In this fascinating lesson we firstly break down the meaning of the Spanish structure: Hace tiempo que no.. Join us to find out just what that means in English and how to use it well in Spanish.We then move on to the subject of Spanish word order and compare the information presented in a video… Read more »
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279 GRAMMAR Boxing in Spanish and deep questions
In this lesson, we talk about boxing in Spanish and cover some of the vocabulary and grammar that surrounds this sport.When they talk in the past about boxing matches, do they tend to use the Spanish Preterite or the Imperfect?Come and join us for an interting chat in Spanish on some very deep questions and… Read more »
280 PREPOSITIONS De que, Dequeísmo and el ocio
In this lesson, we talk about el Ocio which is leisure in Spanish, and then we look at how to manage the use of de que and the confusion that Dequeísmo causes in the process. (This is the overcompensation of the use of the DE.)Come and join us to hear Cynthia’s funny story about the… Read more »
282 GRAMMAR Referring to self with TÚ in Spanish
In this lesson, we talk about the fascinating subject of referring to self with Tú in Spanish. We do it quite naturally in English, but is it common in Spanish? Join us to find out the three ways that it is used in Spanish.We start by considering wars and whether people are born evil or… Read more »
287 GRAMMAR Spanish CUYO – Whose and Destiny vs Fate
In this lesson, we start by talking about how to differentiate between Destiny and Fate in Spanish and then we move on to the Spanish CUYO and how that works.Warning: The Spanish CUYO is not first choice for Spanish speakers! Come and find out what native speakers use instead.Un saludo, Gordon y Cynthia:)Download the Translation… Read more »