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¿Puedo tener una servilleta? ¡No! ¡No la puedes tener! (Literally, “Can I have a napkin? No! You cannot have it!)  Please don’t say that in a Mexican restaurant… Because it doesn’t mean “Can I have” in Spanish; it’s just… wrong.  Say this and your foreigner status is discovered immediately! So, how to ask for things…

Hola, me gustaría el filete de pollo a la plancha y una copa de vino tinto. Gracias. (Hi, I would like the grilled chicken fillet and a glass of red wine. Thank you.) Congratulations! You just made an order in Spanish in a restaurant… like a true textbook! Don’t worry, everybody understood you.  But wouldn’t…

If you translate literally from English to Spanish, sometimes you’ll get it right, but many times you’ll end up with hilarious results that native Spanish speakers may or may not understand.  In this lesson, you’ll discover 10 wrong literal translations in Spanish that learners make the most…and that you probably want to avoid. I’m Spring…

Native speakers use ojalá in Spanish all the time, but it’s a tricky little word, because you have to use the Spanish subjuntivo with it.  Before you throw your arms up in despair: we’re going to make this easy for you, by teaching you 14 chunks with ojalá: word combinations that always stay the same…

There are some phrases in Spanish that only we Mexicans use. Dilas y los mexicanos van a pensar que eres uno de nosotros. (Say them and Mexicans will be tricked into thinking you are one of us.) And even if they don’t, they’ll be amazed that you know such insider Mexican Spanish! This is not…

If you want to sound like a native Spanish speaker, please don’t just say ¡mucho gusto! Yeah, it does the job, but if you really want to blend in and speak Spanish at a high level, better use the following 5 alternatives instead!  I’m Spring Spanish teacher Paulisima, and THIS is your first alternative: 1….

What’s public transport in Mexico like? Do we really have chickens traveling with us like Hollywood makes it out to be? What kind of trains and buses do we have in Mexico City, Cancun and other regions?  In this video, you will learn about all that and all the Spanish you need, to catch any…

¡Ayñ! ¡Sa mamiii! Eres una dura, bb. Escríbeme al privado, pls.  Did you just understand that? If not, don’t worry, we’ll go over it at the end. This is how Spanish native speakers communicate online, and as you have seen, it does not resemble spoken Spanish at all. It’s ok to be a bit lost,…

You just had the best taco in the world in Mexico City and you want to show how impressed you are? Well, you could say guau in Spanish (wow) which almost sounds the same as it does in English.  But why not add variety to your Spanish and impress native Spanish speakers by showing how…

Don’t know how to end a conversation in Spanish? I will show you 11 amazing ways and chunks to steer clear from that awkwardness and end conversations with a native speaker pleasantly.  You don’t want your conversations to end as awkwardly as in this example:  ACTOR 1¡Genial! Entonces, ¿está todo listo para la presentación?(Great! So,…