Colombiana
Inglés
Welcome to our first episode! Hola, y bienvenidos – hello, and welcome! We’ll start you off on your Spanish journey by learning some ways of introducing yourself, and asking someone how they are. You’ll find yourself coming back to these phrases again and again in all of your Spanish conversations, so it’s a great place to start.
Learn how to ask people about their interests, and say what you like and don’t like!
Join Rob and Liz in a cafe! We teach you a few phrases that you can use to order like a native in a cafe or restaurant.
Today, we’re going to talk about… interviews! Rob’s going to interview Liz, and ask some questions about her life! You’ll learn how to ask questions, and how to conjugate some simple regular verbs.
Lis and Rob show you the rest of the conjugations of the present tense for all three types of verb, and practise asking questions using those verbs.
We talk about the “go” verbs, the first set of irregular verbs that we’ll encounter. These are some of the most common and useful verbs, so it’s worth memorising them!
Learn how to use the two verbs “ser” and “estar”, which both translate as “to be”. So, what’s the difference?
We move on to talking about “doing”, with a focus on the continuous tense. Learn how to say things like “I’m running”, “she’s going” and more. Make sure that you’ve listened to the previous lessons, because we step it up a gear in this one!
We look at “coming and going” – venir e ir, talking about where to go, and how to make future plans. We also look at one way of practising your verb conjugations so that they become second nature!
An introduction to adjectives. Learn a few Spanish adjectives, and how to describe things.
Learn how to use comparatives in Spanish with the adjectives from last lesson.
Use the adjectives we’ve learned to form superlatives – the biggest, the tallest, the most expensive, etc.
Learn how to talk about “obligation” in Spanish – telling someone what to do! We look at two ways of doing this, exploring the constructions “tener que” and “hay que”.
We look at two ways of referring to the future, without even using the future tense!
We take a break from grammar to explore transport:
Lis and Rob talk about going out, and teach you phrases to make evening plans.
Learn the numbers, from 1 – 1,000,000:
Having learnt the numbers, we do a little more practice and then start using them with one of the most common scenarios: shopping. Learn relevant phrases around shopping, including asking about prices, making an order, and other shopping vocabulary.
Learn how to agree and disagree politely, as well as some useful phrases for giving your opinion.
Learn more useful time expressions to talk about frequency:
We continue with the theme of time:
Our final podcast on time, and you’ll learn:
We meet the verb querer:
We meet another incredibly useful, stem-changing verb, poder:
Learn the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers in our cheatsheet
95 essential phrases for beginners, designed to guide you towards fluency
