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Posts that contain Spanish lessons in video form, from my Youtube channel, explaining tenses and other grammar points.

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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
Haber or tener? That's the question!
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Haber or tener? That's the question!

This is a frequent question, specially for beginners. Why do both mean "to have" but are used so differently? Well, in this video I explain the similarities and differences between these two. If you're up to the challenge, »

  • 02 December 2016
  • on Verbs, Explanations, Practice, Videotutorial
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
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
Imperfect subjunctive. I wish...
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Imperfect subjunctive. I wish...

As I said in the post on present subjunctive, the subjunctive mood is like another reality, where we talk about the hypothetical things. In this case we'll talk about expressing the things we wished were different and we'll »

  • 08 November 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, 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
Present subjunctive. I hope...
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Present subjunctive. I hope...

Think of the subjunctive as another reality, where we talk about the hypothetical things that could happen or the things we wished were different. Today we talk about the first one, the things that could or could not »

  • 24 October 2016
  • on Tenses, Explanations, listsandgrids, Practice, Videotutorial
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
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The perfect tense. I have done...
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The perfect tense. I have done...

Hi! We use the perfect tense to describe what have recently happened (I have watched tv today) or things that have happened in general in our lives (We have eaten octopus before). In this blog you have a »

  • 14 October 2016
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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
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
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