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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 3 - Nuestra Casa
Ben and Marina take you on an audio tour of their flat in Madrid, and discuss different types of housing in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for full details, and to obtain a full transcript of our conversation.
NIS Adv 068 - Violencia domestica
Ben and Marina discuss the subject of domestic violence in Spain and beyond.See notesinspanish.com for details and to pick up the transcript/worksheet.
NIS Beginners 014 - Quedar
How to arrange to meet someone, and how to make excuses to get out of meeting someone! See notesinspanish.com for more details!
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Must Know Expressions 2
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NIS Beginners 015 - La ultima vez
When was the last time you...? We look at how the Preterito Indefinido past tense is used to talk about things that happened in the past. See notesinspanish.com for more details and the accompanying worksheet (includes transcript and translation of the Spanish section and full grammar and vocab notes).
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NIS Intermediate 042 - La Mafia
We look at the extraordinary range of mafias in Europe and discover just how many there are, and what they are up to, in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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At the Party 2
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Friday, April 29, 2011
At the Hospital
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NIS Int 034 - Easyjet
Should we feel guilty about flying too much? Should we be paying for our carbon footprint, or is it up to the airlines and other energy providers? See notesinspanish.com for further discussion and to pick up the accompanying worksheets.
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At the Airport
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Notes in Spanish 43 - Verano
Ben and Marina discuss the changes that come over Madrid in summer - loads of great vocab as usual. See notesfromspain.com for full details and to get the worksheet.
The Next Podcast (no. 3)...
...should be available by Monday the 6th. Apologies for the delay - future podcasts should follow fairly regularly on or before the end of every Monday (UK time).
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TENER: Audio Verb Drill
This podcast is the audio verb drill for the simple past tense of the verb TENER and gives you an idea of what the ReVerb Spanish audio drills are like. The complete package of audio is roughly 3o minutes and includes the following tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, subjunctive and imperfect subjunctive. A PDF file containing [...]
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ESTAR: Audio Verb Drill
This podcast is the audio verb drill for the present tense of the verb ESTAR and gives you an idea of what the ReVerb Spanish audio drills are like. The complete package of audio is roughly 35 minutes and includes the following tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, subjunctive and imperfect subjunctive. It is available on the [...]
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Notes in Spanish 40 - El destape
Marina and Ben discuss the effect of the bikini on life in Spain after Franco died. See www.notesfromspain.com for more details.
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NIS Beginners 015 - La ultima vez
When was the last time you...? We look at how the Preterito Indefinido past tense is used to talk about things that happened in the past. See notesinspanish.com for more details and the accompanying worksheet (includes transcript and translation of the Spanish section and full grammar and vocab notes).
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Keith Lard Makes a Valuable Contribution
"I've been watching a lot of Friends dubbed into Spanish, which is good
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
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Learn Spanish 3.9 - The Future
Learn all about the future using...the future!
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Notes in Spanish Advanced 50 - Arrepentimientos
Do you have any regrets in life? See Notes in Spanish.com for full details and to comment.
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At the Restaurant 3
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
NIS Adv 077 - La Muerte de la Siesta
Is the siesta really on its way out? What other changes is Europe forcing upon an unsuspecting Spain? See notesinspanish.com for more details and to pick up the accompanying worksheets.
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Keith Lard Makes a Valuable Contribution
"I've been watching a lot of Friends dubbed into Spanish, which is good
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
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Learn the Alphabet!
Power point slides on the app!
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Lesson #4 - Basic Spanish Greetings
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Notes in Spanish Intermediate 7 - La Piscina
Sporting life and a trip to the local swimming pool. See notesinspanish.com for full details and worksheet.
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Learn Spanish 4.13 - Relative Pronouns with Prepositions and Computer Vocabulary
Part 2 of the lesson on relative pronouns, this time including prepositions and some very useful computer-related vocabulary to help you out when that hard drive crashes in the middle of your vacation.
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Notes in Spanish 36 - Usted y las propinas
Marina and Ben talk about when to use tu or usted, and tipping in Spain.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 9 - Loteria
Ben y Marina hablan de la loteria de Navidad. See notesinspanish.com for full details and the accompanying worksheet.
Learn Spanish 2.4 - Comparisons and Superlatives
Who's taller than him? Who's more popular than her? What's the best type of music? What's the most interesting sport? Learn to speak in comparisons and superlatives to describe your interests to the extreme.
