Languages are different in some respects. Therefore, you can have one word in English and two in Spanish, or vice versa. Regarding verbs, we have: to be: ser, estar to have: haber, tener to know: saber, conocer to ask: pedir, preguntar We will study today the last two. Here they are in the present tense:...Read More

There are a couple of things that you need to know before studying any language. We have different types of words, and being able to recognise them will allow you to form your phrases accurately. You need to distinguish between articles, nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, connectives and pronouns. Let’s see one by one. Articles...Read More

Even when you study something as simple as colours, you need a proper lesson. In the first place, we have some colours that follow the general pattern: if they end with -o are masculine, if they end with -a are feminine, and they also have a plural form. For instance: La mesa es blanca. Las...Read More

You know how to say por favor and gracias (please and thank you). But there are many other ways to be polite, and they are extremely important in normal conversation. Let’s see the most common ones: When we meet new people, we usually say nice to meet you. The most common one is mucho gusto,...Read More

I will teach you today how to use the verb “ir” followed by prepositions. Here is the present tense: Yo voy Tú vas Él/ella/usted va Nosotros/nosotras vamos Vosotros/vosotras vais Ellos/ellas/ustedes van VOY A: this could be “I go to a place” or “I am going to do something”. Voy a París. Voy a mi casa....Read More

El mundo ha vivido equivocado, decía el escritor argentino Roberto Fontanarrosa. Sí, en muchos aspectos. Por ejemplo, el romanticismo. Esa mirada nostálgica hacia el pasado, que a algunas personas todavía les hace creer que todo era más bello, más poético, más grato que ahora. El romanticismo como concepto nos ha hecho mucho daño. Por ejemplo,...Read More

Hoy estoy filosófica. A veces es bueno mirar hacia atrás, para ver cómo llegamos a estar donde estamos. Y esto pasa también con los idiomas. A veces pensamos que las lenguas progresan y a veces que se deforman y que empeoran de alguna manera. Es una discusión interminable que es parte de la confrontación generacional....Read More

We have a group of adjectives called “gentilicios”, because they say where are the people from, and the word for “people” is “gente”, hence “gentilicios”. Remember that we do not write them with capital letter, this is a mistake, although sometimes you will see them written in this way, due to the strong influence of...Read More

El objetivo de este breve blog es acercarles una gran cantidad de música que pueden escuchar para ampliar su vocabulario. Pueden usar cada tema musical como un ejercicio para trabajar con el diccionario. Se trata de zambas argentinas, que no deben confundirse de ningún modo con el samba brasilero. Este último es el estilo musical...Read More

In Spanish, we have many irregular verbs. Let’s see today verbs with a vowel change in the present tense. Remember that this doesn’t happen neither in the past nor in the future. I made a video explaining this in depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP_SzF-LoCk&t=63s   Now that you know what is going on, let’s practise with some other...Read More