Do you know how to say Happy Holidays in Spanish? In this lesson, we practice saying Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and more in Spanish. 📺 Watch the video version of this lesson on YouTube . 🔑 Become a member ! Membership gives you access to over 500 interactive medical Spanish lessons, organized into easy-to-follow courses. Ask questions, reinforce with Quizlet sets and downloadable PDFs, and track your progress. ❤️ We use a sliding scale model, so cost is never a barrier to...
Dec 24, 2025•4 min
I am back with Rory Foster for an interactive lesson focused on discussing injuries in Spanish. This lesson builds upon one of Rory's lessons at Common Ground International . In this lesson, we practice talking about bruises, cuts, ruptures, breaks, tears, and sprains. We will first present a verb, a noun, and an adjective that all share the same root. Then, we will use this vocabulary in phrases as we discuss these different types of injuries. A big shout out to La Comunidad 's teachers, Nelly ...
Mar 23, 2023•20 min
In today's episode, I interview Rory Foster of Common Ground International about their Medical Spanish Courses and Medical Spanish Immersion Trips to Latin America . Common Ground International is an excellent resource for learning medical Spanish. They offer courses from beginner to advanced and Medical Spanish Immersion Trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica. Their Spanish Immersion Programs are for all levels and include: Spanish immersion classes Volunteer programs in the community Homestays with l...
Mar 15, 2023•13 min
In this lesson, we explore verbs with the body and learn when to use the pronominal (reflexive) vs the non-pronominal form of the verb. While working on our latest series covering common orthopedic injuries in Spanish , I noticed how the verb to say, "I injured my knee," is pronominal: "Me lesioné la rodilla." Whereas the verb to say, "I bent my knee," is not: "Doblé la rodilla." So why is that? We learn this and more in this audio lesson. It’s a tricky subject, so I will try to make it clear th...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min
Grammar From the Medical Spanish Podcast It's been a while since I published the last lesson in the Spanish Grammar Review podcast. However, that’s not because I haven’t been podcasting about Spanish grammar. I just decided to dedicate the time I have outside of the hospital to my Medical Spanish Podcast and in the Medical Spanish Podcast, we cover a ton of advanced grammar within the context of clinical dialogues. Today’s podcast is an excerpt from our latest Medical Spanish podcast on the Covi...
Feb 11, 2021•9 min
In this lesson, we practice using DAR as a reverse construction verb to express getting a symptom in Spanish. Member? Access this lesson , including a Quizlet set and PDF, in our courses LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL – INTERMEDIATE Explicamos la gramática0:44 In the module covering Spanish for the Evaluation of Vertigo , we reviewed the following question by the physical therapist: ¿Recuerda qué estaba haciendo cuando le dieron mareos las otras veces? (Do you remember what you were doing when you g...
Sep 27, 2020•6 min
Quick Navigation Inherent Characteristic Subjective, Opinion Followinng the Exclamation QUÉ Quantity Hola! Me alegra mucho estar de vuelta. I am very happy to be back podcasting about Spanish grammar! My last grammar podcasts were in June, when we covered Spanish verbs with prepositions . In this lesson, we are going to learn why the adjective sometimes goes before the noun in Spanish. Where have I been all summer? I also host the Medical Spanish Podcast and with the help of my Spanish teacher f...
Oct 04, 2019•11 min
While studying at the San Pedro Spanish School , my friend Sonja and I interviewed a family practice doctor from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala. Dr. Francisco Méndez tells us about perinatal care in Guatemala and the essential role played by las comadronas (midwives). Without the comadronas, he says, Guatemala’s health care system would collapse. We interviewed him at his new 10-bed hospital, where he hosts foreign students from Canada and the United States who volunteer through the San Pedro Co...
Jun 11, 2019•12 min
Welcome to another lesson covering Spanish Verbs. In this Spanish grammar audio lesson, we practice using common Spanish verbs with prepositions. As with all my audio lessons, I invite you to speak Spanish with me. This lesson will focus on verbs with prepositions, followed by the infinitive of another verb. Table of Contents 1:24 Verbo + A 3:40 Verbo + CON 4:59 Verbo + DE 6:35 Verbo + EN In this free audio lesson, we practice many of the verbs below. Member? In the premium lesson, Spanish Verbs...
Jun 06, 2019•8 min
This episode is a rerun from my Medical Spanish Podcast . If you have already heard it there, I do have more to come for the Spanish Grammar Podcast . I will be back within the week to cover common verbs followed by prepositions . Ever wonder why people from Spanish-speaking countries have long names? Today's episode is an off-the-cuff interview with my teacher at the San Pedro Spanish School , Jesus Elizabeth Cortez Cox. She tells us how people are named in Guatemala. I hope you enjoy! Table of...
