Gordon Smith-Duran – Lightspeed Spanish

In this lesson, we help you understand the Spanish DE preposition and the many ways in which it is used in Spanish.

Is there a pattern to it’s use? Is there a system that we can follow to use it correctly?

Come and join us and we will answer these questions and more on the Spanish DE preposition.

Get your Subjunctive for Beginners course HERE.

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To see our book clubs, just go here.

If you would like to try SER SOCIO freely and want to receive two lessons a week from Gordon and Cynthia of LightSpeed Spanish, just click HERE.

Remember: Use the FREEMONTH coupon code to get your first month free.

Be sure to check out our other Spanish student videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level from Beginner to Advanced.

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

As well as the lessons that you receive as a Socio, we also offer many other resources to help you make your Spanish move forward at a pace.

Free Videocasts Take a look at our range of 160 free podcasts and many other lessons all designed to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed! Every videocast that we have produced comes with a comprehensive helpsheet to guide you through the grammar and to test your understanding.

Our Fantastic Books Check out our ever-increasing range of high acclaimed, no-nonsense workbooks that explain Spanish grammar in easy-to-follow language. (Link to books)

Our Total Immersion Courses Set close to Madrid in Spain we offer week-long total immersion courses designed to boost your confidence levels sky high! Remember that as a Socio you have a 50 Euro discount on the cost of the course.

Online one-to-one and group lessons. Why not have a free, no-obligation chat with Ana and find out more about what is available to really get your Spanish moving!

Gordon’s Diaries. Catch up on the 100s of free ‘Diarios de Gordon’ in which he talks about Spain, life, and anything else that comes to his mind.

Cynthia’s Insights. Join Cynthia as she gives her take on life in Spain and on life in general in her free range of video diaries.

All of our Playlists. Come and browse through the hundreds of videos that we have for you to enjoy on Youtube. If you have any questions or want to know more, please feel free to write to [email protected]

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In this lesson, we explain the Spanish verb Topar and how it works. Note that this is not the first verb that a native speaker from Spain would reach for!

So, come and join us as we look at the Spanish verb TOPAR and have lots of fun and giggles in the process.

Get your Subjunctive for Beginners course HERE.

You can see what books we have available HERE.

All of our podcasts can be found on Spotify now:

Beginners HERE

Early Intermediate HERE

Advanced Intermediate HERE

Advanced HERE

Here is the Telegram group where you can leave your: ‘And now a word from our sponsors‘ audio: https://t.me/+-loxR1VOGHViZGM0

Join our Telegram groups here:

Nuestro canal.

Nuestra sala de chat.

To see our book clubs, just go here.

If you would like to try SER SOCIO freely and want to receive two lessons a week from Gordon and Cynthia of LightSpeed Spanish, just click HERE.

Remember: Use the FREEMONTH coupon code to get your first month free.

Be sure to check out our other Spanish student videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level from Beginner to Advanced.

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

As well as the lessons that you receive as a Socio, we also offer many other resources to help you make your Spanish move forward at a pace.

Free Videocasts Take a look at our range of 160 free podcasts and many other lessons all designed to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed! Every videocast that we have produced comes with a comprehensive helpsheet to guide you through the grammar and to test your understanding.

Our Fantastic Books Check out our ever-increasing range of high acclaimed, no-nonsense workbooks that explain Spanish grammar in easy-to-follow language. (Link to books)

Our Total Immersion Courses Set close to Madrid in Spain we offer week-long total immersion courses designed to boost your confidence levels sky high! Remember that as a Socio you have a 50 Euro discount on the cost of the course.

Online one-to-one and group lessons. Why not have a free, no-obligation chat with Ana and find out more about what is available to really get your Spanish moving!

Gordon’s Diaries. Catch up on the 100s of free ‘Diarios de Gordon’ in which he talks about Spain, life, and anything else that comes to his mind.

Cynthia’s Insights. Join Cynthia as she gives her take on life in Spain and on life in general in her free range of video diaries.

All of our Playlists. Come and browse through the hundreds of videos that we have for you to enjoy on Youtube. If you have any questions or want to know more, please feel free to write to [email protected]

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In this lesson, we give you a test of your Spanish listening with Ten Tips that Gordon offers on how to best improve your Spanish. The challenge is that the tips are given in Spanish and you have to work out what they are. Come and join us and improve your Spanish listening. Spolier alert:… Read more »

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In this lesson, we help you to understand the difference between Cerca vs Cercano and Lejos vs Lejano. We start by talking about the way that a Master’s has become almost obligatory for anyone who wants to get a reasonable job here in Spain. Come and find out about Cerca vs Cercano y las demás… Read more »

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In this lesson, we have a fascinating time as Gordon challenges Spanish Google translate to a competition.

Join in on the fun between, Gordon, a non-native, Cynthia, a native speaker, and Google, an artificial intelligence device.

Spolier alert: Spanish Google translate is very good these days!

You can use this site to help you with this process: https://context.reverso.net/translation/

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

As well as the lessons that you receive as a Socio, we also offer many other resources to help you make your Spanish move forward at a pace.

Free Videocasts Take a look at our range of 160 free podcasts and many other lessons all designed to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed! Every videocast that we have produced comes with a comprehensive helpsheet to guide you through the grammar and to test your understanding.

Our Fantastic Books Check out our ever-increasing range of high acclaimed, no-nonsense workbooks that explain Spanish grammar in easy-to-follow language. (Link to books)

Our Total Immersion Courses Set close to Madrid in Spain we offer week-long total immersion courses designed to boost your confidence levels sky high! Remember that as a Socio you have a 50 Euro discount on the cost of the course.

Online one-to-one and group lessons. Why not have a free, no-obligation chat with Ana and find out more about what is available to really get your Spanish moving!

