Gail Stein

Demonstrative pronouns can make your Spanish flow more naturally in both writing and conversation. So how exactly can you go about forming sentences with demonstrative pronouns? First, you need to understand what they stand for and how they translate in Spanish. Then you’ll be ready to absorb the basics of their usage.

Dropping demonstrative adjectives into your Spanish vocabulary will help you express exactly what or whom you’re seeking. But first, you need to understand what demonstrative adjectives stand for and how they translate in Spanish. Then you’ll be ready to absorb the basics of their usage. Demonstrative adjectives indicate or point out the person, place, or thing to which a speaker is referring.

The gender of nouns is always a stumbling point for people learning Spanish. In Spanish, nouns always take on a specific gender. This gender role is in addition to the traditional role nouns take on as the subject of a sentence or the direct object of a verb. Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine. Nouns that refer to males are always masculine, and nouns that refer to females are feminine, no matter their endings.

Comparisons of equality show that two things or people are the same. In Spanish, whether you’re using an adjective or an adverb, you make the comparison the same way.Begin with tan (as), and add the adjective or adverb.Dolores es tan conscienzuda (Dolores is as conscientious) Ella estudia tan diligentemente (She studies as diligently) Add como (as), and complete the rest of the sentence.

Speaking Spanish requires you to keep tabs on all sorts of topics: verb conjugation, irregular verbs, and parts of speech, to name a few. Plus, if you intend to travel, being able to ask for information is a must.Regular verb conjugation Person Present Preterit Imperfect Future Conditional Present Subjunctive yo hablo hablé hablaba hablaré hablaría hable tú hablas hablaste hablabas hablarás hablarías hables él, ella, Ud.

As someone who has surpassed the beginning level of Spanish, you consider yourself rather proficient in the language and want to discover more. So, here you are, eager to jump up to a higher level and perfect your skills. That’s fantastic! You can use the following set of articles as a reference to help you practice and become a more proficient Spanish speaker.

Adding adverbs to your Spanish vocabulary can help your audience better understand how or to what degree or intensity an action is being performed. Spanish has a few different ways to express adverbs: by adding -mente to the end of feminine singular adjectives, by combining a noun with the Spanish preposition con, or by using simple phrases.

There’s no escaping the importance of gender in Spanish nouns. Or is there? A select few Spanish nouns aren’t really affected by gender. These nouns keep the same spelling, regardless of gender — a fact that cuts down the number of words you have to memorize to speak and write Spanish like a native. For these nouns, all you have to do is change the definite article to reflect whether the person in question is male or female.

The superlative shows that something (or someone) is the best or worst of its (or his or her) kind. In Spanish, the article (el, la, los, las) that comes before más or menos indicates that the item or person under discussion is the end-all, be-all of its (or his or her) kind. In English, superlatives usually end in -est (He runs the fastest of them all).