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02 Preterite – Irregulars – Estar

This video lesson covers another irregular verb in the preterite: estar (to be).  The verb estar is one of two verbs (if you remember) that means ‘to be’.  Estar is used for emotions, locations, and the progressive (-ing). Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions below.  Enjoy!

Thursday January 15th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, irregular, preterite, verbs, year 2 | 2 Comments »

02 Preterite – Irregulars – Poder

This video covers another irregular verb in the preterite: poder (to be able, can).  This verb is most popular with my students in such present tense phrases as ‘¿Puedo ir al baño?‘ (Can I go to the bathroom?) o ‘¿Puedo ir a la fuente de agua?‘ (Can I go to the water fountain?).  But of [...]

Friday January 9th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, irregular, preterite, verbs, year 2 | No Comments »

02 Preterite – Irregulars – decir

This video lesson covers yet another irregular verb in the preterite: decir (to say, tell).  Enjoy! Feel free to leave questions/comments/suggestions about this video below. For a summary on the preterite, check out the preterite conjugation sheet!

Monday January 5th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, irregular, preterite, verbs, year 2 | 5 Comments »

02 Preterite – Irregulars – hacer

This video lesson covers yet another verb irregular in the preterite: hacer (to do, make).  Enjoy! Feel free to leave questions/comments/suggestions about this video below. For a summary on the preterite, check out the preterite conjugation sheet!

Monday January 5th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, irregular, preterite, verbs, year 2 | 13 Comments »

02 Preterite: Irregulars: ir & ser

This lesson starts many in the series on irregular verbs in the preterite.  Ir (to go) and ser (to be) are both conjugated the same way in the preterite.  Watch the video below to learn more! Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or questions about this video below. For a summary on [...]

Sunday January 4th, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, irregular, preterite, verbs, year 2 | 5 Comments »

02 Present: Saber vs. Conocer (to know)

Here’s lesson 3 of this series on Saber vs. Conocer.  Both mean ‘to know’, but each has different uses.  In this lesson you’ll have to use your knowledge of both to figure out the answers in the exercise in the end. Uses of Saber: information, facts, ‘know how to’ Uses of Conocer: people & pets, [...]

Friday January 2nd, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, present, verbs, year 2 | 7 Comments »

02 Present: saber (to know)

This lesson is part two in a series on two different verbs that BOTH translate to ‘to know’  (saber & conocer). Now in this particular lesson, we’ll be going over saber, which is used for information, facts, and ‘how to‘. Hope it’s helpful!

Friday January 2nd, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, present, verbs, year 2 | 1 Comment »

02 Present: Conocer (to know)

This video lesson covers verb conocer in the present tense.  Conocer is one of two verbs tha translate as  ‘to know’ in English. We use conocer with people & pets, places and when we are ‘familiar with’ something. This will be video 1 of 3 videos in the series.  Enjoy! Let me know if this [...]

Thursday January 1st, 2009 in conjugation, grammar, present, verbs, year 2 | 4 Comments »

02 Neutral Demonstratives

This lesson is the last lesson (for now) on the demonstratives.  Those again are: este / esta – this estos / estas – these ese / esa – that esos / esas – those aquel / aquella – that (far) aquellos / aquellas – those (far) Now, since these all deal with gender… which would [...]

Tuesday December 30th, 2008 in culture, grammar, year 2 | 3 Comments »

02 Demonstrative Pronouns

This video lesson is a continuation on the demonstrative lessons.  Now, so far we’ve gone over the demonstrative adjectives: este / esta – this estos / estas – these ese / esa – that esos / esas – those aquel / aquella – that (far) aquellos / aquellas – those (far) Those go before nouns [...]

Tuesday December 30th, 2008 in grammar, year 2 | 2 Comments »