How important is it to differentiate between tu vs. usted in Spanish and how & when should you use them? We reveal all in this fun, easy guide.
If you spend enough time listening to the speech tendencies of native Spanish speakers, the personalawill begin to sound natural to you, too. Immerse yourself in Spanish.Consider setting up an onlinelanguage exchange, find an entertainingTV showin Spanish or—my personal favorite—tune in to a ...
The verb LLEVAR is very common, very useful and trying to translate it with one word would lead to a lot of confusion. When I came to Spain it almost always occurred in the first few minutes when meeting someone. ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas aquí? (How long have you been here?) and it ...
An example of a Spanish auxiliary verb that isn't thought of an auxiliary verb in English isempezar, meaning to begin. It is used before an infinitive, as in "Empezaron estudiar" (they began to study). Some of the Spanish verbs exist in compound forms. A very common one istener que, ...
In Spanish, tú is the informal way to say “you” and usted is the formal way. Knowing when and how to use them can be challenging in the beginning. But in this post, you’ll learn the difference between tú vs. usted, when to use them and how to conjugate their verb forms. ...
How To Use Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns in Spanish By Gerald Erichsen The indirect object can be used to show that a person "received" an emotion, sensation, result, or impression. El trabajoleabruma.(The work is overwhelmingto her.) ...
Grammar (FDG), this article deals with three aspectual verbal periphrases in Spanish, which are, in the order of their degrees of grammaticalization, (i) weakly grammaticalized resultativetener+participle, (ii) egressiveparar de+infinitive and (iii) strongly grammaticalized habitualsoler+infinitive....
Oh,how deliciousto have a place like this all to oneself. Oh,qué deliciatener un lugar como éste para uno solo. You will not believehow deliciousnumber 5 is! ¡No creeráslo deliciosoque está el número 5! Guess what, the town has realizedhow deliciousher food is!
Entrar,cuántosbordes / esquinas su polígono debe tener. Buthow manywomen know the importance of sanitary napkins? Pero, ¿cuántasmujeres saben la importancia de las servilletas sanitarias? Nobody knowshow manyundocumented people live in Germany and Europe. ...
Explain the verbs TENER and SER, describing how to use them and when to use the correct verb.Spanish Verbs:The Spanish language contains many verbs. As in other languages, Spanish verbs express action or a state of being, and they also can undergo inflection. Ho...