Newbie (A1)
Your very first Spanish, from zero: tiny everyday exchanges with a few new words a day, from greetings, numbers and food to the tianguis, family, time and getting around.
- 320 lessons
- About 4 lines each
By the end of Newbie you will
- Understand greetings, introductions, numbers, prices in pesos, dates and times when people speak clearly.
- Follow short exchanges about family, ordering at a fonda, shopping at the tianguis, directions, the Metro and the daily routine.
- Tell the friendly tú from the polite usted, and know the set phrases of greetings, cafés and stores, such as ¿mande? and con permiso.
All Newbie lessons
- Day 1 The New Student's First Morning
- Day 2 The Taxi Driver from Puebla
- Day 3 The New Teacher Buys Water
- Day 4 Whose Daughter Are You?
- Day 5 Not the Doctor, the Nurse
- Day 6 The Photo on Her Desk
- Day 7 Looking for Tortillas at the Supermarket
- Day 8 A Tamal in the Office Kitchen
- Day 9 Signing Up for Sunday Soccer
- Day 10 Dad Visits Her First Classroom
- Day 11 A Rented Room in Puebla
- Day 12 Who's the Girl at the Door?
- Day 13 What Is This Fruit Called?
- Day 14 A Tired Monday Call from Mom
- Day 15 A Sign at Chihuahua Airport
- Day 16 A Rayados Shirt Before Kickoff
- Day 17 Is the Green Salsa Hot?
- Day 18 Car Key or House Key?
- Day 19 The New Tenant in Number Five
- Day 20 Midnight Snacks at the OXXO
- Day 21 Café de Olla in Xalapa
- Day 22 Where's Mom Tonight?
- Day 23 The Boss Buys Lunch
- Day 24 Counting Heads for the School Trip
- Day 25 Coffee at Grandpa's in Zacatecas
- Day 26 Picking Up a Repaired Phone
- Day 27 Back in Class at Seventy
- Day 28 Three Friends Coming Over
- Day 29 Hungry and Short of Cash
- Day 30 A New Phone from Chicago
- Day 31 A Hundred Pesos of Phone Credit
- Day 32 Isn't Tomorrow Saturday?
- Day 33 Hot Chocolate on a Cold Morning
- Day 34 The Glasses on His Head
- Day 35 Office Tamales on Candelaria Day
- Day 36 She Pays with Her Own Savings
- Day 37 Who Pays at the Tiendita?
- Day 38 Plants from Grandma's Garden
- Day 39 The Exchange Student from Brazil
- Day 40 The Only Free Seat to Oaxaca
- Day 41 The Doctor in the Blue House
- Day 42 No Water Again This Morning
- Day 43 One Pill Every Morning
- Day 44 His Old Teacher at the Reunion
- Day 45 Mole on Rent Day
- Day 46 Meeting His Baby Sister
- Day 47 Which Gray Car Is Ours?
- Day 48 Dad Forgot His Reading Glasses
- Day 49 Vacation Dates on the Fridge Calendar
- Day 50 Roses for the Tenth of May
- Day 51 Guitar Class for Two Neighbors
- Day 52 A Takeout Order for the Office
- Day 53 Dinner at Her Parents' Tonight
- Day 54 A Table for Twelve in Mazatlán
- Day 55 Nine Thousand a Month in Querétaro
- Day 56 Moving In with Too Many Boxes
- Day 57 Following His Father into Teaching
- Day 58 An Alebrije on Her Desk
- Day 59 Pricing Shoes on His First Day
- Day 60 Mango Ice Cream in Mexicali Heat
- Day 61 What Time Is the Parents' Meeting?
- Day 62 Five Minutes Before the Store Closes
- Day 63 Borrowing a Dress for the Wedding
- Day 64 A Cough That Won't Go Away
- Day 65 Grandson's New School Friends
- Day 66 Up at Five, Class at Seven
- Day 67 Avocados Straight from Michoacán
- Day 68 A Busy Night at the Grill
- Day 69 Does This Bus Pass the Center?
