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Carlos comenta
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Using examples from Yabla's popular series, "Los Años Maravillosos" and "Confidencial," Carlos sheds light on certain idiomatic expressions and customs particular to Colombia that might initially be tough for Spanish students to understand.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - La década de los 80 y música

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Although the Colombian version of The Wonder Years is based upon the well-known American series, Carlos explains to us some similarities and differences between the two versions.

Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Forma de hablar

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Within the second part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos points out several examples of a manner of speaking that is very typical to Bogota.

Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Vocabulario y expresiones

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us about several words and expressions that come up in the series, "Confidential: The King of Cons," some of which are quite particular to Colombian Spanish.

Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Diminutivos y usos de ‘hay’

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Carlos utilizes examples from Part Two, Episode One of the Colombian Series, "Confidencial: El rey de la estafa" [Confidential: The King of Cons] to illuminate for us not only grammatical concepts such as diminutives, augmentatives, and uses of the verb "haber," but also to teach us some popular Colombian expressions.

Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Costumbres alimenticias y conflicto

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Referring to the third part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos edifies us regarding Colombia's dietary traditions as well as some historical conflicts.

Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Jerga típica colombiana

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Colombia

Carlos enlightens us regarding some typical Colombian slang that shows up in part three of the first episode of "Confidencial."

Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Colombia

Carlos offers us some commentary about the challenging series La Sucursal del Cielo, focusing in this first part on some aspects of the city in which it is set.

Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Colombia

In the second part of this lesson that deals with the Colombian series "Sucursal del Cielo," Carlos focuses on the "voseo," or use of the second person singular pronoun "vos" that is used in lieu of "tú" in certain regions, dealing specifically with the manner in which it is employed in Cali, Colombia, where the show takes place.

Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Colombia

In the third part of this lesson, Carlos analyzes several clips from the series La Sucursal del Cielo [Heaven's Subsidiary] to explain how the characters use the"voseo," or informal "you" in certain regions, in their conversations.

Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Colombia Cali

In this video, Carlos tells us about the extensive conversational use of the imperative form by the people from Cali as seen in the popular Colombian series "La sucursal del cielo."

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