Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
During a class at San Sebastian's renowned Spanish language school, El Aula Azul, Ioia explains how the reflexive verb, "parecerse," is different from the verb "parecer" and means "to look like."
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
At San Sebastian's celebrated Spanish language school El Aula Azul, Ioia continues her demonstration of how to use "parecer" with various pronouns and a plethora of adjectives.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
At the renowned Spanish language school El Aula Azul, Ioia explains how "parecer" changes depending on whether the noun about which one is speaking is singular or plural.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Idoia gives further examples of some different indirect object pronouns and their meanings in sentences with the verb "parecer" [to seem]. You can study in person with Idoia and other great teachers in beautiful San Sebastian, Spain. Visit www.elaulaazul.com for more info.
Difficulty: Beginner
Argentina, Colombia
Carlos and Cyndy help to shed some light on some colloquial phrases from the Argentinean soap opera, Muñeca Brava.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Parecer means "to seem," and when used with indirect object pronouns (me, te, etc.), can be used to express an opinion. When El Aula Azul's Ioia asks, "Cristián, ¿qué te parece San Sebastián?" a translation might be, "Cristian, how does San Sebastian seem to you?" Or, more commonly stated, "Cristian, what do you think of San Sebastian"?
Difficulty: Beginner
Argentina, Colombia
Carlos and Cyndy chat about the different names used for some of the same objects in their respective countries, Colombia and Argentina.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Karen's explanation of the names in Spanish of some common utensils used to consume food could come in particularly handy when ordering at a restaurant.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
The many types of past tense in Spanish can get confusing for English speakers. In this lesson, Carlos focuses on the simple past tense, or preterite, providing us with some excellent examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia, Venezuela
Zully and Cleer teach us how to make a scrumptious veal stew accompanied by potatoes au gratin.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos enlightens us regarding some typical Colombian slang that shows up in part three of the first episode of "Confidencial."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Referring to the third part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos edifies us regarding Colombia's dietary traditions as well as some historical conflicts.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos enlightens us about several words and expressions that come up in the series, "Confidential: The King of Cons," some of which are quite particular to Colombian Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico Monterrey
Meli teaches us how to make fun dinosaur jars and note holders.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Within the second part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos points out several examples of a manner of speaking that is very typical to Bogota.
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