Difficulty: Newbie
Ecuador
Ana Carolina invites us to learn the Spanish words for a multitude of objects in her favorite room in the house, her bedroom.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Our teacher, Idoia, from El Aula Azul shares with us a very interesting trick for conjugating both regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect subjunctive.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos gives us an overview of the coronavirus, including its origin and some of the most utilized terminology associated with this illness which, in just a few months' time, has become an unprecedented global pandemic.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
At El Aula Azul, we'll learn how to use the second conditional and imperfect subjunctive to create hypothetical sentences. I bet you can't guess what Ivonne would do if she won the lottery!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
The word, "vaina," is popularly used in many Latin American countries, and according to Carlos, who explains its origin and diverse uses, "defines everything and nothing at the same time."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos and Xavi point out to us a number of cases in which different words are utilized for the very same object or concept in Spain versus Colombia.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
While in Colombia, the second person plural pronoun, "ustedes," is typically used to address more than one person as "you," both formally and informally, in Spain, "vosotros" is much more commonly used on an informal basis. Carlos and Xavi provide us with several examples of how the same idea would be expressed using either "ustedes" or "vosotros."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
With several examples, Carlos and Xavi continue to demonstrate to us the difference in pronunciation of the letters "c" and "z" in Colombia and Spain.
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