Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
Spanish Lesson Advanced 37 Expresiones con colores Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 7, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking at many useful and commonly used Spanish expressions which all have references to colours. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver expresiones en español con colores. Como ya sabéis, en español tenemos muchísimas expresiones que usamos muy a menudo. Estas expresiones que vamos a ver se utilizan con mucha…
Song + grammar = Aguacero (by Maía) Posted by Adir on Aug 2, 2012
We had Maía earlier this year on the Spanish blog with the song Ingenuidad and here she is again. I particularly love her song El Aguacero (The downpour) and it caught my attention because she uses two distinc forms of the future tense. Here are the lyrics to the song and the future tense forms…
Short story: The Wonderful Reel Posted by Adir on Jul 31, 2012
Hi, everybody! Today is July 31st so let’s welcome August with a very interesting short story, it’s called La Bobina Maravillosa (The Wonderful Reel). It talks about how we want things to happen fast in our lives and also how we may miss out on great things by not paying attention to details. Some words…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 37 Spanish adjectives used with Ser and Estar Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 24, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? In this beginner level Spanish video lesson we will look at the way that some Spanish adjectives mean completely different things depending on whether they are used with the Spanish verbs Ser or Estar. The Spanish adjective “Listo”, for example, means “Clever” when used with Ser and “Ready” when used with Estar…
How to use punctuation signs in Spanish (II) Posted by Adir on Jul 18, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va? Today let’s learn how to use more punctiation signs in Spanish. 1. El punto y coma (the semicolon) El punto y coma is used: a. Before mas, pero, aunque, sin embargo and no obstante in very long sentences. “Al oír esto, los flamencos, llenos de miedo porque estaban descubiertos, quisieron voltar…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 36 Differences between the verbs Pedir and Preguntar Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 17, 2012
Spanish video lesson at advanced level looking at the subtle differences between the Spanish verbs Pedir and Preguntar. ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal todo? Hoy vamos a hablar de las diferencias entre los verbos Pedir y Preguntar. En inglés, los dos verbos significan “to ask”, pero se usan en situaciones diferentes. Básicamente, preguntar es “to ask a…
How to use punctuation signs in Spanish (I) Posted by Adir on Jul 16, 2012
Today we are going to start a series of posts about how to use punctuation signs in Spanish. 1. El punto [period] There are three kinds of specific puntos in Spanish: [1] – punto y seguido = indicates a separation between clauses that are related [2] – punto y aparte = shows the end of…