Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
Spanish Lesson Beginner 11 Physical Descriptions Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 19, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to look at how to describe physical appearances in Spanish. First, we are going to learn some important vocabulary related to parts of the body and body shape and size and later we will practice useful sentence structures using the same vocabulary with “el verbo tener” (to have)…
Hablemos de adjetivos Posted by Magda on Jan 18, 2011
Hoy vamos a dedicar nuestro post a recordar cómo se utilizan los adjetivos en español. No es demasiado complicado, aunque como veremos, algunos “tienen truco”: no es lo mismo hablar de una “amiga vieja” que de una “vieja amiga”. La función de los adjetivos es la de resaltar una cualidad del sustantivo al que acompañan…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 10 Prefijos y Sufijos Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 13, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver prefijos y sufijos de origen latino y de origen griego. Es muy útil conocer su significado porque así podréis imaginar el significado de palabras que no habéis oído antes que contengan estos prefijos o sufijos. Bien, vamos a empezar con los Prefijos y Sufijos de origen griego. Los…
The meanings of hacerse Posted by Adir on Jan 10, 2011
Hacerse is a reflexive verb and it has several meanings. Instead of providing a boring list I’m going to give you some real Spanish sentences with their translation, ok? Aprovéchala. Se me hizo un nudo en el hilo. – I got a knot in the thread. María se hizo con el premio. – María got…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 10 Differences between the Spanish verbs “Ser” and “Estar” Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 5, 2011
¡Hola a todos! I would first like to wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year! I hope one of your New Year’s Resolutions was to study and practice even more Spanish and to watch every single one of Laura’s video lessons. Today we are going to analyse in detail the differences between the…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 10 The verb “To have” (el verbo “Tener”) and the family Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 29, 2010
¡Hola a todos! I hope you have enjoyed a very nice Christmas and eaten and drunk far too much. I hope you are also keeping up the practice with your Spanish studies and using some of the things we have already learned together. In our previous beginner´s lesson, we covered some vocabulary about the family…
Video: Time Adverbs Posted by Adir on Dec 28, 2010
Hello, there! Here’s a video with the most common time adverbs in Spanish. Remember to watch the video, stop, repeat, watch it again, until you can master the sentences and meanings, ok? See you all next time!