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Cleer - La pronunciación de la g y la j - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In the Spanish alphabet, the letters g and j tend to be two of the hardest two differentiate. In this video, we'll learn how the pronunciation of the g differs depending upon the vowel that follows it.

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Caption 25 [es]: o "La gente en general es muy gentil".
Caption 25 [en]: or "People in general are very kind."

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Los casos de Yabla - Errores gramaticales - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Venezuela

Transcriber Antonio continues to try to convince Judge Sofi not to make more grammatical errors since they generate a lot of extra work for transcribers! Let's see if he succeeds.

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Caption 65 [es]: Qué ganas de protagonismo tiene la gente.
Caption 65 [en]: What a desire for importance people have.

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Los casos de Yabla - Errores gramaticales - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela

You have surely noticed the use of the word "sic" in some of Yabla's transcriptions. In this new episode of Cases of Yabla, you'll find out the meaning of this term as well as hearing some entertaining examples of cases in which you might find it.

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Caption 58 [es]: Yo solo hablo como la gente normal, señoría.
Caption 58 [en]: I just speak like normal people, Your Honor.

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Carlos explica - Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In the final part of this lesson about Spanish expressions with human body parts, Carlos tells us some amusing ones with the hands, back, arms, and more!

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Caption 39 [es]: y nos está dejando ver que es un tipo que trata a la gente a las patadas.
Caption 39 [en]: and he's letting us see that he's a guy who treats people like dirt [literally "to kicks"].

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Carlos explica - Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In part three of his series about Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos focuses on the nose and neck.

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Caption 32 [es]: Esta es una expresión que la gente usa
Caption 32 [en]: This is an expression that people use

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Cleer y Lida - Llegando a una nueva ciudad

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Upon arrival to a new city, you might need some help finding certain places. In this video, Cleer and Lida will show us how to ask pertinent questions and start a conversation with somebody in this context.

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Caption 38 [es]: Me encanta conocer gente y hacer nuevas amigas.
Caption 38 [en]: I love meeting people and making new friends.

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Cleer y Lida - ¿Qué idiomas hablas?

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Cleer and Lida teach us how to carry on a basic conversation through simple questions and answers.

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Caption 38 [es]: pero, la verdad, es mejor viendo vídeos y gente hablando.
Caption 38 [en]: but, truthfully, it's better to watch videos and people talking.

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Cleer y Lida - Juego de preguntas y respuestas - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Lida and Cleer continue with their question and answer game. What else will we discover about the girls' lives?

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Caption 7 [es]: eh... a veces la gente no me toma en serio porque me río mucho
Caption 7 [en]: um... sometimes people don't take me seriously because I laugh a lot,

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Cleer y Lida - Picnic

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

When Cleer and Lida get together for a picnic by the lake, they each have surprises in store for one another.

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Caption 65 [es]: ... sin gente, sin bullicio de la ciudad, sin carros,
Caption 65 [en]: ...without people, without the bustle of the city, without cars,

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Carlos y Cyndy - La pronunciación en Colombia y Argentina

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina, Colombia

Carlos and Cyndy teach us to identify the difference in the manner in which the "double l" and "y" letters are pronounced in Colombia versus Argentina, with several examples.

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Caption 62 [es]: Por allá hay una calle llena de gente.
Caption 62 [en]: Over there, there's a street full of people.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Forma de hablar - Part 1

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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Caption 68 [es]: sobre el modo en el cual la gente habla en Bogotá
Caption 68 [en]: about the manner in which people speak in Bogota

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Carlos explica - Sustantivos colectivos

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos speaks to us about the nuances of Spanish collective nouns, which are nouns that refer to a number of beings within a specific category.

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Caption 4 [es]: Familia, orquesta, fauna, gente.
Caption 4 [en]: "Familia" [family], "orquesta" [orchestra], "fauna" [fauna], "gente" [people].

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Negocios - Empezar en un nuevo trabajo - Part 1

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.

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Caption 53 [es]: Mmm... Me pregunto qué hará la gente a la hora de comer.
Caption 53 [en]: Mmm... I wonder what people will do at lunchtime.

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Carlos explica - Acentuación Cap. 1: Conceptos básicos

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

As an introduction to our lesson about accentuation, Carlos explains some different ways in which the word "accent" may be used.

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Caption 47 [es]: corresponde al modo en el cual habla la gente de Colombia.
Caption 47 [en]: corresponds to the manner in which people from Colombia speak.

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Cleer y Lida - Ají

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Lida and Cleer teach us how to make a typical Colombian condiment, spicy aji.

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Caption 59 [es]: hasta con arroz hay gente que se lo... se lo come.
Caption 59 [en]: even on rice there are people who... eat it.

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