The Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast
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Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Silent Letters in Spanish – A Short But Important List
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There are only 2 regular silent letters in the Spanish language. But, you’ll need to be careful with both of these letters because they are silent i...
Tips 116: La Vida Te Cambia
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine your partner says to you that as a couple you should move together to the other side of the world to start a new life. Could you do it? Would ...
Tips 115: Life in Madrid with Daniel Welsch – Part 2
19 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast is part 2 of a two-part interview with Daniel Welsch. If you missed part 1 of the interview you go back and listen to it h...
Tips 114: Life in Madrid with Daniel Welsch
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ever considered an ex-pat life in Spain? This week you will hear from Daniel Welsch who has been living in Madrid for more than 10 years. I’m very e...
Tips 113: An Insider’s Guide to the Canary Islands
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One question you have to ask yourself if you are learning Spanish is: which accent should you focus on? How do you choose an accent? Does it matter? I...
Tips 112: The Power of Noticing
22 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How much do you notice? Actually notice? Did you know that the ability to notice is a skill that can be improved? And that you can use that ability t...
Tips 111: Common Spanish Verbs – 6 Uses for the Verb “Acabar”
18 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Can you explain when you use “to end” and “to finish” in English? If so, you can apply the idea to the Spanish verbs “acabar” and “termi...
Tips 110: How to Set Yourself for Language Learning Success with John Fotheringham (Part 2 of 2)
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s mindset podcast you will hear part 2 of the two part interview with John Fotheringham. In the second part of the interview we discuss ho...
Tips 109: How to Use the Spanish Verb “Hay”
11 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
“Hay” is a unique Spanish verb. It is related to the verb “haber” or commonly referred to as the impersonal form of “haber”. In today’...
Tips 108: How to Set Yourself for Language Learning Success with John Fotheringham (Part 1 of 2)
08 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s mindset podcast we welcome John Fotheringham to talk about habit forming, how to set goals for success and one aspect of language lea...
Tips 107: 8 Uses of Ser and Estar with Adjectives
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The uses of Ser and Estar are an important part of Spanish that you should always be revising. In today’s podcast, you will learn about one specif...
Tips 106: Language Learning, Teaching English, Capoeira and Living in Brazil with Shayna Oliveira (Part 2 of 2)
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview with Shayna Oliveira. In this second part of the interview we cover language learning expectat...
Tips 105: Common Spanish Verbs – 9 Uses for the Word “Hacer”
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How well can you make do in Spanish? This week, for the theoretical Spanish podcast, you will learn about the uses of the verb ‘hacer’. Of course...
Tips 104: Language Learning, Teaching English, Capoeira and Living in Brazil with Shayna Oliveira (Part 1 of 2)
25 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s mindset podcast we welcome Shayna Oliveira to talk about language exchanges, building friendships and teaching English. Shayna is t...
Tips 103: Common Spanish Verbs – 7 Uses for the Word “Pasar”
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The verb ‘pasar‘ is in the top 10 most common regular Spanish verbs. It occurs frequently, it is useful and easy to conjugate. But, it is used in ...
Tips 102: What an Astronaut can Teach Us about Learning Spanish
18 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to imagine the feeling of being in a space shuttle when it is taking off. But I could imagine the experience may involve a lot fear. It’...
Tips 101: Olvidar vs Olvidarse – How to Forget in Spanish
14 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is forgetting in Spanish as simple as forgetting in English? If you want to forget in Spanish or at least express the idea, there are three ways you c...
Tips 100: How to Diversify your Spanish Skills by Solving Problems
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, when I was living in Madrid, I was chatting to a friend about a very addictive chocolate biscuit we have in Australia. She said she would l...
Tips 099: Transitive vs Intransitive Verbs In Spanish
07 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The good thing about transitive and intransitive verbs in Spanish is most English students tend to get them right when guessing. The bad thing is we d...
Tips 098: How to Improve Your Memory – The Most Important Principle
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Memory is important for language learning. That’s pretty obvious. But how can you improve your memory? It turns out there are a number of simple tac...
Tips 097: Common Spanish Verbs – 7 Uses for the Word “Llegar”
30 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s theory podcast we take a close look at the verb “llegar”. “Llegar” is a common Spanish verb and generally gets used correctly...
Tips 096: How to Overcome Fear and Put Yourself Out There with Kris Broholm (Part 2 of 2)
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview that I recently did with Kris Broholm. Kris is running his own language learning podcast cal...
Tips 095: How to Make a Phone Call in Spanish
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Answering the phone is an everyday occurrence. But the rules of phone etiquette in English don’t exactly work in another language. When you make a p...
Tips 094: How to Overcome Fear and Put Yourself Out There with Kris Broholm (Part 1 of 2)
20 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Kris Broholm to the podcast to discuss language learning mindset. Kris is running a language learning podcast called Actual Flu...