Gordon’s Diaries. Catch up on the 100s of free ‘Diarios de Gordon’ in which he talks about Spain, life, and anything else that comes to his mind.

Cynthia’s Insights. Join Cynthia as she gives her take on life in Spain and on life in general in her free range of video diaries.

All of our Playlists. Come and browse through the hundreds of videos that we have for you to enjoy on Youtube. If you have any questions or want to know more, please feel free to write to [email protected]

The post 289 FUN LEARNING Gordon vs Spanish Google Translate appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

In this lesson, we help you to test your Spanish SE with some cool sentences that you have to translate. The Spanish SE is a real challenge for any student, but here, we help you to begin to understand these structures so much more.

So, come and find out all about these SE structures and have some fun!

You can see what books we have available HERE.

All of our podcasts can be found on Spotify now:

Beginners HERE

Early Intermediate HERE

Advanced Intermediate HERE

Advanced HERE

Here is the Telegram group where you can leave your: ‘And now a word from our sponsors‘ audio: https://t.me/+-loxR1VOGHViZGM0

Join our Telegram groups here:

Nuestro canal.

Nuestra sala de chat.

To see our book clubs, just go here.

If you would like to try SER SOCIO freely and want to receive two lessons a week from Gordon and Cynthia of LightSpeed Spanish, just click HERE.

Remember: Use the FREEMONTH coupon code to get your first month free.

Contact Gordon if you would rather not use Paypal: [email protected]

Be sure to check out our other Spanish student videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level from Beginner to Advanced.

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

As well as the lessons that you receive as a Socio, we also offer many other resources to help you make your Spanish move forward at a pace.

Free Videocasts Take a look at our range of 160 free podcasts and many other lessons all designed to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed! Every videocast that we have produced comes with a comprehensive helpsheet to guide you through the grammar and to test your understanding.

Our Fantastic Books Check out our ever-increasing range of high acclaimed, no-nonsense workbooks that explain Spanish grammar in easy-to-follow language. (Link to books)

Our Total Immersion Courses Set close to Madrid in Spain we offer week-long total immersion courses designed to boost your confidence levels sky high! Remember that as a Socio you have a 50 Euro discount on the cost of the course.

Online one-to-one and group lessons. Why not have a free, no-obligation chat with Ana and find out more about what is available to really get your Spanish moving!

Gordon’s Diaries. Catch up on the 100s of free ‘Diarios de Gordon’ in which he talks about Spain, life, and anything else that comes to his mind.

Cynthia’s Insights. Join Cynthia as she gives her take on life in Spain and on life in general in her free range of video diaries.

All of our Playlists. Come and browse through the hundreds of videos that we have for you to enjoy on Youtube. If you have any questions or want to know more, please feel free to write to [email protected]

The post 58 Early Inter Test your Spanish SE appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

In this lesson, we talk about Desde and Desde hace as well as hace and the way that Spanish speakers use Hace cosa de and hace como. We start with some great questions to broaden your Spanish vocab too. Come and find out about Desde and Desde hace along with lo demás. Un saludo, Gordon… Read more »

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In this lesson, we talk about wedding rings and which finger Spanish people wear them on and then we move on to review the Spanish personal A and when and when not it is used. Come and join us to build up your Spanish wedding vocabulary and to really get to grips with the Spanish… Read more »

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In this lesson, we look at what we have to do to move our Spanish present into the past when we are reporting speech. This is always a challenge and in this lesson we get a chance to practise our skills! Come and join us and start moving the Spanish present into the past! Un… Read more »

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In this lesson, we look at the sentence: Se lo puso and we show you the two meanings that it has as well as how you can know what it means in context.

We also talk about the Victim Structure and the SE LE construction and how to know what it means.

So, come and find out all about Se lo puso!

You can see what books we have available HERE.

All of our podcasts can be found on Spotify now:

Beginners HERE

Early Intermediate HERE

Advanced Intermediate HERE

Advanced HERE

Here is the Telegram group where you can leave your: ‘And now a word from our sponsors‘ audio: https://t.me/+-loxR1VOGHViZGM0

Join our Telegram groups here:

Nuestro canal.

Nuestra sala de chat.

To see our book clubs, just go here.

If you would like to try SER SOCIO freely and want to receive two lessons a week from Gordon and Cynthia of LightSpeed Spanish, just click HERE.

Remember: Use the FREEMONTH coupon code to get your first month free.

Contact Gordon if you would rather not use Paypal: [email protected]

Be sure to check out our other Spanish student videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level from Beginner to Advanced.

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

As well as the lessons that you receive as a Socio, we also offer many other resources to help you make your Spanish move forward at a pace.

Free Videocasts Take a look at our range of 160 free podcasts and many other lessons all designed to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed! Every videocast that we have produced comes with a comprehensive helpsheet to guide you through the grammar and to test your understanding.

Our Fantastic Books Check out our ever-increasing range of high acclaimed, no-nonsense workbooks that explain Spanish grammar in easy-to-follow language. (Link to books)

Our Total Immersion Courses Set close to Madrid in Spain we offer week-long total immersion courses designed to boost your confidence levels sky high! Remember that as a Socio you have a 50 Euro discount on the cost of the course.

Online one-to-one and group lessons. Why not have a free, no-obligation chat with Ana and find out more about what is available to really get your Spanish moving!

Gordon’s Diaries. Catch up on the 100s of free ‘Diarios de Gordon’ in which he talks about Spain, life, and anything else that comes to his mind.

Cynthia’s Insights. Join Cynthia as she gives her take on life in Spain and on life in general in her free range of video diaries.

All of our Playlists. Come and browse through the hundreds of videos that we have for you to enjoy on Youtube. If you have any questions or want to know more, please feel free to write to [email protected]

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