Learning how to speak a new language comes with a mountain of challenges and a seemingly never ending list of vocabulary and grammar to learn. One of the most important things to master when attempting even just basic fluency in Spanish are the possessive adjectives. What are possessive adjectives? Quite simply, they are used to …
Ownership and Agreement: Possessive Adjectives in Spanish Read More »
Grammar and grammar rules can be complicated, even in our own native languages. For native English speakers who wish to learn Spanish, or any other language, understanding and remembering a new grammar structure can be daunting. Luckily, there are some grammar structures that are even easier to understand than their English counterparts. An example of …
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There are several ways to speak in the present tense in Spanish, but one of the most common ways is by using the present progressive tense. The same tense is used commonly in English as well, and it is used to describe an action that is ongoing, or has not yet been completed. In short, …
Present Progressive: Ongoing Tasks and Exceptions to the Rules Read More »
Many native English speakers may not know what a superlative is in English, let alone in Spanish, and the word ‘superlative’ is not one often used outside of a linguistic context. Rest assured, superlatives are incredibly simple, in both English as well as Spanish. What are superlatives? In both English as well as Spanish, there …
Spanish is quickly becoming one of the most commonly spoken languages, both globally and within the United States of America. As this new wave of popularity continues, many people are beginning to learn Spanish, and having to use it in their daily work life or personal life. One of the most common pitfalls of learning …
7 Tricks for Pluralizing Spanish Nouns Correctly Read More »
It is human nature to categorize objects, be it by size, shape or color. We also do this in the languages we speak, classifying nouns by their gender. Languages can have masculine, feminine or neuter genders. While not all languages have gendered nouns, the Spanish Language has masculine and feminine nouns and Spanish language speakers …
Like in the English language, the Spanish language has both indefinite and definite articles that communicate if we are referring to something specific or to something general. We use definite articles when we are discussing a specific noun and indefinite articles when discussing a general noun. For example, if we are talking about a specific …
Un Gato, El Gato: Indefinite and Definite Articles Read More »
