Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
In this video, Ana Carolina talks a bit more about the way nouns and adjectives are modified in accordance with their genders as well as filling us in on some debates that have recently come about in the Spanish-speaking world regarding "inclusive language."
Difficulty: Newbie
Ecuador
In this video, we learn how to say the names of the most commonly-used colors in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Let's listen to Ana Carolina explain the gender of words in Spanish, which is important to know if you want to choose the correct article or adjective with a Spanish noun.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In El Aula Azul's conclusion to this series on the "no fault se construction," the instructor encourages her students to provide sentences that employ this principle with both singular and plural nouns.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In this lesson, El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom]'s Ester shares with her students some of the most commonly used verbs with the “no fault se construction” and provides some examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
After reading us his flash fiction story, "Para siempre" [Forever], Carlos offers some insight into the historical backdrop, events, and characters that inspired him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In part two of this lesson on the "no fault se construction," the teacher at El Aula Azul reviews the personal pronouns used with the verb "gustar" [to like], which will subsequently be used along with "se" to form sentences that express things that have happened unintentionally.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
After shedding some light on the flash fiction genre and providing us with some examples, Carlos finally reads us the piece with which he placed among the finalists at a prominent flash fiction contest in Barcelona. Can you understand any of the meaning behind it?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Although grammatically correct in Spanish, saying "Has olvidado las llaves" ["You've forgotten your keys"] to someone implies that he or she has done so on purpose! This four-part lesson from El Aula Azul is dedicated to the "no fault se construction" that is more commonly used to describe such unintentional circumstances.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Let's listen to a couple of examples of flash fiction stories to better understand what this literary genre is all about. Entitled "Destino" [Fate] and "Soñando despierta" [Daydreaming], both pieces received awards at prestigious international flash fiction contests.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the first part of this series, Carlos introduces us to the characteristics of flash fiction, a literary genre distinguished by its succinctness and ability to capture the reader from the first word to the last.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In this last part of our series on "gustar" at El Aula Azul, we continue our practice with conjugating this verb in the singular and plural based on the students' vacation recommendations for their teacher.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
In this class at El Aula Azul, we learn about many of the things that the teacher likes and dislikes, and based on those, her students give her recommendations regarding her vacation. Luckily, in contrast to many other Spanish verbs, we only have to worry about conjugating the verb "gustar" [to like] in the present in two ways- singular or plural.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Professor Ester at El Aula Azul teaches us how the verb, "gustar," works and how the manner in which it is conjugated differs from the conjugation of reflexive verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
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