3.10: Bringing it all together – do you have children

When asking someone where they live, the correct question based on the number of people and whether the situation is formal or informal. This 11th episode will teach you how to ask, and the cultural notes associated with the question.

This 10th 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

Once someone knows that you have children, they will likely ask whether they are boys or girls. This 9th episode teaches you how to answer that, including what to do if you have multiple children who are of different genders.

This 8th 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.

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 7th episode covers both situations.

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.

This 5th 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 learn how to do that.

This 4th 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!

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.

This 2nd 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.