Comments for James Spanish School https://jamesspanishschool.com/ Spanish language school, teaching Castilian Spanish to English speakers Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Lesson 7 by Admin_JSS James https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/test-course/lessons/lesson-7/#comment-22993 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:59:32 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=2806#comment-22993 In reply to Kathryn Demorest.

Hola! Unfortunately, not, you have to learn the exceptions as they go along, the two you have mentioned, though are easy to remember, water is female but we put el before it as you cant say la agua without the two vowels joining together……madre has to be female for obvous reasons….la mano-the hand is a much harder one to remember, but they will come up throughout the course, The important thing is to learn the rule, and follow the rhyming, the exceptions, which are a very small percentage will come in time, get the rule right and you will be on the right track.

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Comment on Lesson 7 by Kathryn Demorest https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/test-course/lessons/lesson-7/#comment-22992 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:45:16 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=2806#comment-22992 You have talked about rhyming, but there are exceptions: EL agua, LAS madres. Are there rules to help us understand the exceptions?

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Comment on Lesson 11 – Christmas – Watch in December by Admin_JSS James https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/jss-1-50-c/lessons/lesson-11-christmas-preferably-watch-in-december/#comment-22991 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:14:35 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=6792#comment-22991 In reply to Yvonne Hayes.

You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed!

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Comment on Lesson 11 – Christmas – Watch in December by Yvonne Hayes https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/jss-1-50-c/lessons/lesson-11-christmas-preferably-watch-in-december/#comment-22990 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:04:50 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=6792#comment-22990 I have recently moved to Spain I don’t have a question, just want to say thank you James for a fantastic lesson.

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Comment on Lesson 40 by Admin_JSS James https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/jss-1-50-c/lessons/lesson-40/#comment-22985 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:14:55 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=3313#comment-22985 In reply to Christina Schwartz.

Hola! The exact question you have asked is covered in a future lesson, Google is correct. It is temporary, as temperature changes constantly, and it is not an opinion as it can be measured with a thermometer. This will be covered in multiple future lessons

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Comment on Lesson 3 by Admin_JSS James https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/test-course/lessons/lesson-3/#comment-22984 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:12:23 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=2798#comment-22984 In reply to Mark Humphrey.

Thank you so much Mark! Now you understand why I make everybody start from the beginning! Please spread the word so the other people don’t think it will be too basic and just pass me by!

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Comment on Lesson 40 by Christina Schwartz https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/jss-1-50-c/lessons/lesson-40/#comment-22983 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:55:24 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=3313#comment-22983 Hello and thanks for another great lesson. I have a question regarding ser vs estar when talking about food. If you want to say, for example, that your fish is cold – which would you use? Google translate (I know, the enemy ) says “mi pescado esta frio” but wouldn’t this be an opinion, so therefore “es?” Gracias!

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Comment on Lesson 3 by Mark Humphrey https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/test-course/lessons/lesson-3/#comment-22982 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:17:53 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=2798#comment-22982 Hi James. Just wanted to say how impressed I am with your method of teaching Spanish. I started trying to learn Spanish a few years ago, using various books and cd’s, so when my wife and I moved to Spain, I already had a basic grasp of the language however, Dawn didn’t and wanted to learn. When she came across your course, I thought it might be a bit basic for me. How wrong was I? I found, the way you explained things, made learning so simple. Subjects I had, in the past, spent weeks trying to get my head round, suddenly made sense in just 1 hours lesson. So now I am working through your entire course from lesson 1, even if it’s something I already know, it’s good revision. Thank you

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Comment on Second set of 100 verbs by Linda Mcgovern https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/spoken-spanish-practice-lessons-41-50-c/lessons/second-set-of-100-verbs/#comment-22981 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:20:00 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=4390#comment-22981 In reply to Admin_JSS James.

Ah, OK. I got hung up on the broken Vimeo link. I see the list now. Thank you!

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Comment on Second set of 100 verbs by Admin_JSS James https://jamesspanishschool.com/courses/spoken-spanish-practice-lessons-41-50-c/lessons/second-set-of-100-verbs/#comment-22980 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:42:40 +0000 https://jamesspanishschool.com/?post_type=sfwd-lessons&p=4390#comment-22980 In reply to Linda Mcgovern.

Above this, where it says: lesson content (in blue), there are three points, the middle one are the notes, press on the middle bullet point, and you will see when you scroll down that there is the PDF and the word document of the second hundred verbs.

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