Archive for 'Spanish Grammar'
How to study a foreign language Posted by Adir on Aug 16, 2010
Hey, how are you all doing? This post today will be about studying a foreign language. I know it’s not always easy to keep up with the textbook and classes and everything. However, if we do have a study routine it becomes a lot easier. Here are some tips: – First, remind yourself that you’re…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 3 – Tips to learn the irregular verbs of El Presente de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 11, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estáis? Today we are going to see the present subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo) tense of irregular verbs. It is difficult to remember all the different tenses for all irregular verbs, so I am going to show you some useful tips that will make it easier. I hope they help. Basically, the key…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 3 Numbers Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 4, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? I hope you are all enjoying your Spanish. Today we are going to practice the numbers from 1 to 100. Let´s see the numbers from 1 to 15 first: Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince From 16 to 19 you simply add ten…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 2 Expresiones con Ser y Estar Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 28, 2010
Hola, ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con los verbos ser y estar. Son expresiones muy usadas en español así que espero que os parezcan interesantes. Primero voy a explicarlas una a una y luego voy a contar una historia usando las expresiones. SER Ser de lo que no hay: Se usa para…
More Irregular Verbs in Spanish – Past Tense (with audio) Posted by Adir on Jul 20, 2010
Now listen to the second part of our irregular verb audio drills. Practice your listening and repeat after each conjugation. Venir (to come) vine viniste vino vinimos vinisteis vinieron Poner (to put) puse pusiste puso pusimos pusisteis pusieron Querer (to want) quise quisiste quiso quisimos quisisteis quisieron Saber (to know) supe supiste supo supimos supisteis…
Irregular Verbs in Spanish – Past Tense (with audio) Posted by Adir on Jul 16, 2010
All right, you’re going to tell me that verbs are hard to learn, their pronunciation is difficult and lots of other excuses. So this is what we’re going to do today. I’ve chosen some very, but very common irregular verbs in the past and I’m going to read their conjugation so you guys can practice…
Podcast: The uses of “a” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jul 15, 2010
Download audio ¡Hola, mi gente! How are you all doing? This is Adir Ferreira speaking directly from Brazil, bringing you all the hottest tips to learn Spanish you can’t find anywhere! In this podcast I’m going to talk about the several uses of the word “a”. We tend to think that “a” only relates to…