Amigos, hoy tenemos un gran reto por delante (We have a great challenge ahead of us). I’m Mariana, from Spring Spanish, and in the next 15 minutes I’ll show you 100 common Spanish mistakes students make all the time… and how to avoid them! Por cierto (By the way), you can download a PDF with…
Queridos alumnos (Dear students), this is it: the last video you’ll ever have to watch about how and when to use el gerundio in Spanish! What is el Gerundio? El gerundio —or gerund in English— is a verb used to indicate two things: something that is happening as I speak (for example, Estoy dando clase…
Mis queridos alumnos (My dear students), today you’re going to learn the Spanish preterite, or pretérito, the most used past tense in Mexico and most other Latin-American countries. It is also known as pretérito indefinido and pretérito perfecto simple, but this is jargon. Let’s stick to pretérito alone, since that’s how most people call it…
If you’ve ever been scared by the thought of getting fluent in Spanish and all the work it takes, este video renovará tu motivación (this video will give you renewed motivation). Because listen up: if you’re an English native speaker, en realidad te será MÁS SENCILLO aprender español (Spanish is actually EASIER to learn for…
Did you know there are some Spanish words that you might be hearing or using sometimes, but are actually offensive to Mexicans? In this video, you’re going to discover 8 Spanish words you should NEVER use when talking to a Mexican! I’m teacher Mariana, from Spring Spanish, a proud Mexican, and here’s the first offensive…
Just started learning Spanish? In today’s beginner lesson, I, Mariana from Spring Spanish, am going to show you how to build tus primeras oraciones en español (your first Spanish sentences), plus sample sentences you can steal from us, so you can start using them in conversations right away! Ready? Here’s your first, easy, sentence… The…
So, you’re in a conversation in Spanish, and your conversation partner asks: Oye, ¿qué vas a hacer mañana? (So, what are you doing tomorrow?) And you want to reply that you’re going to have lunch with a friend, so you start… But you’ve forgotten how to form the future tense in Spanish! The horror! Do…
Hello, my dear students! I’m Mariana, head of grammar at Spring Spanish, and today I’m going to show you how you can always use the past tense correctly while speaking Spanish in conversations… without having to think about conjugation tables! We’re going to use our very own Conversation Based Chunking method to help you with…
I’m Mariana, from Spring Spanish, and I think I speak for all Latina women (and men) when I say that we loooooove getting compliments! We might not always know how to react to them well… But yes, a nice cumplido (compliment) can really be the key to unlocking a Latino/a heart… and not only while flirting!…
Today, you’re going to finally master the verb haber and the 3 ways it’s most often used: hay, había and hubo. Ya sé (I know), there are a lot of explanations out there on the Internet about the verb haber, but if you’ve ever thought “I understand the rules, but I never remember them in…
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