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Spanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 99. Tipos y partes de la vivienda. (II)We are going to continue with a lot of useful vocabulary that you will need to rent or buy an appartment in Spain.Here I give you my Kofi profile, and I take advantage to thank those who have already supported this project. Thank you!!!!https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoHere it is the vocabulary of today: Amueblado: Con muebles.Sin amueblar: Sin muebles.Cocina FregaderoVitrocerámica Frigorífico CongeladorMicroondasLavavajillasSalón Sofá Sillón MesaSillaTelevisión2024-12-1824 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 98. Tipos y partes de la vivienda. (I)We are going to start a few episodes about renting an appartment in Spain.To do this, first we are going to learn some vocabulary that we will be necessary for this topic. With this vocabulary we will build useful conversations. Here I give you my Kofi profile, and I take advantage to thank those who have already supported this project. Thank you!!!!https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoVocabulary of today! EdificioPiso / Apartamento: Vivienda dentro de un edificio.Ático: Piso en la última planta con terraza.Estudio: Piso pequeño con...2024-12-1116 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 97. Tareas del hogar. House chores (IV)In this episode we are going to finish the conversation between Maria and Juan and all the chores he has to do. Before diving into this one, you should listened to previous episodes as this is a continuation of those.Here I give you my Kofi profile, and I take advantage to thank those who have already supported this project. https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfecto María: ¡Hola, Juan! ¿Qué haces hoy?Juan: ¡Hola, María! Estoy limpiando la casa. Tengo muchas tareas.María: ¿Qué tareas son?Juan: No se por donde empezar. He estado m...2024-12-0424 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 96. Tareas del hogar. House chores (III).NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a supporting page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoThis episode is a continuation of the previous one. Juan and Maria are still discussing about Juan's house chores. He seems to have a lot to do.In today's episode we only explain part of the folowing conversation. Remember you have the previous part explained in episode 95 and you will have the last part in episode 97.María: ¡Hol...2024-11-2720 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 95. Tareas del hogar. House chores (II)NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a supporting page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoWhen I reflected on last week's episode and your comments about it, I realised it was very advanced for what we have covered. I would like to apologise and go through everything again a bit slower. Therefore, during this episode we are going to study again those actions related to house chores and we will read only a part of the text we r...2024-11-2022 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 94. Tareas del hogar. House chores.2024-11-1321 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 93. Conversación en futuro con invitado especial.NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a supporting page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoAnd here it is the conversation of today!Ana: ¡Hola, Maria! ¿Ya sabes qué harás durante tus vacaciones de verano?Maria: Sí, ya lo he decidido. Viajaré a la playa con mi familia. Nos quedaremos en un hotel cerca del mar por una semana. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué planes tienes?Ana: ¡Qué bien! Yo también me iré de vacaciones, pero visitaré a...2024-11-0615 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 92. El futuro. Conversaciones en futuro.NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a supporting page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoYour help is really much appreciated!Lucía: ¿Qué harás este fin de semana, Javier?Javier: El sábado iré a visitar a mis abuelos. Hace tiempo que no los veo, así que pasaré el día con ellos. ¿Y tú, qué planes tienes?Lucía: El sábado iré al cine con unos amigos. Veremos una película de acción que aca...2024-10-3015 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 91. Historias en futuroNEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a donation page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoYour help is really much appreciated!During this episode you will be able to put into practice what you have learnt about the future through 3 different stories.Historia 1: Un día en la playaMañana iremos a la playa con mi familia. Saldremos temprano para evitar el tráfico y llevaremos todo lo necesario: toallas, sombrillas y comi...2024-10-2316 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 90. Actividades de repaso.NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a donation page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoYour help is really much appreciated!En este episodio vamos a repasar todo lo que hemos estudiado hasta ahora relacionado con los tiempos verbales.Here you have some examples of the sentences that have been translated. "Ayer fui al cine con