Author: Maria Fernanda

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… Por la mañana…

Mis amigos, we all know Spanish is un idioma maravilloso (a wonderful language), otherwise you wouldn’t watch our Spring Spanish videos! But I wanted to understand: ¿Qué hace a este idioma tan popular para los aprendientes de lenguas? ¿Qué es lo que hace al español tan útil? (What makes this language so popular among language…

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 LA PREGUNTA EQUIVOCADA (the wrong question)! In today’s video, we’re going to show you a different way to think…

Yo me siento de maravilla, y tú ¿cómo te sientes hoy? (I feel awesome, and you, how are you feeling today?) Mis amigos, somos latino/as, nosotros sentimos demasiado (My friends, we’re Latinos, we feel too much). We’re passionate, it’s in our blood. So it is obvious that we use the verb sentir (to feel) a…

Mis amigos, if you want to sound more like a native speaker while speaking Spanish, it’s time for you to STOP saying the same old no sé in Spanish when you don’t know something, and use one of these 9 much more conversational alternatives instead! I’m teacher María Fernanda from Spring Spanish, and THIS is…

If you want to make massive progress in your Spanish conversation skills in the next 30 days, you must follow the 4-step study plan I’ll give you in this article. This study plan is similar to what we give to the students in our Spring Spanish Academy and if you stick to it every day…

Mis amigos, if you’re reading this, I assume you’re learning Spanish AND sometimes, when you’re struggling with a verb conjugation or word order, or forgot the gender of a word, or you watch TV and hear someone say… Necesito que me digas la verdad. Ya no puedes seguir mintiéndome. (I need you to tell me…

So, you’re in the middle of a conversation… entirely in Spanish! It’s exciting, maybe a bit scary, but everything is going well…. SPANISH SPEAKER¿Y qué hiciste ayer? (And what did you do yesterday?) SPANISH LEARNERNo mucho; tenía mucho trabajo. (Not much; I had a lot of work) But suddenly, in the middle of your sentence, there’s a…

I want you to imagine you’re in la Ciudad de México, and you want to visit the beautiful city center.  Therefore, you ask someone: “Disculpe, señor, ¿dónde está el centro de la ciudad?” (Sorry, sir, where’s there city center?) And he replies: “Vas derecho, dos cuadras a la izquierda, pasas un Oxxo; de ahí, cuatro cuadras a…

¡Feliz cumpleaños!¡Felicidades!¡Ya estás viejo! Wait! What?! How many ways are there to congratulate a person? Today, I will be teaching you 5 different ways to congratulate someone and, of course, the names of special occasions on which you should congratulate someone in Spanish!  #1 ¡Felicidades! This one is a life-saver, as you can use it…