http://www.notesinspanish.com Learn Spanish with Spanish podcast audio. This is real, exciting conversation from Spain. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:25:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ¡Hola! We've got a great new free Spanish report for you, all about uses of the verb 'Dar'. In fact, we've come up with a total of 34 excellent 'Dar' phrases and expressions that are commonly used by Spanish speakers every day, and will help you to sound more Spanish than ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2010/02/15/uses-of-the-spanish-verb-dar/ [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/notesinspanish/notesinspanish-doctors.mp3] [Download MP3] In today's special audio, part of our mission to help you have your best Spanish learning year ever, Ben and Marina look at useful Spanish vocabulary and phrases connected with going to the doctor and describing illness and symptoms. Many thanks to Sarah for helping out with this great list! ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2010/01/25/spanish-illness-and-doctor-phrases-and-vocabulary/ [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/notesinspanish/notes-in-spanish-emociones.mp3] [Download MP3] Download the Special Emociones PDFIncludes Audio transcript and huge vocab list!   In today's special audio, we tell the story about how Ben discovered an intriguing list of Spanish emotions pinned above Marina's desk. It turned out to be a powerful exercise she was trying out to pinpoint different emotional states! When I ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/11/20/emociones/ Eleven years ago I learned a secret way of thinking about the Spanish subjunctive that changed my Spanish-learning life! It's right here in this video: http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/11/18/spanish-subjuncitve/ Here's the video all about big news in Spain, and OUR big news! Context: Marina heads down to the local kiosko to pick up and discuss 3 of the most important newspapers in Spain. We talk about the 'politics' of each paper, and about our own primary news sources. http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/11/17/notes-in-spanish-noticias-video/ [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/intnotesinspanish/pleasantries-in-spanish.mp3] [Download MP3] We recently got an email from Phil, who lives in Andalusia, about a bit of a problem: "...one of the problems I have with my Spanish neighbours is just exchanging pleasantries, especially showing appreciation for things without just repeating 'muchas gracias' over and over again - as the British are ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/11/04/pleasantries-in-spanish-keeping-in-with-the-neighbours/ We recently made this video to help introduce some new friends to Notes in Spanish, but really wanted to share it here too so everyone can benefit from it now. We hope you enjoy it, feel free to leave a comment! Context: This is the story of how Marina and Ben ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/09/29/ben-and-marinas-intercambio-secret/ Ben and Marina are doing an '80/20' clean up at home, and have found a great place to get give away some old books... Watch the video, use the vocab below for a helping hand if you need it, and see if you can answer the two questions at the bottom! Useful ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/09/22/libros-spanish-video/ We want to send our warmest thanks to everyone who bought something from our store in our special 'Ben's Birthday/Get Back To Your Spanish' week (Sept 1st to 7th). We promised to send 10% of any revenue from that week to Unicef's program to fight infant mortality: Well, we took 10% as ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/09/11/muchisimas-gracias/ Yes, we have a big problem in our life, maybe you can help us make a decision! Here's the video, and if you find it tricky to understand everything, I've outlined a bit of context and a couple of bits of helpful vocab. below: Context: Our house has got too small ... http://www.notesinspanish.com/2009/09/03/spanish-learning-video/