-In English, we put -er after an adjective when we want to compare. In Spanish, we put “más … que” for “more … than” and “menos … que” for “less… than”: Juan es más alto que su hermano. Juan is taller than his brother. Esta calle es menos ancha que la otra. This street is...Read More
Let’s talk about possession. To do this, we use little words like my, your, his, her, etc. It’s the same in Spanish, but you need to consider if you have one or more than one item. Examples: My dog: mi perro My dogs: miS perroS Another interesting difference is that in English, we distinguish between...Read More
There are some words which allow us to connect parts of a phrase. In this way, we can create longer and more complex sentences while talking or writing. Example: No tengo hambre. I am not hungry. Voy a comer una fruta. I am going to eat a fruit. Instead of two sentences, I can create...Read More
Demonstratives are words like “this, that, these, those”, used to indicate how close or how far is something or somebody. There are two main differences between English and Spanish demonstratives. In the first place, we have feminine and masculine forms. And secondly, instead of two forms (this and that), we have three (one word meaning...Read More
The verb “tener” is a superverb, because it has multiple meanings and we use it a lot, so read this carefully if you want to speak good Spanish. One of the problems with this verb, and with many other aspects of the language, is that there are many people saying wrong things. For example, you...Read More
We don’t have this distinction in English, because we use “but” in both cases: No está en Ealing, pero está en Londres. It is not in Ealing, but it is in London. No está en Ealing sino en Queensway. It is not in Ealing but in Queensway. – “Pero”: we can replace it with...Read More
If you think that “time” is “tiempo”, take a deep breath. When you study a new language, you enter a new world: it’s not about translating word by word, it’s about changing your mindset or rewiring your brain. Ready for this topic? Here we go. If I say “I don’t have time”, I say...Read More
The Spanish language is very flexible, so we can say many things arranging the words in different ways. These three sentences are totally correct: Mañana voy al cine. Voy al cine mañana. Voy mañana al cine. I go to the cinema tomorrow. But, of course, we have restrictions. Let’s see. In normal conversation we omit...Read More
Federico García Lorca era homosexual en la España prefranquista, en una sociedad donde la Iglesia Católica tenía muchísimo poder y establecía las reglas. Los homosexuales estaban en pecado, y las mujeres debían casarse, tener hijos y obedecer al marido. No había otras opciones. Por eso, no es casualidad que Lorca, que no podía escribir abiertamente...Read More
