Carlos, our host, gives us detailed explanations of a variety of grammatical concepts. His clear and concise manner of speaking makes even the most challenging topics fun and accessible for learners of Spanish.
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As an introduction to our lesson about accentuation, Carlos explains some different ways in which the word "accent" may be used.
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In this second part of his lesson about accentuation, Carlos explains to us about monosyllabic, disyllabic, trisyllabic and polysyllabic words.
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Carlos gives us some preliminary rules about how to divide Spanish words into syllables.
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Carlos continues his series on accentuation by teaching us a few more rules regarding accent placement.
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Carlos explains the four groups into which Spanish words are classified depending upon which of their syllables is accented as well as the rules regarding written accents.
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In this final part of the videos dedicated to accentuation, Carlos explains diphthongs, triphthongs and hiatuses.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos explains to us the three manners of addressing a conversational partner in Spanish: "tú," "usted" and "vos." Although all three of these personal pronouns could be translated as "you," the one that is utilized in a particular context depends upon factors such as the region where one lives as well as one's relationship with the person with whom he or she is speaking.
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Known as the "tuteo," the "ustedeo" and the "voseo," Carlos explains the historical roots and evolution of these varying ways of saying "you" in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. Factors which affect which form is utilized by a particular person in a particular situation include that person's country of origin as well as the relationship between the speaker and the person to whom he or she is speaking.
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Carlos explains the forms of address used to address several conversational partners: "vosotros" and "vosotras," which tend to be used in Spain, and "ustedes," which tends to be used in Central and South America.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos teaches us a trick for conjugating verbs with the "voseo" and challenges us to distinguish verbs in sentences which have been conjugated with the "tuteo," "voseo" and "ustedeo."
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos explains to us about cardinal numbers in Spanish, which are used to count and quantify elements.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos explains to us about ordinal numbers, or those numbers used to express order or succession.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos teaches us a plethora of Spanish demonyms, or proper nouns used to refer to the natives or inhabitants of certain countries, states or cities.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos speaks to us about the nuances of Spanish collective nouns, which are nouns that refer to a number of beings within a specific category.
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Carlos familiarizes us with some Spanish social media lingo, specifically for Facebook and Twitter.
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Although Spanish often borrows English terms like "e-mail" and "password" to talk about terms related to the internet, Carlos provides us with several more proper Spanish alternatives.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos teaches us how to conjugate Spanish verbs for commands, also known as the imperative mood, with the informal second person singular pronouns, "tú" and "vos."
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos teaches us the imperative conjugations of some commonly used verbs with the second person singular pronoun, "tú," as well as the formulas for creating the imperative with pronouns such as "usted," "vosotros" or "vosotras" and "ustedes."
Difficulty: Intermediate
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To begin his lessons about diminutives and augmentatives, Carlos begins by speaking about suffixes, or endings added to words to alter their meaning.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos explains how the purpose of diminutive and augmentative suffixes is to express increased or decreased intensity of the word to which they are attached and gives us some common examples in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
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The present perfect tense in Spanish is used when an action in the past occurs within a time period that has not yet concluded. Carlos clearly explains how this compound verb tense is formed as well as giving us several examples.
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The many types of past tense in Spanish can get confusing for English speakers. In this lesson, Carlos focuses on the simple past tense, or preterite, providing us with some excellent examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos explains to us the range of meanings that the verb "tocar" can have in Spanish, depending upon the context.
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The word, "vaina," is popularly used in many Latin American countries, and according to Carlos, who explains its origin and diverse uses, "defines everything and nothing at the same time."
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Carlos explains to us, with examples, situations in which the present perfect tense should be employed.
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In addition to beginning his explanation regarding situations in which the past imperfect tense is commonly used in Spanish, Carlos explains to us how to conjugate regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs as well as sharing with us some of the most common irregular verbs and their imperfect conjugations.
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Carlos explains in detail the correct use of the negative form of the imperative tense, providing several examples.
