Some Spanish verbs are difficult to use for students of the Spanish language. Not their grammatical difficulties but for their meaning and context, and in English or other languages they are translated with the same verb. Here we present you two verbs that translate to one single verb in English, the verb to know. Therefore, our teacher Irene... Read more »
Os deseamos feliz Navidad y que vuestro 2016 sea lleno de salud, felicidad, éxito y amor. Os agradeceros la confianza que habéis depositado en nosotros y los momentos felices que habéis compartido con nosotros durante estos 11 años. Nos alegraría mucho volver a veros en 2016. Este año os felicitamos con esta versión flamenca del... Read more »
Last Wednesday, we organized an exchange afternoon, a very interesting experience where the students could speak Spanish with natives. Previously, the students had prepared a list with questions to start the conversation with the people who were participating in the meeting. The event took place at the viewpoint of Prado del Rey, where we enjoyed the... Read more »
– Me gusta aprender español ¿Y a ti? ¿Te gusta? – Sí, a mí también me gusta. The Spanish verb gustar is translated with to like. I like to learn Spanish. And you? Do you like it? – Yes, I also like to learn Spanish. In Spanish some verbs have the subject after the verb,... Read more »
Collaboration with the environmental association O-Live The team of Academia Pradoventura cares a lot about the environment. That is why we have decided to support the Environmental Association O-Live in its work to integrate sustainable rural development, conservation of biodiversity, applied research and ecotourism in a project to protect and to value... Read more »
Today on the Book Day we pay homage to Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the novel “Don Quixote” which is the most important work of Spanish literature and one of the works of world literature that has been translated into the most languages. In the Spanish class today with the group of a high A2 level,... Read more »
The students of the advanced Spanish levels B1 or B2 often tell me about some difficulties they face when they meet young people and try to have a conversation with them in Spanish. The language used by young people in Spain the so-called ‘jerga juvenil’ which means ‘youth slang’ or ‘teenage slang’ in English. There... Read more »
In this videotutorial Ángeles explains the correct use of the temporal clauses with the conjunction "cuando/cuándo" and when to use it with indicative and when with subjunctive. She also shows when cuándo is written with an accent and when it goes without an accent.
With this video we thank all the students, colleagues and partners of Academia Pradoventura for being a part of the unvorgettable moments of the last 10 years and we wish you a Happy 2015!!! In the first part you will see an extract of these memories and in the second part you will learn what... Read more »
The different uses of the prepositions por and para can be confusing for students who are learning Spanish. In the following video Irene will explain in which case to use por and in which one para. Once you have seen the expanation and examples it won’t be difficult for you to distinguish between these prepositions... Read more »