Nelson Navarrete

Most of you are already familiar with the concept of reflexive verbs in Spanish. If you have taken only level one, you know the verbs we are going to label in this article as” directional verbs”.

El pasado treinta y uno de diciembre de dos mil veintiuno, me preparaba para recibir el año dos mil veintidós junto a mi esposa y a nuestro pequeño hijo.

Change and adaptation is a constant in life that has been the topic of many theories and thoughts. We have several ways to express the nature of these changes in Spanish that could be confusing at first glance.

Most Spanish students are very familiar with the verb ‘haber’ in its present impersonal form ‘hay’, but many tend to forget — or simply don’t know — its infinitive form.

We all have obligations and things to do in our everyday lives, and these tasks will often differ in their nature. From moral values to menial chores, our day to day is filled with a vast collage of duties that dictate our priorities.

If you’ve taken Spanish classes with Berges, you’ve probably seen the pronoun “se” since level 1 when you learned the reflexive verbs.

Learning a new language is definitely a challenge, and it can sometimes be very frustrating because languages cannot always be translated literally.

Throughout my years of teaching Spanish, I have often been approached with the question “When do I use ‘¿Qué?’ and when ‘¿Cuál?’ ?”. I would like to bring some light to those that are still struggling with this dilemma.

Two-verb constructions are very common among languages and this term refers to phrases in which two verbs are connected to each other to express additional information about any particular action.

Have you ever wondered why Mexico is written in Spanish as “México” but we still say “Méjico” (mé-hee-ko)? We would like to invite you on a journey through time and discover the origins of one of the most mispronounced letters of Spanish.