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Accents in Spanish
The main accent used in the Spanish language is the acute: this is how it looks, for example, over an a: á. There are no grave accents – i.e. accents which point the...
Adjectives in Spanish
As you know, an adjective is a describing word – like, young, old, tall, fat and so on. Let’s look at two kinds which exist in Spanish – descriptive and limiting....
Gender of Nouns in Spanish
The word gender means kind or type. In Spanish, nouns (and remember, a noun is a person, place or thing) take one of two genders – masculine or feminine. There is no...
How to Learn Future Tense in Spanish
Spanish is a very fluid language, and has more than one way of expressing the future. In fact, sometimes the present and future tenses can seem almost inter...
Irregular Verbs in Spanish
Some irregular verbs display the same irregularities, so that if you know one you can predict the forms of any of the others in the same group.
There’s no...
Personal a in Spanish
Spanish word order tends to be quite fluid. Because of this, an extra 'pointer' is needed to make clear whether the person is the subject of the verb (in other...
Personal Pronouns in Spanish
There are various kinds of personal pronouns in Spanish. This guide takes you through the different kinds - and shows you how to use them.
What Pronouns Do...
Por and para in Spanish
Por and para are two prepositions which some learners of Spanish can find confusing at first. Essentially, this confusion comes from the fact that both can translate...
Ser and Estar in Spanish
A unique characteristic of Spanish is the existence of two verbs ‘to be’. The infinitives are ser and estar, and both have their own distinct uses, so they are not...
Spanish Words to Watch Out For
Learners of Spanish find that many Spanish words are similar to their English counterpart. This makes learning the language a little easier as some words are already...
The Conditional Tense in Spanish
Roughly speaking, the conditional tense translates as ‘would’, ‘should’ or ‘could’ in English, although not necessarily with the same sense of obligation. Most...
The Infinitive in Spanish
The infinitive is the part of the verb you will find most commonly listed in dictionaries. It names a particular activity without saying when it happens – in other...
The Past Imperfect Tense in Spanish
The past imperfect tense in Spanish is used to refer to an action in the past, of which the beginning or end is of no relevance to the context. In that sense, the...
The Past Preterite Tense in Spanish
The preterite tense in Spanish normally describes events which are both in the past and completed, or at least described as beginning in the past.
So, Yo...
The Present Tense in Spanish
Bear in mind that ‘present tense’ can be a misleading name, since, in Spanish, it can be used to describe timeless and future events.
When to Use the...
The Subjunctive in Spanish
The subjunctive is best described as a mood – it means using a completely different verb form so it is not just another tense. Its importance in Spanish cannot be...
