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¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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 did in the previous m-episode.   But in general, it would sound more professional if you could actually speak in full sentences. In this m-episode, we'll l...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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 to say your profession. Some can be pretty complicated!   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free p...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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 family -- it will more likely be about whether you are married or have children.   This m-episode covers work and family cultural notes.   Let's get started!   ...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   They have just met and are getting to know each other.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.22 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   ----   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.21 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is a visualization practice , which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2.   We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   ----   To rea...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.20 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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 conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.19 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This 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, translate common English sentences about where you live and what the weather is like there.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   ----...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.18 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This 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 with friends or family, and need to answer for everyone).   Examples:   If you are answering just for yourself you would say: "Soy de"   If you are answe...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.17 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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. Examples: For somebody you know wel...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.16 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!   ¡...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.15 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   Example:   If someone as...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.14 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode, we're going to learn how to tell the difference between a question and a statement in Spanish.   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 episode covers how to do...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.13 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode covers how to describe the weather in the place where you live.   This is a key way to note whether or not you like this place, and this episode covers basic conversation about the weather and how to answer people's questions about it.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!    ¡...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.12 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode you will say some phrases using the material you've learned in the last few episodes.   The first time, we'll only say it in English to see if you can answer in Spanish yourself. The second time through, we'll say it in English and Spanish.   Using what you learned in the previous t...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.11 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   Enjoy this m-episode.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   ----   To read the transcripts...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   Example:   For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like."   For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This m-episo...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   Enjoy this m-episode.    Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos! ----   To read the transcripts o...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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 en Mexico" in front...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode brings together the previous few. You'll learn how to tell people how long you've lived in a certain place, and how to understand how long they have lived where they live now.   We'll practice in a few different situations, and encourage you to review how to tell someone how long you've...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this 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 locati...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Learning numbers in Spanish is probably one of the most valuable things you can do.   This is true whether you're just visiting a country and want to negotiate, or whether you're planning on living there long-term. In this m-episode we're going to learn the numbers 1 through 10.   You'll be counting t...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   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.   For example, I have lived in Querétaro f...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   To understand a conversation in Spanish, you need to understand not only the language but also the culture. In this m-episode, we talk about the language and cultural notes that came up in the conversation you heard in the previous m-episode.   Enjoy this m-episode.     Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos...