Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, San Sebastián Episode 8 - The Ice Cream Shop

Episode Date: March 11, 2026

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Season 6, episode 8. Hello, students. Welcome back to immersive Spanish. So, Kav. Much gracias to everyone listening, and a huge thank you to our Patreon supporters. Class Eecutiváá Viojeroz get one extra immersive Spanish episode every week in the same style as this podcast, as well as ad-free listening, transcripts, and 48-hour early access. And a bigger thank you to our Prima Classi supporters who are able to vote on what we teach, and where we go next.

Let's get started. I just had some delicious tapas for dinner in a charming tavern here in San Sebastian. But now I feel like something sweet. I'm walking in a semi-bizzy old street in town, and I'm looking for a eladaria, an ice cream shop to get an ice cream. Now, ice cream in Spanish is elado. Elado. I like ice cream a lot.

Let me teach you how to express liking, loving and hating things in Spanish because they follow a slightly different structure to English. First, the phrase for I like is me gusto. Me gusta. Now literally, this actually translates closer to it pleases me. So instead of saying, I like the ice cream, Spanish says the ice cream pleases me. But don't worry too much about that.

Just get used to the sound. So, how would you say, I like ice cream? Me gusta elado. Me, gusta, elado. Perfecto. Now imagine we're walking through San Sebastian and we see a nice, cafe? How would you say, I like this cafe? Me gusta este cafe. Me

Gusta este, cafe. Remember, este means this. Something close to you. Este. Now, what if you really like something? Well, you can add much. So how would you say, I like coffee a lot? You would say, me gusta much. So if I like coffee a lot is me

like coffee a lot is me Gusta Much el Caffe how would you say I like Spain a lot Me Gusta much Spainia Me Gusta much Espania Or if you really like Spain you would say Me Gusta muchissimo Spain yeah Now imagine we walk into the ice cream shop.

There are lots of flavors. Chocolate. Vanilla. Strawberry. How would you say, I like chocolate? Me gusto el chocolate. Me Gusta el chocolate.

How about I like vanilla? Me Gusta la vinea. Me Gusta. La vinea. Vanilla is Vinyl. The phrase for I love is

Me Enkanta. Me Enkanta. So how would you say I love ice cream? Me encainta elado. Me encaanta Elado. And if I like Spain is Me Gusta Espaia,

how would you say I love Spain? Me Encaanta Espaia. Me Encapa Spain. And honestly, Me Encapta San Sebastian. Now imagine you try a really amazing dessert. How would you say, I love this?

Me Encasta esto. Me Encaanta this. But, of course, sometimes we don't like things. So how would you say I don't like? Well, you just add no. So, no me gusta. No, me, gusta. It does not please me. So, how do you think you would say, I don't like coffee? Of course. That's not true, but... No, me gusta el cafe.

No. Me. Gusta. El. Caffe. And how about? I don't like milk. No me gusta la leche.

No. Me. Gusta. La leche. Maybe you're like me when I was younger. No me gust el broccoli. No me gust del broccoli. Now, sometimes we...

don't just dislike something. We hate it. The word for I hate is. Odio. Odio. So how would you say? I hate coffee. Odio el cafe. The word for when in Spanish is Wheno. Quando. So how about I hate walking when I'm tired? Remember, we learned Camino for I walk. I hate walking when I'm tired is I do caminar when I'm tired. Odio, caminar, when I'm stuck, when I'm tired.

I hate to walk when I am tired. I'd I'd I'd I'm now let's practice a few sentences

using things we've already learned this season how would you say I like bread me

guista el pan me gusta el pan how about I love cheese

me encanta el queso me encan the I don't like butter.

No me gusta la mantequia. No. Me Gusta la Mantequia. Now I want you to imagine you're in a cafe and the waiter asks you if you like coffee. How would you say, Yes, I like coffee?

Yes, me gusta the cafe. Yes. Me. Gusta el Caffe Or how about yes I love coffee See me enchanta the cafe

See me Encanta El Café Let's combine this with something we learned earlier Remember I'm happy I'm happy

So how would you say I'm happy because I like Spain. I'm happy because I love Spain. I'm happy because

me a good Spain. How about? I'm happy because I love ice cream. I'm happy

because I'm a lot. I'm happy because me can't the elado.

So far, you may have noticed that we've been talking about things that I either like, love or hate. But of course, when you're traveling, you'll also want to talk about what other people like. In that case, the phrase for you like is, te gusto. So how would you say you like coffee? And how about you like the coffee? Te Gusta

El Café And how about you like ice cream? Te Gusta elado

Te Gusta el elado Very but as you know if we really love

something we use Encanta So, how would you say You love chocolate?

Te encante the chocolate Te Enkanta el chocolate And how about you love Spain? Te encapaea Spain. Te

Encapa Spain. And if you don't like something remember, we just add no. So at that being said, how would you say you don't like milk? No te gusta la leche. No, It doesn't please you the milk.

And how about you don't like butter? No te gusta la mantequia. No, te gusta la mantequia. Now, if you really dislike something, we can say you hate it. So how would you say you hate coffee? Odias el cafe Odias El

cafe How about you hate walking Remember Caminar is to walk You hate walking Or you hate to walk Is

Odias Caminar Odias Caminar Now I think it's time to talk about He or she To say he likes Or she likes

We say So then, how would you say he likes coffee? Le gusts. Le gusts el cafe. Le gusta el cafe. How about she likes ice cream? Le gusts elado. Le

Gusta elado. Very good. Now how would you say? say he loves chocolate he loves chocolate le encante el chocolate le encante el chocolate how about she loves spain le encanta spagna le enca spagna now if someone doesn't like something remember we just add no so how would you say he doesn't like milk. No le Gusta la leche. No, le, Gusta la leche. And how about

she doesn't like butter. No le l'gusta la Mantequia. No le gusts la Mantequia. And if someone hates something, how would you say he hates coffee? Odia el cafe. Odia El cafe. And how about she hates walking. Odi a caminer.

She hates walking. Odiya caminar. Now let's talk about more than one person. Perhaps a group of tourists are in the ice cream shop. To say they like, we say, Les Gusta. Les Gusta. So how would you say they like ice cream?

That's it. Les Gusta. How about they like coffee? Les Gusta elgé? Les Gusta el cafe. And if they love something, we say Les Enkanta. Les Enkanta.

And how would you say they love chocolate? Les Encaulte el chocolate. Les Encacaulte El Chocolate And if they love Spain Les

Encapa Spain Les Enca Spain And if they hate something How would you say

They hate coffee? Odian The café Odian El Café How about?

How about they hate walking or they hate to walk. Odian caminar. Odian. Caminar. I think you're getting the hang of this now. So now, not only can you talk about your preferences, but that's of your friends and groups of people.

For example, Me Encante elado. I love ice cream. Or te guste the cafe. You like coffee. Or le en can't Spain. He or she loves Spain. Les Gusta el chocolate.

They like chocolate. Super useful when you're traveling and choosing what to eat. Right. Ooh, this eladier looks good. It's got a cue going out the door. Well, that's usually a good sign. So let's go in. Ay, look at all of these flavors.

Chocolate, pistachio, mango. How would you say I love pistachia? Me Encante el pistachio. Me Encanta. El pistachio. But maybe you don't like mango. How would you say I don't like mango? No me gusta the mango.

No me gusta the mango. Okay, decision made. How would you say I like chocolate ice cream? Me Gusta the alado of chocolate. But actually, I'm I love chocolate ice cream.

Well, Viejoeros, I'm going to order my ice cream now. For now, though, I'm going to come elado. After the next. Chao, chao.