The Real Life Spanish Podcast Helping You Learn Spanish

Your Spanish teacher taught you how to tell someone your name and ask for theirs.   The problem is when it comes to real world conversations, that’s hardly enough.   In today’s podcast I’m going to take your Spanish beyond “¿Cómo te llamas?” and teach you what everyone else left out. Here are a few more episodes of the Real Life Spanish ... Read More

The Spanish word YA is widely used.   Learn when and how Spanish speakers use it in daily conversation.   It isn’t hard to understand, but it can be confusing because it’s used in a variety of situations. Here are a few more episodes of the Real Life Spanish podcast series to help you improve your conversational Spanish and understanding of the language. Qué ... Read More

Spanish teachers and textbooks typically teach you to use the verb repetir to get someone to repeat what they said.  But if you want to sound more like a native speaker there are several other options that will keep you from sounding like you learned Spanish from a grammar book. In this episode of the Real Life Spanish podcast series we take a ... Read More

You see the expression qué tal in Spanish books on occasion, but most of the time they just tell you it’s an informal greeting and case closed.  That hardly does the expression qué tal any justice, so I put together a podcast about some of the most common uses for this expression and you’ll be pleasantly surprised at some of its other uses. Here ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of the Real Life Spanish podcast series where you’ll learn the Spanish you need for real life conversations and situations. You’ve probably heard the words que rico, sabroso and delicioso before when it comes to talking about food, but they can be used for so much more.   In this podcast you’re going to learn about several other ... Read More

In Spanish there are three different ways you can say excuse me using the words perdón, con permiso and disculpe, but you can’t always use them interchangeably. In today’s podcast we’re going to look at the differences between them so you can learn how to use them properly. Here are a few more episodes of the Real Life Spanish podcast series to ... Read More