Sentirse vs Sentarse: How to Use me siento, lo siento, and lo que siento
What’s the difference between me siento and lo siento? If you’ve ever wondered that, you’ve come to the right place for the answer! Plenty of Spanish verbs challenge our understanding and frustrate our journey to fluency, but learning to distinguish confusingly similar verbs and phrases is worth the headache! Spanish is a beautiful language with tricky intricacies that need a bit of further...Read More
Subjunctive Spanish Endings for -AR Verbs in Every Tense
What exactly is the Spanish subjunctive and what’s the big deal about their endings? It’s a grammatical mood used when the speaker feels uncertain about the action of the sentence or is expressing a subjective opinion. In other words, it expresses the meaning of the verb as a non-reality: Si fuera contenta. (If I were content.) In this case, contentment is a wish, and...Read More
Quick Lessons on Spanish Future Tense Endings for the Fast Learner
¿Será que quieres hablar sobre el futuro en español? Are you stuck in the present with your Spanish? If you’re ready to branch out and bulk up your verb tenses to include all Spanish future tenses, you are in the right place. Sharpen your skills while learning how to spot and use future tense endings in Spanish. Four powerful verb tenses allow you to express your thoughts,...Read More
All You Ever Needed to Know About Spanish (Simple) Past Tense Verbs
What did you do last weekend? Did you study Spanish with a friend? Talking about past events is crucial to conversations—we use it to tell stories, talk about memories, and share previous events and feelings. Communicating prior events is a huge part of almost every conversation, which is why it is so important to learn this tense in your second language: Spanish. Let’s explore the Spanish...Read More
Spelling Words in Spanish with “C”
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “spelling?” You may relate it to spelling bees or it may take you back to practice spelling lists from elementary school. In this technological age, spelling does not seem as important because we have automatic spell checkers at our disposal, but it is! Especially when learning a foreign language. In this blog post, we will be...Read More
Estar and Ser: Funny Mistakes and How to Use the Verbs the Right Way!
How to correctly use estar and ser is the cause of countless headaches among new learners of the Spanish language. But it shouldn’t be like that, once you understand how it works, estar and ser are just like any other Spanish verb. “To Be” a Straightforward Verb The power of the verb “to be” is that it expresses who you are, how you feel, what you do for a living, and...Read More
36 Spanish Prefixes That Will Increase Your Vocabulary Times 100!
Is it really possible to increase your vocabulary 100 times in such a simple way, you wonder? Today is your lucky day—thanks to these Spanish prefixes, the answer is yes! Although studying grammar lacks luster and excitement at times, it’s hard to deny the charm and utility of the mighty little prefix. Tiny it is, while trivial it is not. By learning these compacted half-words, you will...Read More
Common Ways to Use the Spanish Subjunctive to Enhance Conversation
In our three-part series about the Spanish subjunctive, we explore the most pressing questions about it, such as what is it? When and how to use it? Then, we dig a bit deeper and focus on the present and imperfect tenses of the feared subjuntivo. Let’s assume that you’ve mastered the theory about the Spanish subjunctive and now you want to go directly to the action of using it in...Read More
Present Tense Conjugations in Spanish: Common Mistakes to Avoid
You are learning Spanish and you feel like you are actually making progress, but then come those pesky present tense conjugations that bring you back down to Earth. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! Yes, some Spanish conjugations are a bit tricky, but they are not the problem; the problem is in the way you think about them. Stop Thinking in English Maybe the most difficult part...Read More