- Day 70 The Restaurant Opens at Two
- Day 71 Extension 214 and the Night Shift
- Day 72 Beef for Sunday's Carne Asada
- Day 73 Off to the Bank Before Three
- Day 74 Iced Coffee Before the Exam
- Day 75 Danzón at Nine in Veracruz
- Day 76 After School at His House
- Day 77 Four Kids on the Dashboard
- Day 78 Pyramids at Seven on Saturday
- Day 79 Sweet Bread with Grandma in Puebla
- Day 80 Metro to the Chapultepec Zoo
- Day 81 The Owner's Niece from Celaya
- Day 82 A Glittery Phone Case in Tijuana
- Day 83 Gray Sky over Guanajuato
- Day 84 Green Enchiladas to Take Home
- Day 85 A Market Dinner for Her Birthday
- Day 86 How Many Cats, Grandma?
- Day 87 An OXXO Across from the Office
- Day 88 A New Kite in Windy Pachuca
- Day 89 Birria Tacos, Consomé on the Side
- Day 90 From the Doctor with the Flu
- Day 91 Blood Pressure Every Monday at Nine
- Day 92 Dishes for Me, Bathroom for You
- Day 93 A Cactus for Dad's Birthday
- Day 94 Chamomile Tea After Six
- Day 95 First Ride to the University
- Day 96 The Landlady's Full Fridge
- Day 97 Oysters for the First Time
- Day 98 Splitting the Cost of Boots
- Day 99 No Hike at Chipinque This Saturday
- Day 100 Two Blocks from the Zócalo
- Day 101 Tuesday Ride to the Clinic
- Day 102 Coins for the Guadalajara Bus
- Day 103 Hello and Goodbye on the Stairs
- Day 104 What to Write on Dad's Cake
- Day 105 Looking for Room B-12
- Day 106 Conchas for the Last Class
- Day 107 Lost from Her Museum Group
- Day 108 Learning to Swim at Last
- Day 109 Swapping Numbers on the Bus
- Day 110 A Spinning Top at the Tianguis
- Day 111 Late Because of the Dog
- Day 112 A White Guayabera in Mérida
- Day 113 A Repairman's Number on a Card
- Day 114 Air Conditioning and a Sore Throat
- Day 115 Lime Popsicles for Two
- Day 116 Rain on Avenida Insurgentes
- Day 117 Sunday Bikes on Reforma
- Day 118 Guitar Practice After Work
- Day 119 A Rosca for Three Kings' Day
- Day 120 A Seafood Stand on the Malecón
- Day 121 Sharing a Book at Night School
- Day 122 Sunday Barbacoa in Actopan
- Day 123 Silver Earrings in Taxco
- Day 124 No Sweater, No Market
- Day 125 The Yellow House Across the Park
- Day 126 Quesadillas with Extra Cheese
- Day 127 The Ofrenda on October 31
- Day 128 The End-of-Year School Party
- Day 129 Drop Me at Work First
- Day 130 A Hot-Day Bath for the Dog
- Day 131 The Bus Stop Has Moved
- Day 132 A Broken Fan in May
- Day 133 Tamales for the New Neighbor
- Day 134 Two Coffees in Coatepec
- Day 135 Her Father Comes for the Winter
- Day 136 A Stomach Ache in Math Class
- Day 137 Eight Candles for Eight Years
- Day 138 Setting Out Strawberries in Irapuato
- Day 139 Two Tickets for Saturday's Movie
- Day 140 The New Tortillería by the Church
- Day 141 Ring the Bell, Get Off Here
- Day 142 A Borrowed Book, Kept Dry
- Day 143 A Long Line for Hot Bread
- Day 144 Freezing Morning in Ciudad Juárez
- Day 145 School Dance on the Taxi Screen
- Day 146 Almost at Tacubaya
- Day 147 A Bigger Collar for the Puppy
- Day 148 A Scraped Knee in the Park
- Day 149 Following the Recipe Card
- Day 150 Jamaica Flowers for a Hot Day
- Day 151 Selling Oranges All Sunday
- Day 152 Tacos Árabes and Chipotle Salsa
- Day 153 Green Juice with No Sugar
- Day 154 Grandpa's Keys in the Fridge
- Day 155 A Second-Hand Calculator for 200 Pesos
- Day 156 Lunch Plans on the First Day
- Day 157 Turning It On in Computer Class
- Day 158 Hail on the Office Windows
- Day 159 Working the OXXO Coffee Machine
- Day 160 Waiting for Forty-Five at Bingo
