Spanish course. Beginner's guide.

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.

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, volve...

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...

In 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...

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.

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)

This 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.

This 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.

And 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"

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.

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"

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.

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.

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.

During 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-er Yo aprend-í Tú aprend-iste El/Ella aprendi-ó Nosotros/as aprend-imos Vosotros/as aprend-isteis Ellos/Ellas aprend-ieron

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.

During 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-ar Yo salt-é Tu saltast-aste El/Ella salt-ó Nosotros/as salt-amos Vosotros/as saltast-eis Ellos/as salt-aron

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...

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.

In 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!

In 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),...

Hola, 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 t...

During 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.

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.

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.