Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Carlos explains to us about ordinal numbers, or those numbers used to express order or succession.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos explains to us about cardinal numbers in Spanish, which are used to count and quantify elements.
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: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos explains the forms of address used to address several conversational partners: "vosotros" and "vosotras," which tend to be used in Spain, and "ustedes," which tends to be used in Central and South America.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Known as the "tuteo," the "ustedeo" and the "voseo," Carlos explains the historical roots and evolution of these varying ways of saying "you" in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. Factors which affect which form is utilized by a particular person in a particular situation include that person's country of origin as well as the relationship between the speaker and the person to whom he or she is speaking.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
In this final part of the videos dedicated to accentuation, Carlos explains diphthongs, triphthongs and hiatuses.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos explains the four groups into which Spanish words are classified depending upon which of their syllables is accented as well as the rules regarding written accents.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos continues his series on accentuation by teaching us a few more rules regarding accent placement.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
We all have good friends, each one of them with distinctive qualities. Some of them are loud, some of them quiet. Ester, one of our friends, and a teacher at El Aula Azul, explains to us who her amigos are and how well they get along.
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