telenovela-spanish-class

Watching TELENOVELAS in Spanish? You’ll Need these Chunks!

¡Tú eres la otra! Fernando me ama a mí.(You are the other one! Fernando loves me.) ¡Fernando es mío!(Fernando is mine!) Telenovelas are a great way to learn Spanish. The Spanish is básico (basic), the topics are repetitivos (repetitive) and they say the same thing una y otra y otra vez (over and over and…

y-spanish-meaning

All the uses of Y in Spanish (Hint: There are LOTS!)

¿Y entonces? ¿Y Ale?(And then? And Ale?) ¿Y yo qué sé? Habrá que preguntarle.(And what do I know? We’ll have to ask her.) That’s a confusing dialogue or what? “Y” tends to work as a filler word in Spanish. Sometimes it’s necessary to use it, sometimes it’s not. And, sometimes, it’s very informative! Yo soy…

spanish-preterito-vs-imperfecto

PRETERITO vs IMPERFECTO: Don’t ever confuse these again!

¡Maura! ¿Qué es lo correcto: patiné por horas o patinaba por horas?(Maura! Which is correct: I skated for hours or I was skating for hours?) First Alex said: patiné por horas with el pretérito. Then she said: patinaba por horas with el imperfecto. Yo soy Maura de Spring Spanish. Let’s learn once and for all…

women-vs-men-spanish

How do WOMEN & MEN talk in Spanish? Differences between the Genders.

¡Qué bonito eso!(How nice that is!) Súper cuchi, ¿verdad?(Super cute, right?) Most of the time, men wouldn’t say “cuchi”, and women would say both “cuchi” and “bonito” regardless. ¿Por qué? (Why?) De eso hablaremos en este video. (That’s what we’ll talk about in this video.) Yo soy Maura, de Spring Spanish. Let’s figure out what…

confirmations-in-spanish

The WEIRDNESS of Spanish CONFIRMATIONS like ¿SI, NO?

MAURATú no sabías que ponerte hoy, ¿no?(You didn’t know what to wear today, did you?) ALEXSí.(Yes.) MAURA¿Sí sabes qué ponerte, o sí que no sabes qué ponerte?(Yes, you know what to wear or yes, you don’t know what to wear?) ALEX¿Ah? No sé qué ponerme.(Oh? I don’t know what to wear.) Confirmations in Spanish can…

spanish-pronunciation-words-mistakes

Are you mispronouncing these Spanish words? (almost every Spanish learner does)

¿Quieres ir por “paella”? ¿O por un “tamale”?(Do you want to go for “paella”? Or for a “tamale”?) Ay, Susan. ¡Así no se pronuncia esa comida!(Oh, Susan. That’s not the way to pronounce these foods!) ¿Paella o tamale?(Paella or tamale?) Ninguna de las dos.(Neither of the 2.) Do you know the right pronunciation of paella…

common-spanish-mistakes

Can you CATCH these (tricky) 10 mistakes in Spanish?

Can you find the mistake? Are you making one of the 8 mistakes even advanced Spanish students make? ¡Hoy aprenderás a corregirlos! (Today you’re learning to correct them!) Soy Paulísima de Spring Spanish and in this video, I’m going to need your undivided attention. ¡Empecemos! 1. Error número uno (Mistake number 1) Pongan especial atención…

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