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The passive voice in Spanish is one of those strange grammatical expressions that strikes fear into the best of us. The truth of the matter is that one of the challenges of learning a language, be it Spanish or any other, is actually understanding your own grammar. We have found... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 11 – The Passive Voice in Spanish appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

Have you ever visited a small, sleepy Spanish village? Despite the fact that Spain is fast becoming a modern country, it is still possible to find many small villages throughout the whole of Spain that are pretty much what you might expect from the typical “aldea española”. In this free... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 10 – Spanish Villages appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

In this free Spanish lesson online, we have a chat about driving in Spain. Every country has its style of driving, and none more so than Spain. Certainly in the area around the capital, Madrid, drivers tend to be quite aggressive, although not all of them. Peeping the horn is... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 9 – Driving in Spain appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

The eight of our advanced intermediate Spanish lessons is all about impersonal verbs. As a conversation piece, these verbs are a real must for any serious student of the Spanish language. Why? Because, firstly, in conversation it’s so important to be able to express your opinions in a clear and... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 8 – Impersonal Verbs appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

This intermediate Spanish lesson is all about “mascotas”, or, in English, pets. We all love our pets and none more so than the Spanish. Because many Spanish people live in “pisos” or what we call apartments or flats, they tend to limit themselves to small dogs and so, at any... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Lesson 7 – Mascotas appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

Listening practice in Spanish is a key part of learning the language. Listening to children talk in Spanish is no easy feat. What is interesting, however, is the way Ulises, (el hijo del primo del padre de Cynthia jeje) talks us through his daily routines in a very matter of... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 6 – Listening Practice in Spanish appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

Commands in Spanish — otherwise known as the imperative tense — are one of the most important aspects of the Spanish language. No matter where you are you will be faced with someone telling you what they want you to do in Spanish. Don’t be shocked! They mean no offence.... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 5 – Commands in Spanish appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

In this free Spanish podcast, we discuss talking about the future in the Spanish language. There’s a strange phenomenon that often occurs when students of Spanish first learn what is called the Future Indicative (I will…). Suddenly, they begin to use it constantly, whenever they are talking about anything beyond... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Free Spanish Podcast 4 – The Future appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

The Spanish Past Tense using the Preterite and Imperfect. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to a professional story teller you will perhaps have noticed that one of their skills is that of being able to weave the story together through the clever use of all the various... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate 3 – Spanish Past Tense – Preterite and Imperfect appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

Possessive Pronouns in Spanish. Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in Spanish form such an intrinsic part of the language that it’s important that you make sense of them so that you can use them well and accurately. Not surprisingly, due to their complexity and to the multiple options that they... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Podcast 2 – Possessive Pronouns in Spanish appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.

Why the Preterite in Spanish? A recent study that was made that focused on the use of language showed that a typical conversation tends to fall into two categories: We are either talking about the future or we are talking about the past. Of course, we didn’t need a language... Read more » The post Advanced Intermediate Spanish Podcast 1 – The Preterite in Spanish appeared first on Lightspeed Spanish.