• Beginners 52: City vs country living
    May 6 2025

    Discover how to express missing people and places in Spanish in our episode "Missing Things: City vs Countryside." Learn three authentic expressions—"extrañar," "echar de menos," and "hacer falta"—through a natural conversation about life in Colombia's bustling capital versus its peaceful coffee region. Perfect for beginners who want to sound more natural when expressing emotions in Spanish!

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    23 mins
  • Beginners 51: The car crash
    Apr 7 2025

    Lis tells us about her car crash in the centre of Bogotá. Learn how to describe accidents, and unexpected events in Spanish.

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    26 mins
  • Beginners 50 - Telling a story with the past tense(s)
    Mar 28 2025

    A few years ago, we made a move from London to Bogota - in this episode, Lis tells the story of our intercontinental move.
    Learn how to combine the preterite tenses (imperfect and indefinite) when you tell a story, and when to use each one.

    Foundations 2 is launching on the 7th April! Head to spanishobsessed.com/foundations-2 to find out more!

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    23 mins
  • Beginners 49: The indefinido (part 1)
    May 30 2024

    An introduction to using the other preterite tense, the "indefinido".

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    21 mins
  • Beginners 48 - Imperfect "triggers"
    May 24 2024

    Learn some handy "triggers" that often indicate the imperfect

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    17 mins
  • Beginners 47: Ser and Ir in the imperfect
    Apr 25 2024

    Learn how to use "ser" and "ir" in the imperfect tense in Spanish, featuring a dialogue, and some nifty hacks for both remembering the conjugations as well as some great uses of these verbs.

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    20 mins
  • Beginners 46: A brief overview of the past tenses
    Apr 18 2024

    In this and the next few episodes, we'll be focusing on the preterite, or past tense. What are the two past tenses, and what are a couple of good rules of thumb to know?

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    16 mins
  • Beginners 45: Relationships and talking about your civil status
    Apr 11 2024

    Should we say "estoy casado" or "soy casado"? Is it a temporary state, or a permanent feature...?
    Learn which to use, and when, as well as other vocabulary and expressions to talk about relationships.

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    13 mins