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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 Intermediate 9 Spanish Present Subjunctive to express opinions Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 15, 2010
Hola, ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo usar el Presente de subjuntivo para expresar opinión. When we use opinion verbs in affirmative, the verb after “que” is in indicative. If the opinion verb is in negative, then the verb following “que” is in subjunctive. Let´s see some examples: Creo que + indicativo: I believe…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 8 Spanish Subjunctive Present Tense with Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 24, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? I hope you are all very well and enjoying your Spanish studies. We are going to continue looking into the Spanish Subjunctive Present tense, today with sentences that include an indefinite pronoun or an indefinite adjective. ¿Qué es un pronombre indefinido? Words like “alguien” (someone), “algo” (something), nadie (nobody) and “nada” (nothing)…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 7 How to use the Present Subjunctive Tense with expressions of probability Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 3, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar como usar el presente de subjuntivo con frases de probabilidad. In this lesson we are going to practice how to use the Subjunctive Present Tense with sentences of probability. “Sentences of probability” are sentences that highlight the probability of something happening with words such as “maybe”, “hopefully” or…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 4 Verbos con doble significado según se usen con indicativo o con subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 8, 2010
Hoy vamos a hablar de verbos con doble significado según se usen con indicativo o con subjuntivo. Aquí no podemos aplicar los usos del subjuntivo que ya conocemos. Son verbos excepcionales que se pueden usar con los dos modos y significan dos cosas diferentes. Acordar/decidir + indicativo: Pensar de común acuerdo (think) Patricia decidió que…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 3 – Tips to learn the irregular verbs of El Presente de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 11, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estáis? Today we are going to see the present subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo) tense of irregular verbs. It is difficult to remember all the different tenses for all irregular verbs, so I am going to show you some useful tips that will make it easier. I hope they help. Basically, the key…
Present Subjunctive – Presente de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 14, 2010
¿Hola a todos, cómo estáis? En este video vamos a ver la forma del Presente de Subjuntivo. Veremos cuándo usamos este tiempo en futuros vídeos. In this video we are going to look at the form of the Spanish Present Subjunctive grammar tense. We will see the uses of this tense in upcoming videos. In…