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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Vela, a word often used for “candle,” or “sail,” can also mean “wakefulness,” as in “vigilance.” It’s related to the verb velar, “to stand watch.” The name of the port city of La Vela de Coro refers not to the “sails” of merchant ships (as many assume) but rather to this town’s role as a “lookout” point for marauding pirates. One-eyed peg-legs are now less common, but the carnivalesque annual festival of Los Locos continues on.

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Casa Pancho - vinos y pinchos - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

The verb pinchar means “to prick” or “to poke” and pincho is a spike or a skewer, so it’s not surprising that in the world of tapas (small portions that can be shared) pinchos (also spelled pintxos) either have toothpicks through them or can be eaten off the plate with one.

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Cleer - La pronunciación de la g y la j - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

This time, we'll learn seven rules to help us to understand when we should write particular groups of words with the letter "j" rather than "g."

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Caption 41 [en]: the preterite and subjunctive verb forms
Caption 41 [es]: las formas verbales pretéritas y subjuntivas

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Silvia nos cuenta - Hablar, decir o contar - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

After explaining some differences between the verbs "hablar", "decir", and "contar," Silvia gives us plenty of examples of typical Spanish expressions that contain them.

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Caption 46 [en]: And moving on to the verb "decir,"
Caption 46 [es]: Y pasando al verbo "decir",

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Silvia nos cuenta - Hablar, decir o contar - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Although the verbs "hablar," "decir," and "contar" can sometimes be confused, as they are all used to express ideas related to the act of communicating, they don't mean exactly the same thing. In this video, Silvia explains to us the subtle difference between these three verbs with plenty of examples of each of them.

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Caption 46 [en]: With the verb "decir,"
Caption 46 [es]: Con el verbo "decir"

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Los pueblos de mi agosto - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Have you ever experienced not being able to find a place to stay for a summer vacation during the peak season? Silvia tells us about her experience in this arena and an opportunity that arose for her and her family.

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Caption 5 [en]: I invite you to pay attention to the verb tenses
Caption 5 [es]: Os invito a prestar atención a los tiempos verbales

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Carlos explica - Los pronombres personales

Difficulty: Newbie

Colombia

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.

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Caption 65 [en]: with the verb "ser" [to be] in the present indicative.
Caption 65 [es]: con el verbo "ser" en presente indicativo.

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

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!

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Caption 19 [en]: opinion verb
Caption 19 [es]: verbo de opinión

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

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.

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Caption 20 [en]: plus a verb in the indicative mood.
Caption 20 [es]: más verbo en modo indicativo.

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

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.

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Caption 18 [en]: the verb "ser" [to be]
Caption 18 [es]: verbo "ser"

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Carlos explica - Cómo expresar opiniones en español - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

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.

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Caption 28 [en]: opinion verb
Caption 28 [es]: verbo de opinión

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Jugando con Silvia - Las cartas - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Aside from the meaning of a playing card, the Spanish word "carta" also has many other meanings. Let's learn several of them!

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Caption 22 [en]: There's also the verb "cartearse" [to write letters].
Caption 22 [es]: también existe el verbo "cartearse".

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia Cali

In this video, Carlos tells us about the extensive conversational use of the imperative form by the people from Cali as seen in the popular Colombian series "La sucursal del cielo."

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Caption 20 [en]: the verb "explicar" [to explain],
Caption 20 [es]: el verbo "explicar",

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Jugando con Silvia - Las cartas - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Do you like playing cards? Then don't miss this video in which Silvia introduces you to the Spanish card deck.

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Caption 4 [en]: Attention, because the verb "echar" [to throw/throw out] is spelled without an "h."
Caption 4 [es]: Atención, porque el verbo "echar" se escribe sin "h".

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In the third part of this lesson, Carlos analyzes several clips from the series La Sucursal del Cielo [Heaven's Subsidiary] to explain how the characters use the"voseo," or informal "you" in certain regions, in their conversations.

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Caption 15 [en]: using the "voseo" to conjugate the verb "perdonar" [to forgive] and the verb "mirar" [to look].
Caption 15 [es]: utilizando el voseo para conjugar el verbo "perdonar" y el verbo "mirar".

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