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.

Sometimes when we give advice it seems a little presumptious to tell people outright what we think they should do. It’s a little smoother to instead say what we would do if we were in their place, “I would watch more Spanish videos (if I were you).” Let’s have a look at how we do this in Spanish.

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.

What do we do in the middle of the day? What about eating? A good lunch could easily become the highlight of the day. What are our Spaniard friends eating?

Our friends from Spain keep sharing their rutina diaria with us, and we can see one thing that’s really important to them: food. They eat all the time! Maybe that’s why they look so happy!

Silvia from San Sebastián shares her daily routine with us. She leads a very active lifestyle that includes a meal with her parents, work at a Spanish language academy for foreigners (El Aula Azul), a drink with friends, and even some quality time with her cats!

Ester from El Aula Azul demonstrates some simple addition problems in Spanish.

Silvia from El Aula Azul demonstrates the difference between the simple present and present progressive tenses in Spanish through examples employing our daily activities.

Karla and Isabel teach us how to rent a room in a shared apartment located at a Spanish-speaking country in which we would like to live for a period of time.

In search of a room to rent, Isabel goes to meet with Karla, who is renting one out in a shared apartment. Isabel is delighted both with the place and the prospect of living with roommates of different nationalities.

Karla and Isabel teach us how to order the various varieties of coffee in Spanish as well as telling us about some of coffee's benefits.

Karla and Isabel tell us about the many activities they enjoy doing in their spare time.

Clara explains a bit about the weather in Spain and how we might speak about it during different seasons and/or weather conditions.

This video teaches us how to ask and answer some simple questions in Spanish that could come in handy upon first meeting someone.

Clara continues telling us about how to talk about the weather in Spanish with examples of sentences that might be used when it's snowy, foggy, windy, sunny or rainy.

Karla and Isabel teach us how to throw a house party.

This lesson teaches us how to introduce ourselves and others and say where we are from.

"Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) gives some of the psychological kind- all while demonstrating the correct usage of the subjunctive and conditional moods in Spanish.

Although "por" and "para" can both be translated as "for" at times, they are used in different circumstances in Spanish. "Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) provides us with several examples of each of them.

Listen for the use of the past (preterite) tense in Spanish as Adrian and Doctor Advice (instructors from El Aula Azul) discuss all of the progress he is making in various aspects of his life.

Cata and Cleer teach us how to order food at a restaurant.

Cleer and Lida demonstrate how to book a hotel room.

When a sick Cleer calls to set up a doctor's appointment, the receptionist is less than enthusiastic to assist her.

What will Cleer's doctor prescribe for her cough, aches and pains?