"Salir" vs. "Dejar" in Spanish: Learn the Difference
As often happens with many verb groups or pairs, the difficulty in usage is often due to there being one verb in English that is used in more than one …
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How to Express a Comparison of Equality in Spanish
There are three grades of comparison in Spanish: Equality, Inequality and Superlative. This lesson plan provides teaching tips to help your students …
Continue ReadingHow to Form the Simple Future Tense in Spanish
There are two ways of expressing the future in Spanish, just as there are in English. This lesson is about the one-word, or simple form in Spanish.
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How to Show Different Degrees of Politeness by Using Three Forms of the Helping Verbs "deber," "poder" and "querer"
Manners matter! When these three verbs, and these three alone, are used as helping verbs, there are three forms each which convey no difference in …
Continue ReadingSpanish Help: How to Use Dejar as a Helping Verb
This article takes you beyond the common but important observations about the differences between “salir” and “dejar” as …
Continue ReadingWhen to Use 'pedir' and 'preguntar' in Spanish
Most of the difficulty with these two Spanish verbs results from their being improperly introduced to learners. This brief article sets the record …
Continue ReadingWhen to Use "Hay" in Spanish: Impersonal Verbs
Seriously, though: many students are comfortable with “hay” as the equivalent of “there is” and “there are” …
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How to Say "I Wonder" in Spanish: 5 Different Examples
There are a number of ways in which English speakers use the word “wonder” – and each has a different solution in Spanish. This …
Continue ReadingWhen to Use 'le' and 'lo' in Spanish
Every student of Spanish comes up against the problem of whether it is right to use “le” or “lo” – and sometimes …
Continue ReadingThe Nuances of the English Verb "to become" and How They Translate into Spanish
In English, one can speak of someone “becoming” a firefighter or “becoming” angry, but in Spanish these require different …
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