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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 - Vocabulario: El verbo “tocar”

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos explains to us the range of meanings that the verb "tocar" can have in Spanish, depending upon the context.

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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Diminutivos y usos de ‘hay’

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos utilizes examples from Part Two, Episode One of the Colombian Series, "Confidencial: El rey de la estafa" [Confidential: The King of Cons] to illuminate for us not only grammatical concepts such as diminutives, augmentatives, and uses of the verb "haber," but also to teach us some popular Colombian expressions.

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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 gramática del cuento "El patito feo" - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

With examples from the famous tale, "The Ugly Duckling," Cleer touches on some of the verb tenses typically employed in children's stories in Spanish.

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Carlos explica - El pretérito Cap. 2: Perfecto compuesto I

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

The present perfect tense in Spanish is used when an action in the past occurs within a time period that has not yet concluded. Carlos clearly explains how this compound verb tense is formed as well as giving us several examples.

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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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