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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 Spanish (yes, those are really our names!) They're meeting with someone called Miguel Gomez, and this episode is an introduction when they first meet. Then, the same conversation in Spanish. Don't worry if you can't understand it yet. We will break it down and practice it. After listening to the episode, click here for free practice exercises. Don't forget to subscribe here, rate 5 stars, and leave a review!

Welcome to the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast! 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 this unit of the podcast, you'll learn how to greet others, respond to others when they greet you, introduce yourself and others, and respond when others introduce themselves to you. This episode introduces the podcast and its format, and will get you prepared for Unit 1, where you will learn how to introduce yourself and others in Spanish. After listening to the episode, click here for free practice exercises. Click here to subscribe. Don't forget to rate 5 stars, subscribe, and leave a review!

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

This m-episode is a visualization practice that picks up where the visualization practice of Unit 9 leaves off. It continues the dining experience through ordering your meal. You may find it helpful to play both visualization practices back to back, just for practice.

In this m-episode, you will listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you are still not clear about, just replay this m-episode and the prior m-episodes in Unit 10.

This m-episode brings everything you have learned in the past few episodes together. Listen to the material in English and say it in Spanish. The first run through we won't give you the Spanish answer to give you time to say it yourself. Then we'll go through it again and say the English with the Spanish answer.

This m-episode moves on to the good stuff -- how to order a meal in Spanish. When a waiter is ready to take your order, they will typically say something like, ¿Qué van a pedir señores? In this episode you'll learn how to reply.

This one is for those with dietary restrictions and their travel companions. One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we'll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

One of the difficulties when traveling to a foreign country, if you have dietary restrictions or food allergies, is finding food to eat. In this m-episode we'll practice asking if a dish has a specific ingredient.

If you are traveling to a place you have never been before, you may run into dishes you don't know. In these cases you may want to ask what is in the dish. You'll learn how to do that in this m-episode, including uncommon ingredients.

If you are going to order steak in Latin America they will probably ask you how well you would like it cooked. This m-episode will teach you how to order your steak just how you like it, and know what to expect when the order is taken.

While the variety of food you can try when traveling around Latin America and Mexico is almost limitless, there are some staple dishes that you can see almost everywhere. You'll learn about these, and how to order them, in this m-episode.

This m-episode covers the cultural notes surrounding dining in Latin American countries. You'll learn about common dining times and customs, and things to avoid when eating out, along with tips to have the best experience possible.

The best way to get familiar with how to dine at a Latin American restaurant is to dive into conversation. You'll do just that in this m-episode, a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They are seated at a table and order their meal.

Welcome to Unit 10 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. Objectives. In this unit you will learn how to ask for the menu, understand when the waiter asks what you want to order, ask what are certain dishes, and order your meal.

This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

This m-episode is a visualization practice that will help you imagine yourself dining at a restaurant in a Latin American country -- can you successfully ask for a table, peruse the menu, and order drinks? You should be able to, after reviewing the episodes in this Unit.

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.

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned so far about dining in a restaurant in Latin America. 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}"> In this m-episode you will learn how to order drinks in Spanish at a restaurant in Latin America. "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. Remember that to change the gender of the word "un" (a) based on the gender of the drink.

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.

This m-episode covers common cultural notes related to dining at restaurants in Latin American countries. 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. In 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.

You'll learn how to ask for specific items in the right size for you (or someone else) in this m-episode. Like the rest of the world, in Latin America the item size can be described in two ways. A general size such as small, medium and large and a specific size like size 6 or size 10.

This m-episode brings together all you have learned in the last four m-episodes. 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.

This m-episode builds on the previous two episodes. 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 say the names of many common items found in department stores in this m-episode. There is some overlap in items found in a department store and those we went over in Unit 7, so please feel free to review that episode if you need to brush up on them.

This m-episode is a basic introduction to the common colors in Spanish. 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.

Here you'll learn the common cultural notes to be aware of before shopping in a Latin American department store. You will learn how to ask whether or not you can pay with a credit card, for example, and other common phrases necessary for a successful excursion.

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.

Welcome to Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. 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.

This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American market. You come across one or more souvenirs you want to buy, and decide that the price is too high. So, you negotiate that price down successfully, and come away with your souvenirs.

What happens when the conversation flows back and forth during a market negotiation? After practicing through this m-episode you will be able to successfully negotiate your way through a negotiation in a Latin American marketplace.

This m-episode brings together everything you have learned about negotiating for souvenirs in Latin American markets. By now, you should have the terms and sentence structure down to go to a market and come away with the things you want to buy.

Here is your chance to practice. We're going to put you into a (hypothetical) situation in this exercise. The seller is going to give you a price for an item that you would like to buy. It costs too much -- and you should ask for a price 100 pesos less than the one offered.

Now we're going to actually give you the skills (and the terms behind those skills) to negotiate like an experienced market shopper in Latin America. If an item is more expensive than it should be, this episode will teach you how to talk it down to a more appropriate price.

The third part of our "negotiating" series will make you a master negotiator at Latin American markets (after a bit of practice, of course). The final thing we need to add, building on the last two m-episodes, is asking for multiple items, or items that are plural by nature (like shoes or earrings).

Here we are going to build on what you learned in the past m-episode to boost your negotiating skills even further. In the previous episode you learned how to ask "How much for this?" Now, we are going to learn how to ask for an item that is farther away from you by asking "How much for that?"

Like all things in Spanish, the gender used when negotiating is very important. After listening to this m-episode. You will know how to ask how much something costs, while referring to it in the correct gender so as to show proper respect and knowledge of your subject.