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 »
Could in Spanish and why it’s confusing for English speakers. Why is Could in Spanish so much of a confusion for English speakers? Well, the fact is that we have one word that we
13 CONDITIONAL in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Understanding SE in Spanish and how ‘It happened to me!’ Here we finish off the series on the pronouns by dealing with how to understand SE in Spanish when it is used in what we
12 PRONOUNS Understand SE in Spanish with the Victim Structure Read Post »
The Spanish Gerund or the ING as we know it. You have probably wondered how we use the Spanish Gerund correctly. Certainly, it is not always used as it is in English. Rather, the Spanish
13 GRAMMAR The Spanish Gerund LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! This week we have the first in a two part Chalk and Talk session about the Spanish SE and how you can understand it more easily when you read books and articles. Many
11 PRONOUNS Understanding the Spanish SE LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This Chalk and Talk session was requested by Peter Kenworthy. ¡Gracias, Peter! Here we talk about how really to enhance your Spanish learning. Warning: If you are expecting to hear the ‘secret’ or
10 HELP & ADVICE Enhance your Spanish Learning LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! In this weeks lesson we are dealing with Gustar again. We want to offer you a system that Cynthia came up with to be able to use Gustar and Encantar really well, even
12 VERBS Using Gustar with a System LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
Hola, Socios, Today in the Chalk and Talk session we are continuing the theme of the Spanish Pronouns and the Spanish pronoun order. We will be using the P.R.I.D. system which, once grasped, will help
9 GRAMMAR P.R.I.D. Perfecting the Pronoun Order Read Post »
Hola, Socios, It’s very likely that in some of the first Spanish lessons you ever had the teacher brought up the subject of the verbs ‘To be’, Ser and Estar. Yes, right there began our
11 SER & ESTAR Using them well Read Post »
¡Hola, a todos! If you are presently studying Spanish or interested in learning this beautiful language, you might like to
7 Fun Facts About the Spanish Language LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
