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Spanish Lesson Intermediate 17 Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 1, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a practicar un subjuntivo nuevo: El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo. First we will see how to construct this grammar tense and later how to use it. This tense has two parts: Presente de subjuntivo de “haber” + Participio pasado Let´s see first the Presente de subjuntivo of the verb “Haber”…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 17 Shopping for clothes Posted by Laura & Adam on May 25, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see how to manage in Spanish when shopping for clothes in a shop or street market. Out shopping is often one of the first times many people get to practice their Spanish on a regular basis with native Spanish speakers and it is a great way to…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 16 Más sobre los usos del pronombre relativo Posted by Laura & Adam on May 18, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a continuar viendo los pronombres relativos. En esta clase vamos a profundizar un poco más en los usos de cada pronombre. Cuando se refiere a personas se puede usar que o quien: Ejemplos: Cervantes, que escribió El Quijote, murió en 1616 / Cervantes, quien escribió El Quijote, murió…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 16 Writing a letter Posted by Laura & Adam on May 11, 2011
Hola. ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo escribir una carta en español. I am going to show you some of the typical expressions that we use when writing a formal letter and others that we use when we write a letter to a friend. Let’s start by looking at the greetings we make at…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 16 Shopping for food Posted by Laura & Adam on May 4, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see how to manage in Spanish when buying food in a shop or market. This is often one of the first places many people get to practice their Spanish on a regular basis. Firstly we will learn some useful food vocabulary in Spanish: • Fruta: Fruit •…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 15 Pronombres Relativos Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 27, 2011
Advanced level Spanish video lesson investigating when and how to use the relative pronouns: que, el que, los que, la que, las que, lo que, quien, quienes, el cual, los cuales, la cual, las cuales, lo cual, cuyo, cuyos, cuya, cuyas, donde. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver los pronombres relativos. Estos se usan…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 15 Differences between “Por” and ”Para” Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 20, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver las diferencias entre “por” y “para”. The differences between these two Spanish prepositions are subtle and a little confusing at first for Spanish students. It is often this way with prepositions when learning any foreign language. Prepositions may be short, apparently simple, words, but they are vital to…