- Day 161 Friday Works Better for Me
- Day 162 A Candle on Mom's Cake
- Day 163 No Lab Coat Today
- Day 164 The Coffee Run Downstairs
- Day 165 100 Pesos for a Friend's Present
- Day 166 Plus-One at a Cousin's Birthday
- Day 167 A Novel on the New Desk
- Day 168 The Morning Paper at Six
- Day 169 Heavy Bags from the Mercado
- Day 170 My Little Niece Knows the Way
- Day 171 Too Much Sugar in the Jamaica
- Day 172 A Wool Sweater Two Sizes Big
- Day 173 Ice Creams for Five Friends
- Day 174 Too Many Tacos at School
- Day 175 A Circus in Tepoztlán on Saturday
- Day 176 Same Bus to the Centro
- Day 177 Party Drinks and One Water
- Day 178 New Metro Card, Zero Balance
- Day 179 Nine Thirty on Line Two
- Day 180 Quiet, I'm in an Online Class
- Day 181 Hello by the Broken Printer
- Day 182 Last Week's Mangoes Were Green
- Day 183 Running Into the Teacher at Dinner
- Day 184 Borrowing the Red Umbrella
- Day 185 A Parakeet That Says Hola
- Day 186 A Chocolate Concha for Me
- Day 187 Chamomile Tea at the Corner Café
- Day 188 Your Number for the Staff Group
- Day 189 Roast Chicken for the Whole Family
- Day 190 A Baby Niece Born on Tuesday
- Day 191 Elotes from a Passing Trajinera
- Day 192 Forty-Five Degrees in Ciudad Obregón
- Day 193 A Cold Night for the Cat
- Day 194 Watching the Trompo at Midnight
- Day 195 The Last Pan de Muerto
- Day 196 Up at Five to Go Running
- Day 197 A Boy Gives Up His Seat
- Day 198 Mañanitas for the Professor
- Day 199 New Boy from the Blue House
- Day 200 Selling Cheese to the Professor
- Day 201 Late for Coffee in Guanajuato
- Day 202 Uphill to Santa Prisca in Taxco
- Day 203 Grandpa's Hat for the School Dance
- Day 204 The Movie Starts at Seven Thirty
- Day 205 Learning Mom's Number by Heart
- Day 206 The Blue Toothbrush Is Mine
- Day 207 Air Conditioning on Sale
- Day 208 Wrong Bus, End of the Line
- Day 209 Pozole Thursday Delivery
- Day 210 Boarding House Lunch at Three
- Day 211 A Cousin Coming from Chicago
- Day 212 Homework Sent at Midnight
- Day 213 A Phone Left on the Counter
- Day 214 Please Wait at the School Gate
- Day 215 Grandma, Rest, I'll Do the Dishes
- Day 216 Honey Tea for Grandpa's Cough
- Day 217 No Sneakers at the Front Desk
- Day 218 Who Cleaned Our Room
- Day 219 The Tiendita Ran Out of Eggs
- Day 220 My White Shirt Is Pink Now
- Day 221 A Baby on the Tren Maya
- Day 222 Mole for Sixty in Atlixco
- Day 223 Notebooks for a New Teacher
- Day 224 Flan with the Neighbor in Coyoacán
- Day 225 Night Shifts and Morning Classes
- Day 226 Sore Feet After a Wedding
- Day 227 Dad Practices for Karaoke Night
- Day 228 Picking Up a Clean Puppy
- Day 229 Fish Tacos and Very Hot Salsa
- Day 230 One Metrobús Card for Two
- Day 231 Orejas from His Family's Bakery
- Day 232 Number 245, Apartment 3
- Day 233 Grandpa Studied Here Too
- Day 234 This Way to the Dinosaurs
- Day 235 A Toothache on Her Birthday
- Day 236 Third-Floor Keys for the New Tenant
- Day 237 Two Pizzas for 300 Pesos
- Day 238 Soaked Without an Umbrella
- Day 239 Concert Tickets for the Twelfth
- Day 240 Grandma Took the Bus Alone
- Day 241 Marquesitas in the Plaza Grande
- Day 242 A Radio from the Sunday Tianguis
- Day 243 Bring Her to Sunday Lunch
- Day 244 A Photo of the Whole Family
- Day 245 First Guest at the Class Dinner
- Day 246 Wake Up, I'm Making Breakfast
- Day 247 Cheap Copies Behind the Building
- Day 248 A Star Piñata from La Merced
- Day 249 Lotería at the Board Game Café
- Day 250 Calling Down from the Pyramid
- Day 251 What's Inside a Cemita?
