Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
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…
El Vestibular, en español Posted by Adir on Apr 18, 2011
Brazil has a college entrance examination called “vestibular” in which students are tested in every subject they study in high school. These include a foreign language test in English, Spanish or French. Here’s a sample of the Spanish language test from PUC RS (Pontifície Univerdade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul). Care to try to…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 15 The Time Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 13, 2011
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to see how to ask and tell the time and how to state at what time we do things in Spanish. Let´s start with asking the time. You can say: • ¿Qué hora es?: What time is it? • ¿Tienes hora?: Do you have the time? (friendly) •…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 14 Expresiones con animales Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 6, 2011
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking at the numerous commonly used Spanish expressions that feature references to animals ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal os va todo? Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con animales. Son muy interesantes, ya que en español utilizamos mucho este tipo de expresiones en nuestra vida diaria. Ser un cerdo/guarro: Ser muy sucio…
Reglas sobre el uso de la letra B Posted by Magda on Apr 1, 2011
When learning a language we need to pay special attention to writing. In Spanish, spelling can give you a headache occasionally, and cause you to make mistakes. So today we will do a quick review to remember when we have to use the letter B (be). 1. When it precedes any other consonant, or when…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 14 Writing in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 30, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver diferentes expresiones que usamos cuando escribimos en español. You can also use the expressions we are going to see in this class in regular conversation, but many of them sound quite formal and are mostly used when writing. Estas son las expresiones más básicas, pero tenemos…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 14 Spanish Verbs Present Tense (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 24, 2011
¡Hola! Today we are going to continue learning how to describe things that we usually do (in the Present Tense) using regular Spanish verbs. We will see the different verb endings that we use for a group of people, to say that “we” (nosotros) do something, to say that “all of you” (vosotros) do something…