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Why does Spanish let you start a sentence with "soy" or "son" — without "yo" or "ellos"? And how can you tell when you should include the subject pronoun or leave it out? Let's practice the skill of choosing whether or not to use subject pronouns with Spanish verbs.

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Spanish Conjugations can be tough… but they don't have to be! Let's learn the present tense forms of Ser using a memory palace.

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How do you say "is" in Spanish? It MIGHT be the word "es"... and it might not! Let's learn our first conjugation of Ser, and we'll explore when you might use this word. This is the most common verb in Spanish, and the most common conjugation (by far). Today we'll get some practice with "es" in a lot of sentence contexts.

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Learn Spanish faster by starting with the hard stuff — like expressing concepts! In this episode, we'll lay the groundwork for expressing abstract ideas, concepts, and thoughts in fluent Spanish… and it all starts by mastering the #1 most important word in the Spanish language.

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The word "them" may seem like a basic word, but it has multiple translations in Spanish! Today we'll learn two Spanish words for "them", as well as the word for "what". We'll also get lots of spoken practice with all of our essential Spanish vocabulary.

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Let's learn por and para. These words tend to be very hard to master when learning Spanish as a second language, but today we'll learn a simple framework that you can use to decide between these two words in almost any context.

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Why are Spanish direct object pronouns different from other pronouns? And how can you keep from mixing up all the different Spanish pronouns?

Let's use a memory palace to keep all of our Spanish pronouns straight. We'll work on the Spanish pronouns for "him", "her", "me", and "you", and then we'll put it all into practice with real sentences.

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To learn fluent Spanish, you can't just memorize words — you also have to master Spanish pronunciation.

Today I present my top tips for pronouncing Spanish sounds authentically. Here's the first tip: To develop your own "Spanish voice", make sure to do the pronunciation exercises, out loud, throughout this episode!

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Some Spanish words are more important than others! Today we'll talk about how you can start *thinking* in Spanish by choosing the right words to work on. We will focus on some of the highest-leverage words in the language — three words that comprise 8% of the Spanish language by themselves.

After we practice with these words, you'll soon be able to start forming sentences like a native Spanish speaker.

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To become fluent in Spanish, you have to learn connecting words!

Today we're talking about conjunctions, particularly the words que and y, and how they help hold the whole Spanish language together and create fluent flow.

We'll also learn why conjunctions are even more important in Spanish than in English, based on a special rule about Spanish verbs.

After this episode, you'll know how to use the most common word in the Spanish language, getting you one step closer to thinking in Spanish.

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