This time, Carlos talks about valuations, or opinions in which one makes a value judgment about something or someone. Let's learn four simple formulas to express valuations in Spanish.

In the third part of this lesson on opinions in Spanish, Carlos contrasts those that are used to express certainly or confirm reality with valuations, giving us examples of each.

In this part of Carlos' lesson on how to express opinions in Spanish, he introduces some fixed expressions that could come in very handy when you want to say what you think about someone or something.

In this last part of his serious on offering opinions in Spanish, Carlos reviews all of the formulas we have learned so far with lots of examples... and a little quiz to test your knowledge!

This time, Carlos focuses on the personal pronouns in Spanish, which are used to refer to people in sentences. Let's explore, among other things, which personal pronouns are singular vs. plural, which ones are masculine vs. feminine, and which ones are particular to certain regions.

The verb "ser" has many uses in Spanish that enable us to express many things. In this first part of his lesson on this verb, Carlos shows us how to use it to talk about such things as character, permanent characteristics, nationality, and more.

After reviewing the first functions of the verb "ser" [to be] from part one of this series, Carlos teaches us several more functions with lots of example sentences.

After a quick review of the conjugation of the verb "ser" (to be) in the present indicative, Carlos gives us a quiz to test what we have learned about this extremely useful verb.

At El Aula Azul, the teacher asks her students for recommendations for her vacation. The students all have different suggestions, but... which one does she like? Let's explore this while learning about the verb, "gustar," which roughly corresponds to the English notion of "to like" and tends to be tough for native English speakers.

In the second part of El Aula Azul's lesson on the verb, "gustar," the students learn how it functions differently from other verbs and begin to learn how to conjugate it with the various personal pronouns.