Episodes
During this episode we are going to continue talking about experiences, this time we are going to practice this through a very interesting conversation between two people. One of them is asking advice about changing his life completely.
Published 05/01/24
During this episode we are going to recap the use of the words a(lguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca ¿(Alguna vez) has saltado (alguna vez) en paracaidas (alguna vez)? ¿(ya) has saltado (ya) en paracaidas (ya)? ¿(todavía) no has saltado (todavía)  en paracaidas (todavía)? ¿(nunca) has saltado en paracaidas (nunca?
Published 04/24/24
During this episode we are going to learn to use some dificult but useful words that serve to talk about experiences, and at the same time we keep talking in "preterito perfecto compuesto". This words are Alguna vez, todavía, aún, ya, nunca ¿(Alguna vez) has viajado (alguna vez) en tren (alguna vez)? Si, (Alguna vez) he viajado (Alguna vez) en tren (Alguna vez). Si (ya) he viajdo (ya) en tren (ya). No (todavía, aún) no he viajado (todavía, aún) en tren (todavía, aún). No (nunca) he viajado...
Published 04/18/24
During this episode we are going to study other uses of the "pretérito perfecto compuesto". We are going to listen to three people making up excuses for their behaviour. After this podcast you will be able to say your own excuses!
Published 04/10/24
During this episode we are going to listen the story of two people who have had some recent experiences. We put a focus again on the tense we are studying, including new verbs and vocabulary to expand your language knowledge.
Published 04/03/24
During this episode we are going to listen to Marta and Carlos who have been on holidays. They will be telling us all about it. Carlos text is very interesting as it contains a lot of useful vocabulary for your daily basis.
Published 03/27/24
During this episode we are going to practise el preterito perfecto compuesto (a tense in Spanish to talk about a recent past). We are going to focus on the first person of the singular and the plural "Yo he desayunado, nosotros/as hemos participado" by listening to what Alejandra has done today.  We will also take advantage to learn how to conjugate some irregular verbs when using this past, volver = vuelto, Ver = Visto, decir = dicho, hacer = hecho and of course, as always we will learn new...
Published 03/20/24
During this episode we are going to practise el preterito perfecto compuesto (a tense in Spanish to talk about a recent past). We are going to focus on the third person of the singular and the plural "El/ella ha comido, Ellos/ellas han bebido" by listening to what Marina has done today.  We will also take advantage to learn how to conjugate reflexive verbs when using this past, some new vocabulary, verbs and expresions such as "por los pelos".
Published 03/13/24
In this episode we are going to introduce the "preterito perfecto compuesto" which could be an equivalent of past perfect in English. We use this past to talk about things that happened recently or have a consequence in the present. There are other uses that will be introduced in the follwing episodes. You will also learn what are the time markers that will tell you when this past need to be uses and of course we will be learning to conjugate it together. I hope you enjoy a bit of grammar.
Published 03/06/24
We put an end to "el preterito indefinido" with a little excercise through a story about me and my scholarship in Finland. You will find out that you already can tell and say a lot in Spanish.
Published 02/28/24
During this episode you are going to play an active role by compliting the story of Maria and her trip to Thailand with her friends. There will be plenty of verbs for you to conjugate in the past. I will give you the infinitive of the verb the pronoum and you will have to complete it accordingly. As an example; Hace 1 año Maria (ir) ________ de vacaciones con sus amigas a Thailandia. (Fué)
Published 02/21/24
This is the third episode where we will discuss la biografía de un personaje famoso español. Es el turno de Rafa Nadal, considerado entre las 100 personas mas influenciables del 2022. If you do not understand this, I encourage you to listen to this episode. We continue always practicing the past in Spanish.
Published 02/14/24
This time is the turn for Penelope Cruz, una artista española de cine muy famosa y conocida. We keep practising verbs we have studied in the previous biography of Frida Khalo and we will be intrducing, as always, new verbs, vocabulary and expressions.
Published 02/07/24
And we keep practising and practising the past in Spanish, this time we are talking about the biography of Frida Kahlo. There are very important verbs to know in this podcast such as "to be born = nacer" "to die = morir" "to get married = casarse"
Published 01/31/24
Let's recap the formal form of adressing people in Spanish and how it is conjugated in the past! "¿Usted me comprende?" "Ustedes me comprenden"? "¿Usted me comprendió?" "¿Ustedes me comprendieron?" then I am going to put out some english sentences in the past and you will have some time to translate them before I help you.
Published 01/24/24
During this episode you are going to guess first what happen to reflexive verbs and two verbs together when conjugated in the past. After your guessing, I will explain what you probably already discovered about them. "Tengo que ir", "quiero comprar" "no puedo comer" "Tuve que ir" "quise comprar" "No pude comer"
Published 01/17/24
This episode is a whole recap of " preterito indefinido" we will be practicing and recaping expressions of time such as "ayer", "la semana pasada", "hace un mes", "en 2008". We will also learn to conjugate the verb "ir" in the past which is the same as the ver "ser" and then we will listen to a story about someone who describes different situations in the past.
Published 01/10/24
During this episode, we will review the conjugation of "el preterito indefinido" of verbs ending in -ar and -er, as well as introduce the conjugation of verbs ending in -ir. This will put an end to this tense, and we can begin practicing and incorporating it into our everyday conversations.
Published 12/20/23
During this episode we are going recap the conjugation of the past for verbs ending with -ar and -er. We are also going to recap and introduce two of the most used and confusing verbs in Spanish "ser" and "estar". After this we are going to listen to a short and very interesting story of Mayas' Culture.
Published 12/13/23
During this episode we will be recaping el Preterito Indefinido in Spanish "el pasado". We are going to learn to conjugate the regular verbs ending with -er. Aprend-er Yo aprend-í Tú aprend-iste El/Ella aprendi-ó Nosotros/as aprend-imos Vosotros/as aprend-isteis Ellos/Ellas aprend-ieron
Published 12/06/23
During this episode we are going to put into practice what we have learnt about the past in episode number 46. We will hear about Maria's trip to Santander last week.
Published 11/29/23
During this episode we will be introducing el Preterito Indefinido in Spanish "el pasado". We are going to learn to conjugate the regular verbs ending with -ar. Salt-ar Yo salt-é Tu saltast-aste El/Ella salt-ó Nosotros/as salt-amos Vosotros/as saltast-eis Ellos/as salt-aron
Published 11/22/23
During this episode we are going to hear three different people answering five different questions; What are you doing to not lose your job? What are you doing to learn Spanish? What are you doing to spend time with the family? What are you doing to keep a healthy life style? and The big question, What are you doing to be happy? There are a lot of new verbs and vocabulary and a big practice of "el Gerundio"
Published 11/16/23
In this episode we are going to keep practising "el gerundio" in Spanish. We are going to observe people in a city and name all the actions they are doing at this exact moment. There is a lot of new vocabulary and verbs that we will be learning.
Published 10/31/23