In the Spanish language we have the option to talk to someone in a polite way. This is used at restaurants and other similar situations. Usted is the formal version of tú (you, 1 person), and ustedes is »
¡Hola! So you already know the basics to interact with the locals when you go on holidays or when you meet someone from Spain or Latin America outside their frontiers (we are everywhere), but you want to be »
Well, I can’t deny it, this is one of my favourite meals. I have it EVERY SINGLE WEEK (I will leave a picture below so you can evaluate my cooking abilities, be kind!). A recipe is a »
The imperative is the tense we use to order or encourage someone to do something, for example when giving directions or explaining a task. Some examples in English would be: (Hey, you!) Learn Spanish now! Let’s learn »
If you are familiar with the basic rules for accentuation you know what a tilde is. If you don’t know, a “tilde” is the visual representation of the accent, found always on top of a vowel. Every »
You might have noticed that in Spanish we don’t have just one question mark, but two. We use an inverted question mark at the beginning of the sentence, and the same happens with the exclamation mark. ¡Wow, »
I understand why sometimes my students say that Spanish is full of tiny little words, just like “por” and “para”. Understanding the use of them take some patience, yes, but we couldn’t live without them! So let’ »
Language exchanges are available in almost all big cities and they’re very popular. There’s no doubt why. They bring together a lot of different people with the same aim which is to learn a new language. »
If you read the previous post you know why the “c” is pronounced in two different way The “g” follows the exact same pattern. Let me refresh it for you. It all depends on which vowels are next. »
Lots of people start the endless search for the ideal audiobook when they start learning a language, but I’m not so amazed by them. It would not be fair to say they don’t have some advantages »
Have you ever wondered why you say “cine” (thee neh) but “casa” (kah sah)? Well, this is why. The letter “c” behaves in a different way depending on which other letters are around. When there’s an “I” »
