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56: The Spanish personal “a” 05/05/2025

56: The Spanish personal “a” Why does the Spanish preposition “a” appear right before some direct objects? Let’s practice using the personal “a” in Spanish sentences. We’ll also learn a couple of new idioms involving other Spanish prepositions. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36349990

55: Spanish Imperative Practice 05/02/2025

55: Spanish Imperative Practice Let’s practice using Spanish imperatives out loud! Here’s a spoken quiz to give you a variety of ways to practice imperative terms such as vete, váyase, ten, and tenga. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36209020

54: Spanish imperatives 05/01/2025

54: Spanish imperatives Spanish imperatives can be tricky, especially some of the most-used imperatives such as ve, ten, and váyase. Let’s learn both the positive and negative imperatives of Ir, Irse, and Tener — and get lots of practice using them in context. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36209010

53: How to express obligation in Spanish 04/30/2025

53: How to express obligation in Spanish How do you use Tener and Haber to talk about obligations, such as “I had to do that” and “someone needs to do it”? Let’s explore the Tener + que and Haber + que constructions that Spanish uses to express obligation. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36208950

52: How to say “had” in Spanish 04/29/2025

52: How to say “had” in Spanish The Spanish verb Tener has a lot of conjugations — let’s learn the many ways this verb is used, including the preterite, imperfect past tense, future, and subjunctive. We’ll also get a lot of spoken practice using Tener in context. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36208885

51: Tener 04/28/2025

51: Tener Tener and Haber are the two ways to say “have” in Spanish. Let’s start learning Tener and practice using the present tense conjugations (tengo, tiene, tienes, tienen, and tenemos). Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36208825

50: Idioms 04/25/2025

50: Idioms Sometimes words don’t mean what they seem to mean! Let’s use our Spanish vocabulary to create new meanings by combining them into non-literal phrases we call idioms — such as ya que and ya está. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36099715

49: Spanish Adverbs 04/24/2025

49: Spanish Adverbs Where, when, how, and how much? Let’s learn how to ask some common questions in Spanish, as well as the adverbs you can use to answer them! Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36099675

48: Hay and greetings 04/23/2025

48: Hay and greetings Buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches! In this episode we’ll cover some essential greetings and polite terms in Spanish, such as gracias and de nada. We’ll also discuss how to use Haber to talk about existence, using words like hay and había. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36099600

47: Señor, verdad, and vida 04/22/2025

47: Señor, verdad, and vida Let’s learn 10 common Spanish nouns — including the words for “life”, “truth”, “woman”, and “man”, as well as the idioms for “actually” and “really”. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36099505

46: Reflexive pronouns and Irse 04/21/2025

46: Reflexive pronouns and Irse Spanish reflexive pronouns are tricky, and they have many different uses! Let’s learn how to use se, me, te, and nos, especially when they turn Ir (“to go”) into Irse (“to leave”). Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36099405

45: Practice Ir Out Loud 04/18/2025

45: Practice Ir Out Loud Use this quiz to practice using the Spanish verb Ir in all kinds of different ways — the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, and the subjunctive. Try to predict each Spanish sentence and speak out loud! Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006330

44: How to conjugate Ir in Spanish 04/17/2025

44: How to conjugate Ir in Spanish The verb Ir is one of the most irregular verbs in Spanish. Let’s learn its many conjugations, including the preterite, the subjunctive, and the future tense, using a memory palace. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006300

43: How to put any Spanish verb in the future 04/16/2025

43: How to put any Spanish verb in the future Let’s learn how to use Ir to mean “going to”. This is how we can put any verb in the future, simply by using our conjugations of Ir along with an infinitive. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006250

42: Ir 04/15/2025

42: Ir Let’s learn how to say “go” in Spanish! We’ll learn the present-tense conjugations of Ir (voy, va, vas, van, and vamos), using a memory palace. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006225

41: Spanish complex tenses 04/14/2025

41: Spanish complex tenses The past of the past? The continuous future? What is the purpose of complex verb phrases such as habías hecho and estará haciendo? Let’s learn how to do fun, complex things with verb tenses. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006205

