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Spanish TV series: “Isabel”, and the origins of the expression “Tanto monta, monta tanto” Posted by Magda on Dec 6, 2012
This week we could see the last episode of a TV series that has achieved a great success in “La Primera”, our national TV: “Isabel”. Starring Michelle Jenner and Rodolfo Sancho, it is based on the life of the queen Isabel of Castile, married to Fernando II of Aragon. As we can imagine, medieval times…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 3 Spanish Numbers Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 4, 2012
¡Hola! I hope very much that you have enjoyed or are enjoying working through the beginner, intermediate and advanced level Spanish video courses here on the Transparent Language Spanish Blog. There are 42 Spanish video lessons with accompanying written lesson notes in each of the three courses and they are all packed full of essential…
Irregular verbs in the Present (I) Posted by Adir on Nov 28, 2012
Hi, there! I’m going to start today a series of posts with irregular verbs in the present. These irregularities happen in the Present Indicative, Present Subjunctive and Imperative. The persons affected by this irregularity are yo, tú, él, ella, usted, ellos, ellas and ustedes. Nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) do not have these changes. The first irregularity…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 1 & 2 Spanish Introductions Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 27, 2012
¡Hola! I hope very much that you have enjoyed or are enjoying working through the beginner, intermediate and advanced level Spanish video lessons here on the Transparent Language Spanish Blog. There are 42 Spanish video lessons with accompanying written lesson notes in each of the three courses and they are all packed full of essential…
Advanced Spanish Lesson 42 Typical Spanish expressions Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 20, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson highlighting numerous useful everyday typical Spanish expressions. Hola ¿Cómo estáis? En esta clase, vamos a ver unas expresiones que usamos mucho los hispanohablantes. El español es un idioma con muchas expresiones. No es fácil saber qué significan y cómo usarlas, lo mejor es intentar hablar con personas nativas y poco…
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 42 Expressing annoyance and indignation in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 13, 2012
In this intermediate Spanish lesson we will look at various ways to express annoyance and indignation in Spanish with useful structures such as Me molesta, Me fastidia, and Me alucina. We will see how to say in Spanish that something annoys you, how to say in Spanish that you are completely fed up or wound…
How to use “hace” to mean “ago” Posted by Adir on Nov 9, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo están las cosas? I’m here in Nashua, NH, and I was talking to a Spanish friend the other day and I tried to take notes of some expressions he used when he was talking. One that caught my attention was the use of hace to mean “ago” in English so I decided to…