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Dec 11, 2023
Fiestas and tourist attractions in Valencia
Fiestas in Valencia-
Las Fallas is the biggest and most famous fiesta in Valencia which lasts a full week during Marc...
Nov 14, 2023
Seville’s must sees
The ‘Real Alcázar de Sevilla’ is a royal palace that was originally used as a fort but has been enlarged and later be...
Oct 24, 2023
5 useful Spanish idiomatic phrases (part 2)
Dar a luz (“dahr ah looth”)
= To give birth
(Literally translates to ‘To give to light’)
Eg. Va a dar a luz mañana=...
Oct 17, 2023
5 useful everyday phrases
¿De verdad? (“deh behr-dahd”)
= Oh, really?
De nada (deh nah-dah”)
= You’re welcome
Claro que sí (“klah-roh ...
Jul 14, 2023
Dialect in Málaga
In Andalucía, where Málaga is located, Castilian Spanish is spoken by all inhabitants. However, the southern Spanish ...
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 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.