I just recently came across Gritty Spanish and it grabbed my attention as soon as I saw it. There are a lot of products to help you learn Spanish, but not many like this one. I’m going to give you a (relatively brief) tour of Gritty Spanish and tell you why it’s so different from everything else and why I …
The verb falter is one of the many verbs you’ll need to have in your Spanish toolbox, so today we’ll take a look some examples to give you the basics of how to use the verb faltar. Faltar is a very useful, high frequency verb, meaning that you’ll hear it a lot, so it’s important to really understand this verb. …
Your Spanish book will most likely tell you the verb Llevar means to take, and it does. But the verb Llevar has several uses that your Spanish book might have left out. Let’s take a look at a few of them. 1. To talk about what you’re wearing No llevo gorras I don’t wear ballcaps Ella decidió llevar la blusa …
The verb tardar is is really useful and will make a great addition to your Spanish tool box. If you want to talk about how long it takes to do something, then this is the verb you need. Let’s look at some examples. You can use it to talk about how long it will take you or someone else to …
Verb conjugation is one of the most brutal parts of learning Spanish because there are no shortcuts, you have to put in a lot of hard work. In another article I give you some practical advice that will add some clarity and direction in your efforts to learn how to conjugate verbs in Spanish, making the process more efficient, focused …
Today we’re going to take a look at the verb pasar, and you can use it to say a lot more than ¿Qué pasa?. I don’t think there are to many people who don’t know what ¿Qué pasa? means. It’s not the most exciting phrase you can use the verb pasar for, but it is a good place to start. …
Here is a short list of phrases that every beginning Spanish learner should know. Let’s get to it. One of the biggest challenges you’ll face as a beginner is understanding what’s being said to you, because everything sounds like one huge run-on sentence. You might actually understand what’s being said to you if they just didn’t talk so fast. Well, …
Let’s start with a translation: Casi me caigo de culo I almost fall on my ass Hmm. “I almost fall…”. That doesn’t sound quite right does it? At least not in English it doesn’t. The correct English translation would be: I almost fell on my ass So what’s going on here? There’s a simple explanation for this. While in English …
According to your Spanish textbook there are only two contractions in Spanish. Your Spanish textbook and most likely your Spanish teacher probably neglected to teach you several other Spanish contractions that are used so much I considered it the equivalent of criminal negligence not to teach it. Let’s talk about the official Spanish contractions first. We’ll start with the contraction …