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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 m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

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 this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

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 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 m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

In this m-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 m-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 m-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 m-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 p...

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...

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 go...

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, y...