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 »
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 »
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 »
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! :) »
"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 »
When to use "a" in Spanish
Let's see all of the different situations we must use the preposition a in Spanish: Destination When we have a movement action and there's a destination and we use a. These wil happen with all verbs of movement: »
Double object (Le ... a mi hermana...?)
Do I say "le doy a mi hermana" or "doy a mi hermana"? When do I need the "le"? when do I double? is it necessary? Let's see what the official rules are so that you're never lost »
Por / Para - Tricky cases
If you haven't read the theory on por and para, I would start there. You can also watch the video tutorial on por and para here. After that, it's good to see examples where the sentence is very »
"To leave" in Spanish
I've realised this can be a very confusing topic for students, so today we're going to see the differences between salir, irse and dejar: Salir This is easily the most overused one, wrongly, almost people learning Spanish. In »
Hay vs estar
¡Hola! In this post we're talking about when we use hay and when estar, as sometimes can sound very similar when we translate them as "there is" (hay) or "it is" (está). If you want to know more »
Bastante as enough?
Last post was on how to use bastante and the pattern that it follows with mucho, demasiado and poco. Now, I didn't include enough in that post, and I'm going to explain why: When you look bastante up, »