by Diana Luciana | Jul 29, 2023 | Blog
The Mexican slang you will hear most includes güey (dude), ¡qué padre! (how cool!), chido (great), no manches (no way) and ¿qué onda? (what’s up?). Use it with friends and people your age, and stick to standard Spanish in formal settings. Mexico is the country with...
by Diana Luciana | Jul 23, 2023 | Blog
Spanish uses tener for many expressions where English uses “to be”: tengo hambre (I’m hungry), tengo frío (I’m cold), tengo miedo (I’m scared) and tengo 30 años (I’m 30 years old). Tener que plus a verb means “to have to”: tengo que trabajar. Idiomatic expressions are...
by Diana Luciana | Jul 18, 2023 | Blog
Mañana means both “tomorrow” and “morning” in Spanish. With the article, la mañana is the morning; on its own, mañana is tomorrow. So mañana en la mañana means tomorrow morning. In Mexico people say en la mañana for “in the morning,” while Spain prefers por la mañana....
by Diana Luciana | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
The Spanish subject pronouns are yo (I), tú (you, informal), usted (you, formal), él (he), ella (she), nosotros or nosotras (we), ustedes (you all) and ellos or ellas (they). Spain also uses vosotros for “you all.” Spanish often drops the pronoun, because the verb...
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