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Planning a trip to Spain or Latin America? In this episode you’ll learn how to buy metro tickets, ask for directions, and understand train times in Spanish – essential skills for navigating public transport with confidence.

Through a short, practical dialogue between a metro passenger and a ticket office clerk, you’ll learn real-life Spanish phrases that locals use every day. Whether you're heading to Madrid, Barcelona, or any other Spanish-speaking city, these Spanish travel phrases will help you speak naturally and be understood.

In this lesson, you’ll:

• Listen to a full Spanish conversation with English translations
• Practise Spanish pronunciation with sentence-by-sentence repetition
• Learn key travel vocabulary like “billete” (ticket), “plano del metro” (metro map), “hacer transbordo” (to change trains), and more
• Do speaking drills and role plays to reinforce your fluency
• Try shadowing exercises to master natural Spanish rhythm and intonation
• Take a mini quiz to test your Spanish vocabulary
• Challenge yourself to translate and say the entire conversation in Spanish

This episode is perfect for beginners and intermediate learners who want to build confidence speaking Spanish in real travel situations. You'll hear clear, slow Spanish and get plenty of chances to repeat out loud and practise speaking.

The vocabulary and grammar you’ll learn in this episode include:

• Asking for metro tickets and maps
• Understanding prices and train times
• Using travel-related verbs like “coger” and “salir”
• Forming polite questions and requests in Spanish

No need to take notes or use a transcript – I’ll guide you every step of the way.

🎧 Want to go further? My full Spanish course at kerapido.com/online includes many more practical dialogues, speaking drills, vocabulary boosters, and audio flashcards to help you speak Spanish fluently and confidently. You’ll find a link in the episode description.

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Whether you’re travelling, studying, or simply love the Spanish language, this podcast will help you sound natural, speak clearly, and enjoy every conversation in Spanish.

Let me know if you’d like a variant tailored more for Latin American Spanish or focused more heavily on beginner search terms.

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WHO AM I?💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀 Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com

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Welcome to this episode dedicated to mastering Spanish pronoun pairs - a key step towards speaking Spanish fluently and naturally. Pronoun pairs like “te lo”, “se lo”, and others are used every day by native speakers, but they can be tricky for learners because they combine two pronouns into one phrase. In this episode, you’ll get clear explanations, practical examples, and plenty of speaking and listening practice to help you feel confident using these essential structures in real conversations.

Why Pronoun Pairs Matter

If you want to sound natural in Spanish, you need to understand how pronouns work together. Unlike English, where we say “You give it to me,” Spanish combines the pronouns for “who” and “what” into a neat phrase: “Me lo das” (literally “to me it you give”). This word order and combination are unique and can be confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, your Spanish will sound much more fluent and native-like.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• A review of the basic indirect object pronouns: me, te, le, nos, os, les.
• How to combine these with direct object pronouns like lo, la, los, las to form pronoun pairs.
• Why the pronouns le and les change to se when combined with direct object pronouns.
• Step-by-step examples using common verbs like decir (to say) and dar (to give).
• A challenge section where you’ll practice forming sentences quickly with different pronoun pairs.
• A question and answer drill to test your understanding and improve your quick recall.
• A translation quiz to check if you can identify correct and incorrect uses of pronoun pairs.
• Tips on pronunciation and rhythm to help you sound natural.

How This Episode Helps Your Speaking and Listening

This episode is designed not just to teach you grammar but to get you actively speaking and listening. You’ll hear sentences slowly and clearly, then you’ll be invited to repeat them aloud. This kind of active practice helps your brain and mouth get used to the patterns of Spanish pronoun pairs.

How to Get the Most from This Episode

• Listen actively and repeat every sentence out loud.
• Pause the episode if you need more time to say the sentences.
• Try the question and answer challenges without looking at the answers first.
• Use the translation quiz to test your understanding.
• Practice regularly to build muscle memory and automatic recall.

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WHO AM I?💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀 Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com

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¡Hola! Welcome to Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez. I’m Maria Fernandez, your Spanish teacher. In this episode, we’re going to practise the Spanish numbers 0 to 100 and you’re going to speak out loud, repeat after me, guess the next number, and listen for numbers in everyday Spanish sentences. By the end of this lesson you’ll feel much more confident using numbers in real conversations—whether you're telling your age, catching a bus, or paying at the supermarket.

If you’re enjoying these episodes, you’ll love my Spanish course at kerapido.com/online. It’s packed with video lessons, pronunciation drills, and exercises to help you speak Spanish with ease. You’ll find the link in the episode description.

Let’s get started!

Drill 1: What’s the next number?
Here’s how this drill works: I’ll say a number in Spanish. Your job is to say the very next number in Spanish.

For example, if I say: Cinco
You say: Seis

Don’t worry if you need a moment to think. This is all about practice!

Let’s begin:

Treinta y dos – Did you say treinta y tres? Thirty-three.
Cuarenta y nueve – The next number is cincuenta! That’s fifty.
Sesenta y uno – That’s right, sesenta y dos! That’s sixty-two.
Diecisiete – The next number is dieciocho! Number eighteen.
Ochenta y cuatro – The number after that is ochenta y cinco! That’s eighty-five.
Noventa y ocho – You got it: noventa y nueve! That’s ninety-nine.
Veintiséis – The next one is veintisiete! Number twenty-seven.
Cincuenta y cinco – The next number is cincuenta y seis! That’s fifty-six.
Setenta y tres – Did you say setenta y cuatro? That’s seventy-four.
And the last one is: Uno – The next number is dos. Number two.

Well done! Now, let’s try the opposite.

Drill 2: What’s the previous number?
This time, I’ll say a number in Spanish. Your job is to say the number that comes just before.

For example, if I say: Diez
You say: Nueve

Let’s begin:

Cincuenta y ocho – Did you say cincuenta y siete? That’s fifty-seven.
Cuarenta – The previous number is treinta y nueve! That’s thirty-nine.
Setenta y cinco – That’s right, setenta y cuatro. That’s seventy-four.
Veinte – The previous number is diecinueve. Number nineteen.

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WHO AM I?💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀 Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com

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