23-f: Coup d’État in Spain
On 23 February 1981, Spain’s new democracy was confronted with a coup d’État. Watch history in the making in this video with transcript and translation.
B2 Spanish Lessons and Practice – Upper-Intermediate Spanish
B2 is upper-intermediate Spanish, consisting of conversational language that allows for in-depth discussion, opinions, and spontaneity – learn more.
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Accidental Reflexive
The reflexive construction, used mainly with pronominal verbs, can also be used passively to describe accidental and unplanned occurrences.
Arabic Influence
Learn about the tremendous Moorish influence on Spanish language and culture in this video (with transcript and translation).
Busco un hotel que sea céntrico
Practice using the subjunctive while looking for a hotel in Salamanca. Video with transcript and translation.
Compound Tenses
Spanish verb conjugations can be divided into two categories: simple tenses and compound tenses, and the latter can be further divided into two categories: progressive tenses and perfect tenses.
Conditional Perfect
To talk about something that would, could, or should have happened—but didn’t—you need the conditional perfect, also known as the past conditional.
Conditional Progressive
The Spanish conditional progressive is very similar to its English counterpart (would be + -ing). In both languages, the conditional progressive expresses an action that would be in progress at a certain point in time.
Crimen perfecto
Practice your Spanish listening comprehension with this 5-part series of audio articles.
Día de Muertos
Learn about Mexico’s Día de Muertos while working on your Spanish listening comprehension in this cute, fast-paced video.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns (this one, that one, the one[s], these, those) refer to a previously-mentioned noun in a sentence. Spanish demonstrative pronouns are more complicated than their English counterparts, because there are three different sets and because they must agree in gender and number with the noun they replace.