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Misbehaving Students 2
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NIS Int 041 - El Cine Espa�ol
How will a new law affect Spanish film-goers? What's going on in the world on Spanish film? See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheet and to comment!
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Different Kinds of Spanish
In this episode, we explore the regional variance of the Spanish language. It's diversity comes from the history of fusing with different indigenous languages of the Native Americans. Go to www.myspanishconnection.com and register for the blog and leave a five star rating on iTunes! Gracias!
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NIS Intermediate 042 - La Mafia
We look at the extraordinary range of mafias in Europe and discover just how many there are, and what they are up to, in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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NIS Int 039 - Heroes
Ben and Marina talk about the TV show Heroes, and extraordinary changes that have taken place in the world in the recent past... See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheets.
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The Hail Mary
Learn to say the Hail Mary prayer.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Lesson #7 - How to Say ?I Don?t Understand Spanish?
Learn Spanish travel phrases with SurvivalPhrases.com! A little Spanish can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, SurvivalPhrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover a high frequency Spanish phrase sure to be of use on your trip, travels or vacation to Spain.
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NIS Advanced 088 - La Canada Real
Once a Royal cattle trail, this stretch of land just outside Madrid has turned into Europe's biggest shanty town. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
Learn Spanish 3.4 - Impersonal Hace in Past Times
Use one of your favorite and most useful verbs in Spanish, Hacer, to talk about the past tense using tenses you already know.
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Notes in Spanish Advanced 59 - De Rebajas
It's sales time, and Ben is in trouble over his ageing wardrobe! See notesinspanish.com for the full transcript/worksheet.
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Lesson #1 - How to Say ?Thank You!? in Spanish
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NIS Int 030 - La Familia Real
Are the Spanish interested in the birth of a new Royal baby? See notesinspanish.com for more details and to pick up the transcript/worksheet.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
NIS Adv 072 - Las Misses
Scandal in the Miss Spain competition! See notesinspanish.com for more details and to download the worksheet/transcript.
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Learn Spanish 2.5 - The Morning Routine and Reflexive Verbs
Discussing differences in daily routines? Make sure you know your stuff when using reflexive verbs and pronouns!
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NIS Advanced 088 - La Canada Real
Once a Royal cattle trail, this stretch of land just outside Madrid has turned into Europe's biggest shanty town. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
At the Party 3
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Learn Spanish 4.5 - Future Commands Using the Future Perfect
Giving future commands is a snap once you get a hang out the future perfect.
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Learn Spanish 3.1 - When to Use the Subjunctive? W.E.I.R.D.O.!
This weirdo mood can be used in your regular routine with this easy explanation. Just use W.E.I.R.D.O. to know when to use the subjunctive.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Keith Lard Makes a Valuable Contribution
"I've been watching a lot of Friends dubbed into Spanish, which is good
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've
seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the
deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be
funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of
little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a
whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in
listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech
into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish
words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of
listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically
crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if
you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable
context to help you guess the words you don't know.
And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases
and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn
them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If
you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are
formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs
and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether
it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to
remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from
there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you
listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he
olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he
olvidido', so you just know.
It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words,
phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly
pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from
grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and
so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start
understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words.
Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are
speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand
what's being said without mentally working out an English translation,
and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit.
It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to
understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic
Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your
subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in
flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand
whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally
translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body
language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
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Question Words
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Let's go Surfing!
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Emergency Situation Phrases
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First Time Meeting
Learn "How long have you lived here?" and more !
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Learn Spanish 2.8 - Kind Of Irregular Preterit
Take the final step in learning the irregular preterit using more verbs you'll use when you travel. These are the tricky verbs, but there are always patterns and groups to help you!
Shopping for Clothes
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Friday, April 22, 2011
NIS Int 029 - Falsos Amigos
Today we look at some of the false friends that can cause real trouble when you learn Spanish. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the worksheet/transcript and to discuss more phrases like these.
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Soler
Soler is a unique verb in Spanish because it can?t be used in all verb tenses. In linguistics, it?s what is called a defective verb. That means it can?t be conjugated and used in all verb tenses. In the case of soler, its defect is is that it can?t be used in the preterite, future, [...]
