Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, Episode 4 - San Sebastián Market

Episode Date: February 11, 2026

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Season 6, Episode 4, San Sebastian Market Hello, hello, bienveniles de new at Immersive Spanish. Thank you to everyone who follows on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube, and a huge thank you to all the patrons who are supporting the show. A special thanks to the Classy E. Hurtigua, who support the podcast for $5 a month, and get an extra immersive Spanish episode every week. in the exact same style as this podcast, just more of it.

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It's busy, so many sounds and colors, and of course, the smell of fresh fruit. So now I'm absolutely starved. and I need to eat something. To say I need, in Spanish, is Necessita. Come on, say it. Necessita. It sounds kind of like necessity in English.

Necessity. Necessita. This is a really helpful word to know in Spanish, as it's used all the time and unlocked so many different phrases with this one word when you change the ending. Something in Spanish is Algo.

Algo. Something. Algo. So, how do you think you'd say I need to eat something? Necessito Comeer Algo. Neceseco

Comeer. Algo. I need to eat something. You just put them all together. Necessito Comer Algo How would you say

I need something? I need something Necessito Algo I need something Necessito Algo So

following the same pattern we've taught before How would you say You need something As we're in a market And don't personally know the market sellers will be using the formal form.

Necessita Algo. Necessita Algo. Following the same pattern, Necessito becomes Necessita to change from I need to

you formal need. I need, Necessito, you need. Necessita. So, how do you think you'd ask do you

need something. Do you need something? Necessita Algo. Necessita Algo. That's right. You just add question marks and say it with

an upward intonation. Do you remember the word for drink in Spanish? To drink. To drink is Beber. Beber. Well then, I need to drink something.

How would you say I need to drink something? Necessi to beaver algo. Necessi to bever, Algo. How about the word to speak? How do you say to speak? In other words, what's the infinitive of to speak? Ablar.

Ablar. So then, how do you say I need to speak? speak. Necessito to Ablar. Necessito Ablar. How do you think you would make it

negative and say I don't need to speak? No, Necessito Ablar. No. Necessito Ablar. Do you remember the word for to pay?

The infinitive to pay? It is Pagar. Pagare. So, how would you say I need to pay? Necessito Pagar. Necessito Pagar.

How about you need to pay? Necessita Paga. Necessita. Pagar. And if you were to ask, don't you need to pay? Don't you need to pay? No Necessita Pagar? Hmm.

No need to pay. How do you think you would say they need? Remember, it follows the same pattern. Necessitan. Necessitan. You just take off the O from Necessito and add A-N. So simple. So, how do you think you would say they need to eat?

Necessitan comer. Necessitan comeer. Building upon this, they need to eat something. Necessitan comeer algo. Necessitan. Commer. Algo. They need to eat something.

Necessitan comeer algo. Big in Spanish is grande. Grande. Come on, let's say it together. Grande. Think of a grand plaza or a grand hotel being big. La Grand Plaza.

Big, grand. So, how do you think you'd say I need to eat something big? Necessito

to comeer something grand. Necessito Comeer something great. Good job.

How about they need to eat something big? Necessitan to eat something big. something great. Necessitan

come something great. Small in Spanish is Pequeño. Pequeenio. Come on.

Say it with me. Peckeno. Very so. How would you say? I need something small. Necessito

something small. Necessito. Algo Pequino How about I need a big coffee Necessito

a cafe Grande Notice that Grande comes after what's being described in Spanish So

it literally translates to I need a coffee big It's a bit different to English So it's

good to know I need to drink a coffee Necessi I need a coffee. Necessi I don't need a big coffee. I don't need a big coffee.

No, I need a coffee grande. No, Necessito a coffee Grand And as you might know,

the word for now is Aura. Aura. Sounds a bit like hour. The hour of of now.

Aura. So, how would you say I need to eat now? Necessito comeer now. Necessito. Comeer. Now. Ay, madre mea. This food looks delicious.

I wonder what I should get to eat. When I'm at markets in Spain, I like to do a lap of the perimeter to see what they have to offer before buying anything. All right, Villajeros. let's do a test of what you've just learned. I'll say it in English, you say it in Spanish. Say it out loud, okay? How would you say? I need something.

Necessito algo. Necessita Algo. How about? I need to eat something. Necessito to comeer algo. Necessita

Comeer. Algo. How would you say? You need something. Formal. Imagine you're talking to a market seller. Necessita algo. Necessita.

How would you ask? Do you need something? Necessita algo? Necessita. How about? I need to drink something. Necessito to bever something. Necessito.

Necessito. Bever. Algo. How would you say, I need to speak? I need to speak. Necessito to Ablar. Necessita

Ablar. How about? I don't need to speak. No, Necessito to Ablar. No. Necessita Ablar.

Now try, I need to pay. I need to pay. Necessito Pager. Necessita Pagar. How about you need to pay? Necessita

Paga. Necessita Paga. I'm sorry, but you need to pay. Lo Siento, but Necessita Pagar. How would you ask, don't you need to pay? No Necessita Pagar?

No Necessita Paga. How would you say they need to eat? Necessitan to eat. Necessita. Building upon this, how would you say they need to eat something? Necessitan comeer algo.

Necessitan. Comeer something. Now, let's add descriptions. How would you say, I need to eat something big? I'm really hungry. I need to eat something big. Necessito to comeer something grand. Necessito,

comeer, something grand. How about? They need to eat something big. Necessitan Comeer Algo Grande. Necessitan

Comer Algo Grand How would you say? I need something small. Necessito Algo Pequeno.

Necessito Algo Pequeno. I need a big coffee. Necessito a coffee Great. Necessito

a coffee. Necessita. A coffee. Grande. Remember the ordering we spoke about earlier. Noun and then adjective.

Now, make it negative. I don't need a big coffee. No, necessiton cafe grande. No. Necessito. Un. Cafe. Grand.

And finally, I need to eat now. Necessito come now. Necessito. Comer Now Nice work How did you do? Right,

that's enough teaching for today Necessito Comeer Aura I'm going to grab some food from this stool See you next time Ciao