2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . .

2.10 – Asking Do You Like . . .

Author: Live Lingua May 8, 2024 Duration: 2:25

When asking if someone likes a country they are in, the way you ask varies slightly depending on whether you are asking an individual or a group of people. For an individual, you say, "Le gusta . . ." This means "Do you like." For a group, you would say, "Les gusta . . . " This 10th episode walks you through each, with examples.


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9.2: Conversation: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:59
Here you will experience a common restaurant situation in Spanish. This is a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and a waiter at a restaurant. They have just arrived and ask for a table and give their drink order.
9.1: At Restaurant (Ordering Drinks) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:50
Welcome to Unit 9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this unit you will learn how to ask for a table based on your party size, understand the waiter when they ask you what you want to drink, and how to order drinks.
8.15: Unit 8 review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27
This m-episode is a quick recap of Unit 8 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. It offers a congratulations on your hard work so far in learning Spanish.
8.14: Visualization: Shopping in a department store [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08
This is a visualization practice that helps you imagine you are in a Latin American department store. You want to try on some clothing, but first you need to ask for it based on item description, its color, its size, and…
8.13: Conversation - Shopping in a department store (review) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08
This m-episode reviews the conversation you heard in Unit 8.1 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. By now, you should be able to understand the entire conversation, and be able to make slight modifications to apply it to…
8.12: Bring it all together - Shopping in a department store [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:38
This m-episode puts together everything you've learned about trying on items in a department store, asking for them based on specific sizes, colors, and other requests, and how to tell someone whether or not it fits. If…
8.11: Letting people know an item is too big or too small [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:59
So you tried on the item and now you want to let the clerk know how well it fit. First, you would tell them if it even fits or not, before asking to try on another item of clothing or purchase the item you've tried on. Y…
8.10: Asking to try an item on [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:01
This m-episode teaches you how to ask to try on an item in Spanish. If you like an item but want to try it on, there are two ways to ask. You can do it by specifically naming the item or you can refer to the item as "it"…