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01 Vocabulario – El Cuerpo (parte 2): El dolor

¡Hola!  In this video lesson we’re covering some of las partes del cuerpo or ‘body parts’.  I also decided to throw in some words that we can use with the body parts to describe someone’s dolor. That is, ache or pain.  In the video I describe a boy’s pain.  We have two phrases we can use [...]

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01 Direct Objects (lo, la, los, las)

Hola. This video lesson covers complementos directos (direct objects).  In Spanish we have to  be a little more careful with direct objects than in English because we have to take both ‘gender’ and ‘plurality’ into account. Oh right, and we put them in a different place in the sentence. Let me know if you have [...]

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 [...]

02 Preterite – Irregulars – Song!

To help you with remembering quite of few of those irregular verbs, I’ll share a song I learned back in high school!  This song is also on page 2 of the preterite conjugation sheet. This song helps you remember the yo forms of some of the common irregular verbs in the preterite.  If it sounds [...]