Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 2 Practice using El Presente de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 10, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? En este video vamos a practicar la forma del Presente de Subjuntivo. In this video we are going to practice using the Spanish Present Subjunctive grammar tense – El Presente de Subjuntivo. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 1 Practice using El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 2, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to review and practice how to use the Spanish grammar tense El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto which is the equivalent to the Past Perfect in English: I had done, I had eaten, I had seen, etc. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 42 Comparing El Pretérito Indefinido and El Pretérito Imperfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 29, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? In today’s interactive Spanish review lesson we are going to practice using the Spanish grammar tenses El Pretérito Indefinido and El Pretérito Imperfecto. We will compare these two past tenses to understand their important differences. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 41 Comparing El Pretérito Indefinido and El Pretérito Perfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 20, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to practice comparing the uses and key words of the two Spanish grammar tenses El Pretérito Indefinido and El Pretérito Perfecto. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 40 Practice using The Past Simple in Spanish El Pretérito Imperfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 12, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? In the previous interactive video review lesson in this course we looked at the Past Simple in Spanish El Pretérito Indefinido. Today we are going to practice the other Past Simple in Spanish El Pretérito Imperfecto. In English the Past Simple is much simpler. In Spanish there are two different tenses which…
More Than Imperatives Posted by Adir on Aug 9, 2013
Hello, there! We all know that imperatives are used to give orders or sometimes subtle suggestions, but they are also used with non literal meanings too. Here are some common imperatives used in colloquial spoken Spanish. ¡Anda! Pero…¿eres tú? = sorpresa ¡Anda, éste! Pues claro que lo he hecho yo solo… = malestar ante la…
Some common linguistic mistakes in Spanish Posted by Magda on Aug 8, 2013
To learn a language also implies to avoid some native speakers´ typical mistakes. In some previous posts, we have talked about “dequeismo” (to know more, click here) and “laísmo” (to know more, click here), for example. Today, I want to share with you some linguistic mistakes, or vulgarisms: Así (this way): Things are this way…