mis amigos y vimos una película muy interesante.""El año pasado viajé a Italia y vis...2024-10-1616 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 89. El futuro. ¿Que haré mañana?NEWS!!!! I have created a little initiative to grow this project, however nothing would be possible without you. It is a donation page that you can access through the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoYour help is really much appreciated!During this episode we are going to study some of the irregular verbs there are in spanish when conjugated in the future (hacer, querer, tener...)We are also going to learn what happens to reflexive verbs when conjugated in the future through the following text:Mañana, Ana se despertará a las seis de...2024-10-0922 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson88. El futuro. Verbos terminados en -er, -ir .During this episode we are going to learn to congugate the verbs ending with -er and -ir in the future. The good new are that conjugation doesn't change from verbs ending with -ar.We are also going to translate the following text together.El mes que viene, mi familia y yo viajaremos a la playa para disfrutar de unas vacaciones. Nos quedaremos en un hotel cerca del mar, y todos los días caminaremos por la orilla mientras el sol brillará. Durante la tarde, nosotros exploraremos el pueblo cercano y comprenderemos más sobre su historia y cultura. Al...2024-10-0217 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 87. El futuro.We are going to talk about the future during this episode. As we usually do, we are going to learn when to use it, how to conjugate the regular verbs ending with -ar and time markers associated with the tense. NEWS!!!!!!!!! I have opened a profile where you can donate for the lessons to help me grow this project. Click on the following link: https://ko-fi.com/spanishperfectoAnd here it is the text of today's lesson:El próximo año, la humanidad viajará a Marte por primera vez. Los astronautas explorarán el ter...2024-09-1812 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish Lesson 86. Historia con los indefinidos y el pasado (II)And here it is the whole story!Ayer, alguien decidió organizar una excursión al bosque. Nadie sabía exactamente quién había tenido la idea, pero todos estaban emocionados por la aventura. Algunos amigos llegaron temprano, mientras que otros llegaron tarde. Todas las excusas eran válida para salir de la ciudad y disfrutar de la naturaleza.Cuando llegaron al bosque, cada persona llevó algo diferente: alguien trajo una canasta de frutas, otro llevó una manta para el picnic, y varios trajeron juegos para divertirse. Todos estaban muy contentos.Mientras exploraban, algo extraño sucedió...2024-09-1113 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 85. Historia con los indefinidos y el pasado.During this episode we are going to listen to the following story: Una tarde en el bosque Ayer, alguien decidió organizar una excursión al bosque. Nadie sabía exactamente quién había tenido la idea, pero todos estaban emocionados por la aventura. Algunos amigos llegaron temprano, mientras que otros llegaron tarde. Todas las excusas eran válida para salir de la ciudad y disfrutar de la naturaleza. Cuando llegaron al bosque, cada persona llevó algo diferente: alguien trajo una canasta de frutas, otro llevó una manta para el picnic, y varios trajeron juegos para divertirse. Todos estaban m...2024-09-0403 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish lesson 84. Los indefinidos. Todo, mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado, alguno, ninguno, alguien, nadie... (II)During this episode we are going to recap "los indefinidos" what they are, what kind of function they have in the sentence and we will be naming most of them. After that you will have sentences in english to translate into Spanish. Here are some examples of them: Nada me parece tan difícil como las matemáticas.Bastantes estudiantes aprobaron el examen.Algunos de mis amigos irán al cine esta noche.Pocos entendieron la explicación del profesor.Hay algún libro interesante aqui. Varios de los asistentes hicieron preguntas sobre la confere...2024-08-2812 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 83. Los indefinidos. Todo, mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado...During this episode you are going to learn a bunch of Indefinidos very useful for your daily conversations.algún/alguno/-a/-os/-asotro/-a/-os/-asmucho/-a/-os/-aspoco/-a/-os/-asdemasiado/-a/os/-astodo/-a/-os/-ascierto/-a/-os/-astanto/-a/-os/-asbastante/-s varios/-as2024-08-2110 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish Lesson 82. Alguno, algo, nada, alguien, nadie.During this episode we will be recaping "los indefinidos" and studying a few others. ¿ALGUIEN ha visto mis zapatos?