7.10: Asking for a lower prices

7.10: Asking for a lower prices

Author: Live Lingua August 31, 2026 Duration: 3:25

Here is your chance to practice. We're going to put you into a (hypothetical) situation in this exercise. The seller is going to give you a price for an item that you would like to buy. It costs too much -- and you should ask for a price 100 pesos less than the one offered.


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5.5-11: Negotiating a price with a taxi driver [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:24
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5.5-8: Telling a driver where you want to go [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:12
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