What’s the reason for having two verbs for “to be” in Spanish? It’s a question students come across soon because both ser and estar are frequently used. Rather than trying to find one equivalent English translation, the easiest way to…
You know that libro means “book” and mesa means “table.” But what do you say, el libro or la libro, la mesa or el mesa? Articles are tiny words. They’re used everywhere, even in elementary-level Spanish. Rather than learning them…
Pronounce the five Spanish vowels a, e, i, o, u slowly and clearly. In English, each vowel letter may have many different sounds. In Spanish, each vowel letter tends to have one sound. This means that learning Spanish vowels is…
Say you want to say, “I drink coffee in the morning.” A learner might first think through the whole English sentence, translate each word, arrange them, and then attempt to speak the sentence. This seems reasonable, but it is not…