Spanish Route, episode ONE. Your guided route to Spanish.

English translation of podcast audio

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Welcome to Spanish Route. The program, the podcast, to learn Spanish in the easiest and most fun way. My name is Sergio and I am your personal Spanish trainer.

This is the first program and it's going to be very easy, you'll see.

We will learn to introduce ourselves and to greet us. We will ask some questions and answer them. That way you'll know me a little better.

But first, I want to remind you that on my website: SpanishRoute.com  You can read the transcription and English translation of this program. In case there is something you have not understood well. You can download the pdf with the presentation of the class and with a very easy written exercise to help you practice the concepts we have talked about today.

Also, from spanishRoute.com/contact , you can write me with questions that we will solve in the program.

And if you want to access Skype conversation sessions with me, at a very low price.  

Remember SpanishRoute.com. And now Let's start with the program.

In this first chapter we will start at the most basic level. We will learn to introduce ourselves and to greet us.

Remember that this program can be followed from the audio player of my website, or through your favorite podcast player.

And besides, in case you find it difficult to follow me, you can also watch the class through my YouTube channel with the presentation of the sentences in writing.

Do not worry about grammar, writing or punctuation, we will see it little by little in the next classes.

For the moment, the most important thing is to practice your hearing and mentally translate the phrases and expressions of Spanish into your language.

Hola (Hello!)

¡Hola! (Hello!)

This is the word (the interjection) to greet, draw the attention of another person or introduce ourselves. ¡Hola! = Hello!

¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name?)

¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name?) This is the phrase we use in Spanish to ask the name of the person we are talking to. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? (Hello! What is your name?)

Me llamo Sergio (My name is Sergio)

Me llamo Sergio (My name is Sergio). With these words I answer the previous question. It's the way to tell someone what my name is.

You could also say "Yo me llamo Sergio". But in Spanish the subject pronoun of the phrase is usually omitted when in the conjugation of the verb one already understands who the subject is.

Bienvenido (Welcome)

¡Bienvenido! (Welcome!) . This is the word we use to receive someone in our house, in our place of work, or in any event or situation. Also when someone arrives from a trip, for example.

Do you know how to say”bienvenido” in your language?

Bienvenido. This is the masculine form. That is, when the other person is male: A boy, a man or a man.

Bienvenida. This is the feminine form. When the other person is of the female gender. A girl, a woman or a lady. Welcome.

¡Encantado de conocerte! (Nice to meet you!)

This is the phrase to say that we are glad to meet someone. ¡Encantado de conocerte! (Nice to meet you!)

This is the masculine form, but it refers to the subject of the phrase. To the gender of the person who says the phrase.

If I am a boy I say: "¡Encantado de conocerte!"

If I am a girl I say: "¡Encantada de conocerte!".

¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)

¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?) This is the phrase to ask about the place of origin of the person with whom we are speaking.

Soy de España (I am from Spain)

As you can see, I can omit the subject. Although I could also say: Yo soy de España.

Soy español (I am Spanish). It is the way to express my nationality or demonym. It's the masculine form: Soy español, when I'm a boy.

Soy española (I am Spanish). This is the feminine form. When the subject is female.

In this eleventh program we will talk about the use and pronunciation of the letter R and the digraph rr. Also of the letter L and of the LL. And finally of the letter Y also called Greek i that is sometimes used to represent a sound or vowel phoneme and at other times it is used to represent a consonantal sound.

1 The phoneme / K / in Spanishbr /

1.1 The letter k of the Spanish alphabetbr /

1.2 The letter Q / q and the digraph Qu / qu in Spanishbr /

1.3 The letter C of the Spanish alphabet. When does it represent the phoneme / k /?br /

2 The phoneme / θ / (zzz) and the seseo in Spanishbr /

2.1 The letter Z of the Spanish alphabetbr /

2.2 The letter C in Spanish for the phoneme / θ / (zzz) or / S / (sss)br /

2.3 The letter S of the Spanish alphabet and the lispbr /

3 How do you pronounce the letter X in Spanish?br /

4 The phoneme / t∫ / (ch) in Spanish

Transcription here: https://spanishroute.com/stage-9-spanish-pronunciation-j-g/br /

1 The letter jota of Spanishbr /

2 The letter g in Spanishbr /

2.1 G pronunciation same as Jbr /

2.2 Soft g soundbr /

2.3 The umlaut (diéresis) in Spanishbr /

2.4 The letter g with the consonants l and r in Spanish: Gr / Glbr /

3 Pronunciation of the letter X/x as the J/jbr /

4 Review about the pronunciation of the g and the j in Spanishbr /

5 Orthographic rules of the g and the ja in written Spanish

1 The alphabet in Spanishbr /

2 The letters be (B/b) and uve (V/v) in Spanish: Names and pronunciationbr /

3 Homophones words with B/b and V/v in Spanish.br /

4 The double vee (W / w) in Spanish.

1 The Way of St. James to learn Spanishbr /

2 Where does the Camino de Santiago start?br /

3 Different names for Christian churches in Spanish.br /

4 Words with similar meanings:br /

5 Feet and footwear

1 Today we will talk about el tiempo (the time and the weather) in Spanish.br /

1.1 Like asking the time in Spanish.br /

1.2 The clock and the calendar in Spanishbr /

1.3 The names of the days of the week and months of the year in Spanishbr /

2 The weather in Spanishbr /

2.1 Frequent expressions to talk about the weather in Spanish

Spanish Internet Vocabulary: In this chapter of the podcast, erything you need to know to have a conversation about computers and the internet.

This is the fourth program, fourth stage on your way to Spanish. Today we will talk about geographical differences of Spanish spoken and you have to keep in mind if you're traveling to a Spanish speaking country.

I will explain the subject's personal pronouns, especially the difference between Túand usted; and between vosotros and ustedes. br /

Then we will treat the conjugation of the verbs ser and estar, which in other languages use a single verb for their different uses but Spanish uses two verbs.