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Spanish Lesson Intermediate 6 Expressions of confirmation, supposition, surprise, and concern Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 13, 2010
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones para confirmar (expressions of confirmation), otras que usamos cuando suponemos algo (expressions of supposition), otras que expresan sorpresa (expressions of surprise) y otras que expresan preocupación (expressions of concern). Let’s start with some expressions used to make confirmation: To respond with confidence: Estoy seguro/a: I am…
Review: Conjunctions – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Oct 8, 2010
Let’s continue reviewing conjunctions in Spanish with more examples: Llueve mucho, por eso/por ello / así que no voy a salir ahora. – It’s raining hard, because of that I’m not going out now. No hablas inglés, entonces/por lo que no puedes ocupar aquella posición. – You don’t speak English, so you can’t have that…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 6 Bar vocabulary and how to order in a bar Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 6, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? I hope you are all well and enjoying my series of Spanish video lessons. Today we are going to see some food and drink bar vocabulary and how to order in a bar. In Spain we order tapas in the bars which are small snack sized portions of different food combinations. So…
Review – Conjunctions – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Oct 5, 2010
Conjunctions are used to link clauses and establish a specific relationship like adversity, addition, disconnection, etc. Veamos algunas de las más comunes en español. Aunque sea tarde, voy a ver aquella película. – Although it’s late, I will watch that movie. A pesar de que están cansados, siempre salen a caminar. – Despite being tired…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 5 Form and use of the Futuro Perfecto tense Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 22, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver el tiempo Futuro Perfecto. The equivalent tense in English is “I will have done, you will have done, etc…” Primero, vamos a ver la forma (how to construct the tense) y después veremos el uso (when to use it) FORMA: La forma tiene dos partes: Primera parte: verbo…
Reviewing Irregular Past forms, With Music! Posted by Adir on Sep 21, 2010
Yeah, you know how much I love Latin music and I try to do something with songs in my classes all the time. Spanish irregular past verbs forms are sometimes hard to memorize and this song by Thalia can help you with the following verbs: hacer, querer, estar, tener and poder. Learn the song and…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 5 The Spanish alphabet and questions related to spelling Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 15, 2010
¡¡Hola!! I hope you are all well and enjoying your Spanish studies. Today we are going to learn the Spanish alphabet, how to spell and how to ask someone how to spell something. I hope you find the class useful. Alfabeto: Alphabet: A: a, B: be, C: ce, CH: che, D: de, E: e, F…