by Diana Luciana | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog
The most useful medical Spanish phrases are ¿Qué le duele? (what hurts?), me duele la cabeza (my head hurts), necesito un médico (I need a doctor), soy alérgico or alérgica a… (I’m allergic to…) and ¿Dónde está la farmacia? Use usted with patients and doctors. Why...
by Diana Luciana | Mar 9, 2021 | Blog
The most useful Spanish travel phrases are ¿Dónde está…? (where is…?), ¿Cuánto cuesta? (how much is it?), la cuenta, por favor (the check, please), ¿Habla inglés? (do you speak English?) and Quisiera… (I would like…). Learn the words for the places you will need: el...
by Diana Luciana | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
In most of Latin America, including Mexico, ll is pronounced like the English “y” in “yes”: pollo sounds like poh-yoh and llamar like yah-mar. In Argentina and Uruguay it sounds more like “sh” or the “s” in “measure.” In most places ll and y sound exactly the same....
by Diana Luciana | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog
The most useful Spanish phrases for law enforcement are short commands and questions: ¡Alto! (stop), Muéstreme las manos (show me your hands), ¡Suéltelo! (drop it), ¿Cuál es su nombre? (what is your name?) and ¿Tiene armas o contrabando? Use the usted form with the...
by Diana Luciana | Feb 6, 2021 | Blog
Un is the word for “a” before a masculine noun: un libro, un café. Uno is the number one, or “one” when the noun is left out: ¿cuántos quieres? Uno. So say un libro, never uno libro. Before a feminine noun, the word for “a” is una: una casa. Un is an indefinite...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog
In Spanish, there are two ways of saying “your”: tu and su. So what’s the difference between tu and su then? Long story short: It depends on who the audience is. Both tu and su are possessive pronouns that mean “your”: tu perro (your...
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