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Alba Castro

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The "personal a" in Spanish
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The "personal a" in Spanish

Direct object (person) We use the personal a between the verb and the person, when the person is a direct object. And it doesn't translate in English. Veo una película Veo a mi madre In both these cases »

  • 29 October 2025
  • on Grammar, Explanations
A2 Level Spanish test
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A2 Level Spanish test

Do you want to see if you're closer to the intermediate level and past beginner? Do you want to see if you have a solid base to build on? This is a test that will tell you just »

  • 19 September 2025
  • on test, Vídeos, Videotutorial
How to be fluent in conversations with Spanish natives
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How to be fluent in conversations with Spanish natives

Today I bring a video in Spanish with subtitles, explaining what it means to be fluent in Spanish and how to hold conversations with natives more easily. Let me know in the comments (either on youtube or here) »

  • 12 August 2025
  • on Recommendations, Videotutorial, Vídeos, Advice, Tips, Situations
20 Common Spanish informal phrases
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20 Common Spanish informal phrases

Today I bring a video in Spanish with subtitles, explaining these 20 informal phrases that we natives use all the time and how to use them. Let me know in the comments (either on youtube or here) if »

  • 25 July 2025
  • on Vídeos, Videotutorial, vocab
Spanish test - A1 Level Beginner
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Spanish test - A1 Level Beginner

Find out if you have this level with this test! It's also great prectice and recap, with solutions and explanation for each exercise! »

  • 11 June 2025
  • on Videotutorial, Vídeos, Practice, test
Position of the reflexive pronoun
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Position of the reflexive pronoun

In this video we see the possible positions for the reflexive pronoun when we have two verbs: Conjugated verb (like present tense) and infinitive, or gerund, also past perfect, and near future. We finish with a little practice »

  • 21 December 2024
  • on Verbs, Explanations, Videotutorial, Vídeos, Practice
How to use in Spanish: Llegar,venir, volver & ir. Video lesson in Spanish (sub optional)
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How to use in Spanish: Llegar, venir, volver & ir

In this video I teach you how to use llegar, volver, venir and ir in Spanish, with plenty of examples and context :) »

  • 27 September 2024
  • on Verbs, Videotutorial
How to use "lo que" and "lo cual"
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How to use "lo que" and "lo cual"

¡Hola! Let's start with que and cual, I wrote a blogpost about the differences between que and cual and how to use each of them. Also, this post on the different meanings of que and qué, both with »

  • 04 June 2024
  • on Explanations, Grammar
Este, ese, aquel - video tutorial
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Este, ese, aquel - video tutorial

If you want to see the theory in written version check out the blogpost on this and that, which includes practice with solutions. Hope it helped! ¡Hasta la próxima! :) »

  • 28 March 2024
  • on Videotutorial, Explanations, Grammar
Words that get shorter like malo to mal, primero to primer...
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Words that get shorter like malo to mal, primero to primer...

¡Hola! You've probably heard hace buen tiempo or es un mal momento o vivo en el tercer piso... All of those have shortened words, so today I want to put them together so you can finally predict them, »

  • 09 January 2024
"Más/menos que" or "más/menos de"?
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"Más/menos que" or "más/menos de"?

¡Hola! If you've seen my post on comparisons in Spanish, you are familiar with más que or menos que to express "more than" or "less than". If you do, you must have wondered why do we sometimes use »

  • 13 June 2023
  • on Explanations
"También" & "tampoco" short answers in Spanish.
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"También" & "tampoco" short answers in Spanish.

También y tampoco También is too or also, tampoco is either or neither. When we answer if we agree or do the same, we'll use these two: Yo también - me too - Affirmative sentences ("I do something" »

  • 21 April 2023
  • on vocab
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