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Spanish for Day-to-Day

React, shop, pay, chat and flat-hunt. Nine lessons covering the Spanish that daily life in Spain actually runs on — for when you live there, not just land there.

9 lessons

After this course you can

React, agree and encourage with the tiny phrases natives say fifty times a day
Tell the time, make plans and survive Spain's vague 'sobre las ocho'
Shop at the market and the fitting room, then pay, split the bill and Bizum like a local
Hold your own in the two small-talk topics that never run out: the weather and food
Answer the phone, decode WhatsApp Spanish, and find yourself a flat

Survival gets you through the first days; this course is for everything after — the market stall, the group-chat, the bill that needs splitting, the flat that needs finding. It’s the Spanish of routines: small words, said constantly, that textbooks skip because they don’t look like grammar.

Each step pairs a lesson with a short practice session built from its real sentences. Read the lesson, do the practice — and when a step has a scene, play it too — and the next step unlocks. The order follows a day that slowly becomes a life: reactions and clock-time first, then shops, restaurants and money, then the long game — weather small talk, food opinions, phone calls, and finally a place of your own.

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Step 1 · beginner
Everyday Phrases Textbooks Never Teach
React, agree, disagree and encourage like a native — the tiny everyday Spanish phrases you hear constantly but never find in a textbook.

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Scene · El portal del número siete, en la calle del Olmo
La escalera
Step 2 · beginner
Telling the Time in Spanish: The Complete Guide
How to tell the time like a native — ser vs son, quarter past and quarter to, la madrugada, and the vocabulary for clocks and watches.
Scene · Un banco junto al reloj de la plaza, al final de la calle del Olmo
La plaza
Step 3 · beginner
Shopping in Spanish: From Market Haggling to the Fitting Room
Ask prices like a local, survive the fitting room with quedar, and handle the rapid-fire checkout script without breaking a sweat.
Scene · Un puesto de fruta y la boutique de al lado, en la calle del Olmo
La boutique
Step 4 · intermediate
Ordering Food Like a Local
Learn the phrases that will make waiters smile and your dining experience in Spain infinitely better.
Scene · La barra del bar de la esquina, a la hora del menú
La barra
Step 5 · intermediate
Money Talk — Pay, Split and Save Like a Native
From splitting the bill to opening a bank account — the money vocabulary Spaniards really use, including how to say you are broke.
Scene · El cajero de la esquina y la ventanilla de dentro, en la calle del Olmo
La ventanilla
Step 6 · beginner
Weather Small Talk: Hace, Está, Hay and When to Use Each
Master the three weather verbs, complain about the heat like a local, grade the rain from drizzle to deluge — and never say estoy caliente by accident.
Scene · La marquesina de la parada, en la calle del Olmo
La espera
Step 7 · intermediate
Talking About Food Like a Native
Describe flavours, confess your sweet tooth, and complain the soup needs salt — talk about food the way Spaniards actually do.
Step 8 · intermediate
Phone Calls and Texting Like a Native
Answer the phone, survive a bad connection, and decode WhatsApp abbreviations — sound natural on the phone and in Spanish group chats.
Step 9 · intermediate
Finding a Home in Spain Like a Native
Decode Spanish flat adverts, talk to landlords with confidence, and describe your new home — the vocabulary flat-hunters actually need.

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