Expand your vocabulary by learning these alternatives to saying simply "no" in Spanish. Using several questions with examples, Carlos teaches us twenty ways to say "no"... without having to say it!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Although the Colombian version of The Wonder Years is based upon the well-known American series, Carlos explains to us some similarities and differences between the two versions.

Within the second part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos points out several examples of a manner of speaking that is very typical to Bogota.

Carlos enlightens us about several words and expressions that come up in the series, "Confidential: The King of Cons," some of which are quite particular to Colombian Spanish.

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.