Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
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) •…
Talking about yourself, en español – 02 Posted by Adir on Apr 7, 2011
Let’s review some ways of talking about yourself in Spanish, for a beginner level. ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) / ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal) – What’s your name? Me llamo… / Mi nombre es… – My name is … ¿Tienes algún apodo? (informal) / ¿Tiene algún apodo? – Do you have a nickname? A mí…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 14 Expresiones con animales Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 6, 2011
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking at the numerous commonly used Spanish expressions that feature references to animals ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal os va todo? Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con animales. Son muy interesantes, ya que en español utilizamos mucho este tipo de expresiones en nuestra vida diaria. Ser un cerdo/guarro: Ser muy sucio…
Reglas sobre el uso de la letra B Posted by Magda on Apr 1, 2011
When learning a language we need to pay special attention to writing. In Spanish, spelling can give you a headache occasionally, and cause you to make mistakes. So today we will do a quick review to remember when we have to use the letter B (be). 1. When it precedes any other consonant, or when…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 14 Writing in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 30, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver diferentes expresiones que usamos cuando escribimos en español. You can also use the expressions we are going to see in this class in regular conversation, but many of them sound quite formal and are mostly used when writing. Estas son las expresiones más básicas, pero tenemos…
Cool Spanish Idioms Posted by Adir on Mar 29, 2011
Hello, there! Idioms give the flavor to a language so let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms para darle un poco de sabor a tu español. Here you have the idioms in Spanish, their literal translation into English, then its English correspondent. Aprovéchalos. 1. No tiene dos dedos de frente. (He doesn’t have two fingers of…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 14 Spanish Verbs Present Tense (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 24, 2011
¡Hola! Today we are going to continue learning how to describe things that we usually do (in the Present Tense) using regular Spanish verbs. We will see the different verb endings that we use for a group of people, to say that “we” (nosotros) do something, to say that “all of you” (vosotros) do something…