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Making grammar and pronunciation mistakes while speaking Spanish is not only totally normal… Spanish native speakers even expect it from you AND they make mistakes all the time themselves too!  Now we’ve taken that burden of perfectionism off your shoulders, there’s one important thing to consider: not ALL mistakes are accepted.  But there’s some slang…

So, you’re in a conversation in Spanish, you’ve been listening to your conversation partner, and now you’re getting ready to say something… BUT suddenly you’ve forgotten the correct conjugation… You start rattling off the verb conjugation table in your head (yo, tú, él, nosotros…).  La presión aumenta (The pressure mounts)… People are waiting for you…

This piece is for you if you’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and maybe even money trying to learn Spanish up to a level you’re pretty comfortable with…  But right now your priorities have shifted, and you can’t spend so much time on your Spanish anymore… STILL you don’t want to lose your hard-earned…

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…

Dating a Mexican, like me, comes with some amazing benefits… We’re loving, warm, and fun to be around! But there are some very specific things about our culture that ALWAYS lead to problems in relationships between foreigners and Mexicans… Yes, if YOU are dating a Mexican maybe you’ve already encountered some of these… If you…

Admítelo (Admit it): we’ve all tried to memorize Spanish verb tenses, only to end up in an actual conversation thinking “should I use pretérito now or pretérito perfecto… or what’s the difference again?” And then, you haven’t even started conjugating the verb!  Result: brain meltdown, and you’re completely tongue-tied! Your conversation partner is staring at…

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…

Ordering your food in flawless Spanish at a restaurant… Impressing your in-laws or Spanish-speaking family with an interesting and thoughtful conversation… Chatting away in Spanish at a bar… What an amazing experience that would be… if only you weren’t so nervous every time you had to speak Spanish, right?  If you’ve ever felt tongue-tied, if…

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…

So, you’re on Tinder too?! We all are! Si estuviéramos en la misma área, ¿haríamos match? (If we were in the same area, would you and I match?!) Maybe… if you know what to put in your Tinder profile… Mi gente, Tinder in Mexico is BIG: 54 million people use it! Every month, se hacen…