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A2 Grammar Por vs para
Por vs para is the choice English speakers trip over because both can mean “for”: lo hice por ti is “I did it because of you,” and lo hice para ti is “I made it for you.” Same verb
Oct 23, 2026 Verbs The conditional
A2 Verbs The conditional
The Spanish conditional tense is how you say would: hablaría, I would speak. It’s also the tense that turns an order into a request. Picture yourself at the door of a busy restaura
Oct 23, 2026 Grammar Direct object pronouns
A2 Grammar Direct object pronouns
Spanish direct object pronouns are the short words that stand in for the thing or person a verb acts on: in lo hago, “I do it,” lo is the “it.” Here’s one from a street interview i
Oct 23, 2026 Verbs The future tense
A2 Verbs The future tense
The Spanish future tense is the easiest tense to build: you keep the whole infinitive and add one ending, hablaré, comeré, viviré. Nothing to drop, no vowel to swap, and the same s
Oct 23, 2026 Verbs -IR verbs
A1 Verbs -IR verbs
Spanish -ir verbs, like vivir (to live), use the same endings as -er verbs almost everywhere, and you can hear the difference in just one everyday word: comemos (we eat) but vivimo
Oct 23, 2026 Verbs The present perfect
A2 Verbs The present perfect
The Spanish present perfect (he hablado, I have spoken) is built the same way in every country, but it isn’t used the same way in every country. The recipe never changes: haber plu
Oct 23, 2026
A2 Verbs Reflexive verbs
Spanish reflexive verbs are the ones where the action comes back to the person doing it: me lavo is “I wash (myself),” and lavo el carro is “I wash the car.” Same verb, different t
Oct 23, 2026 Grammar The Spanish subjunctive
B1 Grammar The Spanish subjunctive
The Spanish subjunctive is why these two sentences mean different things: Dice que vienes (she says you’re coming) and Dice que vengas (she says to come). Same verb, same person, o
Oct 23, 2026 Learning Spanish How long to learn Spanish
Learning Spanish How long to learn Spanish
How long does it take to learn Spanish? About 1,200 hours, if you go by the U.S. State Department. That’s what its language school, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), plans for a
Oct 23, 2026 Vocabulary Numbers 0 to 100
A1 Vocabulary Numbers 0 to 100
Numbers in Spanish from 0 to 100 follow three rules, and the first one is pure memory. Learn 15 words and 8 tens and you can say every number up to 100: uno to quince, then veinte
Oct 23, 2026