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All about the Spanish grammar! I add things here regularly to explain grammar, provide some clarity, encourage to some practice and support you!

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Vosotros/Ellos: How to differentiate them
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Vosotros/Ellos: How to differentiate them

We've got a quick one today! It's not strange that students have trouble to see the difference between "vosotros" (you guys) and "ellos" (they). They are right next to each other on the tenses grids and in Latin »

  • 22 March 2017
  • on Explanations, Tips, Grammar
Me gusta and similar opinion verbs
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Me gusta and similar opinion verbs

Today we're going to learn some important grammar for beginners and I'm sure if you have an intermediate level you could use a recap. Good news! Chances are you already know "me gusta" (I like) and "me encanta" »

  • 25 February 2017
  • on Grammar, listsandgrids, Practice, Verbs, Explanations
Video task. Listen, speak, recap and discover.
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Video task. Listen, speak, recap and discover.

Today we're doing a very complete practice using a fun short film (11 min long). You'll improve your listening skills, explain and describe in Spanish, recap grammar and learn new expressions,and you can even write some descriptions »

  • 31 January 2017
  • on Video-task, Practice, Grammar, Cultural
Gender of nouns in Spanish, masculine, feminine and others
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Noun gender in Spanish

We know that most of the time, if a words ends in an "o" it's going to be a masculine word, and if it ends in an "a", a feminine word. If a word has both endings to »

  • 05 January 2017
  • on Grammar, Tips, Spelling
Quedar or quedarse? In less than 3 min.
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Quedar or quedarse? In less than 3 min.

Is it "quedar"?, is it "quedarse"? How do I use each? What do they mean? This is one of those pair of siblings that confuse people. I think this very short video will make a better job than »

  • 09 December 2016
  • on Videotutorial, Grammar, Verbs, Explanations
Imperfect or preterite?
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Imperfect or preterite?

In this video I'll teach you how to know to use imperfect or preterite tense. You also have plenty of examples, which is essential to understand this type of thing! Finally, a little task for you to do, »

  • 24 November 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, Tips, Grammar, Practice, Videotutorial
Spanish expressions "hay que..." and "tener que"
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Spanish expressions "hay que..." and "tener que"

The expression "hay que..." is very common and it's used to express that somebody needs to do something. It's an impersonal phrase (not addressed to anybody in particular), actually it can be considered the impersonal version of "tener »

  • 21 November 2016
  • on Explanations, Grammar, Practice, Verbs
Conditional tense in Spanish (I would...)
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Conditional tense in Spanish (I would...)

In today's video you'll learn: - How to create the conditional tense with both regular and irregular verbs. You'll have access to a grid to use in your practice and the option to do some translations which I'll »

  • 10 November 2016
  • on Tenses, listsandgrids, Explanations, Grammar, Videotutorial
Simple future (I will...)
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Simple future (I will...)

In today's video I'll explain how to create the simple future with regular verbs and irregular verbs (only 12, we're lucky!). Also, I'll give some examples and suggest some practice. Finally, here you can download a cheat sheet »

  • 09 November 2016
  • on Explanations, Grammar, listsandgrids, Tenses, Videotutorial
Preterite tense
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Preterite tense

In today's video I'll include: - When to use it. - Regular verbs. - The most common irregular verbs. You can download the grid for the regular verbs and most common irregular ones: ¡Hasta luego! :) »

  • 27 October 2016
  • on Tenses, Videotutorial, Explanations, vocab, listsandgrids, Grammar, Practice
Imperfect tense in Spanish (I used to...)
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Imperfect tense in Spanish (I used to...)

In the following video you will learn everything you need to know about the imperfect tense in Spanish, in only 6 minutes! When to use it Regular verbs Irregular verbs Examples and practice Download this grid to use »

  • 20 October 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, Grammar, Verbs, Videotutorial, Practice
Irregular verbs in present tense - Video and grid.
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Irregular verbs in present tense - Video and grid.

¡Hola a todos! / Hi everyone! In this post you'll learn about the irregular verbs in present tense in Spanish. Now, if you haven't learned the regular form, check out my post on regular present tense where I explain »

  • 22 September 2016
  • on Tenses, Verbs, Grammar, Explanations, Videotutorial
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