Subject: The Basics

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  How English Works: Adjectives

  There are tons of words out there that we don’t think of as adjectives that ARE really adjectives. In this video, we go over some of the most common ones.

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  How English Works: Nouns

  What are nouns? What are the different roles that nouns serve in our sentences? Why does The Spanish Authority consider “pronouns” to be a separate part of speech? Pronouns are nouns, right? In this video, we talk about all that–and more.

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  How English Works: The 6 Parts of Speech

  In this video, the first in an 8-part series, we talk about what the “parts of speech” are, and how they work. Plus, I’ll show you the framework that every clause in every sentence adheres to in reality.

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  How to Learn Spanish, Part #2

  In this video, you’ll get specific strategies and tactics you can use to learn Spanish–from your table, in a non-Spanish-speaking country.

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  How to Learn Spanish, Part #1

  In this video, you’ll learn everything I personally did to learn Spanish PLUS what’s worked best for my students the last four years.

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  Turn Adjectives into Nouns in Spanish

  In this video, you’ll see how to make a noun from any adjective you already know, enabling you to say two different phrases in Spanish–without learning (or even saying) any more words!

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  The Bare Minimum Method

  In this video you’ll get three steps to learning Spanish like a kid learns Spanish. When you’re done with this video, you’ll literally be ready to speak Spanish today! No exaggeration.

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  Spanish Adverbs–How to Use Them Without More Rules

  When you’re learning Spanish, lots of rules are important to see once, then forget. How adverbs work, is a good example. When I did a little Googling, I saw there are five ways adverbs are used. Ugh. More rules. Then, after a few seconds, I noticed something… adverbs in Spanish, work exactly like they do in English! There’s NO REASON to memorize five rules when you can just use them as you naturally would. But like I said, this is an example of a time when it’s good to see the rules once, then forget them and just use them. In this case, knowing isn’t just half the battle, it’s the whole enchilada.

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  Formal Conjugation in Spanish

  If you watched the lesson called Personal Pronouns, you know there are two ways to say “you” in Spanish–formally and informally. At first this really sucks–especially since most teachers and programs don’t explain it all that well. But for this lesson, I made the video I wish I had when I started speaking Spanish.

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  Put Your Pronouns In, Take Your Pronouns Out

  I talk fast. I like to get as many words out as possible in as short of a time frame as possible. It’s my nature. So… I took it as really good news when I found out: In Spanish, you usually don’t have to use subject pronouns (I’ve been referring to them as Personal Pronouns in past lessons). That means, you can say the same thing with fewer words. Kind of like the equivalent of “works” instead of “he works”. Ha ha ha. It just doesn’t work in English. And there’s a very specific reason for that–and I explain it in today’s video.

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