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NIS Beginners 022 - Odio el futbol
More great conversation starters and useful phrases, with a touch of football for making friends with blokes! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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NIS Beginners 019 - Sydney
This week we look at how two key past tenses, the Preterito Imperfecto and the Preterito Indefinido, can be used together to tell a great story. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheet.
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Notes in Spanish 41 - Sol, Sexo y Sangria
Ben and Marina talk about tourism in Spain, and the Spanish view of different types of tourists from around the world. Comments in the notesfromspain.com forums!
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Learn Spanish 1.7 - Places, Past Times, and Irregular Ir
Learn how to get around the town using the irregular verb Ir with lots of common places and things to do in a new city.
What others are saying about Really Learn Spanish...
Initial response has been very positive. Adam Curry featured the first podcast on his Daily Source Code of 16 November 2004 and again the next day. Nick Starr
whose Mini Source Code gives us his own daily take on Adam's show (a
great summary when you don't have time for the whole thing) also had good things to say. Jim Corbett wrote about it on Eirepreneur and has been very helpful with emailed suggestions and advice. Tyme made some detailed comments on her blog - she's got the right attitude and is going to be a good student. Drew, from The Dawn and Drew Show, is enthusiastic because he wants to revive his dormant Spanish. Both Dawn and Drew think Really Learn Spanish is awesome! Craig Patchett wrote me and pointed out that if you know Spanish pronunciation you'll have no trouble at all in pronouncing Hawaiian!
Nicole Simon finds the way Spanish differs from English fascinating.
whose Mini Source Code gives us his own daily take on Adam's show (a
great summary when you don't have time for the whole thing) also had good things to say. Jim Corbett wrote about it on Eirepreneur and has been very helpful with emailed suggestions and advice. Tyme made some detailed comments on her blog - she's got the right attitude and is going to be a good student. Drew, from The Dawn and Drew Show, is enthusiastic because he wants to revive his dormant Spanish. Both Dawn and Drew think Really Learn Spanish is awesome! Craig Patchett wrote me and pointed out that if you know Spanish pronunciation you'll have no trouble at all in pronouncing Hawaiian!
Nicole Simon finds the way Spanish differs from English fascinating.
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Learn Spanish 1.8 - Numbers and Time
Start counting, buying, telling time, reciting phone numbers and more when you learn your numbers and how tell time in Spanish.
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gui�n: script
noun. Example sentence:�l mismo ha escrito el gui�n de su �ltima pel�cula.Translation:He wrote the script for his last movie himself.
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Lesson #15 - Restaurants: Asking for the Check in Spanish
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Lesson #5 - How to say Goodbye in Spanish
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Quiz ? �Cu�ntas personas hay? ? Respuesta
La explicaci�n es la del joven adinerado y mujeriego que ?perd�a? una muchacha humilde y no volv�a a preocuparse por lo que hubiera podido acaecer al fruto de sus amores. Muchos a�os m�s tarde conoc�a a una joven, con la que se casaba, sin saber que era su propia hija, y con la que ten�a [...]
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Making Restaurant Reservations
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NIS Intermediate 046 - La Nueva Inmigracion
A new wave of immigration is taking place worldwide, especially here in Europe, and it's having far reaching and often unpleasant effects. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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NIS Adv 082 - Blog de la Miss
Ben and Marina talk to Arturo, who wrote the famous Blog de la Miss... see notesinspanish.com for details and accompanying worksheet.
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Expressions and Exclamations
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
How to find the definitions of Spanish idioms and expressions
How many times have you heard or read a Spanish expression and then consulted a dictionary for its meaning and turned up empty? Maybe you found the answer right away. But perhaps there have been a few occasions where it took a little bit of digging to find the definition. There is an easy way [...]
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NIS Advanced 095 - Adopciones
We discuss adoptions in Spain, and a recent terrible case from Argentina. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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jaque mate: check-mate
expression. Example sentence:Me faltan dos movimientos para el jaque mate.Translation:I'm two moves away from a check-mate.
Learn Spanish 2.5 - The Morning Routine and Reflexive Verbs
Discussing differences in daily routines? Make sure you know your stuff when using reflexive verbs and pronouns!
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Learn Spanish 1.14 - The Weather and the Verb Hacer
Increase your casual conversation power by talking about the weather! Learn about the major differences between Spanish and English while describing what the weather is like, what the temperature is, and how hot or cold you are.