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Carlos explains to us in detail the imperative of the first person plural with many examples as well as providing us with the conjugations for several reflexive verbs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Do you get confused when it comes to choosing between the prepositions "por" and "para"? In this series of videos, Carlos will clearly explain the difference between the two, with plenty of examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In the second part of this lesson, Carlos focuses on additional uses of the frequently confused prepositions, "por" and "para," particularly when talking about time and location.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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We finish this series on the prepositions, "por" and "para," with some additional, quite common uses for you to put into practice.
Difficulty: Beginner
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There are two types of grammatical agreement in Spanish: noun agreement and verb agreement. In this chapter, Carlos explains to us the concept of noun agreement. Let's see what it's about!
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this second part of this lesson on grammatical agreement, Carlos explains verb agreement, or the necessary correspondence of number and grammatical person between a verb and its subject.
Difficulty: Beginner
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The terms "matemático" and "matemática" in Spanish can be used in a variety of ways, in singular and in plural, as nouns or adjectives, to mean different things. Carlos explains this and more in this introduction to Spanish math terminology.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos shows us how to express the four types of mathematical operations in Spanish as well as teaching us terms that are frequently heard on the news and in studies.
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In the first part of this lesson devoted to the five senses, Carlos will enlighten us regarding some different meanings of the word "sentido" in Spanish as well as telling us the Spanish names for the five senses.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this second part of his lesson on the five senses, Carlos will share Spanish vocabulary related to our senses of hearing, taste, touch, sight, and smell.
Difficulty: Beginner
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There are many Spanish expressions that are related to the five senses. In this video, Carlos will teach us several that are related to the sense of sight, many of which have similar English counterparts.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos continues his exploration of the five senses by teaching us some colloquial expressions that are related to the senses of smell and taste.
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In this conclusion to his series on the five senses, Carlos will share with us some idiomatic expressions related to the senses of hearing and touch.
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Let's start off this lesson by learning what prefixes are and seeing some examples of how they can be combined with nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
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This part of Carlos' lesson on prefixes focuses on locative prefixes, or those that indicate the position of someone or something.
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Let's continue to learn about prefixes in Spanish with Carlos, focusing on the locative prefixes that describe superior and inferior positions.
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In this part of his lesson on prefixes, Carlos addresses those locative prefixes that indicate intermediate, interior, and exterior positions.
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Carlos teaches us about temporal prefixes in Spanish, which indicate previousness, subsequence, repetition, and age. He'll also take the opportunity to review with us some of the most important demonstrative adverbs of time.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Carlos gives us several additional examples of temporal prefixes, this time to indicate subsequence and previous states.
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In this conclusion to his series regarding prefixes in Spanish, Carlos covers negative prefixes and number prefixes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this series, Carlos shares with us some of the best resources about the Spanish language that can be found online.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this series, Carlos shares with us several online resources to look up Spanish words and expressions. Today, we'll learn about the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, which was first published in seventeen eighty.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this lesson, you will learn about another great resource from the Royal Spanish Academy: the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts! Carlos will tell us a bit about it and the kinds of questions it might help us to answer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos recommends to us a third useful resource for getting our grammar questions answered in Spanish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Welcome to the fifth part of this series about resources for getting your most pressing Spanish questions answered as quickly and accurately as possible! In this section, Carlos will let us know how the RAE's Linguistic Portal works.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Let's keep learning more about the Royal Spanish Academy's Linguistic Portal, specifically, the Word Observatory and Games and Challenges sections.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos tells us about a useful online resource for getting quick answers to our most pressing Spanish grammar and spelling questions.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this last part of the series on resources for getting your Spanish questions answered, Carlos explains how to consult with FundéuRAE directly by using the "Questions" form they offer on their site.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this first part of Carlos' lesson about articles in Spanish, he will explain what an article is and how they are classified. We will also learn about the first type of articles in Spanish: definite articles.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Let's keep learning about the definite articles in Spanish, including a new one!
