Today we'll get lots of out-loud practice with some of the trickiest forms of Ser and Ir, such as fue, fui, fuiste, fueron, fuimos, and fuera. We'll also learn some new ways that you can use todo.

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What's the difference between "because" and "because of" in Spanish? Let's talk about porque versus por, as well as the several different meanings of hasta.

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Why does Spanish have a past tense subjunctive — and will you ever need it? Let's learn how to use fuera, estuviera, and tuviera.

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How do you use fui, fue, fuiste, fueron, and fuimos as forms of Ser? Let's learn how to use Ser's preterite tense — which looks and sounds exactly like the preterite tense of Ir!

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Why does the Spanish preposition "a" appear right before some direct objects? Let's practice using the personal "a" in Spanish sentences. We'll also learn a couple of new idioms involving other Spanish prepositions.

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Let's practice using Spanish imperatives out loud! Here's a spoken quiz to give you a variety of ways to practice imperative terms such as vete, váyase, ten, and tenga.

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Spanish imperatives can be tricky, especially some of the most-used imperatives such as ve, ten, and váyase. Let's learn both the positive and negative imperatives of Ir, Irse, and Tener — and get lots of practice using them in context.

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How do you use Tener and Haber to talk about obligations, such as "I had to do that" and "someone needs to do it"? Let's explore the Tener + que and Haber + que constructions that Spanish uses to express obligation.

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The Spanish verb Tener has a lot of conjugations — let's learn the many ways this verb is used, including the preterite, imperfect past tense, future, and subjunctive. We'll also get a lot of spoken practice using Tener in context.

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Tener and Haber are the two ways to say "have" in Spanish. Let's start learning Tener and practice using the present tense conjugations (tengo, tiene, tienes, tienen, and tenemos).

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