AMANDAMaura, sabes…(Maura, you know…) MAURA¡Aaaah! Me asustaste, pensé que no estabas.(Aaaah! You scared me, I thought you were gone.) AMANDAAy, perdón. Lo siento, ¿me disculpas?(Oh, sorry. I’m sorry, will you forgive me?) So, sweet Amanda here is very dramatic and basically apologized in every way possible. It is useful for us though, since we are…
ALEX¡Vamos a la playa! ¡Estoy muy, muy, muy excitada!(Let’s go to the beach! I’m very, very, very _________!) MAURA(chokes while taking a sip from a drink) Do you get what just happened? ¿Por qué me reí? (Why did I laugh?) We’ll go over that specific example in a little bit. Just know that this is…
MAURA¿Comemos en casa o comemos fuera?(Do we eat at home or eat out?) CARLAComo no hicimos mercado, mejor comemos fuera.(Since we didn’t go to the market, we’d better eat out.) MAURAVale, pero vamos ya que tengo tanta hambre que me comería un elefante.(Okay, but let’s go because I’m so hungry I could eat an elephant.)…
MAURA¿Llevas la navaja por si acaso?(Do you carry your pocket knife with you just in case?) CARLA¡Sí, claro! Por cierto, Amanda preguntó si la podíamos llevar.(Yes, of course! By the way, Amanda asked if we could take her.) MAURAUff, vamos a decirle a Mauricio porque en nuestro carro va Alejandra y sabes que ellas no…
CARLA¡Hola, hola! No te imaginas lo increíble que estuvo el viaje a Galicia.(Hello, hello! You can’t imagine how amazing the trip to Galicia was.) MAURA¿Sí? ¿La pasaron increíble?(Yeah? Did you have a wonderful time?) CARLAIncreíble es poco. Todo estuvo perfecto. Ahora te muestro fotos.(Wonderful is an understatement. Everything was perfect. I will show you some…
Me llamo y ¿cómo te llamas? (My name is and what’s your name?) are totally acceptable way to say your name and ask for the name of the other person. But wouldn’t it be nice to add some variety to that? Let’s have a look at 4 alternatives that Spanish-speaking natives love to use as…
Holis, soy Maura de Spring Spanish (Hello, I’m Maura from Spring Spanish), and today you’re going to learn the Spanish imperfecto (imperfect). One of the tenses used in Spanish to speak about the past… but we’re going to do it as always, meaning, without having to memorize a conjugation table! To do so, I decided…
¿Qué quieres? Ahh, estoy segura que quieres aprender como utilizar el verbo querer. (What do you want? Ohh, I’m sure you want to learn how to use the verb “to want”.) The Spanish verb querer is tricky. It means “to want”, but is not always used exactly the same way as its English equivalent… AND…
Which one is correct? “Espero que estés bien.” o “Espero que estás bien.” (I hope you are well.) First, I said “Espero que estés bien”” in the subjuntivo (subjunctive) and then in the indicativo (indicative). Which one was correct? If you know, leave a comment. Solution at the end! I’m Spring Spanish teacher, Maura, and…
Hacer (To do) is one of the most important verbs in Spanish. You have to know what it means, how to conjugate it, and when to use it if you want to speak Spanish decently. It’s a tricky little verb, but it won’t be if you learn it through chunks! I’m Spring Spanish teacher Maura,…
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