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
Cleer attends her first post-college interview for a marketing position.
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
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: 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, Spain
It's Cleer's first day at her new job and a workload already awaits her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos teaches us a trick for conjugating verbs with the "voseo" and challenges us to distinguish verbs in sentences which have been conjugated with the "tuteo," "voseo" and "ustedeo."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos explains to us about cardinal numbers in Spanish, which are used to count and quantify elements.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos explains to us about ordinal numbers, or those numbers used to express order or succession.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains the particular contexts in which one should use either "personaje" or "carácter" as a translation for the English word, "character," the difference between the Spanish words "de" and "dé," and, some different ways of expressing the date in Spanish depending upon the situation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos familiarizes us with some Spanish social media lingo, specifically for Facebook and Twitter.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Meli teaches us how to make "papel picado" [perforated paper] banners to decorate the altars to the dead set up to honor and remember those who have passed away during the celebration of the "Día de los muertos" [Day of the Dead], a holiday celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains when to use the Spanish verb "deber" vs. "deber de" as well as the difference between the oft confused "demás" and "de más."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos teaches us a plethora of Spanish demonyms, or proper nouns used to refer to the natives or inhabitants of certain countries, states or cities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains cases in which Spanish students tend to confuse when to use the Spanish forms of "to be," "ser" y "estar," as well as the difference between the prepositions "a" and "de" with respect to verbs of movement.
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