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Spanish Lesson Beginner 36 The Spanish Present Continuous Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 3, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to describe what someone is doing currently in that moment or something someone does usually but for a temporary period of time using the Spanish Present Continuous (“El Presente Continuo”). To construct this tense we use the Spanish verb Estar (“To be”) + Gerund (“Gerundio” in Spanish)…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 35 Saber vs Conocer Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 26, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking into the subtle differences between the two Spanish verbs Saber and Conocer. It is tempting to simply translate both these verbs as “to know” in English, but in fact they have many particular uses and in this lesson we will analyse all of the details so that you know…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 35 Describing people negatively in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 19, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver adjetivos de carácter negativos en español. Today we will see negative Spanish character adjectives such as Chulo (Arrogant), Pardillo (Naive) and Muermo (Boring). We will also see how to describe people negatively in Spanish with different sentence structures such as Qué + adjective or Ser + un/una +…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 35 Regular and irregular Spanish Imperatives Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 12, 2012
¡Hola a todos! In this Spanish video lesson we will see how to give orders, instructions and suggestions using Spanish Imperatives. We will look at how to make regular Spanish Imperatives for Spanish verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir. Then we will look at how to make irregular Spanish Imperatives and finally we will…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 34 La palabra “Poco” Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 5, 2012
Hola ¿Cómo os va todo? Hoy vamos a hablar de la palabra “poco”. Me imagino que alguna vez habéis dudado entre usar la palabra “poco”, “poca”, “un poco”, “pocos”, etc. Vamos a ver qué usar en diferentes situaciones. Si la palabra “poco” se refiere a un sustantivo, entonces tiene que concondar en género y número…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 34 The different uses of the Spanish word Como Posted by Laura & Adam on May 29, 2012
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver los diferentes usos de la palabra “como”. Today we will see the different uses of the Spanish word Como. “Como” is another of those words that we use a lot in everyday Spanish conversation and for that reason it is a good idea to become familiar with all…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 34 The Spanish Pretérito Perfecto The Present Perfect Posted by Laura & Adam on May 22, 2012
In this Beginner level Spanish lesson we are going to learn all about the Present Perfect grammar tense in Spanish – El Pretérito Perfecto – that is used to describe things “we have done”. The English Present Perfect and the Spanish Pretérito Perfecto are fundamental grammar tenses that we use a lot in everyday conversation…