El peso is the weight and pesar is to weigh. Heavy is pesado. How much do you weigh? is ¿Cuánto pesas? and the answer could be peso 60 kilos. You will find this word spelled like kilo or quilo, both are considered correct. Half a kilo is medio kilo, so you can buy medio kilo...Read More
If you are a total beginner, this is for you. Here are some useful phrases that you can use without knowing how to speak the language. I don’t know. No sé. I don’t remember. No recuerdo. I have a doubt. Tengo una duda. I have a question. Tengo una pregunta. What does it mean? ¿Qué...Read More
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
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
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
We have many adverbial phrases in Spanish. These are basically groups of words which act as adverbs, so they say how, when or where you do something. For instance: I run quickly. How do you run? Quickly. This is an adverb. I run tomorrow. When do you run? Tomorrow. This is an adverb. I run...Read More
