanish as a beginner? In this episode, Val and Em discuss: ✅ The 3 most common myths about learning Spanish as an absolute beginner ✅ The 3 recommend language learning tools to start learning Spanish as a beginner ✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week Tell us in the comments: What has been or hasn't been working for you in your language learning journey to date OR y...

Wondering how to introduce yourself and ask basic questions in simple Spanish? In this episode, Val and Em discuss:  ✅ The different ways of greeting eachother ✅ How to ask someone's name, age, what is their profession is and how they are feeling✅ How to use basic joining words to connect sentences ✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week Introduce yourself in the comments in Spanish! ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿...

Welcome to Spanglish Friends, the podcast for 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 beginner Spanish learners! 💁‍♀️ Co-hosted by your experienced Spanish teacher Val from Venezuela, alongside Em, your Aussie friend and native English-speaker who has spent the last 10 years learning Spanish from scratch.  Each episode you’ll:  💛 LEARN simple Spanish through real-life super slow conversations that you would actually use in real l...