Learn Spanish with Live Lingua

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard at the beginning of Unit 9. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this episode.

We'll form more of a realistic situation with entering, asking for a table, and ordering drinks, all in the Spanish language.

Now let's learn how to say "no" when a waiter asks you if you would like something to drink. If you don't want to order anything to drink then you would use the phrase: No, no voy a tomar nada. If you are answering for two or more people you would say: No, no vamos a tomar nada.

"Please bring me a X,\" Where the X is the drink that you want. Remember that to change the gender of the word "un" (a) based on the gender of the drink."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":14593,"3":{"1":0,"3":1},"11":3,"14":{"1":3,"3":1},"15":"Arial","16":10}"> When ordering a drink you would use the phrase: Tráigame un X por favor" -> "Please bring me a X," Where the X is the drink that you want....

In this m-episode you will learn about the types of drinks at a restaurant in Spanish. There are many different types of drinks in Latin America. You can find the common ones found around the word along with types that are unique to the region.

Una mesa para X personas, por favor."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":14593,"3":{"1":0,"3":1},"11":3,"14":{"1":3,"3":1},"15":"Arial","16":10}"> When you enter a restaurant, one of the first things you will be asked is how many people are in your party. To answer the phrase you would use say the following: A table for X people please -> Una mesa para X personas, por favor.

You'll learn how to address the waitstaff, how to phrase common orders, and more that will make your dining experience easier.

Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish. This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.

Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. I n this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on item description, its color, its size, and other factors. Practice in this m-episode.

This m-episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to your personal shopping experience.

This m-episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits. If you haven't grasped anything in this m-episode, go back and review the rest of this Unit.

So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit.  First, you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on. You'll learn how to do these things in this m-episode.

This m-episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish. If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as "it", just like in English.

Say the following in Spanish. The first time through we will only say the English version so you have time to say it in Spanish. The second time through we'll say it in Spanish and English so you can see if you got it right. 

Sometimes you need to buy items for people other than yourself. Let's practice telling the clerk who you are buying the items for. This m-episode teaches you just that. It may be helpful to review Unit 1.10 of the podcast if you struggle to remember how to say each family member.

You'll learn how to ask for specific items in specific colors, properly. The m-episode covers common differences between English and Spanish, such as that in Spanish, the color goes after the item, no before, like in English.

You'll learn how to apply them to shopping in a department store, and how to ask for certain clothing items in a specific color of your choice.

This m-episode is an introduction to shopping in a department store. You'll hear a common conversation that might take place between two people in the store. Don't worry if you don't understand it all yet -- we'll get to that and by the end of this unit, you will be shopping like a pro.

In this unit you will learn how to shop in a department store, and we'll also cover basic vocab for shopping and lifestyle excursions such as colors in Spanish, sizing of clothes, and how to ask to try on an item.

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 7 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.