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01 Present Tense – Necesitar

This lesson covers a useful verb: necesitar (to need).  Thankfully, necesitar is a pretty easy one to change, but we could easily use this in normal conversation with others. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this video.

Saturday May 30th, 2009 in -AR, conjugation, grammar, present, regular, verbs, year 1 | No Comments »

01 La ropa

Hola. This video lesson covers la ropa (better known as ‘clothing’).  In this video we cover some common words. Some will vary on who you talk to and what country you’re in. These should be fairly understood…  (see notes at bottom of post) Enjoy the video!  Let me know if you have any questions, comments [...]

Saturday May 16th, 2009 in -AR, conjugation, present, verbs, vocabulary, year 1 | 8 Comments »

01036 Present Tense – Tener (part 2): useful phrases

This video lesson covers the present tense of the verb tener (to have).  In this video lesson, we’ll go over some useful phrases with the verb:  tener que, tener ganas de, tener # años Enjoy!  Let me know if you have any questions/comments/suggestions.

01-035 present tense – tener

¡Hola!  This video lesson covers the incredibly useful verb tener in the present tense.  Tener means ‘to have’ and in this video we’ll go over its basic usage. Let me know if you have any questions/comments/suggestions about this video!

02 Imperfect – Irregulars – ir, ser, ver

Hola. This video lesson covers the three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.  The verbs are ir (to go), ser (to be) and ver (to see). Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions below.

Tuesday February 24th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, imperfect, irregular, verbs, year 2 | 7 Comments »

02 Imperfect – Regular ER/IR verbs

¡Hola! This video lesson continues with lessons on the imperfect tense in Spanish.  This lesson specifically covers the regular ER / IR verbs.  If you’re not sure which those are, it will be every verb except for three.  The next video in this series will cover the all of the irregular verbs in this tense.  [...]

Wednesday February 18th, 2009 in -ER, conjugation, grammar, imperfect, ir, reflexives, regular, verbs, year 2 | 9 Comments »

02 Imperfect – AR verbs

Hola. In this lesson, we’re going over the imperfect tense.  This is another past tense in Spanish.  Eventually I’ll have a few lessons explaining the major differences between the preterite and the imperfect. But for now, know that the imperfect is used to mean ‘used to ___‘ and ‘was/were ___ing‘. Feel free to leave any [...]

Sunday February 15th, 2009 in -AR, conjugation, grammar, imperfect, regular, verbs, year 2 | 2 Comments »

02 Preterite – IR Stem-changers (o-u)

This video lesson covers -ir verbs in the preterite that stem change. In the present, they change (o-ue) in the yo, tú, él/ella/ud, nosotros/nosotras, ellos/ellas/uds forms.  In the preterite, they do something a little different.   I apologize for it being a little long.  Hope this video is helpful. Let me know if you have any [...]

02 Preterite – IR Stem-changers (e-i)

Hola. Finally there is a video (although a little long) to explain those strange stem-changers in the preterite.  Although you might remember that -ar and -er verbs in the preterite don’t stem-change like they do in the present, the -ir verbs have to be weird.  This video will explain how (e-ie) and (e-i) -ir verbs [...]

01-034 Present Tense – Regular -ER verbs

Hola. This video lesson covers regular -ER verbs in the present tense.  We also learn a couple of new verbs along the way and get to practice some miscellaneous vocabulary.  If you haven’tThis video does reference the videos on regular -AR verbs, which you might watch before watching this video if you haven’t yet. Enjoy! [...]

Monday February 2nd, 2009 in -ER, conjugation, culture, grammar, present, regular, year 1 | 5 Comments »