Young Taimur’s Spanish is not quite as easy for the non-native as that of his neighborhood pal Zulbani, but he does have a lot of interesting things to say! Listen up, because our young friend presents an opportunity to hear some expressions and turns of phase you may have not heard before.

Zoraida is a big fan of one of Spain’s newest exports, La Oreja de Van Gogh. Besides listening to “Van Gogh’s Ear”, let’s find out what else she likes to do for fun in her spare time… apart from giving interviews!

Zoraida is a spunky young woman from coastal Venezuela who talks about her recent past and her hopes for the coming year.

Sometimes it’s nearly impossible to understand younger folks speaking in a language that’s not native to you, and other times it’s extremely easy. Luckily, Zulbany falls into the latter category! Let’s listen while she tells us about her trip to Mérida, up in the Andes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Let's continue our guessing games with more colors!

What is the difference between "tú" and "vos" if both pronouns are used to informally address someone as "you" in Spanish? In this video, Luana explains to us how both forms are conjugated and pronounced as well as where they are used.

Luana tells us the Spanish names for the most immediate members of one's family.

Guess the colors of the things Idoia and Ester from El Aula Azul are describing, and learn some vocabulary in the process!

Ana Carolina and her son Elías José will teach us how to ask some simple questions in order to strike up a conversation in Spanish.

Let's have some fun singing and learning about the different parts of the body with Jacky!

Idoia, our teacher at El Aula Azul, teaches us several important Spanish terms to talk about different points in the future, enabling us to effectively talk about our upcoming plans.