40: Conmigo, contigo, and Spanish prepositional pronouns 04/11/2025

40: Conmigo, contigo, and Spanish prepositional pronouns Prepositional pronouns let us do a lot of creative things in Spanish! Let’s learn how to say things like “with him”, “with her”, “for them”, and “from us” in Spanish. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006170

39: Ya vs ahora 04/10/2025

39: Ya vs ahora How do you say “now” in Spanish? Today we’ll explore a bunch of Spanish adverbs, including the words “ahora” and “ya”, the two different ways you can say “now”. We’ll also talk about some of the many ways “ya” can be translated into English. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006115

38: Hacer, hecho, and haciendo 04/09/2025

38: Hacer, hecho, and haciendo Let’s learn how to use the words hacer, hecho, and haciendo in Spanish. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006085

37: Algo, nada, todo, and les 04/08/2025

37: Algo, nada, todo, and les Let’s learn a lot more Spanish pronouns, including indirect objects, as well as the words for “something”, “nothing”, and “everything”. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006075

36: Haber 04/07/2025

36: Haber Let’s learn the verb haber so that we can use he, ha, has, han, and hemos to put other verbs in the past, using their participles. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at . /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/36006020

35: Practicing Ser and Estar, in all tenses 04/04/2025

35: Practicing Ser and Estar, in all tenses Let’s get lots of quizzing practice with Ser and Estar, in every commonly used tense and mood! We’ll also learn the prepositions del and al. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35929340

34: This thing, that thing // Do all Spanish nouns have a gender? 04/03/2025

34: This thing, that thing // Do all Spanish nouns have a gender? Esta, esto, este… esa, eso, and ese… let’s learn all the words for “this” and “that”. We’ll also talk about why some pronouns don’t have a grammatical gender, even though all nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35929310

33: Estar, our last few forms! 04/02/2025

33: Estar, our last few forms! Let’s wrap up learning Estar by working on estará, estaría, estarían, estarías, estaríamos, and estado. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35929270

32: Será, Sería, Sido, Siendo 04/01/2025

32: Será, Sería, Sido, Siendo Let’s learn the last of our important conjugations of Ser, and we’ll get some good practice with the unconjugated forms ser, sido, and siendo. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35914150

31: Spanish Preterite vs Imperfect Past 03/31/2025

31: Spanish Preterite vs Imperfect Past Why does Spanish have two past tenses — the preterite and the imperfect? And how do you know which one to use in real life? Let’s explore the preterite and imperfect tenses, and we’ll also get some great practice using estaba, estuve, and estuvo. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35914135

30: How Eric became fluent in Spanish 03/28/2025

30: How Eric became fluent in Spanish Eric has wanted to learn Spanish his whole life. And now, with a Spanish-speaking partner and plans to move to Spain, Spanish fluency is no longer optional! Here is his story. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35810420

29: El que, lo que, and la que 03/27/2025

29: El que, lo que, and la que How do you use “lo que” in Spanish, without confusing it with “el que” and “la que”? And when should you use “qué” instead? Let’s dive into all the ways you can say “what” and “the one that” in Spanish. We’ll also learn how to use bueno and bien. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35810195

28: Mi, tu, su: Spanish possessive adjectives 03/26/2025

28: Mi, tu, su: Spanish possessive adjectives Let’s learn how to use “mi”, “su”, “tu”, and “nuestro” before Spanish nouns. We’ll also get some practice with new conjunctions, including “pero” and “cuando”. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35809720

27: Using Subjunctive to Express Concepts in Spanish 03/25/2025

27: Using Subjunctive to Express Concepts in Spanish Spanish subjunctives are often used to express abstract concepts such as intentions and emotions. Let’s learn some sentence templates for this, and we’ll practice them using the subjunctives of Ser and Estar. Practice all of today’s Spanish for free at /episode/index/show/dfa45e84-e725-48d9-855e-11a263a101d3/id/35809480

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