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Jan 11, 2023
10 reasons to learn Spanish
1. Over 400 million people speak Spanish as their first language in 20 different countries, an additional 9 million p...
Oct 2, 2022
Tips for speaking and understanding Spanish
Tip number 1... When someone answers you back in Spanish (with a time or number for example), repeat what they’ve ju...
Jul 27, 2022
Dialect and slang in Madrid
Just like any city, Madrid has its own variation of the Spanish language through the use of dialect and slang. Here a...
Jul 10, 2022
Nouns ending in 'ma'
Nouns that end in 'ma' for example, 'tema', 'problema', 'clima', 'idioma' etc. are in fact masculine! Although these ...
Jun 26, 2022
A summary of Spain's main cities
Madrid- Madrid is the capital city of Spain and home to 6.6 million inhabitants, of which almost half a million are f...
May 11, 2022
‘Need to know’ grammar terminology
Once you know what all of these words mean it is a lot easier to learn a second language!
May 11, 2022
The possessive apostrophe s
We can’t use the possessive apostrophe s (‘s) in Spanish, instead we have to phrase it in a different way.
May 11, 2022
‘Por’ vs ‘Para’
In English, both of these words mean ‘for’, however in Spanish depending on the context, there is a correct one to use.
May 11, 2022
‘Ser’ vs ‘Estar’
Both of these verbs mean ‘to be’, however they are used differently depending on the context.
May 11, 2022
Accents on question words
Question words such as ¿Cuándo?, ¿Cómo? and ¿Dónde? always have accents when used in a question.
May 11, 2022
Turning verbs negative
When making a verb negative we just put ‘no’ directly in front of the verb.
May 11, 2022
Where does ‘del’ come from?
When the words ‘de’ (which means ‘from’ or ‘of’ depending on the context) and ‘el’ (which means ‘the’ in the masculine singular form) are next to each other, they become ‘del’.