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Lecciones con Carolina
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Spanish teacher Carolina Graterol has a knack not only for explaining the intricacies of Spanish grammar but also for pointing out those errors she notes most commonly among students. A favorite among Yabla subscribers of all levels, Carolina’s succinct speech makes learning even tough grammatical concepts both accessible and enjoyable.

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─ Videos: 6-20 of 32 Totaling 2 hours 13 minutes

Lecciones con Carolina - Mirar, ver, y buscar

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina, a Venezuelan Spanish teacher, teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs, "mirar" (to look at/watch), "ver" (to see) and "buscar" (to look for) and gives us examples of sentences in which they might be found.

Lecciones con Carolina - Haber vs. A Ver / Si vs. Sí

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Because the Spanish words/expressions "haber" and "a ver" and "si" and "sí" sound exactly the same, their very different meanings are often confused. Spanish teacher Carolina enlightens us as to their differences.

Lecciones con Carolina - Esta noche vs anoche

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina teaches us how to correctly express "tonight" (esta noche) and "last night" (anoche) in Spanish and cautions us against some commonly used but erroneous expressions for these concepts.

Lecciones con Carolina - Conjunciones copulativas

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina teaches us about a few copulative conjunctions in Spanish and gives us examples.

Lecciones con Carolina - Conjunciones disyuntivas

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina teaches us about disjunctive and copulative conjunctions- ways to express "or" and "or else"- in Spanish.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina explains some common errors she has noticed among her students in order to preclude us from making them ourselves.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina shares with us more common mistakes made by students learning Spanish.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina explains the particular contexts in which one should use either "personaje" or "carácter" as a translation for the English word, "character," the difference between the Spanish words "de" and "dé," and, some different ways of expressing the date in Spanish depending upon the situation.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina explains when to use the Spanish verb "deber" vs. "deber de" as well as the difference between the oft confused "demás" and "de más."

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina explains cases in which Spanish students tend to confuse when to use the Spanish forms of "to be," "ser" y "estar," as well as the difference between the prepositions "a" and "de" with respect to verbs of movement.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Although the majority of masculine nouns in Spanish end in "o" while the feminine ones end in "a," Carolina explains some exceptions to these rules, which tend to confuse Spanish students.

Lecciones con Carolina - Errores comunes - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina points out some common pluralization errors among Spanish students as well as a case in which many of them attempt to translate literally from English.

Lecciones con Carolina - Participios regulares

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

A participle is a personal form of a verb in which the verb becomes an adjective without totally losing its verb characteristics or nature. Carolina explains more about them.

Lecciones con Carolina - Participios irregulares

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

In contrast with regular participles, irregular participles are those whose endings don't follow a specific pattern. Carolina explains more.

Lecciones con Carolina - Dobles participios

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina concludes her lessons on participles by discussing double participles, which are those that have two different accepted conjugations.

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