It's time for the 10th and final episode for this series of the Coffee Break Spanish Show! Join Anabel and Concha as they look at some tips and tricks to help you expand your vocabulary in an easy and straightforward way, so that you can gain more confidence in your Spanish. To do this, we take a look at three suffixes. ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you know how to form a negative statement in Spanish? How many negative words are you familiar with? In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Show we look at some rules that can help us correctly use negative structures in Spanish. ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Like the look of the Coffee Break mugs featured in our episodes? Purchase your very own mug here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that there are some adjectives that have a different meaning depending on whether they are used with ser or estar? That is the topic that Mark and Concha are tackling in this episode of the Coffee Break Show! This is the second part of a double episode all about these two verbs, and in our previous episode we discussed how and when to use ser and estar in Spanish. If you haven’t already watched that episode then be sure to catch up on episode 7 before this one! ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Like the look of the Coffee Break mugs featured in our episodes? Purchase your very own mug here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have reached episode 7 of The Coffee Break Spanish Show! This time, we're talking about the difference between ‘ser’ and ‘estar’, and when to use each of them to mean "to be". By the end of this episode you'll be confident in knowing whether to use ‘ser’ or ‘estar’ in your Spanish conversations! ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 6 of the Coffee Break Spanish Show is all about pronunciation, with a focus on long words in Spanish. Join Mark and Concha as they talk about where to place the stress when pronouncing Spanish words. By the end of this episode you'll sound more like a native speaker! ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with another episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Show! We're halfway through the series, and this time we're learning about where you can place adverbs when speaking Spanish and how it affects what you are saying. ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to another episode of the Coffee Break Show! This time, we're helping you use ‘tu’ and ‘usted’ like native speakers of Spanish. With the help of our Spanish team, you'll know how to navigate informal and formal Spanish, enabling you to communicate more naturally in the language. ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Show, we look at how the verb ‘gustar’ works and how to use it in different tenses and situations. After listening to this episode, you'll be able to say that you like something in Spanish, using 'gustar' in any tense! ➡️ Click to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ ☕️ Purchase a Coffee Break mug here ☕️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the Coffee Break Spanish Show! In Episode 2, we look at Spanish nouns that take the article 'el' despite being feminine nouns, such as 'el agua' and 'el aula'. By the end of this episode, you'll have a much better understanding of Spanish gender rules, helping you communicate more confidently! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ ☕️ Purchase a Coffee Break mug here ☕️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Show! We start the season off by learning how to pronounce the letter R when speaking Spanish - and how and when to use it. ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet which accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast series - the Coffee Break Spanish Show! Throughout this 10-episode series, our Coffee Break Spanish team will help you take your intermediate Spanish to the next level, one coffee break at a time. We cover a range of topics to help you deepen your understanding of tricky grammar, broaden your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation. You'll sound like a native speaker in no time! Prefer to watch these lessons? You can do exactly that for free on Coffee Break TV, and download the episodes to your device so you can access them on the go. Or, you can head to our Coffee Break Spanish YouTube channel to access the video version of each podcast episode. Don't forget to subscribe to our account while you're there so that you don't miss an episode. That's not all... each episode of the Show is accompanied by a blog article to increase your understanding of the topics covered. We'll see you next Thursday, 19th October, for the first episode of the Show. ¡Hasta pronto! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Mark and Anabel to find out about our new series for advanced learners, La penúltima voluntad. In this series you'll follow the story of Marta and the inheritance left to her by her father. In each episode you'll be building your comprehension of Spanish and experiencing new vocabulary at this advanced level. Each episode of the podcast represents a chapter in the novel and we provide a full online course which will help you understand every word and use the new language you've learned in your own speaking and writing. Find out more at https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/lpv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have reached the tenth and final episode in this series of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine and we're rounding off the season by talking about one of the most cultivated cereals in the world - corn! Through the text featured in this episode, we find out where the term 'corn' comes from and its importance in Latin America. Of course, Mark and Anabel pick up on the important language points along the way. Alongside the range of nouns, verbs and adverbs, we hear some interesting phrases such as tener en común, querer decir and por cierto. That's not all! We also have the opportunity to practise forming plural phrases in Spanish and learn more about how to use propio/a and mismo/a. There are a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the penultimate episode in this series of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, we're taking a virtual trip to one of the oldest cities in Europe - Cádiz. Marina shares an interesting text about the history of this city in the south of Spain before Mark and Anabel discuss some useful language points. Some of the key grammar points discussed include: the difference between qué and cuál, the imperfect tense, and the gerund. Don't miss the end of the episode when Marina joins Mark to share a new expression: ser del año de la pera. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine we're talking about grape harvesting in Argentina! We learn how to create adverbs ending in -mente, and familiarise ourselves with the structure: continuar + gerund. We also hear a variety of verbs including alabar and constar de, before Mark and Marina discuss la Guinda del pastel. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to another episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! This time, we discuss a text about a canoeing festival which takes place in Asturias every year. While hearing about the festival throughout the text, Mark and Anabel, discuss the grammar points which appear and explain the key vocabulary. We learn about the difference between saber and conocer; the verb interesar, and the meaning of - azo, in words like planazo, bombazo and cochazo. Marina joins Mark at the very end of the episode to discuss this week's guinda del pastel. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Mark and Anabel discuss a text about the life and work of a very famous novelist who was born in Chile - Isabel Allende. While learning more about Isabel Allende throughout the text, we discuss some interesting language points including regular and irregular participles and the difference between ser and estar. As always, Marina joins Mark at the end of the episode and this time, we learn the meaning behind an interesting Spanish expression. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! In this episode, Mark and Anabel go through a text about human towers or castells in Catalan. We break down the range of vocabulary and grammar points featured in the text, including the words: tanto… que…, tras and cualquier. Take note of some Catalan words throughout the text and be sure to listen until the end as Marina joins Mark to discuss the phrase: hacer piña. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re taking a virtual trip to Latin America as we’re visiting the Amazon jungle in this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! Join Mark and Anabel and learn some interesting facts about this amazing place while listening out for the use of the negative imperative; adjectives like indígena and frondoso; and verbs such as convertirse and suponer. As always, Marina joins Mark at the end of the episode and this time, they’re discussing the phrase: si el río suena, agua lleva. In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the Spanish language in a more natural way. This series is aimed at intermediate Spanish learners. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine hosts, Mark and Anabel, are back for another episode! This time we hear a text about a Basque celebration which takes place in Bilbao. Throughout the text, we come across some interesting language points, including the expression por todo lo alto; the verbs asomarse and quemar; and the structure of hay que. Marina joins Mark at the end of the episode to discuss the phrase: pasarlo bomba, pasarla chévere, ser la leche/la bomba. In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the Spanish language in a more natural way. This series is aimed at intermediate Spanish learners. There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 2 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine here. Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here. If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram. For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.