How To Have a Fluent Conversation in Spanish: Easy Tips and Tricks
The most frequent question Spanish learners ask is how to be fluent in Spanish. How long does it take to be fluent in a Spanish conversation? It depends on you and the time and effort you dedicate to learning. In this blog post, I show you strategies, tips, and tricks on how to have a fluent conversation in Spanish relatively quickly. Ready to get started? The Difference...Read More
How To Ask for Help in Spanish
Knowing how to ask for help in Spanish is a game-changer. Armed with this knowledge, you can travel to Spanish-speaking countries and ask for assistance when you need it. Read this article to learn what to say when you need to ask for help in Spanish. I’ll explain some typical formal and informal expressions and throw in slang phrases to surprise your Spanish-speaking friends. You’ll...Read More
The Importance of Listening With Purpose: How To Improve Spanish Listening
When I start my lessons with a new group of beginners, one of the questions I most often hear is how to improve Spanish listening skills. Oral comprehension can be challenging and offers no shortcuts. You have to dedicate time and effort to improve your listening skills. Read this article to discover how to improve your Spanish listening skills, including practical tips. You’ll...Read More
Hacer vs Deshacer vs Rehacer – Learn How to Use Them!
The Spanish verb hacer is one of the first verbs you learn as a novice student. Later on, you get to know other verbs that look similar: deshacer and rehacer. Luckily, differentiating between these three verbs is easier than you think! Today, let’s explore the differences between the hacer verb and its derivatives: rehacer and deshacer. I’ll show you how to conjugate and use these verbs....Read More
Easy Guide To Spanish Irregular Verb Conjugation
The more you know about Spanish irregular verbs, the more regular they seem to be in their irregularities. Certain rules apply when forming irregular verbs, and you’ll slowly get to know them while advancing through Spanish grammar. In this post, you’ll learn what Spanish irregular verbs are and get to know the 20 most common ones. Some of them are irregular just in one tense, some in...Read More
How to Use ‘Before’ and ‘After’ in Spanish
The words “after” and “before” are pretty straightforward to use in English. In Spanish however, they translate into various expressions with different grammar structures. Read this article to learn all about “after” and “before” in Spanish once and for all. I provide you with easy-to-remember formulas and many examples. I also give you a bunch of useful synonyms to throw into casual...Read More
How To Use the Present Perfect Indicative Tense in Spanish
Present perfect indicative Spanish is one of the 18 tenses you need to master in Spanish. It’s a tense that links the past to the present. Look at its Spanish name: pretérito perfecto compuesto de indicativo. Let’s break it down into comprehensible parts. It’s preterite because it refers to an action in the past, but in the present moment this action is perfect, it means...Read More
Irregular Comparatives in Spanish Adjectives and Adverbs
Irregular comparatives in Spanish are a super easy topic to learn and to teach! Usually, students dread any type of irregularities. But there’s no need to fear. Irregularities help us to draw grammar boundaries, and getting to know them prepares us for every possible situation in a Spanish conversation. What’s more, irregular comparative adjectives and adverbs are such a small...Read More
Time Expressions in Spanish With Hacer, Llevar, and Desde
Knowing Spanish time expressions is super useful if you want to take your conversations to a higher level. Knowing how to discuss your thoughts in relation to time will make your speech sound more natural, precise, and fluid. In this article, you’ll get to know the most common Spanish time expressions with hacer, llevar, and desde. I promise to throw in many useful example sentences...Read More