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All Spanish Quickies
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Imperfect Tense, AR Conjugation (Regular)
The past tense in Spanish can be tricky. But if you break it into the smallest parts possible, each individual part, really isn’t that hard. That’s what we’ve been doing, and continue to do in this video. After you know the preterite conjugations, it’s time to learn the imperfect conjugations. Starting with AR verbs.
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Imperfect Tense, ER/IR Conjugation (Regular)
This is the last past tense conjugation video. Watch this week’s video not only to learn imperfect ER/IR conjugation, but also so you can get the most out of the next video, where I’ll show you quotes from Orange is the New Black–how the past tense is used in real life.
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Preterite Vs. Imperfect, Life Lessons
In this video, we use Orange is the New Black quotes to learn when to use the preterite tense and when to use the imperfect tense.
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Preterite Vs. Imperfect, One More Thing
Watch this last video comparing the preterite tense and the imperfect tense. You’ll see quotes from Orange is the New Black to see how to use the two past tenses when things aren’t so clear!
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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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Ask Directions in Spanish w/ 3 Questions
In this video, hear how The Spanish Dude got started, and SEE (w/ real video clips from Spain) how to ask directions to any site in the world with three questions, made of seven words.
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The Bus & Train Station in Spanish
In this video, we continue with the travel Spanish tricks. This time, at the bus and train station in Spain. You’ll learn 5 steps for handling all public transportation when you travel. And we’ll go over Step #1 in depth, with video examples from Spain.
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Ordering Food in Spanish
In this video we continue with TRAVEL SPANISH. For me, traveling wouldn’t be nearly as much fun if the different countries didn’t have different foods. The food is one of the best parts for sure. In this video, we’re going to Order Food in Spanish!
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How Words Work
This might sound weird, but we have no idea how words work. And this fact (our ignorance) causes a lot of problems when learning Spanish. At least it did/does for me. Have you ever had a problem with “saber” and “conocer”? Confused them with each other? They both supposedly mean “to know”. But that’s what I’m talking about! “Saber” and “conocer” DON’T both mean “to know”. Watch this video. When it’s done, you’ll know what I’m talking about. You’ll learn how words actually work in REAL LIFE. And most importantly, you’ll never have to worry about stuff like “saber” Vs. “conocer” again.
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Cognate Pattern #1: TION to CIÓN
Cognates are free words basically. If you know a cognate in English, you already know that word in Spanish. There are literally 1000’s and 1000’s of cognates. So there are 1000’s of Spanish words you already know. You just don’t know that you know them. That’s where this video comes in. Lots of them belong to these groups, where they all follow the same pattern. Once you know how to translate one word in the group, you know how to translate them all. In this video, you’ll see the first cognate pattern, the TION to CIÓN words.