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LearnCraft Spanish

199: Carta vs. Tarjeta

LearnCraft Spanish

Timothy Moser

Education, Language Learning

4.9634 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Why does Spanish have two different words for "card"? And how do you know which one to use? Let's explore the words carta and tarjeta. We'll also learn some other fun Spanish nouns, including the words for "camera", "company", and "gift".

Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/199

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0:00.0

Join us on a rigorous step-by-step journey to fluency.

0:09.3

I'm Timothy, and this is LearnCraft Spanish.

0:14.3

Today we're going to learn some fun new nouns, including the words for company, letter, and gift.

0:21.8

To start with, let's learn the word for camera, which is camera, spelled almost like the English word

0:29.0

except all the vowels are the letter A, and there's an accent mark on the first A,

0:35.4

Camara. So, for example, I can't find the camera on my phone.

0:42.9

No can't find the camera in my telephone.

0:48.1

Something interesting about camera is that this is also the word for chamber.

0:59.4

For example, the chamber of secrets is La Camara desecretos.

1:05.3

This use is not super common, just like the word chamber is not super common in English,

1:07.8

but it's worth practicing just a little bit.

1:10.3

Try it yourself in this next example. There were four boxes in the first chamber.

1:17.6

There were four cajas in the first camera.

1:21.6

There were four cajas in the first camera.

1:30.8

Next, let's learn a few nouns that refer to groups of people or institutions.

1:36.4

The word for government is Gobiorno, spelled G-O-B-I-E-R-N-O.

1:45.1

Govierno.

1:46.6

So, for example, I would never want to work in the government.

1:53.5

The word for army is E-Hercito. This is a long word, but remember that the stress is on something

2:05.4

that sounds like Hear. Egercito. So it's spelled EJ-E-R-C-I-T-O, with an accent on the second syllable.

2:17.1

EGERCito. Egercito.

2:18.7

Here's an example.

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