After pointing out the numerous benefits of smartphones in our daily lives, in the final part of this lesson, Fermín and Manuel focus on the negative consequences that excessive smartphone use can bring.

Lesson 1 teaches us the Spanish alphabet as well as a bit about the importance of accents in Spanish.

Marta is back with more Spanish basics and now with even more colorful glasses: today, she's explaining the difference between masculine and feminine nouns.

In this lesson of "Spanish Fundamentals," we will begin to become familiar with Spanish word order and sentence structure.

In this episode, we learn about the words and structures that indicate questions in Spanish- as well as how the intonation of a sentence in Spanish can determine whether it is a statement or an interrogative.

In this lesson of Spanish Fundamentals, we learn about the principles and words that negate sentences in Spanish.

While in English, there is only one form of the second person "you," which can be used to address one or more people regardless of their age or level of familiarity, in Spanish, this is a bit more complicated! Learn about the difference between "tú," "usted" and the various other forms of the second person "you" in Spanish.

Although many languages just have one verb meaning "to be," Spanish has both "ser" and "estar," which are used in different situations. Learn the conjugations of these two verbs and some situations in which each should be utilized.

Although there are rules for conjugating regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in Spanish, there are also irregular verbs which are conjugated differently. Learn some irregular verbs and their conjugations here.

In this lesson, Marta will show us how to use reflexive verbs correctly in Spanish.

Marta teaches us the correct pronunciation of difficult Spanish letters.

In this episode, Graciela teaches us the names of various animals, both domestic and wild.

Professor Graciela Simancas helps us take our first steps with Spanish by teaching us the letters of the alphabet, the vowels, and some very common words.

José Carlos, a Guatemalan who has been living in Berlin for the past ten years, will share with us some typical expressions from his home country.

Let's learn the names of family members in Spanish through an interesting conversation between Pipo and Priscilla about their families.