Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Spanish Lesson Advanced 20 Palabras que comienzan con ‘a’ tónica Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 17, 2011
In this advanced level Spanish lesson we will look at sustantivos starting with “a” tónica, for example: el agua, el hacha, el águila, el aula, el alma, el arma, el área, el hambre… You might think that these words are masculine, but curiously this is not the case. They are feminine words. This video lesson…
“Ser y estar”, jugando con frases hechas Posted by Magda on Aug 11, 2011
I’m sure you have studied the differences between “ser” and “estar” tons of times, but as I see there are some friends asking about them these days both in our blog and the Transparent Spanish page, I think it’s a good idea to review them, now in a particular way: we are going to see…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 20 Spanish verb tense “El Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo” Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 10, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see a new Spanish verb tense:“El Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo”. We will start by analysing its form and then afterwards we will see in which situations the “Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo” is used. -AR verbs: • (Yo) hablara/hablase: I spoke • (Tú) hablaras/hablases: You spoke (friendly) •…
Vocabulary: Kitchen furniture and objects Posted by Adir on Aug 9, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? Today let’s learn some useful vocabulary: kitchen furniture and objects! Shall we go for it? cupboard – armario / aparador mug – jarrita / tarro (México) Mamá, ¿dónde están las jarritas? – Están el en armario. Mom, where are the mugs? – They’re in the cupboard. spoon – cuchara fork…
Talking about the (heavy) traffic in Spanish Posted by Adir on Aug 4, 2011
Ah, the traffic! We’ve all had a bad time during rush hour and today we’re going to learn how to speak about this en español, ¿de acuerdo? So first check out this little dialog between two friends stuck in traffic. A: Odio conducir cuando el tránsito está congestionado. (I hate driving in such heavy traffic.)…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 20 To need, to want, to prefer Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 3, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? I hope very much that you are enjoying my Spanish video lessons and are starting to feel more confident with your Spanish. We are now up to lesson 20 in the beginner course and you have learned a great deal of the basics. Today we will look at three new, very useful…
At the airport: the check-in Posted by Adir on Jul 30, 2011
Traveling is great, isn’t it? You get to meet people, be in places other than your regular city and learn a lot while traveling. So in this post I’m going to give you some useful expressions for when you’re at the check-in counter at the airport. Su pasaporte, por favor. Passport, please. ¿Cuántas maletas lleva?…