Tips 093: What to See and Do in Valencia
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Valencia is an amazing city. It home to delicious food, a good climate, great people and some impressive modern architecture. In this week’s Spanish...
Tips 092: Olly Richards on Speaking Spanish Sooner (Part 2 of 2)
13 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview on language learning with Olly Richards. If you haven’t listened to part 1 of the intervi...
Tips 091: Possessive Pronouns in Spanish
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Possessive pronouns in Spanish are generally straightforward except for one small detail. The detail is about knowing whether or not you need to use...
Tips 090: Olly Richards on Speaking Spanish Sooner (Part 1 of 2)
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Olly Richards to the podcast. Olly can speak 7 languages and knows a lot about the process of acquiring foreign languages. In th...
Tips 089: 4 Ways to Translate “Even” from English to Spanish
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s theoretical podcast, we will take a closer look at some of the different ways the word “even” can be translated from English to Spani...
Tips 088: How to Make Your Spanish Conversations Less Awkward
30 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What are your conversations like in Spanish? Do they flow? or do they stall? Being a great conversationalist in your first language doesn’t come eas...
Tips 087: Spanish Prepositions of Position (Part 2 of 2)
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode you will learn the second half of the prepositions of position. This episode is part 2 of a two part series and follows on fro...
Tips 086: How to Build Confidence with Ruan De Witt (Part 2 of 2)
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Confidence in language learning is huge. Those who think they can and those who think that can’t are probably right. This mindset episode of the p...
Tips 085: Spanish Prepositions of Position (Part 1 of 2)
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Prepositions are hard. Why? Because prepositions rarely translate well between languages. And their use often doesn’t follow a nice set of rules. Fo...
Tips 084: How to Build Confidence with Ruan De Witt (Part 1 of 2)
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 2005, Ruan De Witt was riding his bicycle on a bridge in France. A passing car caused him to fall from the bridge onto the busy highway below. He b...
Tips 083: Tratar – How to Treat this Helpful Spanish Verb
12 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s theoretical Spanish podcast we will explore the verb ‘tratar‘. ‘Tratar‘ can be confusing because of one particular meaning th...
Tips 082: Why you Need to Overcome your Fears with Amy Whitney
09 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amy Whitney is on the podcast. Her story beautifully captures the idea that language learning is hard but truly worth it. Amy has been a reg...
Tips 081: 3 Spanish Phrases with the Verb ‘Caer’
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast tip we are going to look at the verb ‘caer’. We will look at the differences between ‘caer’ and ‘caerse’ and giv...
Tips 080: How to Create a Strong Connection to New Spanish Vocabulary
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One way to increase your rate of learning spanish is to make deeper connections to new spanish vocabulary. If you can create a strong new memory every...
Tips 079: Quedar vs Quedarse – How to Use this Handy Spanish Verb
26 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding the differences between verbs such as quedar vs quedarse is a constant challenge for Spanish students. Not only is ‘quedar’ versat...
Tips 078: How to Find More Time for Your Spanish
23 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There is never enough time. Well, at least, it feels that way. Despite how busy you feel, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. Yet some still manag...
Tips 077: Common Spanish Verbs – 6 Uses for the Word “Echar”
19 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes mastery of a foreign language is less about how many words you know and more about how many words you know well. Your job as a language stud...
Tips 076: Learning Spanish Vocabulary – A Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy
16 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Learning Spanish vocabulary or the vocabulary of any language is a big task. Put simply—it takes focused effort overtime. But there are ways to incr...
Tips 075: The 4 Past Spanish Translations of ‘Was’
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One long term ongoing test for english students learning Spanish is the difference between ‘ser’ and ‘estar’. For me these two words remind me...
Tips 074: How to Avoid Feeling Dumb in Spanish
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A complaint I often hear is “I feel dumb in Spanish”. I don’t just hear this complaint from other students. I hear it in my own head as well. It...
Tips 073: How to Order Food in Spanish – A Restaurant Role-Play
05 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t know how many times I have walked into a Spanish restaurant and said the wrong thing. It could be at the start of the meal, during or even a...
Tips 072: How to Effectively Use 3 Essential Resources to Improve Your Spanish
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard the expression “time is money”. I don’t know if that’s true. Maybe it is. What I do know is that time has one thing in comm...
Tips 071: 10 Tapas You Have to Try Before You Die and 5 You Might Want to Avoid
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How adventurous are you when it comes to food? Are you the kind of person that tries anything once? Even if you are, you might still want to know what...
Tips 070: How To Improve Your Focus (Part 2 of 2)
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like there are hundreds of things competing to distract you and limiting your focus? Or have you ever thought that for one problem ...
