by Guadalupe Pérez | Mar 31, 2025 | Blog, Grammar
The preterite tells what happened, an action seen as finished: ayer comí tacos, I ate tacos yesterday. The imperfect describes how things were, what used to happen or what was going on: de niño comía tacos cada domingo. Quick test: “what happened?” takes...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Grammar
Que means “that,” “which” or “who,” and it comes right after the noun it describes: el libro que leí. Lo que means “what” or “the thing that,” and you use it when there is no noun before it: no entiendo lo...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Oct 26, 2024 | Blog, Grammar
In most of Latin America, including Mexico, the Spanish ll sounds like the English “y” in “yes”: calle is cah-yeh and llamar is yah-mar. In Argentina and Uruguay it sounds more like “sh.” Practice a few words a day, like pollo, llave and lluvia, until the y sound...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog, Grammar
The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters: the 26 English letters plus ñ. Most sound close to English, but the h is silent, the j sounds like a strong h, ll and y sound like the y in “yes” in most of Latin America, and rr is rolled. A note from Hannah: Michael taught with...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog, Grammar
A note from Hannah: Michael taught with Speak Better Spanish for about a year and a half and is no longer teaching with us. We are grateful for his contributions and wish him the very best. Today you can learn with Hannah, Arturo and Jacky. Spanish stress follows...
by Diana Luciana | Oct 19, 2023 | Blog, Grammar
To make a Spanish noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel (casa, casas) and -es if it ends in a consonant (ciudad, ciudades). Nouns ending in -z change to -ces (lápiz, lápices). The article changes too: el libro becomes los libros, and la casa becomes las casas. Do...
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