- Day 252 Her Usual Table by the Window
- Day 253 A Crayon Card for Grandma
- Day 254 Tacos de Canasta from a Bicycle
- Day 255 Hold the Rod, Something's Biting
- Day 256 A Garrafón of Water for Mom
- Day 257 Her Quince Is on June Twentieth
- Day 258 Running Late on Insurgentes
- Day 259 The R-1 Bus to the Beach
- Day 260 Borrowing Salt for the Beans
- Day 261 The Rabbit Is Eating My Shoes
- Day 262 A Rainbow over Cuetzalan
- Day 263 Grandparents' Day in the Classroom
- Day 264 Opening Day at His Son's Bakery
- Day 265 The Campus Wi-Fi Password
- Day 266 A Shirt to Match Her Dress
- Day 267 A Twisted Ankle at Volleyball
- Day 268 Last Week's Blue Jacket
- Day 269 Waiting at Her Door for School
- Day 270 Grandpa's Jacket on the Metro
- Day 271 Mom and Dad's Wedding Photo
- Day 272 Dad's First Microwave
- Day 273 Hoarse After the Chivas Game
- Day 274 Missing the Last Train at Midnight
- Day 275 Embroidered Flowers for the Tortillas
- Day 276 Culiacán Sushi at the Door
- Day 277 The Baker's Daughter at the Register
- Day 278 Sugar or Salt for the Buñuelos?
- Day 279 Two Hours Late from Torreón
- Day 280 Everyone Hide, Mom's Parking
- Day 281 Three Calls from an Unknown Number
- Day 282 Green Chorizo, Toluca Style
- Day 283 A Coffee Stain Before the Meeting
- Day 284 Has the Bread Truck Come Yet?
- Day 285 Front Row at the Lucha Libre
- Day 286 The New Girl from Los Angeles
- Day 287 Exams, Coffee and No Sleep
- Day 288 Bargains at the Guadalajara Book Fair
- Day 289 The Yo-yo Trick He Practiced
- Day 290 A Cat Walking on the Keyboard
- Day 291 Twenty Minutes at the Bus Stop
- Day 292 Mom Did Her Math Homework
- Day 293 Turn Right in 200 Meters
- Day 294 Just a Juice at Recess
- Day 295 Mariachis at Six in the Morning
- Day 296 Marigolds for the Ofrenda
- Day 297 Bolillos Still Warm from the Oven
- Day 298 Drawing the Flag for Flag Day
- Day 299 Which Flight Is Grandma On?
- Day 300 His Daughter Flies In from Houston
- Day 301 Heading to Pantitlán by Mistake
- Day 302 Has Volume Five Arrived?
- Day 303 Yellow Walls for the Living Room
- Day 304 Who Made the Tres Leches Cake?
- Day 305 A Jipi Hat for Mérida's Sun
- Day 306 Tacos After the School Final
- Day 307 Too Sick to Open the Door
- Day 308 Salsa Verde from Great-Grandma
- Day 309 She Cycles to Work Every Day
- Day 310 A School Sweater on the Stairs
- Day 311 First Snow Outside the OXXO
- Day 312 Wait for Me at the Church
- Day 313 Carne a la Tampiqueña for Two
- Day 314 Top Deck of the Turibús
- Day 315 Meet My Parents, Professor
- Day 316 A Kitten Near the Library
- Day 317 Hand Cream from the Neighbor's Catalog
- Day 318 A Rebozo from Tenancingo
- Day 319 A Ride to the Saturday Concert
- Day 320 A Frappé in December
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