Improve Your Spanish Language Speaking Skills by Learning About the Culture
How would you like to really improve your Spanish and make having conversations better and easier? This article examines how using non-linguistic …
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Differences Between Spanish Spoken in the Caribbean and the Americas
Spanish is the official language of Latin America and the Spanish speaking people in South America and the Caribbean. However, the native dialects …
Continue ReadingLearn Spanish Online: How to Describe Personality and Appearance with SER and TENER
Learn Spanish online with this free lesson. Learn to use the verbs “tener” and “ser” to describe a person’s appearance …
Continue ReadingReview of Learning Spanish Online Using Rosetta Stone
Considering learning Spanish? Know if your preference is the Latin American Spanish used in Puerto Rico, Panama, Ecuador, or Mexico or the Spanish …
Continue ReadingVerb Use in Spanish: The Infinitive, The Present Participle, and the Past Participle
Knowing the main parts of Spanish verbs is the key to verb use and conjugation mastery. This article introduces basic concepts of verbs: the …
Continue ReadingSpanish Verb Usage: Si (if) clauses
As in English where we use “if” clauses (e.g., “If you can read this without glasses…”) Spanish “si” clauses are used to express the hypothetical. The …
Continue ReadingLearning About Spanish Compound Tenses
Spanish verbs have seven compound tenses. These tenses are formed by combining the Spanish verb haber (to have) with the past participle of the verb …
Continue ReadingStrategies For Getting the Most Out of Your Spanish Immersion Experience
Whether you’re headed for a Spanish-speaking country or just spending a lot of time in a local Spanish-speaking community, these tips and …
Continue ReadingWhat Does that Spanish Word Really Mean? Vocabulary List of False Cognates in Spanish
False cognates in Spanish can lead language learners down a path of misunderstanding and garbled communication. Learn the proper meaning of these …
Continue ReadingBasic Patterns for Forming Negative Verbs in Spanish
An important thing to learn early on when studying Spanish is how to negate a sentence with ’no’ (not). Here, we will look at the basic …
Continue ReadingHow to Use the Spanish Preposition - de
In Spanish, there are a number of different prepositions that we use, and -de- is one of the most common. There are many different applications to be …
Continue ReadingVocabulary for Spanish: Weather Sayings and Proverbs
Learn more Spanish vocabulary with this collection of Spanish sayings, all of them about the weather forecast (‘predicción del tiempo’). …
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