How to recommend or give advice in Spanish.
We've learnt how to give our opinion in Spanish but let's go a little further. You may be in the situation of wanting to give advice or recommend something to someone, maybe a place in your city, maybe »
Spanish connectives and time expressions.
Apart from the basic y (and) and o (or) sometimes students can struggle to use linking words that give their speech flow. I've put together the most useful connectors and time expressions so this doesn't happen to you. »
Your daily Spanish practice. Video task. All levels.
¡Hola hola! Today I wanted you to take 20-25min to practice your Spanish and get a little bit familiar with the pronunciation in Andalucía, in the South of Spain (Sevilla, Málaga, Marbella, Granada...). This task is based on »
Pronouns after preposition
Hola! Today I wanted to clear up a grammatical point that is on the mind on every advanced student. What are those "mí, ti, sí" pronouns? Are they used after any preposition? Here you have a grid and »
Where does the adjective go in Spanish?
Usually, Spanish adjectives are placed after the noun, while in English are placed before the noun: - An electric guitar. -Una guitarra eléctrica However, these happens only with the adjectives that help us classify the noun, and there »
Essential Spanish notions for this Summer. Understand us a little bit better.
Everytime I'm in Spain I notice the same differences in the "atmosphere" when I compare it with the UK. My fight arrived a day ago so I thought I would share what I think you must know when »
How to express your opinion in Spanish
We all want to give our opinion, no matter in what language! It's an essential part of the Spanish for beginners curriculum. Let's see the expressions that you need to give all type of opinions in Spanish. But »
Making plans in Spanish. Suggest, accept or refuse.
Making plans plays an important part in our life, whether we propose something , negotiate or make an excuse. Practicing that, for example in a dialogue, is a nice task for beginner students. Here are some key expressions that »
"To be" in Spanish. "Ser" or "estar". Which one to use.
This is a classic question, quite easy in theory and not so easy in practice! Both ser and estar mean "to be", which is such an important verb! But they are used in different contexts: Usually we can »
Imperative II - polite form and negative
¡Hola! Some time ago I wrote a post about the basic rules of the imperative and even a tortilla recipe to practice it. Today I want to go further (advanced level) and explain two new things: 1-The negative »
Hacerse, volverse, ponerse and other verbs of change in Spanish.
Hey! Remember these verbs and phrasal verbs (apart from llegar a ser) are reflexive. This means that you need to use the following pronouns: Me (I) / Te (you) / se (she/he/it) / nos (we) /os (you guys) /se »
Near future in Spanish. I'm going to...
Hello again, We know now how to say what we usually do in your daily life. If you missed it, check the post on the present tense here Today is about the future. Not what's going to happen »