Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
Spanish Lesson Advanced 8 Expresiones coloquiales de modo Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 1, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis todos? Hoy vamos a ver unas locuciones adverbiales de modo que se usan mucho en español. ¿Qué son las “locuciones adverbiales”? Pues son expresiones compuestas por una preposición y un sintagma nominal, adjetivo o adverbio que funcionan igual que un adverbio. La definición quizás os parezca un poco complicada, pero cuando veamos…
How to say “again” in Spanish Posted by Magda on Nov 27, 2010
There are cases when the same Spanish word can be expressed in different ways in English. For example, the verb “esperar” can be translated into English as “to expect”, “to hope”, or “to wait”. The opposite is also true in other cases, and today we will be dealing with one of them. The English adverb…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 8 Spanish Subjunctive Present Tense with Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 24, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? I hope you are all very well and enjoying your Spanish studies. We are going to continue looking into the Spanish Subjunctive Present tense, today with sentences that include an indefinite pronoun or an indefinite adjective. ¿Qué es un pronombre indefinido? Words like “alguien” (someone), “algo” (something), nadie (nobody) and “nada” (nothing)…
Answers of Verbs with Two Objects Exercises Posted by Adir on Nov 19, 2010
Hola, aquí están las respuestas para el ejercicio propuesto en el último post sobre los verbos con dos complementos. 1. Ella se lo dio. 2. Te lo hemos comprado. 3. La maestra se lo explicó. 4. El cartero nos la trajo. 5. El abuelo se los dio. 6. Su madre se lo compró. 7. Ella se…
Basic grammar: Verbs with Two Objects Posted by Adir on Nov 18, 2010
Some verbs in Spanish can have both direct and indirect objects. Remember that indirect objects always have a preposition. The direct objects are in red, the indirect ones in blue. Él escribió una carta para mí. – He wrote a letter to me. When you want to trim the sentence down and say “He wrote…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 8 Places in town and directions in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 17, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to ask and give directions in Spanish, some Spanish vocabulary of typical buildings found in a town or city and how to locate them. This is obviously vital information to know for when you visit Spain and find yourself a little lost. Let´s start with how to…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 7 Pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 10, 2010
Advanced level Spanish video lesson analysing interesting, lesser known grammar rules related to the use of direct and indirect object pronouns ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estáis todos? Hoy vamos a hablar de los complementos de Objeto directo e indirecto. Seguro que ya los conocéis y los usáis, pero existen algunas reglas que quizá nunca hayáis oído…