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Spanish Lesson Advanced 33 El futuro y el condicional para expresar probabilidad Posted by Laura & Adam on May 15, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson explaining how to use the Spanish future and conditional tenses to express probability. Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver cómo expresar probabilidad con el tiempo futuro y el tiempo condicional. Como ya hemos visto, hay diferentes formas de expresar probabilidad. Por ejemplo, puedes usar expresiones como “Tal vez” o…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 33 Spanish Superlatives Posted by Laura & Adam on May 8, 2012
In this Spanish video lesson we will look at Spanish Superlatives – “Superlativos”. A “Superlative” is the form of an adjective or adverb that indicates that the person, thing, or action referred to has the quality of the adjective or adverb to a degree greater than that of anything it is being compared to. There…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 33 The modal verb Can in Spanish: El verbo Poder Posted by Laura & Adam on May 3, 2012
In this Spanish video lesson we are going to look at another very useful Spanish verb: El verbo “Poder”. Poder is the modal verb “Can” in Spanish. This is a Spanish verb that we use all the time in regular, everyday conversation and therefore merits attention and practice. We will learn how to conjugate “el…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 32 Cuándo no debemos usar el Pretérito Perfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on May 3, 2012
In this advanced level Spanish video lesson we will learn all about the Spanish version of the Present Perfect grammar tense: El Pretérito Perfecto. This is a tense that is tricky for Spanish students to use 100% correctly as it is often used quite differently to its English counterpart. In this lesson we will focus…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 32 The Spanish Verb Parecer / Parecerse Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 17, 2012
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver los diferentes usos del verbo “Parecer/Parecerse”. Today we will see the different uses of the Spanish verb “Parecer/Parecerse”. Parecer/Parecerse is a useful, commonly used Spanish verb that, as is very often the case, doesn’t have one simple English translation. It takes time to remember the various uses of…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 32 Spanish verbs of obligation: Tener que, Deber & Hay que Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 10, 2012
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver cómo expresar obligaciones y sugerencias en español. Today we are going to see how to express obligations and suggestions in Spanish. There are three main ways to do this using the Spanish verbs Tener que, Deber & Hay que. Tener que translates to “Have to…” in English, Deber…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 31 The different uses of the Spanish present tense Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 3, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson investigating the many uses of the Spanish present tense. Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a hablar de Presente y de sus diferentes usos. El Presente es el primer tiempo que se aprende al estudiar español, pero es importante saber que tiene diferentes usos. Presente actual: Habla de una acción que…