Tips 069: What You Need to Know about Spanish Eating Customs Before your Next Trip to Spain
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine that it is 7 o’clock. A Thursday night. You are in the main street of one of the biggest cities in Spain and everything is closed. Nobody ar...
Tips 068: How To Improve Your Focus (Part 1 of 2)
19 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I sometimes find it difficult to focus. I also feel this lack of focus is holding me back from achieving my goals. But is focus something that is only...
Tips 067: Common Spanish Verbs – 5 Uses For The Word “Dar”
15 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
‘Dar’ is one of a small list of common spanish verbs that will have a big impact on your Spanish. It is another verb that means a lot of different...
Tips 066: How Do Excuses Affect Language Learning? How One Change Can Make A Big Difference
12 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have you heard that you should stop making excuses? It’s good advice. Don’t make excuses. But, there is a way to change how you mak...
Tips 065: How to Tell The Time In Spanish, Time Based Greetings and The Merits of an Early Start
08 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Knowing how ask and tell the time in Spanish should be in every student’s repertoire. I would also label ‘telling the time’ as essential Spanish...
Tips 064: The 6 Different Types Of Overwhelm And How To Avoid Them
05 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Overwhelm sneaks up on us. Sometimes we see it coming. Sometimes we don’t. There are actually 6 different types of overwhelm. And the annoying thing...
Tips 063: How To Use The Spanish Future Tense
01 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After New Year’s Celebrations have finished, it is usually time to start thinking about the future. If you want to talk about your future goals, res...
Tips 062: Why You Should Rethink Your New Year’s Resolution
29 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Should you bother setting a new year’s resolution? Maybe you have set one in the past and thought “what’s the point?” It’s just something we...
Tips 061: Spanish Christmas Vocabulary – ¡Feliz Navidad!
25 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas in Spain is quite different to Christmas in Australia. In today’s podcast episode we discuss some of the differences between Christmas in ...
Tips 060: Minimum Effective Dose And Language Learning
22 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘minimum effective dose’ is a term borrowed from the medical world. It seeks to answer the question: what is the minimum amount of input I nee...
Tips 059: An Insider’s Guide To Barcelona
18 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Barcelona is a fascinating city. It’s full of life, interesting architecture and culture. In today’s podcast episode we are going to do an intervi...
Tips 058: What You Should Know About San Fermín
15 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The San Fermín festival is infamous. Outside of Spain, well at least here in Australia, it is known as ‘The Running Of The Bulls Festival.’ Every...
Tips 057: How To Use The Spanish Conditional Tense
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know how to express would, could and should in Spanish? In this tip we will be looking at the Spanish conditional tense. We will give a few exa...
Tips 056: How To Avoid Breaking The Chain And Improve Your Spanish Faster
08 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What can Jerry Seinfeld teach us about learning Spanish? Before I say what it is, it’s definitely one lesson I wish I had learned earlier. Jerry Sei...
Tips 055: Pretérito Indefinido – The Simple Spanish Past Tense
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast we will be looking at another Spanish past tense. This Spanish past tense is called ‘Pretérito Inde...
Tips 054: The Secret To Success
01 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode I’m going to give away the secret to success. I’m going to share the one thing you need to know to be successful at learni...
Tips 053: 10 Spanish False Friends You Need To Know
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There are a number of words that are exactly the same in English and Spanish. This is a big advantage of learning Spanish. But, this advantage is comp...
Tips 052: How To Better Your Best
24 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard another language student speak and thought to yourself you will never reach their level? I have. I have met language students who...
Tips 051: 3 Spanish Phrases With The Verb ‘Poner’
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
‘Poner’ is one of a small list of Spanish verbs with a huge assortment of common uses. There are 28 uses for “poner” listed in my Spanish to S...
Tips 050: How To Think In Spanish
17 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
If I could think in Spanish then I could speak in Spanish. If I could think in Spanish then I good do anything in Spanish. How then can I start to thi...
Tips 049: The Past Imperfect
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast we will be looking at the past imperfect tense. There are many different past tenses in Spanish. And a...
Tips 048: 4 Crucial Steps For Improving Your Listening Comprehension
10 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As I stood there listening to her, I understood nothing. Not a word. Why after all this time of practicing was my comprehension so poor? I thought I h...
Tips 047: 10 Common Ways To React In Spanish
06 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As you build your Spanish knowledge you will find yourself reacting to lots of different scenarios. Each scenario will require it’s own vocabulary a...
Tips 046: The Best Time Of Day To Study
03 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Have you figured out what time of day you should be studying? Let’s assume that you have managed to get into the habit of practicing daily. The next...
Tips 045: How To Make Your Spanish Sound Better Than It Is
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear the word ‘guiri’, it’s worth double checking to see if the person who is speaking is talking about you. The word is generally used...
