Welcome to Unit 5.5 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to: Say the day of the week and time of day. Ask a cab driver if they are free Bargain with them over the fare Understand if they ask if you have any luggage If you want to […] Read more
¡Buenos días! This m-episode is a conversation between Laura Ramirez and a taxi driver. Mrs. Ramirez is trying to get to her hotel and must negotiate the price. Don’t worry if you don’t understand it all yet, we’re going to break it down bit by bit in this unit and practice everything. Let’s get started! […] Read more
This m-episode covers cultural and language notes regarding taking a taxi or a ride-share in Latin American countries. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! Taxis are still widely used in Latin America but you can also find ride-sharing companies like Uber, Cabify and others operating in most major cities. In the case of these services, you do […] Read more
This m-episode covers the days of the week in Spanish. This is useful if you want to arrange a taxi or any other event for a future day. For more information on each day, and other calendar-related vocabulary in Spanish, check out this blog post. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! Repeat the following: Monday Lunes Tuesday […] Read more
This m-episode is all about time. If you want to talk about a certain time of the day or week, such as the afternoon or this weekend, here are the phases you would use. If you want to say the specific time, you can review how to in m-episodes 5.6 and 5.7 as well as […] Read more
Now let’s put all of this information about times and dates together to learn how to ask if somebody is free at a certain day and time. Repeat the following. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! ¿Está libre el viernes por la tarde? Are you free Friday afternoon? ¿Está libre el viernes por la noche? Are you […] Read more
Now let’s practice the opposite of the last episode. If somebody asks you if you are free at a specific day you can answer in the following way. Yes, I am free. – > Si, estoy libre. No, I am not free -> No, no estoy libre. If you say, no and would like to […] Read more
Now let’s learn how to tell your driver where you want to go. When you are telling somebody you want to go to a place, you use the word: “A” Spelled with just an “a” but pronounced “ah”. All you have to do is add this to the beginning of a location to indicate you […] Read more
Now that you know how to ask your driver how to get to a location, let’s learn how to ask how far, or close the location is. Let’s learn some basic vocabulary you can use to ask that, and to understand when they answer you. Repeat the following words out loud in English and in […] Read more
Now let’s practice what you’ve learned about distance, but put everything into full sentences. When asking how near or far a location is, you can use the word “Queda.” This translates to “where is it located relative to another location?” If you want to ask how near or far a location is, you would say: […] Read more