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Travel Spanish Lesson 1
In podcast, we learn asking for help and information about the resort.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Expressing Opinions 4
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Dear listeners,
I'm afraid the third edition of Really Learn Spanish needs to be
postponed a little bit more. Unfortunately I recently came down ill
with a temperature of 38.9 at one stage. The third edition
will be out in the next few days but I am reluctant to make a specific
promise. I will be responding to the many kind people who have been
commenting positively on this series. I have yet to receive any
negative comments but please note I will reply to both positive
and negative feedback as soon as I can.
Regards,
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Dear listeners,
I'm afraid the third edition of Really Learn Spanish needs to be
postponed a little bit more. Unfortunately I recently came down ill
with a temperature of 38.9 at one stage. The third edition
will be out in the next few days but I am reluctant to make a specific
promise. I will be responding to the many kind people who have been
commenting positively on this series. I have yet to receive any
negative comments but please note I will reply to both positive
and negative feedback as soon as I can.
Regards,
Johan van Rooyen
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NIS Adv 072 - Las Misses
Scandal in the Miss Spain competition! See notesinspanish.com for more details and to download the worksheet/transcript.
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NIS Advanced 094 - Ser Mujer en la Epoca de Franco
What was it like to be a young woman in Franco's times? Marina talks to the mother of a great friend. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
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What others are saying about Really Learn Spanish...
Initial response has been very positive. Adam Curry featured the first podcast on his Daily Source Code of 16 November 2004 and again the next day. Nick Starr
whose Mini Source Code gives us his own daily take on Adam's show (a
great summary when you don't have time for the whole thing) also had good things to say. Jim Corbett wrote about it on Eirepreneur and has been very helpful with emailed suggestions and advice. Tyme made some detailed comments on her blog - she's got the right attitude and is going to be a good student. Drew, from The Dawn and Drew Show, is enthusiastic because he wants to revive his dormant Spanish. Both Dawn and Drew think Really Learn Spanish is awesome! Craig Patchett wrote me and pointed out that if you know Spanish pronunciation you'll have no trouble at all in pronouncing Hawaiian!
Nicole Simon finds the way Spanish differs from English fascinating.
whose Mini Source Code gives us his own daily take on Adam's show (a
great summary when you don't have time for the whole thing) also had good things to say. Jim Corbett wrote about it on Eirepreneur and has been very helpful with emailed suggestions and advice. Tyme made some detailed comments on her blog - she's got the right attitude and is going to be a good student. Drew, from The Dawn and Drew Show, is enthusiastic because he wants to revive his dormant Spanish. Both Dawn and Drew think Really Learn Spanish is awesome! Craig Patchett wrote me and pointed out that if you know Spanish pronunciation you'll have no trouble at all in pronouncing Hawaiian!
Nicole Simon finds the way Spanish differs from English fascinating.
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Learn Spanish 1.8 - Numbers and Time
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NIS Adv 080 - El Sistema Educativo
Ben and Marina talk to Marina\\\'s sister Marta about the Spanish education system and cheating in exams! See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
NIS Adv 082 - Blog de la Miss
Ben and Marina talk to Arturo, who wrote the famous Blog de la Miss... see notesinspanish.com for details and accompanying worksheet.
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carnicero: butcher
noun. Example sentence:El carnicero me ha regalado este filete.Translation:The butcher gave me this steak for free.
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Notes in Spanish 36 - Usted y las propinas
Marina and Ben talk about when to use tu or usted, and tipping in Spain.
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Basic Expressions in Conversation
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Spanish prepositions: EN vs. SOBRE
I got a special request from Mike Daye, aka @EvilPundit, one of my people on Twitter, for an explanation of the Spanish prepositions EN and SOBRE, so here goes. ?EN? is a frequently-used preposition. It can be translated with various meanings in English such as in, by, at, or on, depending on the context. Here?s [...]
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Bad Editing on Really Learn Spanish 5
Having uploaded the last cast and having listened to it (in that
order!) I now realise how appalling the editing is - my apologies. I
will rerecord and re-edit it and upload it again at the same time as I
upload the next podcast.
