Spanish Language Game: The City - 8 Nouns

Quick Spanish Language Game: The City (8 Nouns)

Level: Beginner (A1)
Playing Time: 4 minutes

Play this fun vocabulary game sequence - Memory. Word Invader. Word Hero. Word Shoot. Flash Cards. - to learn 8 city-related words, to practice your Spanish pronunciation, and to get the right article - "el" or "la" into your brain. Remember to say the Spanish OUT LOUD.

Vocabulary

• la ciudad - the city
• la torre - the tower
• la fuente - the fountain
• la calle - the street
• el río - the river
• el piso - the apartment
• el edificio - the building
• el parque - the park
  
  

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If you like our Spanish games, you can practice Spanish - online and completely for Free - with our 36-Scene story "David en España" by just logging in, or registering HERE.
You can find more resources for learning and practicing Spanish on FREELANGUAGE.ORG.
Our FREE Spanish 1 course will let you learn and practice Spanish playfully - with a travel-story of a young man in Spain and easy games.

Spanish Language Game: Months of the Year

Quick Spanish Language Game: Months of the Year.

Level: Beginner (A1)
Playing Time: 3 minutes

A fun interactive language game to learn and practice Spanish months of the year.
English speakers can mostly recognize the names of the Spanish months, but pronouncing and spelling them takes a little practice.
Note: the months are not capitalized in Spnish, and they are all masculine.

Months of the Year

• enero - January
• febrero - February 
• marzo- March
• abril - April
• mayo - May
• junio - June
• julio - July
• agosto - August
• septiembre - September
• octubre - October
• noviembre - November
• diciembre - December

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More Than a Spanish Language Game

And don't forget: You can practice Spanish online for FREE with our 36-Scene Spanish 1 Travel-Story: "David en España".
In it you learn and practice all the words, phrases and sentences you also hear in the podcasts.
Just login HERE.
"The Story" and easy games will let you forget that you are actually learning Spanish!
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Spanish Language Game: Estar - Present Tense

Quick Spanish Language Game: estar (to be) - present tense
Level: Beginner (A1)
Playing Time: 4 minutes

Play this fun interactive Spanish language game online, to learn and practice the present tense of the Spanish verb "estar".
You'll practice the personal verb forms, then put together easy sentences with them.
The sentences illustrate 3 basic uses of the verb "estar" (see below).
Note that personal pronouns (yo, tú, él, etc.) are often dropped in Spanish, except when they are needed for clarity or emphasis.
In this game, we first include the pronouns, then drop them in some of the sentences.

Present Tense of the Verb "estar"

• yo estoy - I am
• tú estás - you are (familiar)
• él, ella está - he, she is
• Usted está - you are (formal)
• nosotros/as estamos - we are (m/f)
• vosotros/as estáis - you are (m/f) [Spain]
• Ustedes están - you are (pl) [Latin America]
• ellos/as están - they are (m/f)

3 Basic Uses of "estar":

1. to express a condition or state
• ¿Estás cansado? (Are you tired? [familiar])
• ¿Está seguro? (Are you sure? [formal))

2. to indicate a location
• No está aquí. (He isn't here.)
• ¿Dónde estáis? (Where are you-all? [Spain])
• ¿Ustedes están en casa? (Are you-all at home? [Latin America])
• Estamos en España. (We're in Spain.)

3. to form the progressive tense
• Estoy buscando ... (I'm looking for ...)
• Ellos están caminando. (They're walking.)

Spanish Language Game: Poder - Present Tense

Quick Spanish Language Game: poder (can, to be able) - present tense
Level: Beginner (A1)
Playing Time: 4 minutes
Learn and practice the present tense of the Spanish verb for "can, to be able" with a quick and fun interactive game.
Note that in the present tense, the verb "poder" is irregular: Its stem changes from o --> ue in all forms except nosotros/nosotras, and vosotros [used in Spain].

(Image credit: Kamila Maciejewska on Unsplash)
With Shootout, you'll practice the personal verb forms.  With Word Invader, you'll make easy sentences with each of the forms.
Note: Pronouns (yo, tú, él, etc.) are often dropped in Spanish, unless you need them for clarity or emphasis.
We'll first include the pronouns for practice. In the sentences you'll notice that some of them are naturally dropped.

Present Tense of the Irregular Verb "poder"

• yo puedo - I can
• tú puedes - you can (familiar)
• él, ella puede - he, she can
• Usted puede - you can (formal)
• nosotros/as podemos - we can (m/f)
• vosotros/as podéis - you can (m/f) [Spain]
• Ustedes pueden - you can (pl) [Latin America]
• ellos/as pueden - they can (m/f)

Spanish Language Game: Hola, encantada...

Spanish Language Game: Hola, encantada de conocerte... (Hi, pleased to meet you... ) 
In this quick online game, learn and practice 15 Spanish words and phrases with a mini-story.
1. Identify key phrases.
2. Hear the mini-story.
3. Build the sentences with Word Invaders.
4. Test yourself with Flashcards.
5. Listen to the story again without translating.

Always say the Spanish OUT LOUD. Click on the sentences to hear them again. 

David arrives at the apartment of his friend Daniel, a Spanish friend who lives in Granada. Daniel's girlfriend Rosa opens the door and introductions follow.
When meeting someone new it helps to have a few polite phrases ready in the local language. Not cool to barge in with English right away.

This short episode is also part of our Spanish 1 course, which is a series of brief stories (that we call scenes).
In the 36 scenes of the course you learn and practice 750 useful words. 

(The full Spanish 1 course is available for FREE by registering HERE.)
Practicing with mini-stories is a great way to get more familiar with natural-speed Spanish pronunciation and idiomatic expressions.
Note that in Spanish, personal pronouns (I, he, she, we, etc.) are often dropped unless they are needed for clarity or emphasis.

Words in Spanish Mini-Story Language Game

• ¡Hola! - Hello! 
• David encuentra - David finds
• la calle Reyes Católicos - the Catholic Kings street
• treinta y cuatro - 34
• Rosa le abre la puerta. - Rosa opens (him) the door.
• Encantada de conocerte - Pleased(f) to meet you [familiar]
• por fin - at last
• Es un placer - It's a pleasure
• el piso - the apartment [Spain]
• David entra en el piso. - David comes into the apartment.
• Ve a otra mujer joven. - He sees another young woman.
• mi hermana - my sister
• está de visita - she's visiting
• Ana, este es David - Ana, this is David
• un amigo de Daniel - a friend of Daniel's

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More than a Spanish Language Game

If you like our Spanish games, you can practice Spanish - online and completely for Free - with our 36-Scene story "David en España" by just logging in, or registering HERE. 
You can find more resources for learning and practicing Spanish on FREELANGUAGE.ORG.
Our FREE Spanish 1 course will let you learn and practice Spanish playfully - with a travel-story of a young man in Spain and easy games.