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¡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...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode, we take a look at a basic conversation in Spanish , 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.   Enjoy this m-episode. ...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 2.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode welcomes you to Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast.   In this unit, you're going to learn how to reply when people ask where you live, count from 1 to 10 in Spanish, talk about how long you've lived somewhere, and how much you like (or don't like) living there.   Enjoy this m-epi...

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast , brought to you by Live Lingua. You should now be able to: Greet others and 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 additi...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.14 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   In this m-episode, we are going to do visualization practice of introductions and greetings in Spanish to help you cement what you have learned in this unit. One of the best ways to practice Spanish is to visualize it. This is why you see boxers doing a visualization of their practice and shadowboxing.   We're going to try the...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.13 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   This is a m-episode will review what we've learned in Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   If you've listened to all of the other episodes of in this unit until now and have practiced the exercises, you should be able to get through every word of it now – even if you weren't able to when you started this course!   If y...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.12 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   Let's bring together how to do introduction is Spanish 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 p...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.11 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Let's practice introducing your family members in Spanish . 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 with you. Example: Le presento a mi esposo -> May I introduce yo...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. For better or worse, we may actually have to introduce members of our family to the people we meet in Latin America or in Spain — this may be more embarrassing for some than for others! So in this episode, we're going to teach you the basic vocabulary words for family members in Spanish you need to do so. Say them out loud, both...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   In this section, we're going to learn how to say "How are you?" in Spanish in different circumstances.   Now, this might sound simple — but in Spanish, we have both formal and informal, and to add another twist in there, it's even more complicated when talking to a group of people.   Asking " How are you guys? " or " How are yo...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Now that you've learned how to say good morning, good afternoon, and good evening in Spanish, as well as addressing the people you're talking to, let's move on to the next step and learn how to how to introduce yourself in Spanish ! When you introduce yourself, the only phrase you really need to know is " Yo soy " – " I am. " You...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this episode, we're going to practice the Spanish greetings and honorifics you learned in the past episodes. We're going to do this by giving you the time of day and the subject of the conversation. Perhaps " married female " or " Dr. Ramirez. " From that, we're going to ask you to come up with the correct greeting for this pe...

¡Hola!  Welcome to episode 1.6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Spanish Podcast. What we're going to do in this section is bring it all together! We're going to combine what you've learned in the past few episodes about Spanish greetings and honorifics . In this m-episode we are going to practice a little bit. When you hear a phrase in Spanish, we want you to translate it into English. Say it out loud i...

¡Hola! Welcome to episode 1.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this m-episode, we are going to learn about honorifics in Spanish . I'll be honest — when I started learning Spanish, I didn't actually know what an honorific  was. It wasn't until I started learning another language that I actually learned that that was the word we use for titles — such as Mrs., Mr., and Dr. In this exercise, we...

¡Hola! Welcome to episode 1.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Spanish Podcast. In this episode, we're going to learn how to say Good Morning (hint: we just did!), Good Afternoon, and Good Evening in Spanish . In order to say "Good Morning," you'd say: Buenos Dias In order to say " Good Afternoon, " you'd say: " Buenas Tardes "  In order to say " Good Evening, " you'd say: " Buenas Noches " The one thin...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. ¿Ready to learn Spanish? In this m-episode, we're going to go over some basic language and cultural notes for the Spanish language. When you're learning another language, one of the most important things to understand is that it's not just about learning the words and vocabulary. I know this from personal experience when I was le...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Conversations — the vehicle of language. Being able to properly introduce yourself is akin to hopping into the vehicle. This audio and text guide will show you how to do just that. This is a conversation between Ms. Laura Ramirez and her husband, Ray, who is an American that speaks a little bit of Spani...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 1.41of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. ¿Ready to learn Spanish? This unit is made up of 15 episodes that take from 1 to 5 minutes. That way, you can go back and review the parts that you've missed without having to go through a whole 45-minute class. The goal of Unit 1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast is to learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish. In t...