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Spanish Lesson Intermediate 28 Conditional sentences Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 18, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today, we are going to see how to construct Conditional Sentences in Spanish. The Conditional tense is broadly defined as the verb tense that is used to indicate that an action or state of being is dependent on the occurrence of a condition. The Spanish Conditional tense is known as both El…
Interrogative Pronouns Posted by Adir on Jan 13, 2012
Interrogative pronouns, also used as exclamative pronouns, can be variable or invariable. Take a look: Invariables: qué (what/which) – cuándo (when) – cómo (how) – dónde (where) Variables: cuál – cuáles (which one/s) – quién – quiénes (who) – cuánto/a – cuántos/as (how much/many) Here are some examples of how they’re used: Qué + noun…
Las conjunciones coordinadas – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Jan 12, 2012
Let’s continue studying today the coordinate conjunctions, las conjunciones coordinadas, in Spanish. 1. bien… bien – uno… otro – ora… ora – ya… ya These conjunction pairs usually express an idea of exclusion or alternation of the elements that they link and indicate that these ideas don’t occur simultaneously. Here are some examples: Bien a…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 28 Talking about the weather in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 11, 2012
Hola. ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to describe the weather in Spanish with lots of useful Spanish vocabulary and expressions. • Hace sol: It´s sunny • Hace aire: It´s breezy • Hace (mucho) viento: It´s (very) windy • Hace (mucho) calor: It´s (very) hot • Hace (mucho) frío: It´s very cold • Hace…
Las conjunciones coordinadas – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Jan 10, 2012
Conjunctions are words that are used to link two terms in a clause or two clauses. Here are two examples: Juan y María son primos. (Juan and Maria are cousins.) Lo encontramos por la calle y lo invitamos a cenar. (We run into him on the street and we invited him to dinner.) In the…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 27 Falsos amigos (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 4, 2012
In this advanced level Spanish video lesson we will see more English/Spanish False Friends – “Falsos Amigos”. These are words in Spanish which have a very similar appearance or sound to an English word, but mean something completely different. These words can lead you to make all sorts of mistakes if you are not careful…
The Top 10 in Transparent Spanish blog Posted by Magda on Jan 3, 2012
As 2011 is already gone, I think it would be a good idea to review what posts in our Transparent Spanish blog have been the most popular ones. Christmas topics, learning tips, cultural information and legends, and even different ways to chat people up! Here are our Top 10: Las Posadas Songs Posadas is a…