Author: Maria Fernanda

How do you get the right bus ticket in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries? What do you say when you enter the bus? What is the bus driver going to ask you?  If you don’t want to end up at the wrong place or pay a fine for not having the right bus ticket in…

Mis amigos, ¿saben lo que es el “tourist tax”? (My friends, do you know what the tourist tax is?) It isn’t an official tax, but it’s what you get for not speaking Spanish properly and not knowing como regatear en español (how to bargain in Spanish) like the locals.  But… that stops today!  Yo soy…

No sé si te has dado cuenta (I’m not sure, you’ve noticed), but there are a couple of phrases that native speakers in any language use over and over again.  If you memorize these frequently used chunks in Spanish, it will be much easier for you to travel in Spanish-speaking countries and have conversations with…

¿Eres el más alto de la familia? ¿Quién es más guapo, tu amigo o tú? ¿Quién es el más chico de tus hermanos? (Are you the tallest in your family? Who is more handsome, your friend or you? Who is the youngest of your siblings?)  If you want to be able to do comparing in…

Mis amigos, if you have a job interview in Spanish coming up, you might be quite nervous about it, and you want to avoid a dialogue like this: No, no, no! If you want to nail that job, you need to be prepared. In this video, I’ll help you ace that interview to get that…

ACTOR 1¿Qué hora es? ¿Puedes mirar la hora? (What time is it? Can you look at the time?) ACTOR 2No alcanzo a ver el reloj, no veo nada.(I can’t manage to see the clock, I can’t see anything.) ¿Mirar o ver? (to look or to see). That is the dilemma. Do you want to know when…

Question: how do you reply when a friend, spouse or your pareja (partner) asks “¿Y qué tal estuvo tu día? (And how was your day?)  No idea? Well, I, María Fernanda, Spring Spanish teacher, will show you today how you can speak about your day in perfect Spanish! Let’s take a look… 1. Speak about…

Mis amigos, we all know Spanish is a wonderful language, otherwise you wouldn’t watch our Spring Spanish videos! But I wanted to understand: What makes this language so popular among language learners? What makes speaking Spanish so useful? So I did some research and came across some pretty interesting fun facts and reasons to learn…

Ever asked yourself how you’d know if you’re really fluent in Spanish? If you never make a mistake again? Never have to think about grammar, know all the words?  Our humble Spring Spanish opinion: you’re asking the wrong question! In this lesson, we’re going to show you a different way to think about fluency in…

Yo me siento de maravilla, y tú ¿cómo te sientes hoy? (I feel awesome, and you, how are you feeling today?) My friends, we’re Latinos, we feel too much. We’re passionate, it’s in our blood. Did you see how I used sentir in Spanish? And what about sentirse? Learn all about sentir vs sentirse in…