Adv. Intermediate – Lightspeed Spanish

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47 Adv Inter Don’t translat...

06.18.2021

In this lesson we show you why we don’t translate songs to Spanish. Thanks to a fun suggestion from Andrew Smart, we try to squeeze into two famous songs, the Spanish lyrics that neither ryhme nor flow. Come and join ...

Adv. Intermediate – Lightspeed Spanish episodes:

06.18.2021 47 Adv Inter Don’t translate songs to Spanish! In this lesson we show you why we don’t translate songs to Spanish. Thanks to a fun suggestion from Andrew Smart, we try to squeeze into two famous songs, the Spanish lyrics that neither ryhme nor flow. Come and join ...
05.21.2021 46 Advanced Inter Clarifying the Spanish past In this lesson we work on clarifying the Spanish past and the way that the Imperfect can be used as an intention. We cover the way that tener que is used in this context as well as giving you lots ...
04.02.2021 45 Adv Inter Using Haber with the Past Participle In this lesson we talk about how we use Haber with the Past Participle. However, we start off badly when Cynthia points out that Gordon has pronounced the word ‘participle’ in a strange way. Watch on as we show you ...
03.12.2021 44 Adv Inter Estaba vs Estuve + gerund In this lesson we talk about the difference between Estaba vs Estuve when we add the gerund. When do we use these structures? How do we know to choose between the Preterite and the Imperfect? Come and join us to ...
02.11.2021 43 Adv Intermediate How to avoid the Spanish Passive Voice In this lesson we talk you though lots of examples of how to avoid the Spanish Passive Voice and use the Active Voice instead. We also show you what to do when we say: “I was told” or “I was ...
01.15.2021 42 Advanced Intermediate Demonstrative Spanish Pronouns In this lesson we talk you though the Demonstrative Spanish pronouns and how you can use them well. (This, that, these, those.) We also show you when you have to use the accents (tildes) on the Demonstrative Spanish pronouns and ...
12.18.2020 41 Advanced Intermediate Past Tense Tips for Spanish In this lesson we help you with some great past tense tips for Spanish. Are you confused about the Preterite and the Imperfect past? Come and join us for some cool systems and some great past tense tips for Spanish ...
08.17.2016 40 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Test my Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Video for This Spanish Lesson Audio for This Spanish Lesson
08.17.2016 39 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Verbs to Try in Spanish Lightspeed Spanish Video for This Spanish Lesson Audio for This Spanish Lesson
08.17.2016 38 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Commands in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Stop, Look and Listen! I recall coming across the commands in Spanish very early on in my language learning journey. I have to say that initially I was uncomfortable. Why? I suppose it was for two reasons. One was that ...
07.01.2016 37 Advanced Intermediate The Haber Subjunctive Structures LightSpeed Spanish What are the Haber Subjunctive Structures? Basically, these are the ones that quite often catch us out. We’ve learnt the subjunctive triggers and are feeling pretty confident about how and when to use them and bam! Suddenly we are faced ...
06.21.2016 36 Advanced Intermediate Useful Spanish Vocabulary on Movement LightSpeed Spanish Very useful Spanish vocabulary The truth of the matter is that, just like the majority of the Podcasts in this series, the idea behind this one on useful Spanish vocabulary came from one of our viewers who often comments on ...
06.17.2016 35 Advanced Intermediate Remember in Spanish Acordarse / Recordar Remember in Spanish. Which one to use? If you’ve been studying for any length of time you will be sure to have had a moment in which you wanted to use the word Remember in Spanish. (or I don’t remember, ...
06.08.2016 34 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Diminutives and Augmentatives Smaller than life Spanish Diminutives. Spanish diminutives are probably one of the great mysteries of the Spanish language. When I say ‘mystery’ I mean that in terms of understanding the system. There seems to be a distinct lack of regimented, ...
06.02.2016 33 Advanced Intermediate Talking Spanish well The little words LightSpeed Spanish Talking Spanish. Let’s be honest, no matter which way you look at it, we are all here to be able to do one thing and that is talking Spanish well. No matter how much we try to fool ourselves into ...
05.31.2016 32 Advanced Intermediate Tratar and Acabar in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Tratar and Acabar in Spanish. In this Podcast we don’t just deal with Tratar and Acabar in Spanish but also the reflexive versions of these verbs which you have probably see before: ‘Acabarse and Tratarse. What you will find is ...
03.21.2015 Advanced Intermediate Podcast 31 Spanish Preterite vs Imperfect The Spanish Preterite vs Imperfect. In all of our private classes we probably spend more than 50% of our time helping people control the Spanish preterite vs imperfect tenses. Why? Well, there are two principle reasons. The first is that ...
02.05.2014 Advanced Intermediate 30 – Spanish Culture and the Big Differences Spanish Culture Is it so different? Given that Cynthia and I are from different backgrounds, (I’m British and she is Spanish.) we have been able to appreciate some of the key differences between the two countries. Culturally, we are similar ...
01.28.2014 Advanced Intermediate 29 – (Tú) Tu vs Usted Using Formal Spanish Which one do I use? The question of “(Tú) Tu vs Usted” is always on the mind of students, especially when they are learning Spanish from Latin America. Most of us will know that the difference between Tú and Usted ...
01.27.2014 Advanced Intermediate 28 – Stem Changing Spanish Preterite Tips on the Spanish Preterite. In the previous blog we said all we wanted to say on the subject of why we should learn the Spanish preterite. In this blog, then, which is the second in the series of the ...
01.25.2014 Advanced Intermediate 27 – The Irregular Spanish Preterite The Spanish Preterite. Why is it so challenging? If you are new to Spanish, or a seasoned student, the Spanish preterite will always be a challenging area of learning. The reason for that is that if we set it against ...
01.21.2014 Advanced Intermediate 26 – The Etiquette of Living In Spain or Being a Guest There’s a right and a wrong way to do everything. Culturally, Spain is unique in as much as it has its own ways of doing things and behaving. Just like any country, there are certain rights and wrongs in how ...
01.20.2014 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 25 – Spanish Vocabulary – Airports & Taxis Great Spanish Vocabulary. Travelling to Spanish Speaking Countries. According to the current statistics, more than one million Americans actually live in Mexico. On top of that, many tens of millions travel to Latin American countries every year, not to speak ...
01.14.2014 Advanced Intermediate 24 – Spanish Podcast Ser and Estar in the Past Ser and Estar in the Past. For every self respecting student of the Spanish language, getting SER and ESTAR right is not only a challenge but often becomes and obsession. “Why on earth they have to have two verbs ‘to ...
