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Difficulty learning Spanish?
Do you want to learn a foreign language like Spanish? Are you thinking of a holiday abroad, maybe in Spain, Mexico or even Argentina? Have you ever looked in a Spanish dictionary and thought “I’ll never know enough for conversational Spanish”?
If you are like me, you will have tried a number of Spanish [...]
Learning Spanish Tips
Spanish prepositions ‘un’ & ‘una’
The Spanish word for a/an is ‘un‘ for Spanish masculine nouns and una for Spanish feminine nouns.
Examples;
Todos deberian tener un pasaporte (masc’) = everyone should have a passport.
Por aquí hay sola una habitación libra = there is only one room vacant here.
Note, that Spanish does not use the equivalent of English ‘a’ when you indicate [...]
Spanish Prepositions ‘por’ and ‘para’
The use of ‘por’ and ‘para’, both meaning ‘for’ or ‘by’, can be a bit confusing at first.
The difference is that;
‘por’ looks back to the origins of, or the root causes of the circumstances;
‘para’ looks forward to the result, aim or destination of the the circumstances.
Spanish ‘Por’ is used to express, or used with;
Cause, reason, [...]
Spanish Prepositions ‘a’ and ‘de’
The Spanish prepositions — ‘a’ (to), and ‘de’ (of), when used in conjunction with a Spanish noun, precede the articles (el),(masc’) and (la) (fem’).
When these Spanish prepositions come before the masculine (el), ( singular), there is a contraction and fusion of these two.
Therefore; (a + el) = al, and (de + el) = del.
Single, masculine [...]
Spanish Adjectives
Spanish Adjectives (regular in location)
An adjectives is used to describe the noun, be it an article or a person.
In English the adjective is placed before the noun,
In Spanish, more often than not, they are placed after the noun.
Adjectives must show agreement of gender (masculine, feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the person [...]
Spanish Adjectives (exceptions in location)
Two exceptions to the order (i.e. after, or before) are; malo (bad), and (bueno) good.
When malo or bueno are placed before the noun they change to mal and buen.
Examples are;
(1) una pelicula mala, or, una mala pelicula. ( a good film).
(2) un tiempo malo, or, un mal tiempo. ( a bad time).
(3) una buena niña, [...]
Spanish Gender
Spanish Gender
Gender is Spain – EL, LA and LO
All nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine.
They take the article “el” and “la” respectfully, and they are placed in front of the noun.
The Spanish don’t have neutral nouns.
–but there is a neutral form of the article. i.e. (’lo’), ( the).
It is used before an adjective to [...]
Spanish Prepositions
Spanish prepositions ‘un’ & ‘una’
The Spanish word for a/an is ‘un‘ for Spanish masculine nouns and una for Spanish feminine nouns.
Examples;
Todos deberian tener un pasaporte (masc’) = everyone should have a passport.
Por aquí hay sola una habitación libra = there is only one room vacant here.
Note, that Spanish does not use the equivalent of English ‘a’ when you indicate [...]
Spanish Prepositions ‘por’ and ‘para’
The use of ‘por’ and ‘para’, both meaning ‘for’ or ‘by’, can be a bit confusing at first.
The difference is that;
‘por’ looks back to the origins of, or the root causes of the circumstances;
‘para’ looks forward to the result, aim or destination of the the circumstances.
Spanish ‘Por’ is used to express, or used with;
Cause, reason, [...]
Spanish Prepositions ‘a’ and ‘de’
The Spanish prepositions — ‘a’ (to), and ‘de’ (of), when used in conjunction with a Spanish noun, precede the articles (el),(masc’) and (la) (fem’).
When these Spanish prepositions come before the masculine (el), ( singular), there is a contraction and fusion of these two.
Therefore; (a + el) = al, and (de + el) = del.
Single, masculine [...]
Spanish Verbs
Spanish -ir verbs
Those ending in IR. e.g. To receive – RECIBIR take off the ending IR.
I receive – recibo
you buy (sin’) – recibes
he, she buys – recibe
we buy – recibimos
you buy (pl’) – recibís
they buy – reciben
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Spanish -er verbs
Those ending in ER, e.g. To sell – VENDER, take off the ending ER.
I sell – vendo
you sell (sin’) – vendes
he, she, it sells – vende
we sell – vendemos
you sell (pl’) – vendéis
they sell – venden
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Spanish -ar verbs
The majority of the verbs end in AR and most of these are regular, but as in English, there are some irregular verbs in each group. They have there own peculiar form which you need to be aware of and which need special attention. They have to be learnt and remembered in their own unique [...]
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