One of my other options was to fix it straight away which would have
been the best but I have to go to work now and I anticipate a busy week
ahead. The other option I discarded was to upload it next weekend, for
example, but then people may think they've downloaded podcast no. six
and might be disappointed or angry or whatever at discovering all they
got was another version of no. five.
order!) I now realise how appalling the editing is - my apologies. I
will rerecord and re-edit it and upload it again at the same time as I
upload the next podcast.
One of my other options was to fix it straight away which would have
been the best but I have to go to work now and I anticipate a busy week
ahead. The other option I discarded was to upload it next weekend, for
example, but then people may think they've downloaded podcast no. six
and might be disappointed or angry or whatever at discovering all they
got was another version of no. five.
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NIS Int 022 - Vicios
Ben and Marina lay (some of) their vices on the line. Pick up the transcript/worksheet at Notesinspanish.com
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Learn with Pictures and Video S2 #14 - Powerful Spanish Learning Technique - Learning Through Opposites 4
Don?t worry about ?forgetting? Spanish opposites because they are easy to ?remember? when you use this great Spanish lesson! In this lesson, you?ll use the same powerful Spanish learning technique to master even more Spanish vocabulary. Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish!
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NIS Adv 086 - Feliz Navidad
Happy Christmas from Notes in Spanish! Today we have a special festive episode for you! See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
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Server problem!
Currently there appears to be a problem with the server hosting the
Really Learn Spanish mp3 files. Hopefully this will just be a temporary
situation.
In the meantime a BitTorrent of the latest (third) installment is available here and the first three installments are available, as a 16MB package, from here.
Many thanks to Greg Schwartz for alerting me to the problem!
Really Learn Spanish mp3 files. Hopefully this will just be a temporary
situation.
In the meantime a BitTorrent of the latest (third) installment is available here and the first three installments are available, as a 16MB package, from here.
Many thanks to Greg Schwartz for alerting me to the problem!
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Notes in Spanish 46 - Asaltos a las casas
Ben and Marina discuss the increasing problem of house burglaries in Spain, and the sometimes exaggerated measures being taken to prevent them.See notesfromspain.com for full details and to download the accompanying transcript and worksheet.
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Taking a Taxi
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What happened?
Learn "What happened?" and more in this episode!
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What are Spanish Audio Verb Drills?
The ReVerb Spanish Audio Verb Drills are a simple way for you to practice conjugating common Spanish verbs. For many people, remembering the correct form of the verb in the moment (is it “yo fui” or “yo fue”?) can be difficult because they don’t know the conjugations by heart. Here is the basic format of [...]
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Welcome to SurvivalPhrases.com - Spanish. Start here plus bonus!
Learn Spanish travel phrases with SurvivalPhrases.com. A little Spanish can go such a long way! Whether you're traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, SurvivalPhrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you!
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Friday, April 15, 2011
NIS Beginners 011 - Experiencias
Ben and Marina look at how the perfect tense is used to talk about experiences we have had in our lifetimes. See notesinspanish.com for more details and the accompanying worksheet.
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Notes in Spanish Advanced 61 - Don Quijote
Ben and Marina discuss Spain's most famous literary figure. See notesinspanish.com for details and to download the full transcript/worksheet.
Learn Spanish 3.8 - Adverbs and Sea Animals
Add a little spark to your descriptions of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs using...adverbs while describing the movements of sea animals.
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New Year Resolutions
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Beginner S5 #21 - Let?s Go Out in Latin America!
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Learn Spanish on SpanishDict.com Welcome Video
Learn Spanish on SpanishDict.com guides you step-by-step to speaking and understanding Spanish. Taught by a professionallly trained Spanish teacher, each lesson uses images and charts to visually introduce new vocabulary and concepts. When you have completed the video, visit SpanishDict.com to find companion flashcards, games, and exercises to help you retain what you have learned.
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Greeting a New Employee
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Learn Spanish 1.12 - Clothing and the Present Progressive
So you know how to talk about what you do, what you are like, what you like, how you feel, and so much more. But what are you doing? Learn how to describe what a person is wearing, buying, or selling right now using the present progressive and clothing vocabulary.
Inside the Classroom
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Learn Spanish 3.2 - Adventure in the Present Perfect
Adventures are always best told in the present perfect to convey a sense of ongoing excitement! Want to learn how?
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Telling Time
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NIS Adv 073 - Una Boda Multicultural
Antonio tells Marina about his multi-cultural wedding in Sevilla. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the transcription/worksheet.
