How do you use Tener and Haber to talk about obligations, such as “I had to do that” and “someone needs to do it”? Let’s explore the Tener + que and Haber + que constructions that Spanish uses to express obligation.

53: How to express obligation in Spanish

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Let’spractice saying things like “can”, “can’t”, “could”, and “couldn’t” in Spanish, in real-life conte xts. Quiz and speak along!

70: Practice Poder

Spanish has a lot of nouns for time. Let’s learn the words for “hour”, “minute”, “week”, “month”, and many more. We’ll also learn how to talk about clock time in Spanish, such as how to say “one o’clock” or “three o’clock”.

69: Hora, minuto, semana, y mes

Today we’ll learn some Spanish adjectives, including feliz, mismo, seguro, and claro. These are very frequent adjectives that you’ll encounter in just about every Spanish conversation.

68: Spanish adjectives: Feliz, mismo, seguro

Let’s learn the rest of the essential conjugations of Poder, including the past tense, the future tense, and the subjunctive, so that we can say “was able”, “will be able”, “would be able”, and “could”.

67: How to say “could” in Spanish

How do you say “can” in Spanish? Today we’ll explore the verb Poder and start using it to say “can”, “can’t”, and “might” in Spanish.

53: How to express obligation in Spanish

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