Using the Spanish Imperative Well. To many English speakers the Spanish imperative is quite a frightening concept. Sometimes we see the same tense being called ‘The Commands’ which can make us feel somewhat uncomfortable. That’s […]
21 IMPERATIVE The Spanish Imperative LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Spanish verbs and how they change their meaning when Reflexive. You have probably seen many Spanish verbs that are both Reflexive and non-Reflexive. Most times, the meaning doesn’t change much between the two versions, yet,
22 VERBS Reflexive/Non-Reflexive LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Easy Spanish Subjunctive. We’ve called this the Easy Spanish Subjunctive because really, it is. As long as you come along with us through the step by step system, you will be easily using the
20 SUBJUNCTIVE Easy Spanish Subjunctive 2 LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Get in Spanish. A tricky verb! Dealing with phrasal verbs is quite a challenge for sure. Here we work through some of the key uses of Get in Spanish although, be aware, we really have
21 VERBS The Phrasal Verb Get in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish Past Participle (participio) and its Adjectives. You have very likely seen what looks like the Spanish past participle strewn about in every bit of literature that you pick up. Yet, sometimes it has
19 HABER The Spanish Past Participle as an Adjective LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish Gerund…an identical use to English! We often have to ‘tippy toe’ around the Spanish Gerund to avoid using it in the very easy going way we do in English. And that is the
20 GERUND with other Verbs LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
What is the Spanish Subjunctive? Just about every student of the Spanish language has arrived at the question: what is the Spanish Subjunctive? The answer, typically, scares the living bejesus out of us. Yet, it
18 SUBJUNCTIVE What is the Spanish Subjunctive? LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Real Spanish Christmas. The Spanish Christmas is a truly wonderful celebration enjoyed by the whole family and there are special moments for everyone. In this lesson we talk about the latest 2016 Christmas celebration
19 CULTURE Spanish Christmas Día de los Santos Inocentes LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Would have, Should have, Could have in Spanish. Here’s the hack. This Chalk and Talk session was requested on Would/Should and Could have in Spanish by Clare Ashplant and John Oliver. Thank you to both
17 CONDITIONAL Would/Should/Could have in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Saying Become in Spanish isn’t so easy! This lesson was requested by Dan Snoddy. ¡Gracias, Dan! It’s certain that we’ve all been faced with saying Become in Spanish at some time or another and it’s
18 VERBS Ways of saying Become in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Don’t get Angry in Spanish, get Educated! This lessons was requested by Robert M. In the video we attribute it to Peter Kenworthy, but that’s not the case. We hope that neither of the two
17 VOCABULARY Getting Angry in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Verb PASAR. This week’s Chalk and Talk session was requested by Arnie (David) who most of you will know from the Discus forum. He’s asked us to cover the uses of the verb Pasar Spanish.
16 VERBS The Verb Pasar in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish LO and why it’s hidden in English. Very often, as we create our Spanish sentences, we are faced with the curious Spanish LO. What is hard for us to understand is why we
16 PRONOUNS The Hidden Spanish LO LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Understanding and Using Spanish Reflexive Verbs No matter what level of Spanish we have, the Spanish reflexive verbs often catch us out. Why? Because quite often we don’t have the same concept in our own
15 VERBS Spanish Reflexive Verbs LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! Cynthia and I want to thank you for supporting us this year and we wish you the very best of luck for 2017. As a way of saying thank you, we would like
15A CULTURE Feliz Navidad de 2016 a todos los Socios Read Post »
Que vs Cual? Just as an aside, you may be wondering why we are writing, Que vs Cual without their respective accents. Well, the answer to that is that the Google search engines don’t like
14 VOCABULARY Que vs Cual? ¿Qué? vs ¿Cuál? LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Alguno, Ninguno and Cualquiera in Spanish can be tricky. The reason these words can be tricky is simply because of the English. Cualquiera in Spanish can mean ANY, WHICHEVER, WHATEVER and JUST ANY… and that’s
15 VOCABULARY Alguno, Ninguno and Cualquiera in Spanish Read Post »
The verb Quedar and it’s many uses.
14 VERBS Quedar and Quedarse LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
