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Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! So, you waited, you stressed, and then you finally get through. Listen to the frustrated situation of Andrés as he tries to speak Paola and cannot hear a thing. Join Alan and Lisy as they sympathize with Andrés while going over how to use the verb “ser” (to be) on the phone in order to identify yourself. Don’t forget to sign up for a premium subscription for 7 days on us! You’ll thank us in the forum when you do.
Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! Looks like Andrés finally had some luck with his phone card. After a bumpy start, he will be able to make his call! Join Alan and Lisy as they help express Andrés’ relief along with a discussion of direct object pronouns. Learn how to eliminate those awkward redundancies! Don’t forget to check out the learning center for everything you could possibly need to improve your learning. That’s pretty much why we call it the learning center!
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Join Lisy and Alan for part 6 of the Rise and Shine episodes: a series of phone conversations between Félix, in Madrid, and Jimena, in Guayaquil. In this lesson, Alan will show us how to distinguish “what we will do” from “what we will be doing”, breaking it down and providing lots of insightful examples. Remember, these lessons are designed to be used along with the learning tools in the Learning Center, so if you don’t already have a Premium Subscription, take advantage of our 7 day free trial and see what it’s all about.
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Today, we have Part IV of the Rise and Shine episodes. Here, Lisy’s joined by Alan La Rue for his first Beginner lesson with the Spod101 team. Lisy and Alan take a look at how to express an action that is going now, even though we don’t know when it began or when/if it has ended. Today’s conversation takes place on the phone, where Jimena in Guayaquil and Félix in Madrid do some catching up. The Beginner Series is designed to prepare our students with the necessary tools to move on to more intermediate studies.
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Today, we have Part III of this phone conversation between Jimena in Ecuador and Félix in Spain. We get to look at the gerund at bit closer and see how it’s formed with verbs of the second and third conjugations, as well as how it can be used with verbs other than “estar”, distinguishing this usage from that of the “Present Progressive” in English. Don’t forget to check out the Line by Line audio transcripts in the Learning Center. With the Beginner Series of Spod101 you will set the foundation necessary for advancement into the soon-to-come Intermediate Series.
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Grammar: ser | Function: introducing oneself | Topic: phone conversation | Politeness Level: informal
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