01.11.2014 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 23 – Spanish Commands Spanish Commands The Imperative tense is a widely and oft used tense in all Spanish speaking countries. If you learn to use it well then you will find people will respond positively to your requests. However, like all tenses, if ...
01.07.2014 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 22 – The Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean Diet is renown throughout the world not only for its delicious dishes but also for its health benefits. In this podcast we hear from Mercedes, la madre de Cynthia y de Maribel, su tía, who talk us through ...
01.06.2014 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 21 – Saber Conocer & Decir in Preterite Saber, Conocer and Decir in Preterite Past. These three verbs are surely some of the more interesting Spanish verbs because of the additional complications they pose to English speaking students. The fact that Saber and Conocer both mean To Know ...
12.14.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 20 – How to Use Por in Spanish We have previously covered the uses of para and now we complete the circle with a look at how to use por in Spanish. Por is certainly far more idiomatic and has an incredible rich range of expressions that are ...
12.07.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 19 – Difference between Saber and Conocer Do you know the difference between saber and conocer? Maybe you think you know these verbs already, however, like many areas of learning in the Spanish language, there are layers within layers of meaning for these two words. Did you ...
11.30.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 18 – How to Use Ya in Spanish ¡Hola! In this free Spanish podcast episode, we’re going to explain exactly how to use ya in Spanish. Despite being such a small word, just two lonely letters, it is probably one of the most flexible and diverse of them ...
11.23.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 17 – How to Use Para in Spanish This most recent Advanced Intermediate podcast is all about how to use para in Spanish. Along with its partner in crime, por, para is one of the mysteries of the Spanish language that we will help you unravel. It seems ...
11.16.2011 Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 16 – Elena Los Jovenes In this free Spanish podcast, we interview with Elena Durán (la hermana de Cynthia) we discover an interesting perspective on life as a young person in Spain. Like in every culture, the Spanish youth have a certain lifestyle that they ...
11.09.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 15 – Double Pronouns in Spanish Following on from the previous podcast on indirect object pronouns (IOPs, for short) and their use, we now cover double pronouns in Spanish, or the redundant use of IOPs. What, we hear you ask, is that? Well, unknown to most ...
11.02.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 14 – Direct and Indirect Objects in Spanish So, what are the direct and indirect objects in spanish for goodness sake? And how on earth do you use them? All good questions, these. You might just know some of them already: ME, TE, NOS, OS, LE/LO etc. Well, ...
10.26.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 13 – Tips for Learning Spanish In this episode of the podcast, we offer you the listeners some incredibly useful tips for learning Spanish. If you have been learning the language for any length of time, you will have realised that there is so much more ...
10.19.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 12 – The Uses of Se In this free Spanish lesson online, we look at “se”. Well, what can we say about “se”? If you’ve spent any time studying the Spanish language you will have noticed that it quite literally pops up all over in the ...
10.12.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 11 – The Passive Voice in Spanish The passive voice in Spanish is one of those strange grammatical expressions that strikes fear into the best of us. The truth of the matter is that one of the challenges of learning a language, be it Spanish or any ...
10.05.2011 Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 10 – Spanish Villages Have you ever visited a small, sleepy Spanish village? Despite the fact that Spain is fast becoming a modern country, it is still possible to find many small villages throughout the whole of Spain that are pretty much what you ...
09.28.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 9 – Driving in Spain In this free Spanish lesson online, we have a chat about driving in Spain. Every country has its style of driving, and none more so than Spain. Certainly in the area around the capital, Madrid, drivers tend to be quite ...
09.28.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 8 – Impersonal Verbs The eight of our advanced intermediate Spanish lessons is all about impersonal verbs. As a conversation piece, these verbs are a real must for any serious student of the Spanish language. Why? Because, firstly, in conversation it’s so important to ...
09.21.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Lesson 7 – Mascotas This intermediate Spanish lesson is all about “mascotas”, or, in English, pets. We all love our pets and none more so than the Spanish. Because many Spanish people live in “pisos” or what we call apartments or flats, they tend ...
09.14.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 6 – Listening Practice in Spanish Listening practice in Spanish is a key part of learning the language. Listening to children talk in Spanish is no easy feat. What is interesting, however, is the way Ulises, (el hijo del primo del padre de Cynthia jeje) talks ...
09.07.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 5 – Commands in Spanish Commands in Spanish — otherwise known as the imperative tense — are one of the most important aspects of the Spanish language. No matter where you are you will be faced with someone telling you what they want you to ...
08.31.2011 Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 4 – The Future In this free Spanish podcast, we discuss talking about the future in the Spanish language. There’s a strange phenomenon that often occurs when students of Spanish first learn what is called the Future Indicative (I will…). Suddenly, they begin to ...
08.24.2011 Advanced Intermediate 3 – Spanish Past Tense – Preterite and Imperfect The Spanish Past Tense using the Preterite and Imperfect. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to a professional story teller you will perhaps have noticed that one of their skills is that of being able to weave the ...
08.17.2011 Advanced Intermediate Podcast 2 – Possessive Pronouns in Spanish Possessive Pronouns in Spanish. Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in Spanish form such an intrinsic part of the language that it’s important that you make sense of them so that you can use them well and accurately. Not surprisingly, due ...
08.10.2011 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 1 – The Preterite in Spanish Why the Preterite in Spanish? A recent study that was made that focused on the use of language showed that a typical conversation tends to fall into two categories: We are either talking about the future or we are talking ...

