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Meanings of QUE in Spanish
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Meanings of QUE in Spanish

Qué - with accent mark Every time "qué" means "what", usually in a question but not always, it needs an accent mark. Also, if it's in between exclamation marks (¡!) What do/does ...? What am/is/are...? Questions that »

  • 31 January 2018
  • on Explanations, Grammar, listsandgrids
Using participle in Spanish
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Using participle in Spanish

Comido, hablado, dicho, arreglado..., eaten, spoken, said, fixed... All of these are what we call "participle" or participio in Spanish, and they are the "done" form of the verb. A few months ago I posted an explanation the »

  • 16 January 2018
  • on Explanations, Tips, Tenses, Grammar
"If" in Spanish... how to use it
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"If" in Spanish... how to use it

Sometimes people get confused with the combinations of "si" (if). Do you have to use subjunctive after or not? Well, these are the options: Reminder before we go into it: Sí with accent mark means "yes". Si without »

  • 10 January 2018
  • on Explanations, Grammar, Tenses
Lo, la or le? Direct and indirect pronouns
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Lo, la or le? Direct and indirect pronouns

Sometimes it can be difficult to know if you should use lo/la or le when we talk about people in Spanish. You see it with both, but why? Isn't a person indirect object and therefore le? Well, »

  • 04 January 2018
  • on Explanations, Grammar, Tips
About Spanish Christmas
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About Spanish Christmas

Christmas Eve is right around the corner, so it's good time to learn a bit about how we live these holidays here in Spain, right? What we eat, what we do, when are the special days... I put »

  • 20 December 2017
  • on vocab, Situations, Cultural, Infographic
Informal fillers and connectives
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Informal fillers and connectives

In this post I want to go through some informal expressions, fillers, structures and connectives. They are important because they are common, and therefore you'll hear them and need to understand them. All of the vocab in this »

  • 13 December 2017
  • on Situations, vocab, listsandgrids
Conversational phrases in Spanish
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Conversational phrases in Spanish

If you are hanging out around Spanish people, your Spanish family in law is over for the weekend or you want your Spanish to sound very native, these are great phrases to achieve that. If you're feeling adventurous »

  • 08 December 2017
  • on Situations, vocab, Advice
The, a, some: Articles in Spanish
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The, a, some: Articles in Spanish

You can't avoid these tiny words! They go before most nouns, that is words that express things, places, people or concepts. So if you can't fight them... learn them! Defined articles- THE We use these when we'd say »

  • 29 November 2017
  • on vocab, Grammar, Practice
Does your Spanish flow? - linking sounds
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Does your Spanish flow? - linking sounds

When we talk, we tend to link words achieving a flow as we talk faster Being aware of this and trying to implement it is one way to sound more natural and fluent in a language. Vowels together »

  • 23 November 2017
  • on Pronunciation, Advice
Interrogative qué and cuál
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Interrogative qué and cuál

We're going to talk about which one of these you have to use in questions. Is it "¿qué hora es?" or "¿cuál hora es?", let's find out: In general, I'd say qué means "what" and cuál means "which »

  • 17 November 2017
  • on Situations, Explanations, Practice
Past tenses in Spanish
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Past tenses in Spanish

Let's see what are the different past tenses in Spanish, what are the differences between them, how to use them, and also where else I can use participle ;) Past preterite - I did Punctual events Not habits (even »

  • 08 November 2017
  • on Tenses, Explanations, Vídeos, Grammar, Tips
Gerund in Spanish - I am doing
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Gerund in Spanish - I am doing

Here is a presentation on how to form gerund in Spanish. It includes irregular verbs and translations to practice. Have a look! Gerund in Spanish de AlbaCF »

  • 31 October 2017
  • on Tenses, Verbs, Practice, Grammar
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