madrid - Intermediate - Comprehension Game - Spanish Videos

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Con Marta por Madrid (8 episodes 13 videos)

In this enjoyable series, our friend Marta acts as our tour guide in the wonderful city of Madrid, Spain. Join her to discover some of this Spanish capital's most iconic locales as well its inhabitants' customs and traditions.

Marisa en Madrid (2 videos)

Parque de El Retiro, Monumentos de Madrid

Isabel y Paula contigo - Transporte público en Madrid (3 videos)

To get around Madrid and the surrounding areas of Spain's capital, it's essential to know the different public transportation options available to you. Isabel and Paula introduce the various alternatives.

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Aprendiendo con Zulbany - Visitando Madrid

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Let's join Zulbany on her tour around Madrid, where she'll visit and teach us about such interesting locations as the Royal Palace, the Plaza Mayor, El Retiro Park, and more!

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Víctor en España - Feria Internacional del Turismo de Madrid

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Our friend Victor from Venezuela speaks to us from FITUR, Madrid's international tourism trade fair, about this exciting event and the "industry of happiness."

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Luis Guitarra - Influencias musicales - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Luis Guitarra performs for us one his original songs, inspired by not only his formal training at the Music Conservatory of Madrid, but also by his three most important musical influences: Joaquín Sabina, Silvio Rodríguez, and the group Los Secretos [The Secrets].

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El Aula Azul - Conversación: Vacaciones recientes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Ester, una profesora de español en la escuela El Aula Azul, le habla a su amiga de sus recientes vacaciones por Madrid compartiendo detalles sobre los sitios que visitó y las actividades que más disfrutó.

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Viajando con Fermín - Caravaning - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In this series, Fermín tells us about his short getaway to Barcelona to visit its International Caravaning Show, one of the most important of its kind in Spain and Southern Europe. Let's first hear about his journey from his hometown in Málaga to Barcelona.

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Caption 23 [es]: dirección Madrid,
Caption 23 [en]: towards Madrid,

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Mari Carmen - Polanco

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

According to Mari Carmen, her choice to attend a very regimented boarding school in the small village of Polanco to obtain her physical education degree could not have been a better one. Let's hear about her time there as well as her subsequent, rewarding experiences as an educator.

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Caption 63 [es]: de ir a... al INEF de Madrid
Caption 63 [en]: to go to... to the INEF of Madrid,

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Mari Carmen - Copa de Europa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, Mari Carmen tells us about the international women's handball championships in which she played in Stockholm, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria, and how impressed she was with these unique experiences abroad.

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Caption 49 [es]: quedó el Atlético de Madrid primero,
Caption 49 [en]: Atlético de Madrid came in first,

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Cataluña y su gente - David y el español

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

David, a professor of foreign languages and Spanish for foreigners at the Ames Academy, will tell us about the Spanish language, its different dialects, and which, if any, is the most correct.

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Caption 33 [es]: propio de regiones como Madrid o Castilla y León,
Caption 33 [en]: typical of regions such as Madrid or Castile y León,

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Fermín y Manuel - Pretérito imperfecto

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, Fermín and Manuel's animated conversation about soccer incorporates a lot of instances of the imperfect tense, which they will subsequently explain in depth.

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Caption 4 [es]: siempre ganaba el Real Madrid.
Caption 4 [en]: Real Madrid would always win.

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Fermín y Manuel - El pasado - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Fermín and Manuel's lively conversation continues, in which they incorporate many examples of verbs in two past tenses, the preterite and the present perfect, and furthermore reveal a trick for knowing when to use each.

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Caption 11 [es]: cuando fuimos juntos a Madrid?
Caption 11 [en]: when we went to Madrid together?

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Viajando con Fermín - Festival de Cine SSIFF - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

On the occasion of the seventieth annual San Sebastián International Film Festival, Fermín has traveled to his hometown to attend this extraordinary event. In this video, he shares details about his trip, as well as his first impressions of the festival.

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Caption 19 [es]: pero también hay que hacer trasbordo en Madrid,
Caption 19 [en]: but you also have to transfer in Madrid,

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Soledad - El argot

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In addition to Spanish, five other co-official languages are spoken in different regions of Spain, and many areas have additionally developed their own argot, or vocabulary that, while utilized by members of a certain community, might not even be found in the dictionary! Soledad gives us some examples she discovered upon leaving her home province of Alicante.

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Caption 8 [es]: La capital de España, como sabéis, es Madrid,
Caption 8 [en]: The capital of Spain, as you know, is Madrid,

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