Comment from nathalie
Time: July 30, 2008, 3:17 pm

I absolutely love all your lessons !!! not kidding

Comment from ben
Time: July 30, 2008, 4:07 pm

Thanks Nathalie!

Comment from Michael Gordon
Time: July 30, 2008, 9:03 pm

Muchas Gracias. Escuchaba de todos sus podcasts advanced, pero de este resumen de por, por podcast inspired beginners, me aprovecho en una gran manera. Es claro, facil para entender, y una de las mejores maneras para aprender un tema mas complicada para mi.

Comment from Tapan Chakravarty
Time: July 31, 2008, 2:28 am

Excellent ways to teach Spanish - But can the price be revised to make way to a lot many like us - specially the intermediate lessons- will you kindly think over it

Comment from ben
Time: July 31, 2008, 4:53 pm

Hi Tapan, we recently implemented a large price drop to make up for terrible worldwide currency and fuel price problems that affect us all. We think the price is now unbeatable considering the quantity of materials in each pack, and still provide all the podcast audio for free for those that are unable to get the worksheets. Ben

Comment from ben
Time: July 31, 2008, 4:55 pm

@Michael, really glad you liked it so much!

Comment from Gary
Time: July 31, 2008, 7:21 pm

Named after the Earl of Sandwich - with a D

;-D

Comment from chris connelly
Time: July 31, 2008, 10:58 pm

Ben y Marina gracias por vuestro podcast. Me habeis ayudado mucho a comprender ‘por’ muchas gracias. Espero que pasasteis muy bien vuestras vaciones! Voy a mallorca en septiembre con mi novia, mi hijo, mis abuelos y mi prima. Que ilusion! Espero que puedo hablar todo en espanol. Estare muy contento si puedo! adios.

Comment from Mia Olorunfemi
Time: August 1, 2008, 11:29 am

“Estoy loca para estos pocasts” lool

Comment from Steve
Time: August 1, 2008, 9:22 pm

I am confused about using ” estar por ” + infinitive. I have seen this to mean ” about to ” as in the following.

Estoy por comer.
“I am about to eat”

Seguramente ella está por llegar.
“Surely she is about to arrive”

I understand “tener ganas de” to mean “to feel like”.
Can you help me understand this a little better?
Thank you

Comment from SraArnold
Time: August 2, 2008, 1:41 am

“Estar + por + infinitive” means to be in favor of. “Estar + para + infin.” means to be about to do something.

Comment from Rita
Time: August 6, 2008, 8:57 am

I am from Hungary and I have been learning english since about 1 year.. and it gives me a great pleasure to see this website, love reading and listening your lessons.. I can practice the both language: english and spanish as well
Thanks to you!

Comment from ANTONIO
Time: August 6, 2008, 6:04 pm

Hi,
Just joined Bought last group of podcast notes.

Good value and veryhelpful

Comment from Sarah
Time: August 6, 2008, 11:34 pm

me ayudais muchiiiisimo! he estudiado en madrid por cuatro meses pero nunca habia aprendido “por” asi. muchisimas gracias por el podcast

Comment from Tom Lyman
Time: August 7, 2008, 9:39 pm

“Sandwich” has a “d” in English Ben haha.

Thanks you two, this helped me brush up on my Spanish skills. Very helpful.

Comment from deebee
Time: August 18, 2008, 4:05 pm

Ben y Marina gracias por vuestro podcast. Me habéis ayudado mucho a comprender ‘por’ y ‘para’ . Llevo 10 anos estudiando el español hasta el nivel ‘A’ y quiero decir que el podcast para ‘Beginners’ ha hecho muy claro este asunto. Estuvimos en Madrid el mayo pasado, mi marido y yo, para visitar amigos madrileños. Afortunadamente la temperatura no habí­a subido más que 27 grados, así­ que podí­amos andar y explorar la ciudad cómodamente.
Estoy loca por tus podcasts.