How to order food in Spanish like a pro
Learning in a classroom setting can at times be reminiscent of walking or running on a treadmill....
The Spanish future tense: Everything you need to know
What are you doing this weekend? Are you going to stay home? Are you going to go out with friends?...
The Spanish subjunctive: A comprehensive cheat sheet
The subjunctive can be a bit puzzling, right? It's not your typical tense; it’s more like a mood....
Spanish possessive adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. In red house, red is the adjective,...
Why do verbs ser and ir have identical conjugations in the preterite?
Verbs ser and ir are, as we know, different verbs in Spanish. Here are both verbs...
Spanish direct and indirect object pronouns, explained
The problemSpanish object pronouns are, in the third person, different for accusative (direct...
Volver a: Here's how it works
Volver means the same as regresar: to return or to come...
Three ways to say "I'm heading out" in Spanish
Here are three verbs you can use to say you are leaving/you are heading out. First of all, we...
El verbo ir y sus formas irregulares
Generalmente decimos que el verbo ir procede del ...
The "Big Four" Spanish tenses
These are the four tenses...
How to use mucho and poco with nouns
As we move through our shared times, those of us born a few decades ago try to share our cultural...
Spanish for beginners: Personal pronouns, ser & estar
Here are four videos. In the first one, Vanessa teaches her new student Jason all the pronouns, and...
Spanish past tenses (pretérito perfecto and pretérito imperfecto) in use
Este artículo puede ayudar a los estudiantes de ...
Antes VS después VS durante
Here are some considerations about using antes, después, and durante: Antes...
Spanish verb conjugations: Presente VS pretérito perfecto simple VS pretérito imperfecto
Verb conjugation is the ...
Ser & estar in depth
Beginner Spanish students are often told that ser is for permanent things and estar is...
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’,...
A tense of wonder: The Spanish future tense
No matter how conscientiously we plan our day, our week, our life, the only certain thing about the...
Las perífrasis verbales
La perífrasis verbal es una ...
The pronoun “se” and its interesting uses in Spanish
If you’ve taken Spanish...
The grammatical cases
Here are the most important grammatical cases, explained. Vocative -...
The shocking truth about double pronouns
This week we just wanted to post a quick reminder of how double pronouns work in Spanish. (There’s...
Different uses of the pronoun “se” in Spanish
You have probably seen the Spanish pronoun “se” everywhere and wondered what it is doing there....
Double pronouns in Spanish
We’ll explain it to you. Te lo vamos a explicar. Here’s how double...
Indirect speech in Spanish
We talk about the things we do, Vivo en Queens, and the things we want to do, Quiero...
Two-verb constructions (in depth)
Two-verb constructions are very common among languages and this term refers to phrases in which two...
The second person
Do you have a minute? I want to share a piece with you about the second person. If I were to...
The "personal A"
The “personal a” is sure one of those areas most students of Spanish struggle with. It is not...
Articles in Spanish
Articles are words that accompany nouns and give us information about their identifiability, or, in...