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.

Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word, and get three ways to react to a delicious meal or a scorching day, every line in Spanish and English, and what happened when their daughter used the curtains as a canvas:

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It's been 36 degrees in Colombia's coffee country, and Rob has one little word on repeat. Then their daughter tries to paint a mural and uses the curtains as a canvas, and Rob and Lis don't quite agree on what they're looking at. By the end, you'll be able to react to a delicious meal, a beautiful house or a scorching day in Spanish, in three different ways.

Quick test: You know ¡Qué bonito! and ¡Qué casa! How do you join them into one exclamation, and what happens to bonito?

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Lis danced all night with her friends at last night's party. Rob found it boring and barely spoke to the other guests. Their chat is built around one odd Spanish construction that literally sounds like "did you pass it well?" By the end you'll be able to ask someone if they had a good time, say how your night went, and know which tiny word Spain and Latin America each tend to prefer.

Do you know what these mean?
¿Te la pasaste bien? · me la pasé bailando · casi ni · nos lo pasamos súper

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