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Learn Spanish Podcast — Real Conversations for Real Spanish LearnersLearn Spanish Podcast is a language-learning show where a real beginner learns Spanish in real time, alongside an experienced teacher. Hosted by Roy Coughlan (the student) and Ania (the teacher and co-host, also known from Learn Pol...

#17 Introduce Yourself in Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast
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#17 Introduce Yourself in Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast

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Sept. 6, 2026

#17 Introduce Yourself in Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast

In this episode, Roy and Ania put together a complete personal introduction in Spanish. Roy practices answering a full set of personal questions: his name and surname (me llamo Roy, me apellido Coughlan), nationality (soy de Irlanda), age (cincuenta y tres años), profession (soy empresario), languages spoken (hablo español, inglés y polaco), and where he lives (vivo en Łódź, Polonia), before wrapping up with contact-style questions about phone number and email. By the end, Roy has a full self-in
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Sept. 3, 2026

#16 Tú vs Usted: Formal and Informal Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast

In this episode, Roy and Ania tackle the difference between tú (informal you) and usted (formal you) in Spanish, a distinction that doesn't exist in English. They introduce two new verbs, vivir (to live) and dedicarse (to do for a living), working through the full present tense conjugation of each. Roy then practices switching between informal and formal question forms, for example asking ¿cómo te llamas? with a friend versus ¿cómo se llama? with someone he doesn't know, along with ¿cuántos años
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Sept. 2, 2026

#15 Bicicletas, Libros y Arañas: Spanish Q&A Continues

In this episode, Roy and Ania continue their conversational practice with a fresh round of everyday questions in Spanish. Topics range from possessions (¿tienes una bicicleta?, ¿tienes muchos libros?) to family size (mi familia es pequeña), nationality and culture (talking about Poland, Polish cinema, and its link to Łódź), and personal details like being a student, favorite books, dietary choices, and fears, including a fun mix-up between arañas (spiders) and ananas (pineapple). They also touch
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Sept. 1, 2026

#14 Las Preguntas: Practicing Spanish Through Everyday Questions | Learn Spanish Podcast

In this episode, Roy and Ania put everything learned so far into practice through a series of everyday conversational questions in Spanish. They cover personality traits (¿eres una persona paciente o impaciente?), pets, general mood, siblings, friendships, and family, along with fun tangents about celebrities like Shakira and Enrique Iglesias. Roy also practices describing physical traits like eye color (a veces azul, a veces verde) and responds to a range of personal questions using the verbs a
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Aug. 31, 2026

#13 Sentimientos y Sensaciones: Feelings in Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast

In this episode, Roy and Ania tie together the verbs learned in previous episodes, estar and tener, to talk about feelings and sensations in Spanish. For feelings, they use estar, covering words like contento (content), alegre (cheerful), feliz (happy), triste (sad), preocupado (worried), enfadado (angry), enamorado (in love), serio (serious), aburrido (bored), and cansado (tired). For physical sensations, they switch to tener, working through tener frío (to be cold), tener calor (to be hot), te
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Aug. 30, 2026

#12 Tener: Learn "To Have" in Spanish | Learn Spanish Podcast

In this episode, Roy and Ania cover the irregular verb tener, meaning to have. Ania walks Roy through the present tense forms: tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tenéis, and tienen, then explains that tener is used to talk about possessions. They work through a range of practical examples, including tengo una tarta en la mesa (I have a cake on the table), tienes el móvil roto (your phone is broken), tengo unas gafas de sol (I have sunglasses), tiene dos gatos (he/she has two cats), tienes mucho dine

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