Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina, a Venezuelan Spanish teacher, teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs, "mirar" (to look at/watch), "ver" (to see) and "buscar" (to look for) and gives us examples of sentences in which they might be found.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Because the Spanish words/expressions "haber" and "a ver" and "si" and "sí" sound exactly the same, their very different meanings are often confused. Spanish teacher Carolina enlightens us as to their differences.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina teaches us how to correctly express "tonight" (esta noche) and "last night" (anoche) in Spanish and cautions us against some commonly used but erroneous expressions for these concepts.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina teaches us about a few copulative conjunctions in Spanish and gives us examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina teaches us about disjunctive and copulative conjunctions- ways to express "or" and "or else"- in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains some common errors she has noticed among her students in order to preclude us from making them ourselves.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina shares with us more common mistakes made by students learning Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains the particular contexts in which one should use either "personaje" or "carácter" as a translation for the English word, "character," the difference between the Spanish words "de" and "dé," and, some different ways of expressing the date in Spanish depending upon the situation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains when to use the Spanish verb "deber" vs. "deber de" as well as the difference between the oft confused "demás" and "de más."
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina explains cases in which Spanish students tend to confuse when to use the Spanish forms of "to be," "ser" y "estar," as well as the difference between the prepositions "a" and "de" with respect to verbs of movement.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Although the majority of masculine nouns in Spanish end in "o" while the feminine ones end in "a," Carolina explains some exceptions to these rules, which tend to confuse Spanish students.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina points out some common pluralization errors among Spanish students as well as a case in which many of them attempt to translate literally from English.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
A participle is a personal form of a verb in which the verb becomes an adjective without totally losing its verb characteristics or nature. Carolina explains more about them.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
In contrast with regular participles, irregular participles are those whose endings don't follow a specific pattern. Carolina explains more.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Carolina concludes her lessons on participles by discussing double participles, which are those that have two different accepted conjugations.
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