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Learn Spanish: Notes in Spanish Inspired Beginners

by Ben Curtis and Marina Diez

Ben and Marina bring you real conversations and natural language to help you start speaking the Spanish you'll never find in a text book. With over 100 Spanish podcasts to their names with the popular Intermediate and Advanced series, the "Inspired Beginners" podcasts are for motivated learners who want to sound like pros! See notesinspanish.com for full details and the accompanying worksheets.

Latest episodes

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NIS Beginners 030 - Horarios

Today we look at timetables in Spain and the UK, and more cool Spanish phrases as usual! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet, and to s

Aug 20 2008
22 min

NIS Beginners 029 - Shopping and Money

We look at useful vocab and phrases for shopping and money, and have a real Spanish conversation on changing shopping habits in Spain. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up t

Aug 13 2008
26 min

NIS Beginners 028 - Para

It's Para time! In the last episode we tackled Por, and this time we cover its partner in crime, Para. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/works

Aug 6 2008
24 min

NIS Beginners 027 - Por y Para 1: Por

It's Por and Para time! In this episode we start with a complete rundown of Por. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet, including all of

Jul 30 2008
27 min

NIS Beginners 026 - La Musica

Lots of Spanish vocab and phrases for music today, and an insight into Marina's music tastes in days gone by! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcrip

Jul 23 2008
26 min

NIS Beginners 025 - Robo en Valencia

Ben and Marina introduce the Past Perfect tense, and talk about a terrible event in Valencia. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.

Jul 2 2008
22 min

NIS Beginners 024 - Ir de Tapas

Ben and Marina look at words and phrases connected with eating, ordering, and dealing with waiters in Spanish bars and restaruants, plus a rundown of the best Spanish tap

Jun 25 2008
25 min

NIS Beginners 023 - Ser y Estar

It's time to tackle Ser and Estar! Plus some extra listening practice for the Past Tenses. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.

Jun 18 2008
30 min

NIS Beginners 022 - Odio el futbol

More great conversation starters and useful phrases, with a touch of football for making friends with blokes! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcrip

Jun 11 2008
24 min

NIS Beginners 021 - Intercambios

We look at great conversation openers in Spanish to help you out at parties, when you meet new poeple, with intercambios and more. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the a

Jun 4 2008
24 min

NIS Beginners 020 - El Kindle

This week we discuss Amazon's Kindle, a revolutionary device that could change the way we read. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.

Jan 16 2008

NIS Beginners 019 - Sydney

This week we look at how two key past tenses, the Preterito Imperfecto and the Preterito Indefinido, can be used together to tell a great story. See notesinspanish.com fo

Jan 9 2008
19 min

NIS Beginners 018 - Nada de Nada

Nada, nadie, ninguno... this week we explore the Spanish negatives! See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheets.

Jan 2 2008
17 min

NIS Beginners 017 - Epocas Felices

We look at which past tense to use to talk about things we used to do in the past. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.

Dec 26 2007
23 min

NIS Beginners 016 - Feliz Navidad

Happy Christmas! A special show full of Christmas vocab, and details of Christmas in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheet.

Dec 19 2007
23 min

NIS Beginners 015 - La ultima vez

When was the last time you...? We look at how the Preterito Indefinido past tense is used to talk about things that happened in the past. See notesinspanish.com for more

Oct 22 2007
22 min

NIS Beginners 014 - Quedar

How to arrange to meet someone, and how to make excuses to get out of meeting someone! See notesinspanish.com for more details!

Oct 15 2007
16 min

NIS Beginners 013 - El Futuro

This week we look at the future tense in Spanish, and talk about our vision of the world in the future. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.

Oct 8 2007
17 min

NIS Beginners 012 - Yo Que Tu

In this episode we look at ways of giving advice in Spanish. See notesinspanish.com for full details and to pick up the worksheet.

Oct 1 2007
17 min

NIS Beginners 011 - Experiencias

Ben and Marina look at how the perfect tense is used to talk about experiences we have had in our lifetimes. See notesinspanish.com for more details and the accompanying

Sep 24 2007
19 min

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