Beginner Conversational Spanish Guide ¡Hola gente! If you’re reading this, I think it’s safe to assume you’re interested in speaking Spanish as quickly as possible. This is an extensive guide–there’s concepts, strategies, theories, data, charts, examples, explanations and a whole lot more! Alright, so make yourself some coffee, settle in and let’s get moving. What’s the secret to becoming conversational […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. Be sure to listen and practice with the audio throughout the lesson. The Sounds of Spanish Now that you’re familiar with the Spanish alphabet, it’s as good of time as any to go through the sounds behind the letters. […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF. Be sure to listen to the audio for the Spanish Alphabet as well. The Spanish Alphabet Continued In addition to the 27 letters from the previous lesson, all Spanish vowels make use of an accent mark; the sounds remain the same, but here there is more […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. Be sure to listen and practice with the audio throughout the lesson. The Spanish Alphabet One of the most common ways to look at the Spanish alphabet is by using 27 distinct letters—five vowels and 22* consonants. However, oftentimes […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. Constructing Sentences with 100 Words We’re going to combine the previous lessons and add the top 100 frequently used words guide to construct sentences. The following 24 sentences are constructed using only words found in the top 100 list […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF and watch a video about this lesson at the bottom of the page. The Most Frequently Used Words in Spanish If you want to learn Spanish quicker than the average, there’s a method outlined here that a lot of language learners don’t know. Even if this […]
Video to supplement Lesson 18 How to Conjugate Verbs in Spanish If English is your native language, you’re in luck! English and Spanish share a lot of words. These are called cognates. Although, the linguistical definition is a bit tighter than what we’re going to use. For this lesson, we’ll use two types of cognates: Perfect cognates Near perfect cognates […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. Most Important Irregular Spanish Verbs In the last Beginner Grammar lesson we looked at the process for conjugating regular verbs. Now we’re going to go through irregular verbs and revise that process. Let’s take an example in English to […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. How to Conjugate Verbs in Spanish By this point you should be familiar with pronouns and how they function in Spanish. If not, I highly suggest you look over Lesson 14 and Lesson 15 of the Beginner Lessons first, […]
In addition to the web version, you can download the lesson as a PDF, found at the bottom of the page. Spanish Direct Object Pronouns This lesson looks at direct object pronouns (DOP). They differ from subject pronouns, but they’re nothing new to you. DOPs replace nouns and refer to what or whom. Let’s start with an example: Te llamo.I’m […]