¿ALGUNO ha visto mis zapatos?Quiero ALGO para comer¿Quieres ALGO para comer?No, no quiero NADA para comer.No veo a NADIE.NADIE quiere venir a la fiesta.2024-08-1411 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 81. Los indefinidos. Ningún, ninguno, ninguna.During this episode we are going to learn the opposite of algún, alguno, alguna, algunos, algunas and when we should be using them. Ningún, ninguno, ninguna. It is a diffcult lesson to explain through a podcast, so I hope you can understand! Here are some examples you will find in this episode.No tengo que comprar ningún libro para el curso de matemáticasNo he leído ningún artículo interesante sobre ese tema.Ninguno prefiere té en vez de café.No necesito encontrar ninguna solución para este problema.Ninguno ha entendido na...2024-08-0711 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 80. Los indefinidos. Algún, Alguno/os, Alguna/asDuring this episode we are going to learn what "indefinidos" are. Los indefinidos are words we already know, however we do not know them under this name. They quantify things or people. They can act as an article (they accompany the noun) or as a prounoun (they replace the noun). We will put a focus on algún, alguno/s, alguna/s. These are exchangeable for "some or any" in English. However, sometimes the meaning is slightly different. AlgúnDeterminanteTengo que comprar algún libro para el curso de matemáticas.¿Hay algún p...2024-07-3113 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 79. Mezcla de pasados. Past tenses.(II)During this episode we are going to listen to the following text. The speaker talks about his/her dificult times during childhood.Durante la guerra, vivía en un pequeño pueblo en las montañas. Todos los días, veíamos pasar a los soldados y escuchábamos los aviones. La vida era difícil, pero intentábamos mantener la normalidad en medio del caos. Mis hermanos y yo jugábamos en el campo y desde allí escuchábamos el ruido de las bombas. Al final, nos acostumbramos a eso.Un día, mientras trabajábamos en el huerto...2024-07-2412 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 78. Mezcla de pasados. Past tenses.This is a whole recap of the last 30-40 episodes in just 5 minutes! Obviously it is not only it!we also have the foolowing little text for translation:Cuando era niño, jugaba todos los días en el parque cerca de mi casa. Tenía muchos amigos y siempre nos divertíamos mucho. Un día, mientras jugábamos, mi amigo Juan encontró un viejo cofre enterrado. Lo abrimos con mucho cuidado y descubrimos que estaba lleno de monedas antiguas. Ayer, he vuelto al parque para recordar esos momentos y, sorprendentemente, he visto el cofre.2024-07-1715 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 77. Imperfecto, reflexivos y gerundio.During this episode you are going to learn what happen when you mix "el imperfecto" con "verbos reflexivos" and "gerundio".These are the sentences we are goint to translate together:Cuando tenía 8 años me encantaba ir al cineEllos se duchaban siempre antes de cenar.La moda era similar a la moda de hoy en díaTú te vestías lentamente cada día.En el colegio no formaba parte de ningún grupoEn aquella época yo me relajaba leyendo un libro y ahora no puedo.Nosotros estábamos ley...2024-07-1013 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 76. El pretérito imperfecto. (V) Comparing things then and now. (Second Part)Today's episode is a continuation of episode 75. During this second part of the story, we continue comparing things we used to do in the past with things we do now. As you know this tense is very useful to express this. "La forma en la cual trabajábamos también era muy diferente. Mis padres iban a la oficina todos los días y se comunicaban con sus amigos en persona o por teléfono. Hoy, muchas personas trabajan desde casa, participan en reuniones virtuales y colaboran en proyectos a través de plataformas en línea. Antes, los doc...2024-07-0412 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Lesson 75. El preterito imperfecto. (V) Comparing things then and now (second part)Today's episode is a continuation of episode 75. During this second part of the story, we continue comparing things we used to do in the past with things we do now. As you know this tense is very useful to express this. "La forma en la cual trabajábamos también era muy diferente. Mis padres iban a la oficina todos los días y se comunicaban con sus amigos en persona o por teléfono. Hoy, muchas personas trabajan desde casa, participan en reuniones virtuales y colaboran en proyectos a través de plataformas en línea. Antes, los doc...2024-07-0317 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 75. El pretérito imperfecto. (V) Comparing things then and now.In this episode we are going to talk about a different use of "el imperfecto". To put this in practice, I have brought a beutiful story for you."Cuando era niño, la tecnología no formaba parte de nuestra vida cotidiana como ahora. No teníamos teléfonos móviles ni internet en casa. Mis amigos y yo nos comunicábamos con cartas o nos encontrábamos en lugares previamente acordados. Jugábamos en la calle hasta que nuestras madres llamaban para cenar. La televisión era el único dispositivo tecnológico en casa, y veíamos dibujos anim...2024-06-2617 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 74. Imperfecto (IV). Describing things in the pastDuring this episode we are going to study some determinants in Spanish that works a bit different to English. We are also going to see another use of the tenses Imperfecto (describing things in the past. To understand better we will go through the following text:Cuando era niña, vivía en una pequeña granja en el campo con mi familia. La casa era grande y antigua, con paredes de piedra y techos altos. Siempre olía a pan recién horneado y a flores del jardín. Mis abuelos vivían con nosotros, cultivaban un hermoso...2024-06-1918 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 73. El preterito imperfecto (III)This episode is a recap of what we have studied so far about this tense, plus an explanation of the irregular verbs related to it. There will also be a little quiz for you, and the following are the answers to it.