Tips 044: How To Use The Power Of Accountability In Your Spanish
27 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s mindset podcast we take a deep dive into a heavy topic. We will take a look at accountability. We do this with the intention of using the...
Tips 043: Spanish Introductions With Arantxa Flórez
23 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we welcome our first guest. Arantxa Flórez joins us to discuss Spanish introductions. The first phase in any conversation is...
Tips 042: What Didn’t Work For Me And How To Learn Spanish Quickly
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I have had a lot of embarrassing moments learning Spanish. I have referred to these moments as failures. But the best thing about failures is that the...
Tips 041: 3 Common Ways To Use “Llevar” In A Conversation
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The word “llevar” is one of the most versatile words in the Spanish language. There are 23 uses for “llevar” listed in my Spanish to Spanish d...
Tips 040: What You Need To Know About Give Up Triggers
13 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It is a hard question to ask – When do I give up? And Why? But, if you have the courage to ask, you may discover an answer in the self-analysis that...
Tips 039: 15 Different Ways To Express Frequency In Spanish
09 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to express frequency in Spanish then you should get to know at least one of the phrases in today’s podcast. We are going to look at 15 d...
Tips 038: How To Set Language Learning Expectations
06 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What is an expectation? How do you currently set expectations? Are there such things as bad expectations? Are you setting expectations that are stoppi...
Tips 037: Expressing Cause And Effect In Spanish
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to know someone well, is it important to discover what motivates him or her? Everybody has a cause and an effect of why they what they do....
Tips 036: El Día De La Paloma
29 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you find yourself in the middle of a massive street party at 1:00am. Spanish speakers surround you. There are in jokes, colloquial expressions...
Tips 035: It’s Time To Start Being More Negative
25 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When you start to get into the learning of Spanish. It feels great. There is a lot that you will start saying yes to. But every now and then, like in ...
Tips 034: How To Learn Spanish Faster By Using A 20-Mile March
22 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It was a perfect day, I really felt like practicing Spanish but I decided to stop because I knew it would be the best way to learn Spanish faster. Som...
Tips 033: How To Know If You Really Know – Saber vs Conocer
18 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How well do you know how to say you know what you know in Spanish? It today’s podcast episode we will be looking at these two common verbs in Spanis...
Tips 032: The Fluency Fallacy
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It broke my heart when she uttered those words to me. Not only was it a massive head on collision with reality but I thought at that moment that I wou...
Ya vs Todavía – How to Use These Useful Spanish Words
11 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When and how should you use ya vs todavía? These two Spanish words often get introduced together because they both relate to time. Specifically, th...
Tips 030: La Supercopa De España
08 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It was a bucket list item for me. Something that I had always dreamed of. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but I didn’t realise that if it w...
Tips 029: Two Useful Grammar Hacking Sentences
04 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this theoretical episode of the podcast, we will be looking at two useful Spanish Grammar Hacking sentences. These two sentences use indirect objec...
Tips 028: What Not To Do
01 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is productivity overrated? Is learning Spanish really about getting more done in less time? In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast, I w...
Tips 027: Are You The Best? An Introduction To Spanish Superlatives
28 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing knowing what is best. It is another thing saying it in Spanish. The key is in knowing Spanish superlatives. Expressing a form of supe...
Tips 026: Is This The Missing Link?
25 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It is often very tempting to simply look for the shinny new things. To assume that what come before is well understood and not worth another look. But...
Tips 025: How Do You Compare? An Introduction To Spanish Comparatives
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at Spanish comparatives. If you can’t yet make a comparison between one th...
Tips 024: Improve Your IQ With This Unusual Tip
18 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Would you like to boost your IQ? Probably a silly question. So moving on quickly, in this podcast episode I will introduce another technique that will...
Tips 023: Getting To Know Prepositions Of Movement
14 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How well do you know prepositions of movement in Spanish? If you can understand and use prepositions correctly you can do anything! Prepositions are t...
Tips 022: 4 Tricks To Lift Your Spanish Using Body Language
11 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I thought I was speaking clearly but he had no idea what I was saying. We have heard it before, right? There is much more said in the unsaid than the ...
Tips 021: How to Avoid Mistakes With The Letter “A”
07 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at another Spanish word that can cause confusion for English students....
Tips 020: How To Build Confidence In Spanish
04 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the real fast spanish tips podcast we look at a big mindset topic. If you have ever struggled with confidence or maybe looking to ...
Tips 019: 3 Ways To Use “Lo” In A Sentence
31 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at a common Spanish word that can be used in a number of different con...
Tips 018: How To Improve With Little And Big Steps
28 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the real fast spanish tips podcast we look at a concept called little and big steps. Why should you know about this concept? It is ...