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SpanishPod is pleased to present La Clave, a video grammar review for those who have studied Spanish in the past, or who are currently studying Spanish. Each episode, JP and the SpanishPod team give you a fresh perspective on these topics you may have studied in class.
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La clave - The Conditional Perfect
In this, the season finale of La clave, we'll review the (very easy to conjugate) Conditional Perfect, so we can finally talk about what we would have done in given situations. Also, we'll watch a slide show about how JP is finally starting to lose his mind.
La clave - El futuro perfecto
In the big video today, we'll review "el futuro perfecto" the Spanish future perfect. We'll go over how to form it (piece of cake), and we'll get a chance to see it in the wild as we peer into the inner circle of the Sandwich Thieves.
La clave - El pluscuamperfecto
Today on the big video podcast, we're reviewing "el pluscuamperfecto," the Spanish pluperfect. We'll take a look at how to form it and when to use it. In addition, Esti will take us through a slide show, and we'll get a chance to guess what had happened, and hear "el pluscuamperfecto" in context.
La clave - The Past Participle and the Present Perfect
In the big video today, we'll review the present participle; the regular forms, as well as the irregulars. We'll put those past participles together with the present tense of the verb 'haber' to form the present perfect. Finally, we'll hear some breaking news from SpanishPod's news department.
La clave - The Conditional
Time now to review "el tiempo condicional," the Spanish conditional tense. You'll find it easy to form and easy to use, and soon you'll be talking in hypothetical situations and "would"s that haven't happened...
La clave - The Simple Future
In the big video today, we'll review the simple future tense; the verb tense with a sense of purpose!
La clave - Narrating the Past with the Preterit and Imperfect
Today we review how to narrate a story in the past using both the preterit and imperfect tenses. They're not interchangeable, so you better know how to use them. In this edition, Lili eats some cookies, Leo eats some cake with his face, and Marco gets a taste of the bitter cold.
La clave - The Imperfect Tense
This video reviews the imperfect tense； how to form it, and the three aspects you need to know in order to use it.
La clave - The Preterit Tense II
In this continuation of our review of the preterit tense, we'll look at all those not-so-regular preterit forms, and organize them onto a map. We'll also hear from some non-regular verbs about how they don't like being called irregular, and finally Esti can't stop listing off verbs.
La clave - The Preterit Tense
Today we review the preterit tense, "el tiempo pretérito," the tense used to list simple actions that began and were completed in the past. We'll see an episode from The Volatile Interpreter, and we'll take a look at the regular formation of this action-listing tense.
