At El Aula Azul, the instructor, Idoia, has exciting news to share with her students as she introduces to them the concept of the second conditional. What would her students do if the same thing happened to them?

In the final part of this El Aula Azul series, we look at several examples of sentences beginning with the Spanish word, "aunque" [although], followed by verbs conjugated in either the indicative or subjunctive mood. Although the English translations for such examples might be the same regardless of whether the verb is in subjunctive or indicative, this subtle difference in Spanish conveys whether the information being shared is new or already known to the audience.

In today's class at El Aula Azul , we learn how the word "aunque" [although] should be used with either the indicative or the subjunctive, depending upon whether the information being conveyed is known or new to the listener.

Part three of the Aula Azul's lesson continues to edify us as to when to use the subjunctive versus the indicative when providing information to someone in a conversation. We will additionally learn another, equivalent word to "aunque" [although], which often requires the subjunctive.

In the second part of this lesson, El Aula Azul's Ester uses the characters from the photos she has shown to her students to begin to introduce sentences with either the indicative or subjunctive, in order to teach them when to use each.

Ester from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] begins her series on subjunctive and indicative by setting up the scene for future lessons, introducing us to pictures of some friends of hers who are studying in San Sebastian and providing us with some background information about them.

Ana Carolina introduces us to some Spanish vocabulary for personal hygiene products we might pack for a trip, both for use on a daily basis and to be prepared should an emergency arise.

Let's learn how to ask for wishes with our favorite teachers at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom]. This time, we'll even blow the candles!

Idoia from the El Aula Azul continues to explain to us how to conjugate -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the subjunctive mood, as well as introducing us to the word "ojalá" [let's hope], which is always used with the subjunctive.

In order to make wishes for other people, we need to use the subjunctive mood. Idoia from El Aula Azul will teach us a trick for conjugating -er verbs in the present subjunctive.

Now that we know how to make wishes on our birthdays, Idoia from El Aula Azul teaches us how to make wishes on others' behalf.

Professor Idoia from El Aula Azul teaches us the most common Spanish verbs for making wishes and encourages her students to make wishes of their own.

A teacher at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] is having a birthday and is excited to share with us a wish she plans to make for the coming year.

When Doctor Consejos [Advice] fails to notice any improvement in her patient, Ander, she tries a new strategy in which she presents him with several hypothetical situations that can help Yabla students understand the second conditional in Spanish as well.

Through an entertaining dialogue between Doctor Consejos [Advice] from El Aula Azul and her patient, Ander, about his terrible week, we see several examples of the "no fault construction" with the impersonal pronoun "se."

Ana Carolina takes us to a clothing store to teach us some useful vocabulary and phrases for shopping.

Doctor Consejos [Advice] de El Aula Azul listens to and interprets her patient, Ander's strange dream. Listen closely in order to gain a better understanding of how "hay" [there is/are] and "estar" [to be] are used in Spanish.

Let's find out what a day in the life of Sol, an online Spanish instructor, entails. Remember that you too can take classes with her and other excellent instructors on GoSpanish!

Maru tells us about a typical day in the life of a Spanish teacher. Remember that you can also study Spanish online with her and other great teachers on GoSpanish!

Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

At El Aula Azul, Idoia and Ester speak enthusiastically about their weekend plans. While Ester intends to go to a concert, Idoia's long weekend in Barcelona will include a whole host of eclectic activities.

Professor Maria teaches her students the names of a variety of stores and public buildings as well as discussing what is done at them or what might be purchased.

Professor Maria teaches her students how to give someone detailed directions to the airport, as well as helping to expand their Spanish vocabulary with the names of many of the places that they might encounter on the way.