Yes, if you are advanced and enjoy Spanish history. El Ministerio del Tiempo sends agents from different centuries through time on missions, so you hear modern Spanish from Spain next to deliberately older styles of speech.
- Level
- Advanced
- Format
- Show
- Year
- 2015
- Episodes
- 42
- Length
- about 68 min each
- From
- La 1
Why it works for learners
Its central trio makes language part of the concept: a 16th-century soldier, a 19th-century student and a 21st-century paramedic have to work together. Their differences in speech are often a source of comedy. Each mission visits another period of Spanish history, giving you vocabulary and cultural references most courses skip. If you want to understand what Spaniards learned in school, this is a fun route, though long at about 68 minutes an episode.
What makes it hard
Old-fashioned forms and historical figures arrive with little explanation, and many jokes assume you know Spanish history. Fast banter sits alongside formal language. Do not copy the soldier's way of speaking in a conversation, unless you want to get a laugh.
How to use it
Use Spanish subtitles and read a short summary of each historical period afterwards. Follow one episode across two evenings. Notice how the same idea sounds from Alonso and from Julián. Save your notes for modern phrases and just enjoy the old ones.
More for Spanish learners: our Spanish guides.
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