- Cuando era niño, jugaba en el parque todos los días.- Mi abuela siempre contaba historias interesantes.- Veíamos la televisión todas las noches antes de cenar.- Cada verano, íbamos a la playa con la familia.- Mis amigos y yo jugábamos al fútbol los fines d...2024-06-1213 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 72. El preterito imperfecto -er, -irDuring this episode you will learn to conjugate verbs ending with -er and -ir in Imperfecto, the tense we are recently studying. We will also be hearing the following text and translating it together."Había una vez un anciano llamado Roberto que vivía en una casa vieja cerca del mar. Roberto siempre leía libros de aventuras. Cada tarde, se sentaba en su sofá favorito, mirando al mar.Su nieto, Pedro visitaba su casa todos los fines de semana. Pedro siempre traía cuadernos y lápices de colores porque le encantaba dibujar. Los dos pasaba...2024-06-0516 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 71. El preterito imperfecto -ar.During this episode you will learn to talk about things that happen with a frecuency in the past. English do not have this tense, therefore I advice you to get a pen and your Spanish notes with you during this episode. There will be a lot going on."De pequeña jugaba en el parque todas las tardes. Mis amigos y yo saltábamos a la cuerda en el campo sin preocuparnos por el tiempo. Mi madre preparaba la merienda para todos y la llevaba al parque. Nos sentábamos bajo un gran árbol para comerla. A veces, cuan...2024-05-2915 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 70. El gerundio en pasadoDuring this episode we are going to recap el gerundio in Spanish and we are going to study how we can use this tense combined with the two past we have already studied. "I have been going for ages there", "he estado yendo años allí" ; "I was watching the television last night", "anoche, estuve viendo la televisión"2024-05-2212 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 69. Intentions in the future with pretérito perfecto compuesto.During this episode we are going to speak about the last use of the tense pretérito perfecto compuesto. After giving a short explanation, I will be giving you sentences in English to translate into Spanish, and of course, I will help you with that!2024-05-1512 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 68. Mezcla de pasados.I have decided to include this episode to have a rest from preteríto perfecto compuesto and all the grammar involved with it. During this episode we are going to hear a conversation between two people who are speaking about someone's story. We will be introducing verbs in the different tenses we have already studied.2024-05-0812 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 67. Alguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca (III).During this episode we are going to continue talking about experiences, this time we are going to practice this through a very interesting conversation between two people. One of them is asking advice about changing his life completely.2024-05-0113 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 66. Alguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca (II).During this episode we are going to recap the use of the words a(lguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca¿(Alguna vez) has saltado (alguna vez) en paracaidas (alguna vez)?¿(ya) has saltado (ya) en paracaidas (ya)?¿(todavía) no has saltado (todavía) en paracaidas (todavía)?¿(nunca) has saltado en paracaidas (nunca?2024-04-2414 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 65. Alguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca.During this episode we are going to learn to use some dificult but useful words that serve to talk about experiences, and at the same time we keep talking in "preterito perfecto compuesto".This words are Alguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca¿(Alguna vez) has viajado (alguna vez) en tren (alguna vez)?Si, (Alguna vez) he viajado (Alguna vez) en tren (Alguna vez).Si (ya) he viajdo (ya) en tren (ya).No (todavía, aún) no he viajado (todavía, aún) en tren (todavía, aún).No (nunca) he viajado e2024-04-1816 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 64. ¿Por qué no has estudiado español?During this episode we are going to study other uses of the "pretérito perfecto compuesto". We are going to listen to three people making up excuses for their behaviour. After this podcast you will be able to say your own excuses!2024-04-1019 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 63. ¿Qué ha pasado últimamente?During this episode we are going to listen the story of two people who have had some recent experiences. We put a focus again on the tense we are studying, including new verbs and vocabulary to expand your language knowledge.2024-04-0312 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 62. Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto. ¿Qué has hecho estas vacaciones?During this episode we are going to listen to Marta and Carlos who have been on holidays. They will be telling us all about it. Carlos text is very interesting as it contains a lot of useful vocabulary for your daily basis.2024-03-2715 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 61. Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto. La rutina de Alejandra.During this episode we are going to practise el preterito perfecto compuesto (a tense in Spanish to talk about a recent past). We are going to focus on the first person of the singular and the plural "Yo he desayunado, nosotros/as hemos participado" by listening to what Alejandra has done today. We will also take advantage to learn how to conjugate some irregular verbs when using this past, volver = vuelto, Ver = Visto, decir = dicho, hacer = hechoand of course, as always we will learn new vocabulary and verbs.2024-03-2020 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 60. Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto. ¿Cómo ha ido el día de Marina?During this episode we are going to practise el preterito perfecto compuesto (a tense in Spanish to talk about a recent past). We are going to focus on the third person of the singular and the plural "El/ella ha comido, Ellos/ellas han bebido" by listening to what Marina has done today. We will also take advantage to learn how to conjugate reflexive verbs when using this past, some new vocabulary, verbs and expresions such as "por los pelos".2024-03-1316 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 59. Pretérito Perfecto CompuestoIn this episode we are going to introduce the "preterito perfecto compuesto" which could be an equivalent of past perfect in English. We use this past to talk about things that happened recently or have a consequence in the present. There are other uses that will be introduced in the follwing episodes. You will also learn what are the time markers that will tell you when this past need to be uses and of course we will be learning to conjugate it together. I hope you enjoy a bit of grammar.2024-03-0615 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 58. Mi historia del pasado.We put an end to "el preterito indefinido" with a little excercise through a story about me and my scholarship in Finland. You will find out that you already can tell and say a lot in Spanish.2024-02-2815 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 57. Historias del pasado.During this episode you are going to play an active role by compliting the story of Maria and her trip to Thailand with her friends. There will be plenty of verbs for you to conjugate in the past. I will give you the infinitive of the verb the pronoum and you will have to complete it accordingly. As an example; Hace 1 año Maria (ir) ________ de vacaciones con sus amigas a Thailandia. (Fué)2024-02-2117 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 56. El pasado. Biografía de Rafa NadalThis is the third episode where we will discuss la biografía de un personaje famoso español.Es el turno de Rafa Nadal, considerado entre las 100 personas mas influenciables del 2022.If you do not understand this, I encourage you to listen to this episode. We continue always practicing the past in Spanish.2024-02-1416 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 55. El pasado. Biografía de Penelope cruzThis time is the turn for Penelope Cruz, una artista española de cine muy famosa y conocida. We keep practising verbs we have studied in the previous biography of Frida Khalo and we will be intrducing, as always, new verbs, vocabulary and expressions.2024-02-0715 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 54. El pasado. Biografía de Frida KahloAnd we keep practising and practising the past in Spanish, this time we are talking about the biography of Frida Kahlo. There are very important verbs to know in this podcast such as "to be born = nacer" "to die = morir" "to get married = casarse"2024-01-3114 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 53. El pasado. Ejercicios. Pretérito Indefinido. (VII)Let's recap the formal form of adressing people in Spanish and how it is conjugated in the past! "¿Usted me comprende?" "Ustedes me comprenden"? "¿Usted me comprendió?" "¿Ustedes me comprendieron?" then I am going to put out some english sentences in the past and you will have some time to translate them before I help you.2024-01-2414 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 52. El pasado. Pretérito Indefinido. Reflexive verbs (VII)During this episode you are going to guess first what happen to reflexive verbs and two verbs together when conjugated in the past. After your guessing, I will explain what you probably already discovered about them. "Tengo que ir", "quiero comprar" "no puedo comer" "Tuve que ir" "quise comprar" "No pude comer"2024-01-1720 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 51. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. (VI)This episode is a whole recap of " preterito indefinido" we will be practicing and recaping expressions of time such as "ayer", "la semana pasada", "hace un mes", "en 2008". We will also learn to conjugate the verb "ir" in the past which is the same as the ver "ser" and then we will listen to a story about someone who describes different situations in the past.2024-01-1014 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 50. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. -ir.During this episode, we will review the conjugation of "el preterito indefinido" of verbs ending in -ar and -er, as well as introduce the conjugation of verbs ending in -ir. This will put an end to this tense, and we can begin practicing and incorporating it into our everyday conversations.2023-12-2009 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 49. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. (IV)During this episode we are going recap the conjugation of the past for verbs ending with -ar and -er. We are also going to recap and introduce two of the most used and confusing verbs in Spanish "ser" and "estar". After this we are going to listen to a short and very interesting story of Mayas' Culture.2023-12-1317 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 48. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. -erDuring this episode we will be recaping el Preterito Indefinido in Spanish "el pasado". We are going to learn to conjugate the regular verbs ending with -er.Aprend-erYo aprend-íTú aprend-isteEl/Ella aprendi-óNosotros/as aprend-imosVosotros/as aprend-isteisEllos/Ellas aprend-ieron2023-12-0610 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 47. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. -ar (II)During this episode we are going to put into practice what we have learnt about the past in episode number 46. We will hear about Maria's trip to Santander last week.2023-11-2915 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 46. El pasado. The past. Pretérito Indefinido. -arDuring this episode we will be introducing el Preterito Indefinido in Spanish "el pasado". We are going to learn to conjugate the regular verbs ending with -ar. Salt-arYo salt-éTu saltast-asteEl/Ella salt-óNosotros/as salt-amosVosotros/as saltast-eisEllos/as salt-aron2023-11-2219 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 45. Interview about gerundio.During this episode we are going to hear three different people answering five different questions; What are you doing to not lose your job? What are you doing to learn Spanish? What are you doing to spend time with the family? What are you doing to keep a healthy life style? and The big question, What are you doing to be happy? There are a lot of new verbs and vocabulary and a big practice of "el Gerundio"2023-11-1618 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 44. ¿Qué están haciendo las personas en la ciudad?In this episode we are going to keep practising "el gerundio" in Spanish. We are going to observe people in a city and name all the actions they are doing at this exact moment. There is a lot of new vocabulary and verbs that we will be learning.2023-10-3111 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 43. El gerundio y los verbos reflexivosIn this episode we are going to learn how to conjugate "verbos reflexivos" en "gerundio". We are going to observe what Juan is doing through a lttle window, this way we will be able to describe his actions at that exact moment!2023-10-2512 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 42. Hablando de ahora. GerundioIn this episode we are going to go through the present continuous in Spanish which is the "gerundio".This tense is used to express an action someone is doing or taking right now. It is formed with the verb "Estar" (conjugated for every person) and the "Gerundio" of a second verb. If this second verb is ending with -ar its gerund is formed by taking this -ar off and adding -ando (saltar/saltando), if the verb is ending with -er or -ir, we will add -iendo (Comer/comiendo, salir/saliendo).2023-10-1810 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 41. Conversaciones. El tiempoHola, En este episodio vamos a escuchar a Ana y Sara. Ellas hablan sobre el tiempo y sus preferencias. Primero escuchamos a una velocidad más lenta, después traducimos el texto y después a una velocidad normal de conversación. En este podcast vamos a practicar el tiempo. Hace calor, hace frio, esta soleado, esta nublado, hay tormenta, etc. Espero que te guste!Hello, In this episode we are going to listen to Ana and Sara talking about the weather and what their preferences are. First we are going to listen to it at a slow...2023-10-1317 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 40. The weather. El tiempoDuring this episode we are going to lean the basics of talking about the weather (el tiempo). The constructions of the sentences are a bit complicated but once you practice and use it frequently you will master it.2023-09-2510 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 39. En el hotel. Reserva para 4.During this episode you will hear a woman doing her check in at the hotel. They are not very happy with what they got and they wish to change. Let's have a look at all the vocabulary involved in this episode.2023-09-1821 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 38. Ir de vacaciones al Hotel y al camping.During this episode we will listen to one story about someone going on a camping with his family and another oone going to a big city. These are short stories that we will tranlate afterward and you will have to answer some questions afterward.2023-09-1112 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 