Español en serio The Spanish Accent Dieser Beitrag erklärt ein wichtiges Thema der spanischen Grammatik (Text auf Englisch). In Spanish, words with only one syllable don’t carry an accent, because it is not necessary to show where the stress is. The stress is always inherent in the syllable. However, we make an important exception. When we have one word with...Read More
Español en serio All the Ways to Say “you” Dieser Beitrag erklärt ein wichtiges Thema der spanischen Grammatik (Text auf Englisch). In English, when we address one person or more than one, we simply say you. But this is not the case in other languages. Actually, only modern Scandinavian languages clearly share this feature with English: Swedish, Danish and Norwegian...Read More
Español en serio Haber and tener Dieser Beitrag erklärt ein wichtiges Thema der spanischen Grammatik (Text auf Englisch). You will hear many people saying that to have is tener. This statement is inaccurate and misleading. Tener is not always to have, and to have is not always tener. In many cases, we have the verb to be translated as tener...Read More
Español en serio Masculine nouns ending in -ma or -ta Dieser Beitrag erklärt ein wichtiges Thema der spanischen Grammatik (Text auf Englisch). Many students are confused because they see el problema or el clima, and they don’t understand why these words ending in -a are masculine. The explanation is very simple: when a language borrows forms from another language, in...Read More
Español en serio How does “haber” work in Spanish Dieser Beitrag erklärt ein wichtiges Thema der spanischen Grammatik (Text auf Englisch). Sometimes, you have one verb in English and two in Spanish. This happens with “to have”, which could be “tener” or “haber”, depending on the context. Yo tengo un perro. I have a dog.Yo he comprado comida para mi...Read More
Spanish GCSE Reading and Grammar-Constance e Imran Episode 28 (learn through a novel) Spanish Reflexive Verbs Explained — A Beginner’s Guide (me baño, te bañas + clear examples & reading practice) In every blog you will always find the same format: The story episode in Spanish. The translation into English. A grammar explanation with examples from the story. This way...Read More
