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Your daily Spanish practice. Video task. All levels.
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Your daily Spanish practice. Video task. All levels.

¡Hola hola! Today I wanted you to take 20-25min to practice your Spanish and get a little bit familiar with the pronunciation in Andalucía, in the South of Spain (Sevilla, Málaga, Marbella, Granada...). This task is based on »

  • 27 June 2016
  • on Practice, Pronunciation, Cultural, Spelling, Video-task
Pronouns after preposition
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Pronouns after preposition

Hola! Today I wanted to clear up a grammatical point that is on the mind on every advanced student. What are those "mí, ti, sí" pronouns? Are they used after any preposition? Here you have a grid and »

  • 22 June 2016
  • on Grammar, listsandgrids, Explanations
Position of the adjective in Spanish
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Where does the adjective go in Spanish?

Usually, Spanish adjectives are placed after the noun, while in English are placed before the noun: - An electric guitar. -Una guitarra eléctrica However, these happens only with the adjectives that help us classify the noun, and there »

  • 16 June 2016
  • on Grammar, Explanations, listsandgrids
Essential Spanish notions for this Summer. Understand us a little bit better.
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Essential Spanish notions for this Summer. Understand us a little bit better.

Everytime I'm in Spain I notice the same differences in the "atmosphere" when I compare it with the UK. My fight arrived a day ago so I thought I would share what I think you must know when »

  • 10 June 2016
  • on Cultural, Advice, Situations
How to express your opinion in Spanish
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How to express your opinion in Spanish

We all want to give our opinion, no matter in what language! It's an essential part of the Spanish for beginners curriculum. Let's see the expressions that you need to give all type of opinions in Spanish. But »

  • 05 June 2016
  • on listsandgrids, Situations, Grammar, Verbs
Making plans in Spanish. Suggest, accept or refuse.
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Making plans in Spanish. Suggest, accept or refuse.

Making plans plays an important part in our life, whether we propose something , negotiate or make an excuse. Practicing that, for example in a dialogue, is a nice task for beginner students. Here are some key expressions that »

  • 31 May 2016
  • on Situations, Grammar, listsandgrids
"To be" in Spanish. "Ser" or "estar". Which one to use.
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"To be" in Spanish. "Ser" or "estar". Which one to use.

This is a classic question, quite easy in theory and not so easy in practice! Both ser and estar mean "to be", which is such an important verb! But they are used in different contexts: Usually we can »

  • 23 May 2016
  • on Verbs, Grammar, Tips, Explanations
Imperative II - polite form and negative
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Imperative II - polite form and negative

¡Hola! Some time ago I wrote a post about the basic rules of the imperative and even a tortilla recipe to practice it. Today I want to go further (advanced level) and explain two new things: 1-The negative »

  • 19 May 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, Grammar, Verbs
Hacerse, volverse, ponerse and other verbs of change in Spanish.
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Hacerse, volverse, ponerse and other verbs of change in Spanish.

Hey! Remember these verbs and phrasal verbs (apart from llegar a ser) are reflexive. This means that you need to use the following pronouns: Me (I) / Te (you) / se (she/he/it) / nos (we) /os (you guys) /se »

  • 12 May 2016
  • on Verbs, Tips, listsandgrids, Grammar
Near future in Spanish. I'm going to...
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Near future in Spanish. I'm going to...

Hello again, We know now how to say what we usually do in your daily life. If you missed it, check the post on the present tense here Today is about the future. Not what's going to happen »

  • 04 May 2016
  • on Tenses, Grammar, listsandgrids, Explanations, Verbs, Videotutorial
Pronominal verbs in Spanish
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Pronominal verbs in Spanish

¡Hola! This is a grid with all the verbs you need that are used along with a preposition in Spanish. Most of these always need a preposition after in order to be right. However, some of these work »

  • 29 April 2016
  • on Verbs, Grammar, listsandgrids
The present tense in Spanish. Video and grid.
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The present tense in Spanish. Video and grid.

Hello my friends! Today is all about the present, the first tense for a beginner I filmed a video to teach you two things mainly: 1- When do you use the present tense 2- How do you create »

  • 19 April 2016
  • on Tenses, listsandgrids, Grammar, Verbs, Explanations, Videotutorial
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