Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
A consejo is “a piece of advice” and the verb aconsejar is “to advise.” Here in the Don Quijote classroom, we take a look at the grammar and language involved when doling out recommendations, suggestions, and the like, in Spanish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Mmmm… “roasted milk.” Somehow that translation doesn’t sound quite as tasty as the Peruvian (and Chilean) dessert “leche asada,” does it? In any case, our host Natalia (from Colombia) shows us how to whip up this sweet delicacy. In Part 1, Natalia starts by heating sugar to make caramel.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In Part 2 of our dessert-making lesson, Natalia shows and tells us the importance of beating the “huevos” into a smooth consistency. After the eggs are whipped into shape, we’re heating up the “leche” until it bubbles but doesn’t quite boil. Seguimos con capítulo 3.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the final chapter of our trio of dessert clips, Natalia puts the milk, the eggs and the caramelized sugar together. After some time in the oven and then some more time in the refrigerator, you’re ready to enjoy some “leche asada” with a cup of café or plain old milk.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru
In this Yabla exclusive, we learn how to make “Papa a la Huancaína,” a classic Peruvian dish that’s spicy and creamy and great for the summer. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Learn how "capirotada" is made, a Mexican bread pudding-like dish which is typically consumed during Holy Week.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
The Bears in the Kitchen show us how to make a dish literally translated as the "violated chicken," accompanied by potatoes au gratin. Both dishes are, of course, seasoned with their favorite "Moe's Original" spice rub. Follow their youtube channel here: Bears in the Kitchen.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
The "Bears in the Kitchen" show us how to make their special baked venison with grilled salad.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
The grill masters at "Bears in the Kitchen" teach us how to make a delicious Asian Chicken.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Raquel gives us advice regarding some varied car-related scenarios that we may run into.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Raquel takes us inside her car in order for us to examine in greater detail those car-related tips that she has given us in the previous two videos.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Cata y Cleer teach us how to make typical Colombian arepas with shredded beef.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia, Venezuela
Cata from Colombia and Zoraida from Venezuela team up to teach us the various tenses of the verb "pensar" ("to think") with many illustrative examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Carolina gives us an introduction to the passive voice in Spanish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Carolina teaches us how to transform sentences from the active to the passive voice in Spanish with several accessible examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Carolina explains in greater detail how the passive voice is expressed in different verb tenses.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Carolina explains how the press and social media often use an abbreviated form of the passive voice to save space as well as how the pronoun "se" can be used to formulate sentences in the passive voice that emphasize what is sold or offered as opposed to the person selling or offering the service or merchandise.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Lida and Cleer teach us how to make a typical Colombian condiment, spicy aji.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos teaches us a trick for conjugating verbs with the "voseo" and challenges us to distinguish verbs in sentences which have been conjugated with the "tuteo," "voseo" and "ustedeo."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos explains to us about ordinal numbers, or those numbers used to express order or succession.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
To begin his lessons about diminutives and augmentatives, Carlos begins by speaking about suffixes, or endings added to words to alter their meaning.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos explains how the purpose of diminutive and augmentative suffixes is to express increased or decreased intensity of the word to which they are attached and gives us some common examples in Spanish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.
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