Beginner Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Discover how to express missing people and places in Spanish in our episode "Missing Things: City vs Countryside." Learn three authentic expressions—"extrañar," "echar de menos," and "hacer falta"—through a natural conversation about life in Colombia's bustling capital versus its peaceful coffee region. Perfect for beginners who want to sound more natural when expressing emotions in Spanish!

Lis tells us about her car crash in the centre of Bogotá. Learn how to describe accidents, and unexpected events in Spanish.

A few years ago, we made a move from London to Bogota - in this episode, Lis tells the story of our intercontinental move.
Learn how to combine the preterite tenses (imperfect and indefinite) when you tell a story, and when to use each one.

Foundations 2 is launching on the 7th April! Head to spanishobsessed.com/foundations-2 to find out more!

An introduction to using the other preterite tense, the "indefinido".

Learn some handy "triggers" that often indicate the imperfect

Learn how to use "ser" and "ir" in the imperfect tense in Spanish, featuring a dialogue, and some nifty hacks for both remembering the conjugations as well as some great uses of these verbs.

In this and the next few episodes, we'll be focusing on the preterite, or past tense. What are the two past tenses, and what are a couple of good rules of thumb to know?

Should we say "estoy casado" or "soy casado"? Is it a temporary state, or a permanent feature...? 
Learn which to use, and when, as well as other vocabulary and expressions to talk about relationships.

Learn 3 structures for exclamations, all using the word "qué"

Learn how to use "pasárselo" and "pasársela" to talk about how you spend your time