Author: Cory

Today’s article is all about the PLURAL in Spanish! Basically, there are 4 rules to create the plural version of a word… which I, Cory, your favorite Spring Spanish teacher, will give you today.  Pero (But)… if you want to always get the plural right in a conversation, while speaking, ¡NO quiero que las aprendas…

Imagine you’re talking to a Spanish native speaker who’s helped you, and you want to say “Very good! You did a good job!”, and you start your sentence… Muy… bueno… buen… bien… Hiciste un… bien trabajo… buen trabajo… bueno trabajo? Frustrating, right? Well, my friend, after reading this piece, no te volverá a pasar (that…

Muchos amigos extranjeros siempre me preguntan si sé bailar salsa, pero, como tengo dos pies izquierdos, ¡mi respuesta es no! Por eso, en este artículo vamos a aprender los pasos básicos de algunos de los bailes más famosos en Latinoamérica; al mismo tiempo, aprenderás el vocabulario. [Watch the video for a full-on experience!] SALSA La…

If you’re learning Spanish, read this article to discover the 8 best YouTube channels that’ll help you finally get fluent!!  Aqui un dato curioso (Fun fact): more than 500 HOURS of videos are published on YouTube every minute! Crazy, right?  So, in that ocean of content, how are you ever supposed to find the GOOD…

¿Eres un perfeccionista? (Are you a perfectionist?) Would you like to know how good your Spanish really is?? Say no more! Cory, the examiner, is here to put your Spanish to the test! Me ha contado un pajarito (Lit., “A little bird told me”; more idiomatically, “Rumor has it”) that you like being tested on…

Did you know there are many words that look almost the same in English and Spanish, but they actually mean something completely different?  No digo que sea tu caso (I’m not saying it’s your case), but almost all foreigners I’ve ever met use them wrong at least once in a while… and if you’re not…

Here’s a sad fact: linguists estimate 95% of language learners never achieve a high level of fluency in Spanish (or any other language)… Shocking, right? Now, before you decide to just give up, here’s the good news: that means 5% of students DO manage to learn Spanish successfully! And contrary to what you might think,…

En este artículo te voy a hablar del verbo IR (in this article I’m going to tell you about the Spanish verb “to go”). Did you notice I already used this verb? “Voy a” is one of the most common ways to use the verb IR (to go) in Spanish, and today vamos a aprender…

No es por presumir (I don’t mean to show off), but I’ve heard many times that everything sounds sexier in Spanish… ¿Y quién soy yo para desmentirlo? (And who am I to deny that?)  But have you ever wondered why that is the case? In this article, I’ll give you 4 possible explanations! DisclaimerThis piece…

Queridos amigos (dear friends), you won’t believe how many people I see struggling to learn a language… only because they’re using a method that frankly just doesn’t work.  So, in this article, I’m going to show you why most apps, teachers, and even textbooks are teaching you Spanish in a way that leaves you tongue-tied…