2.2 – Basic Conversation in Spanish

There are three ways to ask someone in Latin America where they are from.  There are two ways to ask an individual -- a formal and informal way., and one way to ask a group. This m-episode covers all three situations and tells you how to ask where people are from.

This 16th-episode uses what you learned in the previous exercises in this unit to translate the following English phrases into Spanish. By the end of this, you should be able to answer a basic question about the weather in the place where you are from.

In this 15th-episode, we're going to ask you about the weather where you live, and you will learn how to answer the question for yourself and for a group. We'll cover basic yes or no questions about the weather that people commonly ask about your hometown when they meet you.

To ask somebody about whether it is hot or cold in a certain place you use the same phrase as you would if you were simply telling them the information. This m-episode covers how to do just that, explaining how to emphasize a question differently than a normal sentence.

This 13th-episode covers how to describe the weather in the place where you live. This is a key way to note whether or not you like this place, and this episode covers basic conversation about the weather and how to answer people's questions about it.

In this 12th-episode you will say some phrases using the material you've learned in the last few episodes. The first time, we'll only say it in English to see if you can answer in Spanish yourself. The second time through, we'll say it in English and Spanish. Using what you learned in the previous two exercises translate the following English phrases into Spanish.

In this 11th episode, we're going to cover how to talk about whether or not you like where you live, and how to answer that question both individually and for a group. You'll work through exercises and examples.

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. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This 10th episode walks you through each, with examples.

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.

In this 8th 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 in Mexico" in front of it.