Here are a few tips on using the dictation feature offered with Yabla videos. Sigrid puts it to good use as she works on improving her French.

Sigrid goes over examples in which "no" takes the place of "not any." As always, you have to watch out for double negatives.

Sigrid explains the religious significance of Easter and the various days of Lent. Why do people observe Good Friday, or celebrate Mardi Gras? Find out in this video.

Luana and Austin have been traveling around Latin America. They take a break and share their interesting story with us.

Easter eggs are commonly associated with Easter. Let's have a look at why that is, and what traditions have emerged.

"None," "something," "anything," and "nothing" can be used as pronouns. Sigrid explains how these words work.

Luana and Austin give us some tips on how to get a date, with a few different scenarios. Although the tips are aimed at young people, you're never too old to go out on a date!
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Just as we use "something," "anything," and "nothing" for things, we use "someone," "somebody," "anybody," "anyone," and "nobody" for people.

Austin and Luana give us some tips about words and phrases you can use when you're on a date. Stock Footage courtesy of: Videvo.cin, Pixabay.com, and Videezy.com

We often use question words to ask questions. The five main ones start with "wh." Sigrid explains how they work.

Luana and Austin met while traveling and fell in love. They tell us about how their relationship developed and about the very original wedding celebration they had.

Sigrid, here as Rita and Kathy, has fun practicing the 5 question words ("who," "what," "where," "when," and "why") on a train. She makes quite a nuisance of herself, too. More about the 5 W's in: Parts of Speech: Question Words - Part 1 of 3.

Subscribers love playing Scribe, Yabla's patented dictation game. Once you've watched this brief video, you'll be playing in no time.

There's one more important question word to learn: "how." Sigrid provides plenty of examples of questions with "how," both by itself and together with an adjective or adverb.

In this video, Austin shows budding guitarists an exercise to increase the accuracy and dexterity of their fingers as they move across the guitar frets. The chords appear relatively simple, but Austin assures us that it’s not as easy as he makes it look!