37. Ir de vacacionesDuring this episode we talk about basic aspects of going on holidays. We give answers to questions like; who do you prefer to go with? What kind o climate? What kind of transport do you prefer? En este episodio hablamos de los aspectos básicos y preferencias a la hora de ir de vacaciones. Respondemos a las preguntas, ¿Con quién prefieres ir de vacaciones? ¿Qué clima prefieres? ¿Qué medio de transporte?2023-09-0610 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 36. Conversaciones. En mi pueblo, mi ciudad, mi barrio (II)During episode number 36, we are going to continue practicing places of interests in Spanish. We will listen to Ana speaking about her city, Madrid, the capital of Spain and everything this city has to offer, which is a lot. I hope you enjoy it.2023-08-3121 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 35. Conversaciones. En mi pueblo, mi ciudad, mi barrioDuring this episode we will be listening to Ana, talking about a village in Cordoba where she lives. We will be practicing all the vocabulary we have learnt about places and directions and puting it into practice.2023-08-2417 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 34. Places and directions (II)During this episode, I beg you to accept my apologies. I realised that I included so much content in the previous one. I took advantage, and what I did in lesson 34 was a recap of several things, but more specifically, we recapped places and directions. You also have different sentences to translate to prove your current skills. I hope you enjoy this one!2023-08-2214 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 33. About places and directionsThis episode will cover basic vocabulary of places to visit like the beach, the mountains and the city and things we can find there, as well as the basic vocabulary to be able to say where the places are located.2023-02-1319 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish lesson 32. Diálogo de presentación en 3º persona IIIDuring this episode we are going to listen to Maria describing someone else life and routine so we also talk about the third person of singular and plural aswell as verb conjugation. As in previous episodes we will recap daily routine, likes and dislikes.2023-02-0116 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 31. Diálogo presentación IIMarta tells us about her daily routine. During this episode we wiil be recaping everything it has been studied so far. Likes, dislikes, routines, hobbies, verb's conjugation with new vocabulary to extend your knowledge in Spanish.2023-01-1916 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 30. Diálogo presentación.Paula explains what her life is about and her plans for the near future with the structure "ir a + verbo en infinitivo". You will learn some new verbs and how to conjugate these. With this practice you will become more fluent and you will get used to the way spanierds speak.2023-01-1021 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 29. Diálogos verbo gustar.During this episode you will hear a conversation between two ladies talking about things they like and the dislike "Gustar". They will express their agreement and disagreement.This is a whole recap of what you have learnt during previous episodes. You know a lot already and it is time to put it into practice! En este episodio vas a escuchar una conversación entre dos mujeres sobre las cosas que a ellas les gustan o disgustan. Ellas van a expresar su acuerdo y desacuerdo. Esto es un repaso de todo lo que has aprendido en los episodios anteriores. Tu ya s...2022-12-1416 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 28. Verbos similares a gustar (encantar, aburrir, interesar)During this episode you will learn verbs that act similar to "gustar" so that you can express what things are of your interest or bore you. You have many sentences to translate so you can check if you have understood well the lesson.2021-12-1214 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 27. El verbo gustar II parte.During this episode you will expand your Spanish vocabulary, you will also learn to give opinion about your likes and dislikes, agree with other people or disagree and you will have the chance to test with our daily tests what you have understood and learnt.2021-11-3030 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 26. El verbo gustar I parte. To like.During this lesson you will understand how the verb "gustar" behaves and how to use it with animales, cosas, personas y lugares.2021-06-1515 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 25. Reflexive verbs "III" partDuring this episode you will be listening to 4 routines that should be matched with the following occupations: Doctor/a, arquitecto/a, profesor/a y camarero/a2021-05-2833 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 24. Reflexive verbs "II" partDuring this episode you will expand the list of Spanish verbs that are mostly used to talk about daily routines and mostly used in a reflexive mode. You will also learn what happen when we have two verbs in a sentence and one is a reflexive verb.2021-05-1320 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 23. Reflexive verbs "I" part.In this lesson you will take your Spanish skills to a higher level. We will be explaining what are the reflexives