Nelson Navarrete
Nelson Navarrete is a Spanish language instructor at Berges Institute.
Reflexive verbs for involuntary or accidental actions
Most of you are already familiar with the concept of ...
Spanish reading practice: New Year's Eve memories
El pasado treinta y uno de diciembre de dos mil veintiuno, me preparaba para recibir el año dos mil...
Spanish verbs of change: Hacerse, volverse, ponerse, quedarse
To become or not to become, that is the question…for today. Change...
El estudio de octubre
(Content warning: this fiction story is R-rated because it features physical and psychological...
We could have told you - Verb haber in Spanish
Most Spanish students are very familiar with the verb ‘haber’ in its present impersonal form ‘hay’,...
5 ways to express obligation in Spanish and their differences
We all have obligations and things to do in our everyday lives, and these tasks will often differ...
The pronoun “se” and its interesting uses in Spanish
If you’ve taken Spanish...
’Gustar’ and verbs like ‘gustar’
Learning a new language is definitely a challenge, and it can sometimes be very frustrating because...
Qué vs. Cuál
Throughout my years of teaching Spanish, I have often been approached with the question “When do...
Two-verb constructions (in depth)
Two-verb constructions are very common among languages and this term refers to phrases in which two...
The letter ‘X’ (equis, pronounced e-kees) and its phonetical discrepancies in Spanish
Have you ever wondered why Mexico is written in Spanish as “México” but we still say “Méjico”...