Do you like dogs?
One of the trickier things for many of us to wrap our heads around when learning Spanish is the Spanish form of saying that you like something. If you’re like me, it just seems like the conjugations (verb forms) are all wrong! For example, if I wanted to say “I like dogs”, I would say [...]
Tourism in Uruguay – Listening Practice
Expanding your Spanish vocabulary should be an ongoing thing. You know how they say “If you don’t use it, you lose it”? It’s true with language too! But not only should you use your Spanish as much as possible, you should do what you can to keep learning. I’ve found that as I learn new [...]
Tea versus Infusion
It’s funny, but when you start learning Spanish, one of the things you’ll notice is how many similarities there are to English. Many words are easy to figure out because they are so much like their English counterpart; words like educación and education, for example, mean the same thing and are pronounced quite similarly. There [...]
Spanish Video Lessons – El Radio – La Radio
We’ve all heard how English is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Spanish, on the other hand, is relatively easy for most people to learn. If nothing else, the rules of pronunciation are certainly easier to follow than those in English! Of course, while Spanish may be much easier to pick up, it [...]
Spanish Video Lessons – “Ser” and “Estar” lesson
If you have spent any time at all studying Spanish, you already know that “Ser” and “Estar” is a little private corner of classroom hell. Well.. The good news is that this video will let you turn down the temperature a couple of notches by explaining how to use “estar” to describe emotions and sentiments.
Spanish Video Lessons – Learn about the passive voice
“This video is to be seen by you”. Okay.. The passive voice isn’t always the best choice, but there are instances where you ought to use it. Besides, it is a characteristic of the latin idiosyncracy to speak in the passive voice much more than Anglo Saxons do. So… turn up your speakers, and get [...]
Spanish Video Lessons – How’s the family?
This is another great video for beginners, since what could be more basic than discussing the members of your family.
Spanish Video Lessons – Habitual actions
This is a fun and creative lesson that shows three keen Spanish students practicing sentences using language to describe habitual actions.
Spanish Video Lessons – The gerund
What on earth is a gerund, and why should you care? It is more important than you might think, and best of all, simple to learn.
Spanish Video Lessons – With me, with you
In this video lesson we’ll be going over the preposición: con (with). It is pretty easy to use but there are two words that are a little strange. Conmigo (with me) and contigo (with you). Enjoy!