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Adv. Intermediate – Lightspeed Spanish episodes:

47 Adv Inter Don’t translate songs to Spanish!

46 Advanced Inter Clarifying the Spanish past

45 Adv Inter Using Haber with the Past Participle

44 Adv Inter Estaba vs Estuve + gerund

43 Adv Intermediate How to avoid the Spanish Passive Voice

42 Advanced Intermediate Demonstrative Spanish Pronouns

41 Advanced Intermediate Past Tense Tips for Spanish

40 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Test my Spanish LightSpeed Spanish

39 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Verbs to Try in Spanish Lightspeed Spanish

38 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Commands in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish

37 Advanced Intermediate The Haber Subjunctive Structures LightSpeed Spanish

36 Advanced Intermediate Useful Spanish Vocabulary on Movement LightSpeed Spanish

35 Advanced Intermediate Remember in Spanish Acordarse / Recordar

34 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Diminutives and Augmentatives

33 Advanced Intermediate Talking Spanish well The little words LightSpeed Spanish

32 Advanced Intermediate Tratar and Acabar in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Podcast 31 Spanish Preterite vs Imperfect

Advanced Intermediate 30 – Spanish Culture and the Big Differences

Advanced Intermediate 29 – (Tú) Tu vs Usted Using Formal Spanish

Advanced Intermediate 28 – Stem Changing Spanish Preterite

Advanced Intermediate 27 – The Irregular Spanish Preterite

Advanced Intermediate 26 – The Etiquette of Living In Spain or Being a Guest

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 25 – Spanish Vocabulary – Airports & Taxis

Advanced Intermediate 24 – Spanish Podcast Ser and Estar in the Past

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 23 – Spanish Commands

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 22 – The Mediterranean Diet

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 21 – Saber Conocer & Decir in Preterite

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 20 – How to Use Por in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 19 – Difference between Saber and Conocer

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 18 – How to Use Ya in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 17 – How to Use Para in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 16 – Elena Los Jovenes

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 15 – Double Pronouns in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 14 – Direct and Indirect Objects in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 13 – Tips for Learning Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 12 – The Uses of Se

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 11 – The Passive Voice in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 10 – Spanish Villages

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 9 – Driving in Spain

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 8 – Impersonal Verbs

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Lesson 7 – Mascotas

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 6 – Listening Practice in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 5 – Commands in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 4 – The Future

Advanced Intermediate 3 – Spanish Past Tense – Preterite and Imperfect

Advanced Intermediate Podcast 2 – Possessive Pronouns in Spanish

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 1 – The Preterite in Spanish

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