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
-La mariquita está aquí. The ladybug is here. We can also say acá. -La mariquita está ahí. The ladybug is there. -La mariquita está allí. The ladybug is over there. We can also say allá. -La mariquita está encima de la piedra. La mariquita está sobre la piedra. La mariquita está en la piedra. The...Read More
Generally speaking, in Spanish we put adjectives after the nouns, whereas in English we do exactly the opposite. A brown dog, un perro marrón A new house, una casa nueva -However, in many cases we can decide. We can say “una manzana rica” or “una rica manzana” and the meaning is exactly the same, “a...Read More
Here you have the most common endings for adjectives. In some cases, you will find a lot of information in only one blog. When this happens, take your time to read one or two rules and to practise them, and when you feel comfortable, continue with the rest. There is no need to study all...Read More
Indefinite pronouns are very useful words. What is a pronoun? A word that you use instead of a noun. For example: Mi amiga María estudia francés. Ella estudia francés. Indefinite means that you are not talking about something definite or specific. Here, “ella” is my friend María, but “ella” means simply “she”, it could be...Read More
Until now, you know the definite articles “el, la, los, las”: the house: la casa the houses: las casas the building: el edificio the buildings: los edificios These articles are used in front of Nouns, like “casa, edificio”,...Read More
“Pues” is a very common word. ♦It could be used to express the cause, and we translated it as “since, as, because”: Me quedo en casa pues tengo que estudiar. Me quedo en casa porque tengo que estudiar. I am staying at home since I have to study. ♦It could also establish a connection between...Read More
