16-08-2020
1.9: Asking people how they are doing.
¡Hola! Welcome to m-episode 1.9 of the Live Lingua Spanish Podcast. In this section, we’re going to learn how to say “How are you?” in Spanish in different circumstances. Now, this might sound simple — but in Spanish, we have both formal and informal, and to add another twist in there, it’s even more complicated when talking to a group of people. Asking “How are you guys?” or “How are you girls?” has it’s own way of being said in Spanish. If you’re going to ask one person how they are doing, you’d say “¿Cómo está?” That’s formal, but you could make it more formal by saying “¿Cómo está usted? You don’t have to add the pronoun, but you can. In an informal setting among friends, you would say “¿Cómo estás?” If we’re talking plural, whether three people or a million people, you would say “¿Cómo están?” With the pronoun, that would be, “¿Cómo están ustedes?” Notice that we don’t actually have gender differences here, which makes it a little easier. We don’t have to worry about Mr. and Mrs. when we’re asking this. In this section we practice saying “How are you?” in the formal singular ‘usted’ or informal ‘tú’ form as well as the plural ‘ustedes’ form. Note that in most of Latin America there is no different formal and informal for the plural. Enjoy this m-episode. Let’s get started. Empezamos. ------ To read the transcripts of this m-episode additional free practice you can find it on our website here: https://www.livelingua.com/podcast/1-9-asking-people-how-they-are-doing/ If you are enjoying the podcast you can subscribe so you and leave a review (¡gracias!) where ever you like to get your podcasts: iTunes Stitcher Google Plays ¡Hasta pronto!
