Que vs De que In the first part of the lesson (after we got carried away talking about the referendum in Catalonia, we cover how to know when you have to use ‘de que’ over […]
58 VOCABULARY QUE vs DE QUE and Antes/Después de que LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish Verb Quedar. In this Chalk and Talk we deal with various subjects, but probably the most confusing is the use of the Spanish verb Quedar. The real issue is that there’s more than
57 VERBS The Spanish verb Quedar + Dar una vuelta LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish Continuous and all of its mysteries. To use the Spanish Continuous properly, you firstly have to throw out all of the habits you have in English. ¡No tiene que ver con el inglés!
57 GRAMMAR The Spanish Continuous LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Using Spanish Connectors and how to start up conversations. Spanish connectors are so important that without them, your Spanish can come across as rude and abrupt. But why? And just what are Spanish connectors? Well,
56 VOCABULARY Spanish Connectors and Conversation Starters LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Ins and Outs of Spanish Supermarkets. When we were asked to talk about Spanish supermarkets, I thought it was a great idea. After all, we all use them when we are on holiday, even
56 VOCABULARY Supermarkets and the Vocab LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Chico vs Muchacho – Señor/Señora vs Mujer/Hombre Abrírselo vs Abrírsele This is a very wide ranging lesson that covers a number of topics, like the chico vs muchacho issue and so much more. Watch on
55 VOCABULARY Chico vs Muchacho and much more LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
How to slow down fast speakers In this Chalk and Talk we firstly deal with how to slow people down when they are whizzing away in Spanish. This is a must, especially if you have
55 EXPRESSIONS Tener ganas vs Tener ilusion / Slowing people down LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The 2 Hay with Spanish Subjunctive structure and the 1 Hay without. There are three ways to use the word Hay and two of them need to have Hay with Spanish subjunctive. One of them
54 SUBJUNCTIVE Hay with Spanish Subjunctive and If Would LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Spanish Time Vocabulary Made Simple In this lesson we cover a lot of Spanish time vocabulary to help you say all of those expressions that we so easily use in English. It’s ‘high time’ that
54 VOCABULARY Time LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Alegrar vs Alegrarse Do you say: ‘Me alegro’ or ‘Me alegra’? And why? In this lesson we firstly cover this knotty little puzzle and cover the Alegrar vs Alegrarse conundrum. We then go on to
53 VERBS Alegrar vs Alegrarse and Illness LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Decir vs Contar How can you make an educated decision when faced with Decir vs Contar? In this lesson we show the main differences between Decir vs Contar and how to choose wisely. Present tense
53 VERBS Decir vs Contar and Why Present and not WILL LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
A look into Faltar vs Hacer falta. have you ever wondered about Faltar vs Hacer falta? Are they the same or do they mean totally different things? What about when you see ‘Me falta’ ?
52 VERBS Faltar vs Hacer falta LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
To Take in Spanish. A BIG phrasal verb. Have you ever come across the verb To Take in Spanish and wondered how to translate it? Don’t worry, you wouldn’t be the first to have come
52 VERBS To Take in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Therapy for learning. A bonus session. For those who have any kind of learning block or negative feelings around learning. Or, if you feel that you could be helped with some therapy for learning better
51 HELP & ADVICE Therapy for Learning Blocks LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Starting Spanish sentences with QUE and using ‘Lo de’. In this lesson we cover why Spanish speakers love starting Spanish sentences with QUE. There are three main ways of doing it and you need to
51 PRONOUNS The Spanish Lo de and Starting Spanish sentences with QUE LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Bien or Bueno. The question of the century. We’ve all stumbled in the past over whether we choose Bien or Bueno, or Mal vs Malo. So what is the difference, if there is any? What’s
50 VOCABULARY Bien or Bueno, Mal or Malo? Comenzar or Empezar LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Verb Seguir and Transitive and Intransitive verbs. In this lesson we cover the way that the verb Seguir works in Spanish and the many different meanings it can have in English. We also talk
50 VERBS Transitive/Intransitive Seguir LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
The Spanish Passive Voice and how to avoid it! The Spanish passive voice is not used much in conversation, something that causes us a great deal of trouble? Why? Because in English we love it!
49 PASSIVE VOICE Ways around it LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
