6.3: Cultural and Language notes - Shopping in a Market

In this 6th episode we'll learn how to ask for a specific number of a product. You'll learn how to use a complete sentence to put in your order, and learn what to expect in return from the seller at a market in Latin America. If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, please review Units 2.5 and 5.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast.

In this 5th episode we'll learn how to ask for a specific weight of a product. You'll learn how to ask for and understand these weights using the Metric system, the primary unit of measurement used in Latin America. If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, feel free to review episodes 2.5 and 5.4.

Here, you will practice using the vocabulary you learned in the last m-episode and make it practical to use. After hearing the word for a product in English, you'll learn to translate it into Spanish and add the phrase "¿cuánto cuesta un kilo de x?" in the front of it.

This 4th episode covers some basic products in the market. We're going to say them in English and in Spanish so just repeat them both out loud until you memorize them.

In this 3rd episode you'll learn the cultural notes necessary for a proper trip to the market. Most countries in Latin America measure things in the metric system. This means they use kilometers and meters when measuring distance, and kilograms and grams when measuring weight.  

 This 2nd episode is a conversation between Laura Ramirez and a seller at a market. Miss. Ramirez is buying her weekly groceries. Don't worry if you can't understand it yet, we'll break it down and practice it in the episodes of this unit.

Welcome to Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit we are going to teach you how to: Ask for specific produce and meat products in a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms – for each product, confirm you want to purchase the product and pay the amount requested for the product.

If there are any parts you are still not clear about just replay this episode and the entire unit until you understand everything.

This 15th episode places you in three common scenarios you will face when taking a taxi or an Uber in Latin American countries. See if you can converse your way through them. If not, review the earlier m-episodes in this unit until you can.

Let's listen again to the first conversation you heard. You should now be able to understand it. If there are any parts you don't understand, go back to those 13 episodes and repeat.