Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina teaches us some contrasting Spanish adjectives to describe people's moods and personalities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
There are three types of demonstrative adjectives depending upon the distance that exists between the object or objects that they qualify in relation to the person who speaks. Carolina explains further.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains to us about the gerund, the form of a verb which expresses an action in progress.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains about the gerund verb form in Spanish and some mistakes that native English speakers commonly make when employing it.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina introduces us to the concept of possessive adjectives and gives us some examples of their long and short forms.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains the importance of agreement with possessive adjectives, which must always agree both in number and in person with the nouns they modify.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Here's another catchy tune by the Latin Monkey band. Let's dance!
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
In order to begin to learn about accentuation in Spanish and the placement of tildes, or accent marks, Lara teaches us three different categories, "agudas," "graves," and "esdrújulas," into which Spanish words are divided, depending upon where they are stressed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
After teaching us the three different categories of Spanish words depending upon where they are stressed, Lara lays out some simple rules for correctly placing the written accent, or tilde, in words in each category.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Lara gives us a brief introduction to Spanish verbs, informing us of the three main verb categories (verbs ending in -ar, -er, and -ir) that we will later conjugate.
Difficulty: Beginner
Aruba
Landa Henriquez is a mother of three, Business Sciences graduate, entrepreneur, songwriter and singer. She’s also owner of a cute red descapotable and leader of the band. Not bad for a woman of 40.
Difficulty: Newbie
Venezuela
We have the debut music video from La Vida Bohème -- an Indy, punkish Venezuelan band with a bit of French in its name. Playing on roof tops in Caracas, the band delivers a subversive song in just a few words. And then they are kidnapped. "Viva la résistance," says the writing on the wall (also dropping in a bit of French). This is one band worth following.
Difficulty: Beginner
Puerto Rico
Grammy-nominated La Secta Allstar boasts Puerto Rican roots despite having come together in Orlando, where the members attended college, and shortly after that settling in Miami. This title track from their album, Consejo, may very well make their mothers and mothers around the Spanish speaking world proud.
Difficulty: Beginner
Puerto Rico
This Puerto Rican band wasn’t on the island from the get-go. Two of La Secta’s members, Mark and Gustavo, met in Orlando during school and then moved to Miami Beach. There, they met up with John and Carlos and started writing songs. The message of their album Fuego, which shines through in “Déjalos que hablen,” is, according to John, “to be positive in the face of a moment of so many changes in the world.”
Difficulty: Newbie
Spain
Nothing’s better in the morning than a good breakfast and a good lesson! Let’s start this Yabla day with Marta and Ivana, a young lady who’s as sweet as can be.
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