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¿ Fue vs Era ? Handy tips to get it right. Whenever we are faced with Fue vs Era and the terrifying words ‘It was’, we often crumble into a heap and quite often, faced with so many overwhelming rules in our head, we end up choosing at random (and many times we just plumb… Read more »
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The Spanish YO and the ME and the MÍ. In this Chalk and Talk requested by Jean Dook, (hola, Jean) we look at the way that we use the Spanish Yo alongside the other first person pronouns like ME and MÍ. Unlike the English ‘I’, the Spanish YO has a couple of jobs that can… Read more »
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Test your Spanish listening skills This is not a typical Chalk and Talk session. Here, apart from a little English, I speak in Spanish only. This lesson is designed to help you hone your Spanish listening skills as well as understand a little bit about LightSpeed Spanish. This C&T was requested by Clare Ashplant. She… Read more »
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Ser or Estar, the ever enduring question. Deciding on Ser or Estar is probably one of the greatest thorns in the side of any keen student of the Spanish language. Why on earth do they have two verbs to talk about ‘being’? Well, we can’t answer that, except to say that they just do! However,… Read more »
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The Spanish Past Subjunctive: Let’s Dip our Toe. In this Chalk and talk we are going to start with the Spanish past subjunctive. For many, this may be a terrifying prospect. For others, it may be an exciting moment. However, no matter how you feel about the Spanish past subjunctive, you need it like Tom… Read more »
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