3.1: Talking about work & family

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.

This 1st episode is an introduction to Unit 3 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit, you will learn how to -- Talk about your family, explain what you do for work, ask people about their employment, and say goodbye and end conversations.

Here we summarize everything you have learned in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast, and offer a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.

This 21st episode is a visualization practice, which covers everything you have learned in Unit 2. We review the conversations and information and provide visual exercises for you to do to make sure you have memorized it all.

This 20th episode reviews the first conversation we covered in Unit 2 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the conversation and answer the questions for yourself! If not, time to review the previous episodes to get caught up.

This 19th episode brings together what you've learned in the last few episodes to talk about where you live. Using what you learned in this unit translate common English sentences about where you live and what the weather is like there.

This 18th episode covers how to tell someone where you are from. We'll give you examples both for yourself, and for a group (in case you are traveling with friends or family, and need to answer for everyone).