Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, Episode 2 - Tapas in San Sebastián

Episode Date: January 22, 2026

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Season 6, episode 2. Hola, Viejeros. Today, I'm super excited to be in San Sebastian. However, in this lesson, I'm not going to be going to a cafe. Instead, I'm going to a restaurant. One of the many incredible taverns they have here in this historic city by the sea. Now, the thing to do here is go not to one restaurant, but multiple, having smaller plates or tapas at each of them.

Wow, this one looks good. It looks very old. I'm going to go in and grab a table. Cah, it's quite busy in here. I'm going to sit at the bar and wait for them to take my order. First and foremost, do you remember from the last episode how you'd say to eat? To eat is, Comer.

Comer. Remember, not just eat. In Spanish, it's. to eat. To say I'm going to in Spanish is Voie ah. Voie. Ah. Voie is spelled V-O-Y. But in Spanish, V sounds are pronounced more like a B. So we say boy.

Just remember to be a bit softer on the lips. Just imagine a boy going somewhere in your head. So, voy means. means I'm going and a means to. Voa, I am going to. This is a really useful phrase in Spanish and it's used in almost every conversation. So how do you think you would say I'm going to eat? Say it out loud.

Voya comer three words. Voie a comer. This is a really useful. phrase in Spanish. Great. So you've just learned the future tense in Spanish. You're expressing an action you're going to do in the future. Pretty cool, huh? So do you remember how to say to drink in Spanish? Beber. Beber. So how do you think you'd say I'm going to drink? Voy to bea vera. Boa bebeer. I'm going to drink. How do you say to pay? in Spanish.

Pagar. Pagar. So can you guess what I'm going to pay will be? Voya Pagar. Voy a. Pagar. How do you say to talk or speak? Ablar.

Ablar. So, I'm sure you know how to say I'm going to speak. Voa-ablar. Wow. This food looks good. I'm eyeing up the Spanish potato omelet. The omelet is called a tortilla de patatas. But you can just say,

One Tortilla. Ah, the waiters here. Hola. One tortilla, por favor. Grazie. The word for much or a lot in Spanish is very similar to the English word much. You just actually add an O. at the end. So much becomes much. Much. With that in mind, how would you say I'm going to

eat a lot? Voya to come much. Boy. Ah, comer much. Much. I'm going to eat is, I'm going to comeer and much is a lot. I'm going to comeer much. Right, so how do you think you'd say I'm not going to eat much? It follows the same rules as we learned in the last lesson. No, voy to comeer much. No, I, go to, comeer, much. It really is that simple.

Just add a no at the start to make it negative. So that being said, how do you think you'd say, I'm not going to drink? No, I'm going to beaver. No, I'm not going to drink much. No, I'm going to drink much. No, I'm going to bever much. What about, I'm not going to speak? No, voy to beaver.

No, boy, a, talk. Now, I'm not going to speak much. How would you say that? No, I'm going to talk much. No, voy, a,

to, talk much. Now, just out of interest, how do you think you would say today I'm not going to speak much? The word today is hoy.

How would you say today I'm not going to speak much? Oi, no, I'm going to talk much. Oi, no, I'm going to A

Alar much Good job What's I'm not going to drink milk No voy A Bever Leche No I'm going to

Bever Lece It's my tortilla Tortilla de Patatas Grazie Seor Wow This looks incredible This looks incredible

It's incredible It's soft Fluffy Warm Oh yes It's delicious. Right, so now you know how to say I'm going to. Voya.

But let me unlock another huge group of phrases for you with one simple word change. To say you're going to, you change. Voya to, va. Now, I want you to know that it's actually two words. Vá, ah. But in Spanish this sounds like one word and that's because when the same vowel appears at the end of one word and at the start of the next they sort of merge into one sound

so the a from Vá flows directly into the a from A creating one long Vaa sound this linking is completely natural in Spanish and that's why Spanish can often sound very quick but it's not va-a-a but va-a so with that being said to say you're going to eat is va-comer va-comer it's not va-a-comer but va-comer amazing how about you're going to drink in spanish how would you say that va vever Moving on

You're going to speak How would you say that? Va blar You're going to pay Va-pagar Va-pagar One more time Va-pagar

Again To change us from a statement Into a question All you do is change the intonation So You're going to eat va-comer becomes

va-comer you also add a question mark at the end when you write and an upside-down question mark at the beginning so you know it's a question right from the start and can use that rising intonation

how about are you going to drink in Spanish va-e-e-be-be-er are you going to speak va-blau-blar are you going to pay va to pay so taking it a step further

what do you think happens when you add a no at the start and use that rising intonation no va comeer no va comeer that becomes aren't you going to eat say it with me no va to comeer no va comer how would you say aren't you going to pay not

will pay no to pay how would you say aren't you going to speak no va blar no va blar how would you say aren't you going to drink no vaverer no vaver so how would you say I'm going to eat are you going to eat I'm going to come. Va to eat? I'm going to come. Va to come?

I'm going to come. Vaugh a comer? How about I'm going to drink? Aren't you going to pay? I'll bebever. No, not pay. I'm going to bever.

No va'a pager. How about? I'm not going to talk. Are you going to talk? No, I'll be able. Va'laar? No voy I'll be able to be able to.

You see, the possibilities are endless. With these simple rules, you can now say so many different phrases and ask countless questions. Right, I'm going to finish my tortilla and then head to the next restaurant. And remember,

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