Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish - Season 4 - Episode 1 - Arriving in Madrid

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

Immersive Spanish, "Moving to Madrid". This season follows Kav and Ana as they relocate to Madrid and start their new life together. Learn all the situational Spanish you'll need to move to a new city through their fun, engaging approach. While perfect for anyone planning an international move, these practical lessons are valuable for all Spanish learners wanting to master real-world Spanish.The Immersive Spanish App is here! Start speaking today: studio.com/immersivespanish.Follow along with bonus lessons and transcripts to accompany this adventure at our Patreon.Learn more: www.immersivespanish.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We partnered to Studio.com to make it happen. Head to Studio.com forward slash immersive Spanish to get started. Season 4, episode 1. La Jigada a Madrid. Ola Viejeroz. Welcome to a new season of immersive Spanish. If you didn't know, I'm Cav, and after much deliberation, I've decided to start a new chapter in,

Madrid. I've always wanted to move here to the Spanish capital and I think now is the perfect time because after Anna and I found that pre-Columbian gold artifact in Colombia last season she was offered a position at the University of Madrid. The Colombian government also gave us a $20,000 reward for turning the artifact over to their National Museum. Anna's still in Colombia with her family but she'll be joining me in Madrid in a couple of weeks. For now, I'm here solo to get our apartment and everything settled. So, in this season, as I settle in, I'll teach you all the Spanish you need when moving to

a new country and dealing with those scenarios. But even if you aren't in the process of moving abroad, this will still be of great help. Ready? Vamos, my henté. For fin, I'm in Madrid. Although Anna no

is with me still, I'm very emotional for this new adventure. Well, first

pass, to get my maleta and find a taxi. Let's break down those key phrases.

Firstly, I said, for And that means I'm finally in Madrid. For fin. I'm finally in Madrid. Next I said, And

this means, even though Anna isn't with me, Even Anna No is with me even though Anna isn't with me

Although Anna no is conmigo Then I said I'm very

emotional And this means I'm very excited I'm I am very very Emotionado

Excited Next we have Nueva Adventura Nueva Aventura And this means New Adventure

Remember In Spanish When a word ending in A is followed by a word starting with A you blend them together smoothly So it's not

Nueva Aventura But Nueva Ventura We have one flowing A sound instead of two separate A sounds. Finally, I said, Primer Paso, Primer Paso. And this means first step.

Primar. Paso. Here's some essential vocabulary that pertains to travel. The airport is El Aero puerto. El. Aero puerto. Next we have the flight. El Vuelo.

El Vuelo. The arrival would be la gigada. La Jigada. The arrival is La Jigada. Next, to say the suitcase, you would say, La Maleta. La Maleta. To say you're excited, you would say,

I'm emotionado I'mo emotionado if you are a woman and you are excited instead of saying I'mociano

you would simply change the O at the end to an A so it sounds like I'moceanada I'mo emotionada to remember emotionado

just think of how when you you're excited, you are full of emotion. Emotionado. Finally, to say alone, you would say, solo, solo. Again, if you're a woman, you would say solo, solo. To remember the word solo, just think of the various expressions we have in English, like riding solo or flying solo. There is my maleta. Now, I need to find a taxi to go to Airbnb.

Hmm. Segun the application, is in the barrio of Malazania. Anna says that is a barrio very beautiful and centric. I've got some essential transportation vocabulary. So, I'm going to need a taxi. An taxi. The taxi is

El taxi. Not too dissimilar from how it's said in English, right? If I didn't fancy taking a taxi, I could take El Autobus. El. Autobus. Fortunately, Madrid also has an excellent public transportation system. so I could take

El Metro which is of course the subway to say the stop as in the bus stop or a stop on a train we would say

La Parada La Parada La Parada La Parada To say the neighborhood we would say El Barrio

El Barrio You've really got to roll that R El Barrio Finally, if something is central it is centrico Centricor So, for example

Es an Barrio very centrico Which means it is a very central neighbourhood is a a barrio

very centric look all those those these are and the

and the streets and it's my first in Madrid

Anna was to work in the university here

but she gets in some several Madrid has

much life Anna me said that I'm going to

adore the cafes those museums those parks I'm

to prepare everything to when she get the edificio

this means the building El edificio the street the

street, the street, La Calle. Remember when a word has two consecutive ls. We pronounce it like a ya, Calle. La Plaza. This is, of course, the square, of which there are many in Madrid.

La Plaza. El Parque. This is, of course, the park. El Parque. The museum is The museum The Museum To prepare is Preparate Preparate

Preparate Well, Here is Our Hurt Our Hurt Anna will be When it's

When it Hello Anna I I'm I'm I'm I'm It's very

Good May Mayn I'm I'm to explore the Barrio

and to get SIM Spanish for the two. Also, also need to open a

account bankaria to deposit the money of the recompense. There

much to do do you get you get temporary time means

temporary home Ogar Temporal Exploral Explor el barrio means to explore the neighborhood

Explor El Barrio Consegir means to get or obtain Consegir Abri

an account Bankaria This is to Open a bank account Abrid One Quenta Bankaria

Finally Before Before you Is Before you arrive Before you arrive Before De

Get You Before you get You Before You get Anna Anna me

is Telling about his investigation in the university He

He will study the influences Moriscas in Spain and his connections with the new world. According Anna, there are documents that suggest that some of the treasures that we have seen in Colombia have origins in the Spain Morisca. Moriscos? Yes, the Muslims who have lived in Spain, in particular, Anna, is interested in Granada. The city has a story Arab-increible with the

Alambra. Dice that there are rumors of tesoros occultos and the concessments astronomical advanced that want to

investigate when it's a sound like another adventure in potency. Talves our next

the next buskeda to the more more more than we

think we let's practice some of what we've learned. How would you say it's my first time here? To say it's my first time here, you would say,

is my first time here, you would say, is my, first, this, here. How would you say, I need to open a bank account. Necessito to open a bank account.

Necessito, need to, to, Abriar una a quanta bankaria

finally how would you say before you arrive antes de ke yeggis antes de de

ke cheeges that's all for our first episode in Madrid I'm here solo for now getting everything ready for Anna's arrival

in a couple of weeks in our next episode we'll tackle getting Spanish SIM cards and setting up our new life here. Anna's research on Moorish treasures in Granada sounds intriguing. I have a feeling it might lead us to some exciting places once she joins me. So you just walked into a bar, ordered drinks, and you're about to talk to someone. This is where it gets real, right?

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