How to Talk about Birthdays in Spanish | Beginners Vocabulary and Phrases
Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends
05/23/25
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🎉 In this episode of Spanglish Friends, we explore Spanish birthday vocabulary and phrases for beginners! Whether you're learning Spanish from scratch or want to build your confidence, this lesson is for you. 💬
We’ll teach you:
- How to ask “How old are you?” in Spanish 🎂
- Useful birthday-related words (party, cake, guests, gifts!) 🎁
- Common phrases like “Happy Birthday” and “Have a great birthday” in Spanish 🎊
- Plus, Em sings “Happy Birthday” – Chilean version! 🇨🇱
✏️ Challenge of the Week
Wish someone a happy birthday in Spanish! 🎈
Try: “¡Feliz cumpleaños a mi [mamá/hermano/amigo]!”
Comment below or message us on Instagram — we’d love to hear from you!
🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week
Shout-out to our amigo Will from England 🇬🇧 for participating in our Episode 8 challenge! He wrote: “La camiseta negra (de Arsenal)” — great use of gender and vocabulary, Will! 👏
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How to Count in Spanish for Beginners – Learn Numbers 0 to 100
May 16, 2025
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Learn how to count from 0 to 100 in beginners Spanish!
In this episode, Val and Em will teach you:
✅ How to count 0-10 & tricks to remember the numbers
✅ How to count 11-15 (the tricky ones!) and then the simple trick to remember 16-19
✅ How to count 20-100 and the key trick (adding ‘-enta’) to remember
🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week
This week’s shout out goes to our new amigo Eric from Canada!
Eric participated in our episode 6 challenge via instagram to find and practice saying a word with the ‘rr’ sound. He found ‘ferrocarril’ which means railway, and is a great word to practice rolling your r’s. Thanks for getting involved Eric 🙂
✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week
¿Cuántos hermanos tienes? How many siblings do you have?
Tell us using the sentence structure ‘Yo tengo X hermanos / hermanas’
Practice saying the number out-loud as you’ve learnt in today's episode too! Comment below or DM us on instagram 🙂
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🧠 Struggling with Ser vs Estar in Spanish? This episode is your beginner-friendly guide to finally understanding how to say “to be” in Spanish — and when to use each one!
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ What Estar means and how to conjugate it in the present tense (I am/ You Are / She&He Is)
✅ The 2 main reasons to use Estar (emotion & location)
✅ The 2 main reasons to use Ser (identity & origin)
Val (native Spanish teacher from Venezuela) and Em (English-speaking learner) explain everything step-by-step so you can feel more confident using both verbs in real-life conversations.
🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week
Big shout-out to Elliette from Australia 🇦🇺 for participating in our Episode 6 and 7 challenges! She nailed the gender and article rules — ¡muy bien!
✏️ Challenge of the Week
Use estar to describe how you feel or where you are! Examples:
— “Estoy feliz” (I’m happy)
— “Estoy en mi casa” (I’m at home)
— “Estoy en el tren” (I’m on the train)
Comment below or message us on instagram your answer — we’d love to hear from you!
💛 Subscribe, leave a rating, and share this episode to support our community of beginner Spanish learners.
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📩 Contact: spanglishfriendspodcast@gmail.com
📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons: spanishlessonsbyval@gmail.com
🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic
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