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Spanish Lesson Advanced 16 Más sobre los usos del pronombre relativo Posted by Laura & Adam on May 18, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a continuar viendo los pronombres relativos. En esta clase vamos a profundizar un poco más en los usos de cada pronombre. Cuando se refiere a personas se puede usar que o quien: Ejemplos: Cervantes, que escribió El Quijote, murió en 1616 / Cervantes, quien escribió El Quijote, murió…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 16 Writing a letter Posted by Laura & Adam on May 11, 2011
Hola. ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo escribir una carta en español. I am going to show you some of the typical expressions that we use when writing a formal letter and others that we use when we write a letter to a friend. Let’s start by looking at the greetings we make at…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 16 Shopping for food Posted by Laura & Adam on May 4, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see how to manage in Spanish when buying food in a shop or market. This is often one of the first places many people get to practice their Spanish on a regular basis. Firstly we will learn some useful food vocabulary in Spanish: • Fruta: Fruit •…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 15 Pronombres Relativos Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 27, 2011
Advanced level Spanish video lesson investigating when and how to use the relative pronouns: que, el que, los que, la que, las que, lo que, quien, quienes, el cual, los cuales, la cual, las cuales, lo cual, cuyo, cuyos, cuya, cuyas, donde. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver los pronombres relativos. Estos se usan…
La saeta, sentir flamenco. Posted by Magda on Apr 22, 2011
“…son como flechas que atraviesan el corazón…” (… they are like arrows going through your heart…) Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet. If we look for the meaning of “saeta” (arrow) in a dictionary , wordreference for example, we will find this definition: “a weapon consisting of a stick with a sharp pointed head, designed to…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 15 Differences between “Por” and ”Para” Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 20, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver las diferencias entre “por” y “para”. The differences between these two Spanish prepositions are subtle and a little confusing at first for Spanish students. It is often this way with prepositions when learning any foreign language. Prepositions may be short, apparently simple, words, but they are vital to…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 15 The Time Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 13, 2011
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to see how to ask and tell the time and how to state at what time we do things in Spanish. Let´s start with asking the time. You can say: • ¿Qué hora es?: What time is it? • ¿Tienes hora?: Do you have the time? (friendly) •…