Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the second video of his series about the word "así," Carlos teaches us some of the more common Spanish expressions that include it, such as "así como así," "así es que," y "así es." Let's find out what these mean!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In this third and final part of his series on the versatile word "así" in Spanish, we'll learn still more useful expressions that include it and test our recollection of previous ones in the context of a little story.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
In this first episode of his series on expressing opinions in Spanish, Carlos both defines the term "opinion" and categories opinions into three distinct groups with examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
This time, Carlos focuses on general opinions with no value judgments. Through several examples, he teaches us some of the most common verbs found in this type of sentence as well as giving us two simple formulas to create both the positive and negative versions.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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!
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Newbie
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos offers us some commentary about the challenging series La Sucursal del Cielo, focusing in this first part on some aspects of the city in which it is set.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the second part of this lesson that deals with the Colombian series "Sucursal del Cielo," Carlos focuses on the "voseo," or use of the second person singular pronoun "vos" that is used in lieu of "tú" in certain regions, dealing specifically with the manner in which it is employed in Cali, Colombia, where the show takes place.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the third part of this lesson, Carlos analyzes several clips from the series La Sucursal del Cielo [Heaven's Subsidiary] to explain how the characters use the"voseo," or informal "you" in certain regions, in their conversations.
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