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Aprendiendo con Zulbany - Acertijos - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Do you like riddles? In this video, Zulbany will put your solving ability to the test. Pay attention and try to guess.

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Caption 33 [es]: Cuando voy a la playa,
Caption 33 [en]: When I go to the beach,

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Cristina - La palabra "nuevo"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina tells us about one of the thousand most used words in the Spanish language: the word "nuevo." Let's listen to some examples of the many situations in which we can use this word.

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Caption 20 [es]: nunca había venido a la playa".
Caption 20 [en]: I'd never come to the beach."

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Cleer y Lida - Juego de preguntas y respuestas - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Cleer and Lida continue their game of questions and answers about different topics.

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Caption 13 [es]: la playa
Caption 13 [en]: the beach,

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Carlos y Xavi - Part 2 Ustedes y Vosotros

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."

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Caption 21 [es]: que se puede ir a la playa con buen tiempo,
Caption 21 [en]: that you can go to the beach with good weather,

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Cleer y Lida - La Navidad en Colombia

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Lida, Cleer and Lila share with us some of the unique traditions of Colombia's Christmas season, which lasts from late November until early January.

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Caption 50 [es]: también que tenemos el mar cerca, nos vamos a la playa.
Caption 50 [en]: as we have the sea nearby, we also go to the beach.

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Carlos y Cyndy - Uso del Voseo en Argentina

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina, Colombia

Rather than using the second person informal pronoun "tú," the "voseo," or use of the word "vos," is more commonly employed in Argentina and other countries to address someone as "you." Through examples, Carlos and Cyndy demonstrate how the same ideas would be expressed using each of these pronouns.

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Caption 60 [es]: tiene el agregado que es la playa.
Caption 60 [en]: it has the bonus which is the beach.