Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Refranes de verano Posted by Magda on Jul 5, 2012
Mientras unos sacaron la bufanda, otros andamos ya escondiéndonos del sol. Desde el 21 de Junio es oficialmente verano, y como ya sabéis lo dados que somos los españoles a los refranes, hoy quiero compartir algunos con vosotros hablando sobre esta estación. Lo primero que debemos saber es que “Hasta el cuarenta de mayo, no…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 36 The Spanish Present Continuous Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 3, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to describe what someone is doing currently in that moment or something someone does usually but for a temporary period of time using the Spanish Present Continuous (“El Presente Continuo”). To construct this tense we use the Spanish verb Estar (“To be”) + Gerund (“Gerundio” in Spanish)…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 35 Saber vs Conocer Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 26, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking into the subtle differences between the two Spanish verbs Saber and Conocer. It is tempting to simply translate both these verbs as “to know” in English, but in fact they have many particular uses and in this lesson we will analyse all of the details so that you know…
“Aprendiendo a sentir”, un cuento. Posted by Magda on Jun 21, 2012
¿Os gustan los cuentos? Leer es siempre una buena opción para aprender un lenguaje: ayuda a obtener vocabulario, mejora la comprensión, y se disfruta haciéndolo. Estoy trabajando sobre cuentos con mis alumnos, así que pensé que quizá era buena idea compartir uno propio con vosotros. ¡Espero que lo disfrutéis! “Tan solo era un pequeño juguete…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 35 Describing people negatively in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 19, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver adjetivos de carácter negativos en español. Today we will see negative Spanish character adjectives such as Chulo (Arrogant), Pardillo (Naive) and Muermo (Boring). We will also see how to describe people negatively in Spanish with different sentence structures such as Qué + adjective or Ser + un/una +…
More idioms in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Jun 13, 2012
Hey, everybody! Let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms and expressions today, shall we? 1. carta blanca – full authority, blank check. Tienen carta blanca para tomar las decisiones que encuentres correctas. [You have full authority to make the decisions you think are correct.] Quisiera que me dieras carta blanca para hacer lo que se me…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 35 Regular and irregular Spanish Imperatives Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 12, 2012
¡Hola a todos! In this Spanish video lesson we will see how to give orders, instructions and suggestions using Spanish Imperatives. We will look at how to make regular Spanish Imperatives for Spanish verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir. Then we will look at how to make irregular Spanish Imperatives and finally we will…