Welcome to PART 1 of your crash course on how to pronounce words as a beginner Speaker! 

In 60ish minutes, you are going to accomplish something it took your first years of primary school to do if you are a native English speaker. 

You’ll be able to pick up any menu, lyrics, or book and be able to pronounce everything correctly, even though you may not know the meaning of every word yet. 

In this episode, Val and Em discuss: 

✅ How Spanish is a phonetic language, you pronounce the letters always as they are written (unlike English which has 20+ letter sound combinations!) 

✅ Accents in Spanish go above the vowels only. They indicate emphasis, they can also change the meaning of the word. For example, like camino (path) vs caminó (he/she walked) 

✅ The H in Spanish is silent. No more saying Hola, say ola (pretend like the H is not even there) 

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Look up a Spanish word starting with a "H"

Pop it in the comments with your answer, we would love to see what you find. AND then out loud, try practicing pronouncing the word. Remembering, the H is silent! Pretend like it doesn't exist!

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Wondering how to introduce yourself and ask basic questions in simple Spanish?

In this episode, Val and Em discuss: 

✅ The different ways of greeting eachother

✅ How to ask someone's name, age, what is their profession is and how they are feeling✅ How to use basic joining words to connect sentences

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Introduce yourself in the comments in Spanish!

¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿Cuál es tu profesión?(Whats your name, how old are you and what is your job)?

For example: Me llamo Val. Soy profesora de Español, tengo 21 años. Soy de Venezuela.

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Get involved in our challenge for a potential shout out in an upcoming episode

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We run this show for free outside out 9-5 jobs and truly appreciate your support to help grow our beautiful Spanglish Friends community 💖

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📧 Got questions or business enquiries? Email us ⁠[email protected]⁠  

 Spanglish Friends Theme composed by⁠ ⁠@scotairdmusic⁠⁠  

How do you actually start to learn Spanish as a beginner?

In this episode, Val and Em discuss:

✅ The 3 most common myths about learning Spanish as an absolute beginner

✅ The 3 recommend language learning tools to start learning Spanish as a beginner

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Tell us in the comments:

• What has been or hasn't been working for you in your language learning journey to date
• OR your SMART goal to learn Spanish (e.g. I want to be able to have a conversation in beginners Spanish with my abuela by the end of 2025, by listening to Spanglish friends and taking classes once per week)

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shoutout of the week

Get involved in our challenge for a potential shout out in an upcoming episode

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Subscribe, Give our show a rating & Share our podcast with a friend We run this show for free outside out 9-5 jobs and truly appreciate your support to help grow our beautiful Spanglish Friends community 💖

💛 Follow us on socials⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, TikTok and⁠ ⁠⁠Youtube ⁠⁠⁠

💁‍♀️ Get 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val ⁠[email protected]

📧 Got questions or business enquiries? Email us ⁠[email protected]⁠ 

🎶Spanglish Friends Theme composed by ⁠@scotairdmusic⁠  

Have you been looking for a podcast that's actually for true beginner Spanish learners? Look no further, welcome to the Spanglish Friends community!

In this episode, Val and Em:

✅ Introduce themselves as co-hosts and share their language learning and teaching stories

✅ Discuss who this podcast is for and how to know if its the right podcast for you

✅ Make 3 promises as to how they are going to help you actually learn Spanish as a beginner

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Introduce yourself to your new Spanglish friends in the comments, and tell us why you are learning Spanish / what your goals are!

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shoutout of the week

Get involved in our challenge for a potential shout our in an upcoming episode

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Subscribe, Give our show a rating & Share our podcast with a friend

We run this show for free outside out 9-5 jobs and truly appreciate your support to help grow our beautiful Spanglish Friends community 💖

💛 Follow us on socials⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, TikTok and⁠ ⁠⁠Youtube ⁠⁠⁠💁‍♀️ Get 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val [email protected]

📧 Got questions or business enquiries? Email us [email protected] 

🎶 Spanglish Friends Theme composed by ⁠@scotairdmusic⁠  

Welcome to Spanglish Friends, the podcast for 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 beginner Spanish learners!

💁‍♀️ Co-hosted by your experienced Spanish teacher Val from Venezuela, alongside Em, your Aussie friend and native English-speaker who has spent the last 10 years learning Spanish from scratch. 

Each episode you’ll: 

💛 LEARN simple Spanish through real-life super slow conversations that you would actually use in real life, not just textbook! 

💛 HEAR student Em asking Profesora Val your burning questions, providing explanations in English that actually make sense, and making mistakes so you feel confident to start making them too!

💛 REMEMBER what you’ve listened to, with a summary of just 3 things to learn every podcast! 

💛 PUT YOUR SKILLS INTO PRACTICE by participating in our reto/challenge each podcast! Share your answers or stories about your language learning journey in the comments, and you might even get a shout-out in an upcoming episode!

✅ Subscribe ✅ Give our show a rating ✅ Share our podcast with a friend. We run this show for free outside out 9-5 jobs and truly appreciate your support to help grow our beautiful Spanglish Friends community

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💖Follow us on socials⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, TikTok and⁠ ⁠⁠Youtube ⁠⁠⁠💁‍♀️ Get 1-on-1 Spanglish lessons with Val [email protected]

🎶 Spanglish Friends Theme composed by @scotairdmusic  

📧 Got questions or business enquiries? Email us [email protected]