verbs "verbos reflexivos" in Spanish, how to form them and how and when to use them. Do not get scared by the grammar content. You will learn them quick and will start recognising them in your favourites books and movies.2021-05-0619 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 22. Recap of verbs and two verbs together.During this episode you will learn to place two verbs together in Spanish to express different things such as obligations or duties "tengo que comer menos grasas", near future "próximamente, voy a trabajar en un banco", wishes, "quieren vivir en un país diferente" and skills "mi madre puede hablar tres idiomas"2021-04-2620 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 21. Vamos a cenar en el restaurante.Complete conversation in Spanish in a restaurant for dinner.2021-04-1625 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 20. El verbo ir "to go"During this lesson we are going to learn one of the most used verbs in Spanish, el verbo ir. Yo voyTú vasEl/Ella vaNosotros/Nosotras vamosVosotros/Vosotras vaisEllos/Ellas van Yo voy al (a+el) restaurante.Ella va a la piscinaNosotros vamos a comprar un heladoElla va a tener los ojos de su madre2021-04-0717 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 19. Desayuno en el bar.Listen to two dialogues happening in a restaurant during el desayuno. The dialogues are here and you should be able to organise them after listening to the podcast.Waiter 1Buenos días, ¿Qué desea?¿quiere la leche fría o caliente?¿Y para comer?Muy bien, enseguida vuelvo.Aquí tiene. Lo siento. No hay.¿Todo bien hasta ahora?¿Desea algo más?Son 10 euros, por favor.Muchas gracias. Hasta pronto.Client 1Buenos díasQuiero un cafe con leche, por favor. Me gusta mu...2021-03-2421 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 18. Food vocabulary para la comida o almuerzo. LunchDuring this podcast you will learn basic food and drink vocabulary. (carne, pescado, verduras, patatas, helado tarta, cerveza, vino, agua, zumo...) After this lesson you will be prepared to order in a restaurant in Spain!!!!!!!2021-03-1514 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 17. Breakfast. El desayuno.Learn to conjugate and use the regular verbs "comer" "beber" and "desayunar". There is also some food vocabulary and some culture about the Spanish breakfast.2021-03-0217 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 16. Shopping.During this lesson you will learn to form basic sentences to shop for clothes items. You will also add two useful verbs to your verb list. "Comprar" y "Querer" ("To buy/To shop" and "to want"2021-02-2223 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 15. Clothes and colours vocabulary with indefinite articles.During this episode you will learn the most important items of cloths in Spanish, basic colours, a new regular verb "llevar" and the definite articles "un" ,"una", "unos" ,"unas" and how to use them.2021-02-0125 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 14. Conjugating regular verbsThis is one of the most important lessons from these podcast. In this lesson you will learn to conjugate the regular verbs in Spanish. Verbs ending with -ar, -er, -ir.2021-01-2512 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 13. Grammar. Pronouns and conjugation of basic verbsLearn the Spanish Pronouns and the conjugation of some irregular verbs that we have already seen in previous lessons.2021-01-2512 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 12. Describing people IVDescribing people's personality2021-01-1509 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 11. Describing people IIIDescribing people´s physical aspects2021-01-1514 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 10. Describing people II.Talking about physical qualities and the differences between "ser" and "estar"2020-12-2813 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 9. Describing people.Describing people's state of mind in Spanish. Differences between the verbs "ser" and "estar"2020-12-2815 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 8. Family membersIntroducing family members in Spanish.2020-12-2213 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 7. Recap from previous lessons.Recap from previous lessons2020-12-2206 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 6. Asking for a third person´s informationIntroducing the third person of the singular, conjugating verbs.2020-12-2210 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 5. Asking for personal information IIHow to ask for personal information in Spanish2020-12-2212 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 4. Asking for personal information.How to ask for personal information in Spanish2020-12-2205 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 3. Advanced Greetings.This is a great podcats to improve your greeting skills with a more advanced knowledge.2020-12-2204 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 2. Basic Greetings.During this episode you will learn some of the basic greetings in Spanish. You will also hear a conversation so that you can recognise these and integrate them to previous knowlege.2020-12-2204 minSpanish course. Beginner's guide.Spanish. Lesson 1. Basic wordsBasic words in Spanish. A complete guide for learning Spanish from level Zero2020-12-2204 min