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Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Your friend is completely irritated by the fact that no matter how hard he tries, you simply will not budge out of the front of your computer! He wants to go to the casino tonight and he is NOT taking no for an answer! He pleads with you in Spanish, “If I could ever get you to go to the casino with me, maybe I would be tempted to show you something new on your computer!” Not even offering you a passing glance, your friend mutters in Spanish, “If you knew more about computers than me, then you would be sitting in front of one, too!” You attempt to persuade your friend further by taunting in Spanish, “If I were you, I would take the chance….” Finally, not willing to give up an opportunity to learn something new, your friend tells you in Spanish, “If I agree to go with you to the casino, then you have to tell me first!” If one of you doesn’t give in, this could go on all night!

 

Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish! This Spanish Intermediate lesson will teach you how to form hypothetical statements in Spanish using the subjunctive mood. Sound difficult? Don’t worry! If it gets too difficult, we will be there to help! Visit us at SpanishPod101.com where you will find many more great Spanish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

 


 

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! She finally took an entire day off and you are really hoping she has made some time for you! So before she has time to make any other plans, you ask her in Spanish, “Today, I want you to spend the entire day with me!” Lovingly, she agrees in Spanish, “Of course, all day will be for you my dear!” As you both discuss plans for your day together, she suggests watching a movie in Spanish, “There’s a new movie I am dying for you to watch with me!” However, in your time apart, it appears that your interests may have grown a little. You believe the movies to be a bit beneath you as you reply in Spanish, “I believe the theater would be a more…cultural choice for us!” Startled by your sudden love of the theater (and your dismissal of an interest you once shared), she argues in Spanish, “Are you insulting me…calling me uneducated?!” Attempting a very quick recovery, you reply in Spanish, “No, no, not at all! Theater is just more interesting for me!” Humph! Well, this is going to be a long day for you!!!

 

Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish! This Spanish Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use Spanish indirect object pronouns. You will learn how to form sentences using the Spanish pronouns as well as see plenty of examples of their use! Visit us at SpanishPod101.com where you will find many more great Spanish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

 

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Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Every weekend since you arrived in at your mother’s house it’s been the same thing! You work hard all week…and every weekend she wakes you up at 6:00 AM!! What is she thinking?! This is the last time! You have had all you can take! Your mother ritualistically throws back your blankets and yells at you in Spanish, “I said that it’s time you got out of your bed!! I suggest that you listen to what you are told!” Completely annoyed at this point, you scream back in Spanish, “Please make sure you are listening so that I don’t have to tell you twice!! I am not getting up!!” Your mother adamantly argues back in Spanish, “Oh, you just give me a few minutes so that I can get your father!” Thinking you have won this battle, you pull the covers back over your head and mumble back to your mother in Spanish as she stomps away, “Whatever it takes for me to get a few more minutes of peace in this house! Sheesh!”

 

Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish! This Spanish Intermediate lesson will teach you how to form Spanish sentences using the subjunctive mood with clauses of purpose! Visit us at SpanishPod101.com where you will find many more great Spanish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

 

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Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You can’t believe it! They gave you the time off for your vacation to Spain! You are so excited you really don’t know what to do with yourself! As you and a colleague enjoy a nice lunch together, she asks you in Spanish, “Have you made any plans for your vacation to Spain?” Suddenly, you realize you haven’t made a single reservation! In fact, you have no idea what you plan to do! You explain in Spanish, “I have been so convinced they would deny my request, I didn’t make any plans!” Sympathetically, she replies in Spanish, “I know the feeling. I have great big, HUGE plans to do nothing but read my entire vacation!” Hmm…realizing many people enjoy reading, you gently tell her in Spanish, “I have never been a big fan of reading.” She questions in Spanish, “What have you been thinking about doing then? What could possibly be better than reading?!” Enthusiastically, you reply in Spanish, “I have been thinking about playing sports my entire vacation!” Men…how have they EVER thought that was relaxing?!

 

Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish! This Spanish Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use the preterit perfect tense to express an action in the past that is in some way linked to the present or is near the present. Visit us at SpanishPod101.com where you will find many more great Spanish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

 

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Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You and your friend are just about finished getting ready for the event of a lifetime! You just need to get your makeup on now, and of course your friend brought everything she owns because she can never make up her mind what to wear! She has some nice stuff here… Suddenly she yells in Spanish, “Be careful! Your skin is hypersensitive!” Man, she sounds like your mom! You snap back in Spanish, “Do you think I’m dense? I grabbed the hypoallergenic stuff! Calm down!” Rolling her eyes as she goes back to doing her own makeup, you realize she is putting it on a bit heavy… You very matter-of-factly tell her in Spanish, “You know, in olden days women wore very little makeup….” She quips back angrily in Spanish, “Women in olden days didn’t have all this makeup to choose from…or pictures that make you look pale either, did they!?” In a very calm voice, you reply in Spanish, “I’m sorry…you are too paranoid! You look beautiful.”

 

Learning Spanish with SpanishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Spanish! This Spanish Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use Greek prefixes to identify unfamiliar Spanish words. We will give you a long list of examples of these Greek prefixes as well as some sample sentences to show you how they form some common Spanish words! Visit us at SpanishPod101.com where you will find many more great Spanish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

 

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