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Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 1 & 2 Spanish Introductions Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 27, 2012
¡Hola! I hope very much that you have enjoyed or are enjoying working through the beginner, intermediate and advanced level Spanish video lessons here on the Transparent Language Spanish Blog. There are 42 Spanish video lessons with accompanying written lesson notes in each of the three courses and they are all packed full of essential…
Advanced Spanish Lesson 42 Typical Spanish expressions Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 20, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson highlighting numerous useful everyday typical Spanish expressions. Hola ¿Cómo estáis? En esta clase, vamos a ver unas expresiones que usamos mucho los hispanohablantes. El español es un idioma con muchas expresiones. No es fácil saber qué significan y cómo usarlas, lo mejor es intentar hablar con personas nativas y poco…
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 42 Expressing annoyance and indignation in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 13, 2012
In this intermediate Spanish lesson we will look at various ways to express annoyance and indignation in Spanish with useful structures such as Me molesta, Me fastidia, and Me alucina. We will see how to say in Spanish that something annoys you, how to say in Spanish that you are completely fed up or wound…
Beginner Spanish Lesson 42 Comparing Pretérito Indefinido and Pretérito Imperfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 6, 2012
In this Beginner Spanish lesson we will compare the Pretérito Indefinido and Pretérito Imperfecto Spanish grammar tenses. Both of these Spanish grammar tenses are used to talk about the past, but they are quite different and it is vital to be absolutely clear on when you should use one or the other. The Spanish equivalent…
Advanced Spanish Lesson 41 Acentuación de las palabras (Parte 4) Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 30, 2012
The final Spanish lesson in the series of four Spanish lessons investigating how to correctly accentuate Spanish words. Hola ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a hablar de cómo acentuar las palabras compuestas, también de palabras que se pueden acentuar de dos formas diferentes y por último de palabras que muchas veces se acentúan de forma incorrecta…
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 41 Useful Spanish phrases Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 23, 2012
In this intermediate Spanish lesson we will take a look at some commonly used and very useful Spanish phrases. Some of these Spanish phrases are used to convince someone of something, some explain the reasons for something, some are used to say that someone has convinced you of something, others are used to say that…
Beginner Spanish Lesson 41 Comparing Pretérito Indefinido and Pretérito Perfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 16, 2012
In this Beginner Spanish lesson we are going to compare various key words of the Pretérito Indefinido and Pretérito Perfecto Spanish grammar tenses and compare the uses of these tenses. Both these Spanish grammar tenses are used to talk about the past, but they are quite different. There are various key words specific to each…