The most common Spanish nouns aren't physical objects — they're abstract ideas, such as problema, trabajo, razón, and idea. Let's learn and practice several Spanish abstract nouns.

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Why does Spanish use the phrases "se lo" and "se la" so often? And when does le turn into se? Let's explore some advanced uses of Spanish indirect objects. We'll also get lots of practice using the "redundant a" and putting our object pronouns in the right order in Spanish sentences.

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Let's learn the rest of the essential forms of Hacer, including the imperfect past (such as hacía), the preterite (such as hice), the future (such as haré), and the subjunctive (such as haga). We'll also explore verb contractions, such as hacerlo and hazlo.

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The Spanish verb Hacer means both "to do" and "to make". Let's practice its present-tense forms, hago, hace, haces, hacen, and hacemos, as well as the unconjugated forms. We'll also practice Hacerse, which roughly means "to become".

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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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