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 perhaps because the idea of ordering people about doesn’t always appeal to us. Yet, even in English the Imperative is... Read more »
Spanish Subjunctive Wishes Come True. In this, the third in the series on the Subjunctive, we cover Spanish Subjunctive Wishes. This is the first real step to using the Spanish Subjunctive well. Here we cover the use of Esperar and Ojalá que…when making your Spanish Subjunctive wishes. More Great news is that we are also... Read more »
The Usted Imperative Explained Following on from our lesson on the Tú imperative, we continue with a Chalk and Talk lesson on the Usted Imperative. Although the Usted imperative isn’t used as widely as it used to in Spain these days, it certainly is still very much alive and kicking in multiple countries in Latin... Read more »
Spanish Subjunctive Opinions Here we offer you the fourth in the series on the Spanish subjunctive and this time we are dealing with Spanish subjunctive opinions. We give opinions all of the time when we are talking, however, only CERTAIN opinions need to be in the subjunctive. This is why this lesson is so very... Read more »
Ya vs Todavía. The confusion resolved. We’ve been asked to cover the confusion of Ya vs Todavía and so we decided that it was an ideal subject for a Chalk and Talk session. Really, the Ya vs Todavía confusion only exists because of one word in english that gets in the way and creates endless... Read more »