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¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.13 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Like in English, and many other languages, there are many ways to say "goodbye" in Spanish.  Here are a few of them you can use in most situations.    We'll cover the most common ways to say goodbye, and explain the situations in which you'd want to use each one.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!  ...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.12 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Now that you know how to ask someone where they live, let's practice answering people when they ask where you live.    The answer can be as general as a country, or as specific as a street.   After practicing this m-episode, you will be able to tell someone where you live.     Let's get started!    ¡...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.11 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   When asking someone where they live , the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal.   This m-episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of t...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far in Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   You'll be able to practice asking and answering what you do for work, and how many kids you have, and will know the cultural notes to accompany the questions   Let's get started!    ¡Empe...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls.   This m-episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-epis...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode will teach you how to answer when someone asks you about how many kids you have.   For this you will need to remember the numbers from 1-10 you learned in Episode 2.5, which you can skip back to review if necessary.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Like most circumstances in Spanish the way you ask if somebody has children depends on the number of people you are speaking to and whether you are in a formal or informal setting.   This m-episode covers both situations.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 3.6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   When you ask somebody what they do for a living, there is a small variation on the way you ask the question depending on whether you are being formal or informal.   It also varies depending on whether you are talking to an individual or to a group. We cover both in this m-episode.   Let's get started!...

¡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...