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¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 7.3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is an overview of cultural notes to be aware of before going to a market in Latin American countries.   It also covers things to be aware of, how to avoid paying more than you should, and common words and phrases that you'll hear along the way.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   To re...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 7.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   This m-episode is a conversation between Mr. Jacobs and a seller in a souvenir shop. You will hear the basics of a negotiation in Spanish.   Mrs. Jacobs asks about the cost and material used in some of the souvenirs and tries to negotiate a lower...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 7.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Welcome to Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   In this unit you will learn how to ask for some common souvenir items by name, understand what material an item is made from, and negotiate a lower price.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional f...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website here:   https:/...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is a visualization exercise of what you've learned in Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Imagine you are in Latin American market.   Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go.   If you're in a place that allows it, try to have this conversa...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode reviews the conversation that you heard at the beginning of this unit, and helps to bring it together into a complete conversation.   You should now be able to understand all of it.   If there's parts of it that still aren't clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode we'll learn how to ask for a specific number of a product.   You'll learn how to use a complete sentence to put in your order, and learn what to expect in return from the seller at a market in Latin America.   If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, please review Units 2.5 and 5...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.5.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode we'll learn how to ask for a specific weight of a product.   You'll learn how to ask for and understand these weights using the Metric system, the primary unit of measurement used in Latin America.   If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, feel free to review episodes 2.5 and...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.5.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Here, you will practice using the vocabulary you learned in the last m-episode and make it practical to use.   After hearing the word for a product in English, you'll learn to translate it into Spanish and add the phrase "¿cuánto cuesta un kilo de x?" in the front of it.   Let's get started!   ¡Empe...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode covers some basic products in the market . We're going to say them in English and in Spanish so just repeat them both out loud until you memorize them.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this m-episode you'll learn the cultural notes necessary for a proper trip to the market.   Most countries in Latin America measure things in the metric system.   This means they use kilometers and meters when measuring distance, and kilograms and grams when measuring weight.     Let's get started!...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is a conversation between Laura Ramirez and a seller at a market . Miss. Ramirez is buying her weekly groceries.   Don't worry if you can't understand it yet, we'll break it down and practice it in the episodes of this unit.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts o...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 6.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   In this unit we are going to teach you how to:   Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market.   Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product, and pay the amount requested for the product.   Let's get started!   ¡Empecemos!  ...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-16 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Congratulations.  You have made it to the end of Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast, brought to you by LiveLingua.com .  You should now be able to:   Say the day of the week and time of day. Ask a cab driver if they are free Bargain with them over the fare  Understand if they ask if you ha...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-15 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries.   See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can. Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-14 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard . You should now be able to understand it.   If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those m-episodes and repeat.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can f...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-13 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far in Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   We'll give you phrases in English, and you translate them in Spanish.   The second time through, we'll give you the answer after we're done so you can make sure you got it right.    ...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-12 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   To finish off your initial conversation with a taxi driver, let's let the driver know how many pieces of luggage you have . This m-episode will teach you how to do so.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our web...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-11 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is designed to help you learn how to negotiate a lower price for your taxi rides.   You could also negotiate a higher price, if you so desired, but who are we kidding?   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can fin...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Now let's practice what you've learned about distance, but put everything into full sentences.   When asking how near or far a location is, you can use the word "Queda."   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our w...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let's learn how to ask how far, or close the location is.   This m-episode covers basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Let's learn how to tell a driver where you want to go. In Spanish, when you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: "A".   We'll explain.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode covers how to answer if someone asks you if you are free at a specific time of the day.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website here:   https://www.livelingua.com/podcast/5-5-7-answer-are-y...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   Now let's put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website here:   https://www.liveling...

¡Hola!  Welcome to m-episode 5.5-5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.   ¿Ready to learn Spanish?   This m-episode is all about time . If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use.   Let's get started!    ¡Empecemos!   To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our we...