Tan and tanto
Let's talk about these two, shall we? Tan Tan is used before an adjective, that is, a quality (like sturdy) or a state (like broken). Ex: ¡Ese niño es tan fuerte! - that kid is so strong! Ex: »
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 »
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 »
"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 »
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, »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »