Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Learn how to make all sorts of arts and crafts projects with our friend, Meli. Manos a la obra is a new series for all the DIY kids and teenagers out there who love to get to work. The Spanish expression "manos a la obra" literally means "let's put our hands into the work" and is customarily used by Spanish speakers to encourage each other to work when a task is at hand. In this video, Meli shows us how to make some delicious treats inspired by the video game, Minecraft. Are you ready to practice your Spanish while having some crafty fun? Let's get to work!
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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: Beginner
Colombia
Cleer awaits a phone call from Lida to find out whether or not she got the job for which she recently interviewed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Cleer attends her first post-college interview for a marketing position.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Freshly out of college, Cleer Oviedo sets up an interview for a potential marketing job.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains the importance of agreement with possessive adjectives, which must always agree both in number and in person with the nouns they modify.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina introduces us to the concept of possessive adjectives and gives us some examples of their long and short forms.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
In this final part of the videos dedicated to accentuation, Carlos explains diphthongs, triphthongs and hiatuses.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos continues his series on accentuation by teaching us a few more rules regarding accent placement.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos gives us some preliminary rules about how to divide Spanish words into syllables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
In this second part of his lesson about accentuation, Carlos explains to us about monosyllabic, disyllabic, trisyllabic and polysyllabic words.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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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