All episodes of Beginner Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Beginner Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

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Beginners 49: The indefinido (part 1)

An introduction to using the other preterite tense, the "indefinido".

Published 05/30/24

Beginner Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Published 05/30/24

Beginners 48 - Imperfect "triggers"

Learn some handy "triggers" that often indicate the imperfect

Published 05/24/24

Beginners 47: Ser and Ir in the imperfect

Learn how to use "ser" and "ir" in the imperfect tense in Spanish, featuring a dialogue, and some nifty hacks for both remembering the conjugations as well as some great uses of these verbs.

Published 04/25/24

Beginners 46: A brief overview of the past tenses

In this and the next few episodes, we'll be focusing on the preterite, or past tense. What are the two past tenses, and what are a couple of good rules of thumb to know?

Published 04/18/24

Beginners 45: Relationships and talking about your civil status

Should we say "estoy casado" or "soy casado"? Is it a temporary state, or a permanent feature...? Learn which to use, and when, as well as other vocabulary and expressions to talk about relationships.

Published 04/11/24

Beginners 44: Exclamations

Learn 3 structures for exclamations, all using the word "qué"

Published 04/04/24

Beginners 43: Having a good time

Learn how to use "pasárselo" and "pasársela" to talk about how you spend your time

Published 03/14/24

Beginners 42: Getting on with people

Learn ways to talk about "getting on with people" (or not!) in Spanish. You'll learn how to use "llevarse bien/mal", "caerse bien", as well as some intriguing English borrowings ("hacer clik", for example!).

Published 03/07/24

Beginners 41: Using "desde hace" to talk about what you've been doing

Learn 2 ways to say "to have been doing" something in Spanish. Turns out, it's actually a lot simpler to do this in Spanish than English!

Published 02/29/24

Beginners 40: Telling stories with the present tense

Did you know you can use the present tense to talk about the past? It's something called the "historical tense", which adds drama to your stories. Learn how to use it in this episode!

Published 02/22/24

Beginners 39: Negotiating prices

How to get a discount in Spanish - make sure you ask three times using the phrases you learn in this episode!

Published 02/15/24

Beginners 38: Clothes shopping

Learn useful phrases to help you go clothes shopping, with verbs like "quedar" and "medirse".

Published 02/10/24

Beginners 37: Hablar, decir, and contar

Published 10/24/23

Beginners 36: Saber vs Conocer

Published 08/29/23

Beginners 35: "Reverse construction" verbs

Do you get confused by "gustar" and other similar verbs? Learn about "reverse construction" verbs, and use them to sound more natural in your Spanish.

Published 12/02/21

Beginners 34: Dedicar and dedicarse

Published 05/19/21

Beginners 33: Uses of "tener"

Published 04/22/21

Beginners 32: Aconsejar - Giving advice

Published 03/30/21

Beginners 31: Using the verb llevar

Published 03/08/21

Beginners 30: How to tell a joke

Learn a few Spanish jokes, guaranteed to make your audience groan.

Published 07/17/18

Beginners 29: How to tell a story

All about those little things that you can say to structure a story, and bring it to life.

Published 07/12/18

Beginners 28: Conversation strategies

Learn all about those little phrases and words which Spanish speakers use to keep conversations going, show their understanding, interrupt people, and more!

Published 07/09/18

Beginner Spanish 27: Problem solving

Learn useful verbs and constructions to help solve problems

Published 06/29/18

Beginner Spanish 26: Some pronunciation tips

Learn some of the tell-tale signs of a learner Spanish accent

Published 06/28/18