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Popular Phrases 2
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Spanish prepositions: EN vs. SOBRE
I got a special request from Mike Daye, aka @EvilPundit, one of my people on Twitter, for an explanation of the Spanish prepositions EN and SOBRE, so here goes. ?EN? is a frequently-used preposition. It can be translated with various meanings in English such as in, by, at, or on, depending on the context. Here?s [...]
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Christmas Vocabulary
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Thanksgiving Vocabulary
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Notes in Spanish Advanced 51 - Ansiedad de Status
Ben and Marina discuss status anxiety amongst people in Spain and further afield. See notesinspanish.com for full details
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Conocer vs. Saber, past tense
Everything that I?ve told you about CONOCER and SABER in an earlier post was related to the present tense of these verbs. When you use these verbs in the preterite past tense (el pret�rito indefinido) and the imperfect past tense (el pret�rito imperfecto) their meanings change once again. What’s the distinction between the preterite and [...]
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Different Kinds of Spanish
In this episode, we explore the regional variance of the Spanish language. It's diversity comes from the history of fusing with different indigenous languages of the Native Americans. Go to www.myspanishconnection.com and register for the blog and leave a five star rating on iTunes! Gracias!
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A Trip to the Beach
Learn "Do we have sunscreen?" and more in this episode!
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Did you see that?
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Popular Phrases 4
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Conocer vs. Saber
Both of these verbs mean “to know” in Spanish. However they are not exact synonyms. That means they are not verbs that can be used interchangeably. Since knowledge is power, which one of these verbs is king? Let’s find out. Conocer is intangible knowledge in the sense of to be familiar with someone or something. [...]
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NIS Beginners 013 - El Futuro
This week we look at the future tense in Spanish, and talk about our vision of the world in the future. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
SABER has 2 different meanings
Did you know that the Spanish verb SABER has two different definitions? The first meaning, you probably already know. Yes, saber means ?to know.? But there is another meaning to the verb that you may not have learned yet.� Saber also means ?to taste. ” So how do you distinguish between SABER when it means [...]
Family Tree Vocabulary Quiz
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News #63 - Wait No More! The Innovative Language Learning Store is Here!
When it comes to the waiting game, we have to admit: we?re not very good players. Waiting in line for a cup of coffee is like daily torture. Sit through 3 minutes of TV commercials? Nope, we?ll go ahead and fast forward through those. And don?t even get us started on the [...]
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Travel Abroad
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Refresher #21 - If Only You Had Studied for That Spanish Test
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You?ve always find yourself wishing for what could have been?particularly when it comes to your classes. If only you had gone to class that day instead of sleeping in, you wouldn?t have missed a Spanish quiz. If only you had studied harder for that Spanish test, you wouldn?t have to ace [...]
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Verbs like GUSTAR
I originally wrote this for my other blog, Voices en Espa�ol. Gustar is one of the first verbs you learn when you start studying Spanish. But it?s the type of verb that frequently trips up English speakers because of the way it is conjugated. With gustar, the person that would be the subject in English [...]
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The Hail Mary
Learn to say the Hail Mary prayer.
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
NIS Int 031 - Las Compras
Do you hate shopping as much as Ben? See notesinspanish.com for the full transcript/worksheet.
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NIS Beginners 010 - Este Mes
After a pretty busy month Ben and Marina talk about ways to relax! See notesinspanish.com for details and to pick up the worksheets.
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Lower Intermediate Lesson #21 - Travel: Argentina, here we come! IV
Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! Tango anyone? This world famous dance achieved it?s status for a reason. It cannot just be explained with words, it has to be experienced. Kathy and Ana will do their best to explain this dance of courting and seduction. Be amazed how seamlessly they move from that discussion to explaining adverbs [...]
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NIS Int 035 - Zafiros
Have you ever been conned on holiday? Ben certainly was when he went to Thailand aged 18... this is the story about the Sapphires... See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheets.
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Uruguayan food: el chivito
Hey there! How have you been? I just came back from a trip to Argentina and Uruguay and while I was in a taxi sightseeing in Montevideo I kept seeing places called chiviter�as. That got me curious, so I asked the driver what it was and he told me they were places where you could [...]
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NIS Beginners 017 - Epocas Felices
We look at which past tense to use to talk about things we used to do in the past. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Christmas Vocabulary 2
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