Podcast Episodes

65: Practice Hacer

Episode 65

Let's get some good spoken practice with all the conjugations of Hacer, along with all the other Spanish we've learned recently on the podcast. Try to answer all the quiz questions out loud!

Practice…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

64: Problema, trabajo, razón, and idea

Episode 64

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.

Practice all of to…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

63: Redundant Indirect Objects

Episode 63

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 "…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

62: How to conjugate Hacer

Episode 62

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 …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

61: Hacer - "to do" or "to make"

Episode 61

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,…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

60: Practice fue, fui, and fuera

Episode 60

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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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

59: Porque and Hasta

Episode 59

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.

Practice all of today's Spanish for free a…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

58: Fuera and other past tense subjunctives

Episode 58

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

Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/58

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

57: Ser, the preterite tense

Episode 57

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!

Practice all of toda…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

56: The Spanish personal "a"

Episode 56

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 Spani…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago