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Spanish Lesson Intermediate 12 Expressions Of Annoyance, Resignation, Lament, and Consolation Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 16, 2011
Hola ¿Cómo estáis todos? Hoy vamos a ver expresiones de fastidio (annoyance), resignación (resignation), lamento (lament) y consuelo (consolation). These are very useful as they are heard all the time in everyday conversation. None of the expressions you are going to learn in this lesson are considered rude. Let´s start with expressions of annoyance: •…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 12 Describing Personality and Feelings Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 10, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to continue looking at how to make descriptions in Spanish and specifically how to describe personality and feelings. To describe how someone feels, if they are happy, sad, angry, etc, we use the verb “Estar” (to be). We have already looked at the verb “Ser” which is another…
Vídeo: The Alphabet Posted by Adir on Feb 7, 2011
I just found this cute little video with an alphabet song (very Latin!) and it doesn’t hurt to do some reviewing of basics, does it? It’s a pretty fast song so try to keep up with the rhythm. A detail: the Royal Spanish Academy does not recognize ch and ll as separate letters but those…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 11 Qué puedes comunicar con “Aunque” Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 3, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal os va? Hoy vamos a practicar cómo usar correctamente el adverbio “Aunque”. Dependiendo de la forma verbal que usamos detrás de “Aunque”, la información que damos tiene un matiz diferente. Vamos a ver las diferentes opciones: Aunque + indicativo (Aunque vienes, viniste, venías, etc…) Aunque + Presente de Subjuntivo (Aunque…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 11 Relative Clauses Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 26, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal la semana? Hoy vamos a practicar el Presente de Subjuntivo en frases de relativo – Present Subjuntive in Relative Clauses. We will first discuss exactly what a Relative Clause is and afterwards we will see when and when not to use the Present Subjunctive in such cases. When you find…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 11 Physical Descriptions Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 19, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to look at how to describe physical appearances in Spanish. First, we are going to learn some important vocabulary related to parts of the body and body shape and size and later we will practice useful sentence structures using the same vocabulary with “el verbo tener” (to have)…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 10 Prefijos y Sufijos Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 13, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver prefijos y sufijos de origen latino y de origen griego. Es muy útil conocer su significado porque así podréis imaginar el significado de palabras que no habéis oído antes que contengan estos prefijos o sufijos. Bien, vamos a empezar con los Prefijos y Sufijos de origen griego. Los…