If you’re going to visit or live in Latin America, chances are you’re going to have to go to a market to buy your groceries. This can actually be a fascinating experience, specially if you’re not used to doing your shopping in an open market or a fresh market like you’ll see in Latin […] Read more
This 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. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! Laura Ramírez: Buenas tardes. ¿Cuánto cuesta un kilo de […] Read more
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. In Spanish if you want to ask the price of a physical good you use the phrase “¿Cuánto cuesta?”. This translates into “How much does it cost?”. […] Read more
If you’re going to go to the market, you’ll probably want to know the names of the products you’re going to buy there. That’s what we’re going to get started in this unit. Let’s go over some basic products in the market. We’re going to say them in English and in Spanish so just […] Read more
Let’s practice using the vocabulary you learned in the last episode and make it practical to use. After hearing the word for a product in English, translate it into Spanish and add the phrase “¿cuánto cuesta un kilo de x?” in the front of it. This will translate into “how much does one kilo […] Read more
In this episode we’ll learn how to ask for a specific weight of a product. If you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, feel free to review episodes 2.5 and 5.4. In Spanish, if you want to request an specific weight of a product, you can start by simply saying the Spanish number of […] Read more
In this episode we’ll learn how to ask for a specific number of a product. Again, if you need to refresh your Spanish numbers, please review episodes 2.5 and 5.4 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. When you’re asking for a specific number of a product, the 2 things you have to keep in […] Read more
Now let’a listen to that conversation at the beginning of this unit again. You should now be able to understand all of it. If there’s parts of it that still aren’t clear, just review the episodes in this unit as many times as you need. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! Laura Ramírez: Buenas tardes. ¿Cuánto […] Read more
Imagine you are in Latin American market. Try to visualize these three scenarios and picture how the conversation would go. If you’re in a place that allows it, try to have this conversation out loud. Let’s get started! ¡Empecemos! 1) You are in a market and you need to buy 1 kilogram of chicken […] Read more
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the end of Unit 6 of the Live Lingua Spanish podcast. You should now be able to: Ask how to request specific produce and meat at a market. Ask the price for a specific amount – in kilograms or per unit– of each product. Confirm you want to purchase the […] Read more