Episode 2 of our second season of News Time Spanish includes the following stores: Strikes and demonstrations in France Changes in arrangements for applications to join the Armed Forces in the USA Arrests in Spain of members of the terrorist group SEGI A new historical alliance between Venezuela and Iran Interesting developments for basketball players Use
In lesson 1 of One Minute Spanish you’ll learn to say “hello” and “goodbye”. If you can’t wait ten weeks for our entire course you can access the premium version of the entire course immediately. This features a lesson guide, video versions of each lesson featuring the words and phrases on the screen of your
In lesson 1 of One Minute Spanish for Latin America you will learn to say “hello” and “goodbye”. If you can’t wait ten weeks for our entire course you can access the premium version of the entire course immediately. This features a lesson guide, video versions of each lesson featuring the words and phrases on
In this first edition of our new season of News Time Spanish we feature the following stores: Jubliation as the Chilean miners return Space tourism is a step closer Advances in stem cell research Political apologies in Ecuador The national Siesta championships in Madrid Use the player below to listen to the episode. You can also
One Minute Spanish introduces the Spanish language in small steps: each lesson lasts just a couple of minutes and by following the ten lessons you’ll pick up just enough Spanish to get by in a variety of situations. Topics include greetings, common words, introducing yourself, talking about learning Spanish and language difficulties, numbers, asking people
Lesson 24 introduces a new tense: the perfect tense. This tense is used to talk about what you ‘have done’ and is very simple to use. Please note that lesson 24 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 224 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40
Our One Minute Language series is growing! We added Zulu to our list of languages earlier this year, and starting on Monday 18th October we’re launching One Minute Swedish, Ukrainian, Spanish and Latin American Spanish. Each course will cover the same content, including greetings, introductions, saying that you’re learning the language, counting 1-10 and other
Over lessons 21-23 we’ve been looking at por and para. In lesson 23 it’s time to look at the various uses of por, including a number of situations when por doesn’t mean “for”. Please note that lesson 23 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 223 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons
In lesson 22 we’re continuing to discuss por and para: this time we’re focusing on the use of para when expressing purpose, e.g. “this gift is for you” – este regalo es para ti. We’ll also learn the verb regalar, and talk briefly about the personal a. Please note that lesson 22 of Season 2
Lessons 21-23 will look at the thorny issue of por and para: by the end of these three lessons you’ll be confident in knowing exactly when to use which word! In lesson 61 we’ll introduce both words and consider various situations when the words can both be translated as “for”. Please note that lesson 21
In this week’s episode we reach episode 20 and Mark will be testing Kara on everything she’s learned so far about verbs and adjectives in the past few lessons of the course. Please note that lesson 20 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 220 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons
This week we’re continuing to look at the imperfect tense. We’ll go through the conjugation of -ar, -er and -ir verbs and talk about how the imperfect tense is used to describe things in the past. Please note that lesson 19 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 219 of Coffee Break Spanish. We
In this week’s lesson we introduce the imperfect tense and consider in what situations this tense is used. We’ll also learn the conjugation of -ar verbs in the imperfect tense. Please note that lesson 18 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 218 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each
It’s time to put into practice what you’ve been learning about the preterite tense. In this week’s episode Mark challenges Kara to an identity quiz using lots of preterite tenses to describe the lives of the mystery personalities. Please note that lesson 17 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 217 of Coffee Break
This week’s News Time Spanish is the final episode in our pilot series. Featured this week: Argentina legalises same-sex marriage Jellyfish invasion in Spanish beaches Ingrid Betancourt demands compensation from the Colombian Ministry of Defence Singer Enrique Iglesias and his promise following the Spanish World Cup win Use the player below to listen to the
Coming up in this week’s edition of News Time Spanish: Spain win the Football World Cup a Spanish heatwave causes problems across the country a report from the San Fermín bull-running festival in Pamplona important events in the policital history of Cuba involving Guillermo Fariñas news from India about a new health drink Use the
More preterite tenses this week: it’s now time to look at reflexive verbs and verbs which have spelling changes (‘radical-changing verbs’) in the preterite tense. Please note that lesson 16 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 216 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to
Coming up in this week’s edition of News Time Spanish: problems with the Constitution of Catalunya arrests following an FBI investigation into suspected espionage activities a triumphant weekend for Spanish sport the assassination of a Mexican politician a new daily news broadcast for deaf people Use the player below to listen to the episode. You
We’ll be continuing our study of the preterite tense in this week’s lesson and it’s time to take a look at some irregular verbs: hacer, ir, ver and dar in the preterite, so that you can talk about what you did, where you went, what you saw and more in the past. Please note that
This week’s episode of Coffee Break Spanish looks further at the preterite tense which is used to relate events in the past. Listeners should be aware that this episode was originally released in February 2008 and therefore mentions Valentine’s Day. We hope this doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of the episode! Please note that lesson 14
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