May 17, 2019•11 min
Quick Navigation Sample Dialogue Direction Implied with Llevar and Traer Situation 1 – Bring Your Books to Class Situation 2 – I Brought the Dog to the Vet Situation 3 – Bring Me the Report The Reflexive Verb LLEVARSE Conjugate the Irregular Verb TRAER Want to learn more? Member? Leave a comment! Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Kate Townsend In this audio lesson, we practice when to use the Spanish verbs TRAER and LLEVAR. TRAER is used to say “to bring,” and LLEVAR is used to say “to bring” or “to tak...
Oct 11, 2018•12 min
This free Spanish audio lesson introduces the " Giving Directions in Spanish " module at docmolly.com. As requested by Bien, a listener, we will practice giving directions in Spanish within a hospital. First, we will review the vocabulary. Then, we will use this vocabulary to give directions in Spanish. Normally we are speaking with strangers when we ask for and give directions. Therefore, we will use the Usted conjugation for all the verbs. Vocabulary Perdone Excuse me. La cafeteria Cafeteria E...
Jun 26, 2018•7 min
Do you know when to use POR vs PARA?Spanish Grammar Audio Quiz Today’s podcast is a quiz on the Spanish prepositions POR y PARA. It kicks off a series of audio lessons that will cover these two prepositions at docmolly.com. Continue Reading The post Spanish Prepositions – Por vs Para appeared first on Doc Molly ....
Jul 26, 2017•7 min
This podcast reviews some of the grammar points covered during an interview I did for the Medical Spanish Podcast. I interviewed folk healer Francisco Chavajay while studying at the San Pedro Spanish School in Guatemala. The clinical dialogues and interviews presented in the Medical Spanish Podcast provide an effective method of learning key grammatical concepts used in everyday Spanish conversation. In this free grammar podcast, we go over a sampling of the grammar points covered in my intervie...
Jul 08, 2017•7 min
Member? Listen to the 2 premium lessons covering the uses QUEDAR(SE) in our member-only verb series Verbs module. Table of Contents 2:57 Intro to Lesson 4:05 Audio Quiz QUEDAR Y QUEDARSE 4:05 Me quedé en casa de un amigo. (I stayed at a friends house.) Quedamos a las siete en la plaza. (We're meeting at seven at the plaza.) (Ellos) quedaron en ir hoy. They decided / agreed to go today. Nos quedan tres invitaciones por escribir. (We have three invitations left to write.) Quedan cinco días para na...
Apr 10, 2017•9 min
Are you ready to take on some advanced Spanish grammar? This audio quiz reviews the material covered in the following premium audio lessons. Subjunctive 15 – Conditional (If… then… ) Statements About the Present Subjunctive 16 – Conditional Statements About the Past Subjunctive 17 – The Subjunctive Following “Como Si” Subjunctive 18 – The Subjunctive Following “Ojalá” Subjunctive 19 – “No Matter How Much” in Spanish Subjunctive 20 – La Forma Reduplicativa Continue Reading The post Quiz #5 – The ...
Feb 26, 2017•8 min
This audio lesson is a quiz on the use of the subjunctive in adverbial clauses. It reviews the material covered in the following premium lessons. Subjunctive 10 and 11 – Conjunctions that Require the Subjunctive (e.g. a menos que, con tal que) Subjunctive 12 and 13 – Adverbial Clauses of Time Subjunctive 14 – Adverbial Clauses that Describe How or Where Continue Reading The post Quiz # 4 – The Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses appeared first on Doc Molly ....
Dec 06, 2015•11 min
This lesson is a quiz that reviews the use of the subjunctive in adjective clauses covered in the last two lessons. A subordinate adjective clause describes a noun or pronoun in the main clause of a sentence. When it describes something KNOWN AND SPECIFIC, we use the INDICATIVE. When the subordinate adjective clause describes something NOT YET IDENTIFIED, which may or may not exist, we use the SUBJUNCTIVE. Continue Reading The post Quiz # 3 – The Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses appeared first o...
Mar 26, 2015•6 min
Learn the different uses of the Spanish verb ACABAR. In this audio lesson we practice using the verb ACABAR in different grammatical constructs to mean different things. ACABAR + DE + INFINITIVE = to have just done something Acabo de hablar con mamá. (I just spoke to mom.) Acabamos de comer. (We have just eaten.) Acaba de sacar a pasear al perro. (He just took the dog for a walk.) Acaban de regresar. (They just got back.) ACABAR + NOUN = to finish something Acabé mi tarea. (I finished my homewor...
Nov 07, 2012•7 min
