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Carlos explica - El verbo "ser" (3 videos)

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.

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Carlos explica - La concordancia gramatical - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In this second part of this lesson on grammatical agreement, Carlos explains verb agreement, or the necessary correspondence of number and grammatical person between a verb and its subject.

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Carlos explica - La concordancia gramatical - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

There are two types of grammatical agreement in Spanish: noun agreement and verb agreement. In this chapter, Carlos explains to us the concept of noun agreement. Let's see what it's about!

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Cleer - La pronunciación de la g y la j - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

This time, we'll learn seven rules to help us to understand when we should write particular groups of words with the letter "j" rather than "g."

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Caption 41 [en]: the preterite and subjunctive verb forms
Caption 41 [es]: las formas verbales pretéritas y subjuntivas

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Carlos explica - Los pronombres personales

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.

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Caption 65 [en]: with the verb "ser" [to be] in the present indicative.
Caption 65 [es]: con el verbo "ser" en presente indicativo.

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 6

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!

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Caption 19 [en]: opinion verb
Caption 19 [es]: verbo de opinión

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 4

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.

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Caption 20 [en]: plus a verb in the indicative mood.
Caption 20 [es]: más verbo en modo indicativo.

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 3

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.

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Caption 18 [en]: the verb "ser" [to be]
Caption 18 [es]: verbo "ser"

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 2

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.

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Caption 28 [en]: opinion verb
Caption 28 [es]: verbo de opinión

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia Cali

In this video, Carlos tells us about the extensive conversational use of the imperative form by the people from Cali as seen in the popular Colombian series "La sucursal del cielo."

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Caption 20 [en]: the verb "explicar" [to explain],
Caption 20 [es]: el verbo "explicar",

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 3

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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Caption 15 [en]: using the "voseo" to conjugate the verb "perdonar" [to forgive] and the verb "mirar" [to look].
Caption 15 [es]: utilizando el voseo para conjugar el verbo "perdonar" y el verbo "mirar".

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 2

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.

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Caption 13 [en]: especially when people use it in three verb tenses:
Caption 13 [es]: sobre todo cuando las personas lo utilizan en tres tiempos verbales:

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Carlos explica - La composición en español - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Welcome to the last part of this lesson devoted to compounding in Spanish, where Carlos will review what we've learned thus far while revealing the fourth and final group of Spanish compounds, which are formed by combining two adjectives.

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Caption 26 [en]: compound words formed by a verb and a noun,
Caption 26 [es]: palabras compuestas formadas por verbo y sustantivo,

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Carlos explica - La composición en español - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In this third part of his series devoted to compounding in Spanish, Carlos will introduce us to additional types of compound words that are formed upon joining both adjectives and verbs with nouns.

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Caption 70 [en]: that are formed by the joining of a verb and a noun.
Caption 70 [es]: que se forman por la unión de un verbo y un sustantivo.

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Carlos explica - Recursos para consultas del español - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In this series, Carlos shares with us several online resources to look up Spanish words and expressions. Today, we'll learn about the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, which was first published in seventeen eighty.

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Caption 64 [en]: to see the conjugation of verb "dormir" [to sleep],
Caption 64 [es]: para ver la conjugación del verbo "dormir",

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