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In this episode we'll practice the verb Querer, in all of its essential conjugations, with an extensive quiz. Practice along out loud! Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/75  

Let's practice some common Spanish abstract nouns, including nombre, tipo, historia, and poco. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/74  

Let's learn some essential Spanish adjectives, such as nuevo, menos, muerto, and vivo. We'll get lots of practice with these, including the nuances of when to use adjectives with Ser versus with Estar. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/73

Let's conjugate Querer in the past! We'll learn how to say “wanted”, “loved”, and a version of the word “meant” in Spanish. We'll also work on Querer's many subjunctive forms, which are more common than you might expect. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/72

Let's learn the Spanish verb Querer, which means “to want” and “to love”. We'll practice using the unconjugated forms (querer and querido), along with all the present-tense forms (quiero, quiere, quieres, quieren, and queremos). Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/71  

Let's practice saying things like “can”, “can't”, “could”, and “couldn't” in Spanish, in real-life contexts. Quiz and speak along. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/70

Spanish has a lot of nouns for time. Let's learn the words for “hour”, “minute”, “week”, “month”, and many more. We'll also learn how to talk about clock time in Spanish, such as how to say “one o'clock” or “three o'clock”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/69  

Today we'll learn some Spanish adjectives, including feliz, mismo, seguro, and claro. These are very frequent adjectives that you'll encounter in just about every Spanish conversation. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/68

Let's learn the rest of the essential conjugations of Poder, including the past tense, the future tense, and the subjunctive, so that we can say “was able”, “will be able”, “would be able”, and “could”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/67

How do you say “can” in Spanish? Today we'll explore the verb Poder and start using it to say “can”, “can't”, and “might” in Spanish. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/66

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 all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/65

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 today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/64

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 “redundant a” and putting our object pronouns in the right order in Spanish sentences. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/63

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 also explore verb contractions, such as hacerlo and hazlo. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/62

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, which roughly means “to become”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/61  

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. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/60

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 at LCSPodcast.com/59  

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

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 today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/57  

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 Spanish prepositions. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/56

Let's practice using Spanish imperatives out loud! Here's a spoken quiz to give you a variety of ways to practice imperative terms such as vete, váyase, ten, and tenga. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/55  

Spanish imperatives can be tricky, especially some of the most-used imperatives such as ve, ten, and váyase. Let's learn both the positive and negative imperatives of Ir, Irse, and Tener — and get lots of practice using them in context. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/54

How do you use Tener and Haber to talk about obligations, such as “I had to do that” and “someone needs to do it”? Let's explore the Tener + que and Haber + que constructions that Spanish uses to express obligation. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/53  

The Spanish verb Tener has a lot of conjugations — let's learn the many ways this verb is used, including the preterite, imperfect past tense, future, and subjunctive. We'll also get a lot of spoken practice using Tener in context. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/52

Tener and Haber are the two ways to say “have” in Spanish. Let's start learning Tener and practice using the present tense conjugations (tengo, tiene, tienes, tienen, and tenemos). Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/51

Sometimes words don't mean what they seem to mean! Let's use our Spanish vocabulary to create new meanings by combining them into non-literal phrases we call idioms — such as ya que and ya está. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/50  

Where, when, how, and how much? Let's learn how to ask some common questions in Spanish, as well as the adverbs you can use to answer them! Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/49  

Buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches! In this episode we'll cover some essential greetings and polite terms in Spanish, such as gracias and de nada. We'll also discuss how to use Haber to talk about existence, using words like hay and había. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/48  

Let's learn 10 common Spanish nouns — including the words for “life”, “truth”, “woman”, and “man”, as well as the idioms for “actually” and “really”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/47  

Spanish reflexive pronouns are tricky, and they have many different uses! Let's learn how to use se, me, te, and nos, especially when they turn Ir (“to go”) into Irse (“to leave”). Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/46

Use this quiz to practice using the Spanish verb Ir in all kinds of different ways — the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, and the subjunctive. Try to predict each Spanish sentence and speak out loud! Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/45  

The verb Ir is one of the most irregular verbs in Spanish. Let's learn its many conjugations, including the preterite, the subjunctive, and the future tense, using a memory palace. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/44  

Let's learn how to use Ir to mean “going to”. This is how we can put any verb in the future, simply by using our conjugations of Ir along with an infinitive. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/43

Let's learn how to say “go” in Spanish! We'll learn the present-tense conjugations of Ir (voy, va, vas, van, and vamos), using a memory palace. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/42  

The past of the past? The continuous future? What is the purpose of complex verb phrases such as habías hecho and estará haciendo? Let's learn how to do fun, complex things with verb tenses. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/41  

Prepositional pronouns let us do a lot of creative things in Spanish! Let's learn how to say things like “with him”, “with her”, “for them”, and “from us” in Spanish. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/40  

How do you say “now” in Spanish? Today we'll explore a bunch of Spanish adverbs, including the words “ahora” and “ya”, the two different ways you can say “now”. We'll also talk about some of the many ways “ya” can be translated into English. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/39  

Let's learn how to use the words hacer, hecho, and haciendo in Spanish. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/38  

Let's learn a lot more Spanish pronouns, including indirect objects, as well as the words for “something”, “nothing”, and “everything”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/37  

Let's learn the verb haber so that we can use he, ha, has, han, and hemos to put other verbs in the past, using their participles. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/36.  

Let's get lots of quizzing practice with Ser and Estar, in every commonly used tense and mood! We'll also learn the prepositions del and al. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/35  

Esta, esto, este… esa, eso, and ese… let's learn all the words for “this” and “that”. We'll also talk about why some pronouns don't have a grammatical gender, even though all nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/34

Let's wrap up learning Estar by working on estará, estaría, estarían, estarías, estaríamos, and estado. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/33  

Let's learn the last of our important conjugations of Ser, and we'll get some good practice with the unconjugated forms ser, sido, and siendo. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/32

Why does Spanish have two past tenses — the preterite and the imperfect? And how do you know which one to use in real life? Let's explore the preterite and imperfect tenses, and we'll also get some great practice using estaba, estuve, and estuvo. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/31

Eric has wanted to learn Spanish his whole life. And now, with a Spanish-speaking partner and plans to move to Spain, Spanish fluency is no longer optional! Here is his story. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/30

How do you use “lo que” in Spanish, without confusing it with “el que” and “la que”? And when should you use “qué” instead? Let's dive into all the ways you can say “what” and “the one that” in Spanish. We'll also learn how to use bueno and bien. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/29  

Let's learn how to use “mi”, “su”, “tu”, and “nuestro” before Spanish nouns. We'll also get some practice with new conjunctions, including “pero” and “cuando”. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/28

Spanish subjunctives are often used to express abstract concepts such as intentions and emotions. Let's learn some sentence templates for this, and we'll practice them using the subjunctives of Ser and Estar. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/27

Spanish subjunctives don't have to be hard! Let's learn the most common uses of Spanish subjunctives to indicate intention. We'll get lots of practice using the subjunctives of Ser and Estar in a variety of sentences. Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/26

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