Category: Spanish grammar
Spanish Grammar: Verbs of change (“transformarse and convertirse”)
We know that speaking a foreign language can be difficult, especially uttering those verbs which are extremely similar or the ones which have several meanings. For this reason we want to ease your learning and our native teacher Ana is going to explain the differences between “transformarse” and “convertirse” for the more advanced students. If... Read more »Spanish Grammar: Direct and indirect object pronouns
In this video about direct and indirect pronouns, you are going to learn how to differentiate the verbs with one direct object from the verbs with two objects, a direct one and another indirect one. It can be so difficult to use adequately the direct and indirect objects in Spanish! Most of the time, the... Read more »Spanish grammar: the future
Como sabemos, existen dos tipos de futuro en español: “ir a + infinitivo” y el futuro simple “comeré”. Normalmente, ambos tiempos verbales tienen el mismo valor de posterioridad en las acciones, pero quizá queráis saber qué preferencias existen a la hora de elegir uno u otro. En este tutorial, Tania y Laura explican las formas... Read more »Spanish Grammar: Future expressions
In the Spanish language we can refer to a future tense in three different ways that do not involve using the simple future. These expressions of the future are: the verbal periphrasis “ir + a + infinitivo”, “querer + infinitivo”, “pensar + infinitivo” and the present indicative. For students of Spanish, it can be a... Read more »Categories: Spanish grammarGrammar Level A1
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Spanish grammar: “saber” vs. “conocer” (to know)
Some Spanish verbs are difficult to use for students of the Spanish language. Not their grammatical difficulties but for their meaning and context, and in English or other languages they are translated with the same verb. Here we present you two verbs that translate to one single verb in English, the verb to know. Therefore, our teacher Irene... Read more »Categories: Grammar Level B1Spanish Grammar B2
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Spanish grammar: The verb “gustar”
– Me gusta aprender español ¿Y a ti? ¿Te gusta? – Sí, a mí también me gusta. The Spanish verb gustar is translated with to like. I like to learn Spanish. And you? Do you like it? – Yes, I also like to learn Spanish. In Spanish some verbs have the subject after the verb,... Read more »Categories: Spanish grammarGrammar Level A1
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