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 »
Pronominal verbs in Spanish
¡Hola! This is a grid with all the verbs you need that are used along with a preposition in Spanish. Most of these always need a preposition after in order to be right. However, some of these work »
The present tense in Spanish. Video and grid.
Hello my friends! Today is all about the present, the first tense for a beginner I filmed a video to teach you two things mainly: 1- When do you use the present tense 2- How do you create »
Using "mismo" in Spanish
This post is a clear and short explanation plus practice to solve a grammatical problem: when to use mismo. There are four basic uses to look at: 1. Meaning "the same" Two possiblities: Mismo / misma / mismos / mismas- mean »
Indefinite pronouns and determiners in Spanish
The other day I was thinking how awesome it would be to have all the indefinite determiners and pronouns in the same grid, to avoid the annoying multi-screening. I mean, there're always there when I teach Spanish for »
Common expressions with "hacer".
It's true that there're a lot of expressions with "hacer" and not in all of them the word keeps its original meaning, which is "to make" or "to do" (remember we don't distinguish between those two). So I »
What's "usted" and "ustedes"? The polite form in Spanish.
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 »
How to speak Spanish in the restaurant and do it politely.
¡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 »
Spanish tortilla recipe
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 »
Learn the Spanish imperative!
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 »