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In this second part of his series on the Spanish articles, Carlos helps us to understand some contexts in which we should use the indefinite articles, such as referring to something that the listener is unfamiliar with or mentioning something for the first time.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Welcome to the final part of this lesson about articles in Spanish! In this segment, Carlos will explain to us an exception to the rules we have learned thus far about the articles.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Do you know how to answer "yes" in Spanish without always having to say "sí"? Using several sample questions, Carlos teaches us twenty alternative ways to answer a question affirmatively in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Expand your vocabulary by learning these alternatives to saying simply "no" in Spanish. Using several questions with examples, Carlos teaches us twenty ways to say "no"... without having to say it!
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Like in English, compounding in Spanish occurs when two or more words merge together to form a new word called a "compound word" or simply "compound." Let's learn about the different types of compound words in Spanish, with examples of each.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Compound words can be divided into four groups based on the nature of their components. In this video, Carlos explains the first group: compounds consisting of two nouns in which the second one attributes some quality to the first.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this third part of his series devoted to compounding in Spanish, Carlos will introduce us to additional types of compound words that are formed upon joining both adjectives and verbs with nouns.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Welcome to the last part of this lesson devoted to compounding in Spanish, where Carlos will review what we've learned thus far while revealing the fourth and final group of Spanish compounds, which are formed by combining two adjectives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Carlos reviews the names of some body parts in Spanish— and perhaps teaches us some new ones— by telling us about some popular Spanish idioms that include them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In part two of this series on Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos teaches us several that mention the eyes and tongue.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In part three of his series about Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos focuses on the nose and neck.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In the final part of this lesson about Spanish expressions with human body parts, Carlos tells us some amusing ones with the hands, back, arms, and more!
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this series of videos, Carlos introduces us to the small-but-very-useful word "así" and its many uses. This introduction will focus on this word as an adverb of manner, quantity, and degree.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In the second video of his series about the word "así," Carlos teaches us some of the more common Spanish expressions that include it, such as "así como así," "así es que," y "así es." Let's find out what these mean!
Difficulty: Intermediate
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In this third and final part of his series on the versatile word "así" in Spanish, we'll learn still more useful expressions that include it and test our recollection of previous ones in the context of a little story.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this first episode of his series on expressing opinions in Spanish, Carlos both defines the term "opinion" and categories opinions into three distinct groups with examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
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This time, Carlos focuses on general opinions with no value judgments. Through several examples, he teaches us some of the most common verbs found in this type of sentence as well as giving us two simple formulas to create both the positive and negative versions.
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This time, Carlos talks about valuations, or opinions in which one makes a value judgment about something or someone. Let's learn four simple formulas to express valuations in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In the third part of this lesson on opinions in Spanish, Carlos contrasts those that are used to express certainly or confirm reality with valuations, giving us examples of each.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this part of Carlos' lesson on how to express opinions in Spanish, he introduces some fixed expressions that could come in very handy when you want to say what you think about someone or something.
Difficulty: Beginner
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In this last part of his serious on offering opinions in Spanish, Carlos reviews all of the formulas we have learned so far with lots of examples... and a little quiz to test your knowledge!
Difficulty: Newbie
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This time, Carlos focuses on the personal pronouns in Spanish, which are used to refer to people in sentences. Let's explore, among other things, which personal pronouns are singular vs. plural, which ones are masculine vs. feminine, and which ones are particular to certain regions.
Difficulty: Newbie
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The verb "ser" has many uses in Spanish that enable us to express many things. In this first part of his lesson on this verb, Carlos shows us how to use it to talk about such things as character, permanent characteristics, nationality, and more.
Difficulty: Newbie
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After reviewing the first functions of the verb "ser" [to be] from part one of this series, Carlos teaches us several more functions with lots of example sentences.
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After a quick review of the conjugation of the verb "ser" (to be) in the present indicative, Carlos gives us a quiz to test what we have learned about this extremely useful verb.
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